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9-2013
MART 522.01: Introduction to Interactive Digital
Media
Heejoo Gwen Kim
University of Montana - Missoula, [email protected]
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M e d i a Arts 5 2 2 - 01
Intro to Interactive Digital M edia
fall 2013 - The U niversity o f M ontana, Missoula
McGill 226
Professor: Kim, Heejoo Gwen
Office Hours: Wednesdays 01:10-3:00 pm
EMAIL: heejoo.kim @ um ontana.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a g r a d u a t e s t u d i o c o u r s e t h a t a r t i s t s will i n t e g r a t e p r o d u c t i o n t e c h n i q u e s , v a r i o u s
f o r m s o f digital m e d i a , a n d c r e a t e i n te r a c t i v e digital m e d i a a s a n e x p r e s s i v e a n d
c o m m u n i c a t i v e a r t f o r m . S t u d e n t s a r e given a b r o a d i nt erdi sci pl inary g r o u n d i n g in t h e
skills, c o n c e p t s , a n d h a n d s - o n e x p e r i e n c e s t h e y will n e e d t o e n g a g e t h e p o t e n t i a l s of
n e w t e c h n o l o g i e s in a r t maki ng. S t u d e n t s will gain h a n d s - o n e x p e r i e n c e wi t h d i s c u ss i o ns
expose stu d e n ts to co ncepts of electronic media, perception, intermedia composition,
e m e r g i n g v e n u e s , a n d o t h e r i ssues i m p o r t a n t t o a r t i s t s w o rk i n g wi t h t e c h no l og i ca ll y
based media.
OBJECTIVES
S t u d e n t s will d e m o n s t r a t e u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e f ol lowi ng pri nci pl es a n d t e c h n i q u e s
through the semester:
: : Concepts and Terminology program ming
: : Ap pl icat ion o f still i m a g e b a s e d s o f t w a r e in c o n j u n c t i o n wi th p r o g r a m m i n g , m o t i o n
and time based software
: : P ro ject D e v e l o p m e n t a n d p r e s e n t a t i o n
: : P ro fe ss i on al P r o d u c t i o n T e c h n i q u e s
TOPICS
: : Topi cs will b e b a s e d o n s t u d e n t s u r v e y s a n d r e q u e s t s t h r o u g h o u t t h e s e m e s t e r
: : P ro fe ss i on a l Artistic P r o ce s s via w e b c o n f e r e n c e s e s s i o n s wi t h v a r i o u s a r t i s t s a n d
p r o f e s s i o n a l s in t h e d e s i g n / f i l m / m e d i a a r t
: : Portfolio p r e s e n t a t i o n
GRADING
Philosophy
It is a c o m m o n m i s c o n c e p t i o n t h a t t e a c h e r s assign g r a d e s w h e n in reality it is t h e
s t u d e n t w h o e a r n s t h e g r a d e . You a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e e f f o r t p u t into e a c h p r o j e c t
t h e r e f o r e y ou assi gn y o u r o w n g r a d e . T he p u r p o s e o f gra di ng, f r o m a t e a c h e r s
p e r s p e c t i v e , is t o cl early a n d a c c u r a t e l y p i n p o i n t t h e s t r e n g t h s a n d w e a k n e s s e s o f y o u r
p ro g re ss .
Evaluation
Your overall g r a d e will b e b a s e d o n y o u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d i deas
d i s c u s s e d , y o u r f o r ma l, t ec hni c al , a n d c o n c e p t u a l p r o g r e s s a s d e m o n s t r a t e d in pr oj ec ts ,
y o u r p a r t i c i p a t i o n in class di scu ss io ns , a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m d u r i n g t h e c ou r s e .
Each p r o j e c t will b e g r a d e d o n t h e a pp l i c a t i o n o f t e c h n i q u e a n d c o n c e p t u a l pri nci pl es t o
t h e c r e a t i v e wo rk, t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e p r o d u c t i o n p r o c es s , par ti c ip a ti o n, t ec h n i c a l
p rof ic ie ncy wi t h t h e v a r i o u s s o f t w a r e a pp li ca ti ons , t h e i r a e s t h e t i c ap p li ca ti o n, p r o b l e m
solving, p r o j e c t p r e s e n t a t i o n a n d t h e ability t o m e e t d e a d l i n e s . T h e e x e r c i s e s / p r o j e c t s
a n d d e s c r i p t i o n s a r e listed o n t h e 1 5 - w e e k s c h e d u l e s h e e t .
Expectations for class participation
P ar ti ci p at i on by all m e m b e r s is critical t o t h e s u c c e s s o f t hi s s t u di o . Excellent
p a r t i c i p a t i o n is a given a n d i ncl udes c o n t r i b u t i n g t o o n g o i n g d i s c u ss i o ns a n d crit iques,
s u g g e s t s a l t e r n a t i v e w a y s o f a p p r o a c h i n g pr oj ec ts , a l o n g wi t h a t h o u g h t f u l p r o c e s s a n d
s t r o n g w o r k ethic.
Attendance & participation
G o o d a t t e n d a n c e a n d p u n c t u a l i t y a r e e x p e c t e d f o r t hi s c o u r s e a n d will s t r on g l y a ffec t
y o u r g r a d e . This class onl y m e e t s o n c e a w e e k , so on l y t w o (2) u n e x c u s e d a b s e n c e s will
be a ll o w e d . Every u n e x c u s e d a b s e n c e b e y o n d t hi s will l o w e r y o u r g r a d e by a l e t t e r
g r a d e . A t o t a l o f five (5) a b s e n c e s , e x c u s e d o r u n e x c u s e d , will r es ul t in y o u recei vi ng a
g r a d e o f "F" f o r t h e class. Excused a b s e n c e s i ncl ude religious holidays, a ver if iabl e d e a t h
in t h e fami ly o r illness wi t h a d o c t o r ' s n o t e .
