Week 10 - Journal Entry 1 - Type Videos and Hierarchy Projects

Of the kinetic typography videos that I watched, the ones that I thought were most effective are titled "Make It Better"  and "JBFM." They are both posted below. "Make It Better" was very effective, because although its audio track didn't contain any speech, the designer manipulated and utilized...

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Week 9 - Journal Entry 1 - Monologue Idea and Hierarchy Revision

I've decided to change my monologue idea again from the Rocky one, and have instead, chosen to do a scene from the show How I Met Your Mother.  The dialogue can be seen below. In text, Barney says: "I love everything about her, and I'm not a guy who says that lightly. I am a guy who has...

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Week 8 - Journal Entry 2 - Monologue Idea

Today we finished our class presentations on typographers. We then took a group photo and pictures of individual students with their designs on. Afterwards, we covered more information and details about how to start the monologue project. Originally, I selected two clips from Parks and Recreation which I wanted to use, and they are posted below. I've decided not to use them, because they resemble...

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Week 8 - Journal Entry 1 - Visual Hierarchy

I realized that I had not yet posted my visual hierarchy designs, so here they are. For this project, we were given the following lines: Dance Jazz and Ballet Kimmel Center, Inc. Instruction in Ballet and Special Exercise Jazz Pam Turner, Jazz Gene Hammett, Ballet Director, Myra Wrenn Registration...

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Week 7 - Journal Entry 1 - T-Shirt Design and Typographer Presentation

We presented our research and t-shirt designs to the class today. Below are some progress pics along with pictures of my powerpoint presentation in chronological order as it was presented. The powerpoint was straightforward and was used more for notes and key points...

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Week 6 - Journal Entry 1

Because I didn't get around to posting my second journey entry for week 5 or my first journal entry for this week, I will include topics and examples for all missed journal entries. On Thursday last week, we had a critique of our t-shirt designs. I haven't started on the design yet. I plan to do so,...

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Week 5 - Journal Entry 1

During the first class of last week, we covered some more of the anatomy of type and proceeded to work on our t-shirt design projects. A demonstration of how to iron on our design was also given to us. As of right now, I still do not have a set-in-stone idea for my t-shirt design. While I do have some...

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