Multi Media Student Analytical Presentations -- Scheduled for the End of the Term





Thinking back to the beginnings of our class together and Stokstad's introduction "Starter Kit" in our text, we have become familiar with how to deconstruct and analyze any piece of visual work, whether ancient or made yesterday.  

This is an opportunity for you to put your skills together and demonstrate the knowledge gleaned and present it in a class setting. 

Similar to your essay assignments, you will create a comparative analysis between two forms. 

Process
Part ONE
1. Select one image from our text from Chapter 1 through Chapter 8.

 NOTE: You may not use my examples, nor any of the student examples noted below. 

2. Your second image is to be found from the world of images made in the last century, between 1918 - 2018

 They may be similar in subject matter or solely in their formal qualities.

Part TWO
Making use of the formal elements and principles of design, speak about the comparison between two forms:

 1. How are they are alike? 

2. How are they different?

ELEMENTS of DESIGN
Line
Shape 
Color
Volume and mass
Space
Texture
Value

PRINCIPLES of DESIGN
Unity - Variety / harmony
Balance - symmetry / asymmetrical / radial / occult
Emphasis - Focal Point
Pattern
Scale
Rhythm and repetition
Contrast
Visual Movement - direction / visual weight and visual speed



WARNING:
Every student needs to be prepared on May 1, however may run through May 3rd


Part THREE
1. Students will be drawn randomly of who will present first, second, third, etc.


2. Organize your slide or slides.
It can be a PPT, or any other multi media presentation format you wish. 
Email me this digital file to jpepper@cazenovia.edu by 9:00 am the due date of May 1st

Remember to:
Each slide should be set up so that your 2 images sit juxtaposed to one and other. 
You must include:
Your full name
The details of the two works: artist/designer, title, date, dimensions (if you don't know the artist/designer type in Unknown)

Your presentation, at minimum, will include 5 formal elements and principles of design in your 5 minute presentation. 
Think of one minute for each formal/principal element.

Evaluation:
As stated in the syllabus, the presentation class exercise will contribute to 5% of your overall grade.

NOTE:
You cannot use any of my visual comparisons, nor any of the students samples listed below. For instance:
Unknown, Spotted Horses and Human Hands
Found in Pech-Merle Cave, France, 25,000 - 24,000 BCE
painted on limestone, over 5' in length

Keith Haring, mural, Brooklyn, NYC, c. 1982
enamel paint on a building
Link to: Keith Haring Foundation

or
Cycladic Female Figure
c. 2600 - 2400 BCE, marble


Constantin Brancusi

La muse endormie I

 , c. 1909–1910, marble
Mattel: Barbie
1959, plastic
Ruth Handler (after Bild Lilli German doll)
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Student Work:
FA 111 Comparative Analysis 
Multi Media projects slides from SP2018








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