Classroom etiquette
You a r e e x p e c t e d t o c o n d u c t y o u r s e l f wi t h p r o p e r r e s p e c t f o r t h e c l a s s r o o m
e n v i r o n m e n t . Di srupt ive b e h a v i o r will n o t b e t o l e r a t e d . Turn off your cell phones a n d
b e e p e r s pr io r t o class. (Doe s a n y o n e e v e n h a v e b e e p e r s a n y m o r e ? )
THE LAB
W h at this lab is
This lab h a s b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d s o t h a t s t u d e n t s in t h e M edia Arts
departm ent c a n h a v e a d e d i c a t e d lab in wh i ch t o d o t h e i r c o u r s e wo rk. You will h a v e
Griz Card a c c e s s t o thi s lab all day, e v e r y day. Aft er h o u r s a c c e s s t o t h e McGill building
(locked a f t e r 1 0 p m ) ca n n o w be a c t i v a t e d via a p p r o v e d Griz C ards o n t h e s o u t h e n t r a n c e
n e a r e s t t h e t e n n i s c o ur t s.
: : W h at this lab is n o t
This lab will not b e u s e d t o w o r k o n t h i n g s t h a t a r e o u t s i d e
o f t h e c o u r s e r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d will n o t b e u s e d by s t u d e n t s o u t s i d e o f t h e p r o g r a m . If
y o u w a n t t o s p e n d t i m e fool ing a r o u n d wi t h y o u r fr ie nds , t h e n d o it a t h o m e . A b u s e of
t h is lab will n o t be t o l e r a t e d .
SOFTWARE INFORMATION
T h e p r i m a r y s o f t w a r e p r o g r a m s t h a t y o u will b e using, b u t n o t limited t o ar e :
Adobe A fter Effects CS 5
Adobe Photoshop CS 5
Adobe Illustrator CS 5
You will al so b e usi ng t h e I n t e r n e t a n d t h e n e t w o r k b r o w s e r in t h e lab.
It is i m p o r t a n t t h a t t h r o u g h o u t t h e class yo u t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e m a n u a l s , t h e
p r o g r a m h el p m e n u , a n d r e l a t e d ar ti cl es d o w n l o a d e d f r o m t h e w e b .
THIS COURSE SYLLABUS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
INSTRUCTOR.
Academic Misconduct and the Student Conduct Code
All s t u d e n t s m u s t p r a ct i ce a c a d e m i c h o n e s t y . A c a d e m i c m i s c o n d u c t is s u b j e c t t o a n
a c a d e m i c p e n a l t y by t h e c o u r s e i n s t r u c t o r a n d / o r di sci pl inary s a n c t i o n by t h e University.
All s t u d e n t s n e e d t o be fa mi li ar wi t h t h e S t u d e n t C o n d u c t Co de. Th e C o d e is ava il able
f o r r e v i e w o n l in e a t w w w .um t.edu/S A /V P S A /lndex.cfm /page/1321.
S em ester Schedule
W eek 1 : 08.28.13
Course Introduction /d iscussion
W eek 2 : 09.04.13
Concept developm ent
W eek 3 : 09.11.13
Concept developm ent / research / sketches
W eek 4 : 09.18.13
Research / sketches
W eek 5 : 09.25.13
W orking on pro totype
W eek 6 :10.02.13
W orking on pro totype
W eek 7 :10.09.13
M id te rm : p ro totype / w orking progress presentation
W eek 8 :10.16.13
Individual m eeting / W orking on final project
W eek 9 :10.23.13
Individual m eeting / W orking on final project
W eek 10 :10.30.13
Individual m eeting / W orking on final project
W eek 1 1 :1 1 .0 6 .1 3
Individual m eeting / W orking on final project
W eek 12 :11.13.13
Individual m eeting / W orking on final project
No class: 11.20.13
W eek 13 :11.27.13
Individual m eeting / W orking on final project
W eek 1 4 :1 2 .0 4 .1 3
Final project presentation
W eek 15 :12.11.13
Final project presentation
resources
http://www.processing.org/leaming/books/
http://www.leamingprocessing.com
http://benfrv.com
http://www.creativecoding.org/
http://blogs.saic.edu/ats/
Intersections of Art, Technology, Science & Culture
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts/links/wilson.artlinks2.html
Basic Composition
http://www.iolmliarvevphoto.com/LeamComposition/
http://www.voutube.com/watch?v=ENHKib81tAM
RGB decimal values
http://cloford.com/resomces/colours/500col.htm
Color
www.colorblender.com
www.kuler.adobe.com
www.colomlovers.com
Design Principle
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles of design/
http://www.iolmlovett.com/test.htm
http://www.visual-research.com/research.html
http://www.medialit.org/reading room/article694.html
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exliibitions/2008/elasticmind/index.html
Information
http://www.ted.com/talks/paola antonelli treats design as art.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/golan levin ted2009.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/scott mccloud on comics.html
http://lawsofsimplicitv.coni/
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth gilbert on genius.html
for inspiration:
http://www.ted.com/talks/tavlor mali what teachers make.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken robinson savs schools kill creativitv.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/sir ken robinson bring on the revolution.html