Documentation

Why we’re doing this:
We will develop our professional skills by practicing digitally archiving our work. It is important to learn how to create effective high-quality photos and videos.

Additionally for art majors, in your senior year, you will be required to create an online portfolio of all your work, and it is easier to take these photos/videos semester-by-semester instead of trying to document everything during your final semester of school.

What’s required:

  1. The code to get into the computer lab is as follows:4, 5+1 (pressed together), 2+3 (pressed together).
  2. Gather together all your photos and videos of your projects over the course of the semester, and put them on a single disk or thumb drive. Photos must be 300dpi and at least 6 inches on their short edges. For projects recorded on video, you must submit the finished video AND the working/raw files from when you first shot the work. Here is a comprehensive list:

    Packaging and Advertising PROJECT
    – Artist Statement
    – Raw video/audio files (these are the files you took off the camera after shooting) AND the finished edited file (this is what you uploaded to YouTube)
    – Any still images you tookRituals and Social Functions PROJECT
    – Artist Statement
    – Raw video/audio files (these are the files you took off the camera after shooting) AND the finished edited file (this is what you uploaded to YouTube)
    – Any still images you tookModeration and Gluttony PROJECT
    – Artist Statement
    – Raw video/audio files (these are the files you took off the camera after shooting) AND the finished edited file (this is what you uploaded to YouTube)
    – Any still images you took

    Library Presentation

    Documentation of your food diaries

    Two 5×5’s (one early in the semester to learn about using the camera, and one later in the semester devoted to responding to the 3 films)

  3. Save all these files to a DVD or a thumb drive (note: I will not be returning the disks/drives).
    Each project should be named as follows:
    LASTNAME_assignment-title_1.mov
    LASTNAME_assignment-title_2.mp4
    LASTNAME_assignment-title_3.jpg
    (it starts with your last name in CAPS, then has the name of the assignment/project, then a number)
    I put together a couple tutorials for resizing and saving imagery in Photoshop. For our documentation imagery (and presentations), we will need to make sure that our files are sized correctly. If you have any questions, please let me know.
    Resizing in Photoshophttp://screencast.com/t/ExgZ82w5
    Saving an image for the screenhttp://screencast.com/t/Q5jqp1vehlh
  4. Label the DVD/thumb drive with your full name, “Food Art Documentation” Spring 2014 
  5. Make a copy of the documentation disk for your own files (you will not receive your disk back). This is a good habit to build because you will need access to all your artwork when you create a website your senior year (and students often loose/break hard drives on which all their work is stored).
  6. Bring the DVD/thumb drive to class as scheduled. Arrive with the documentation finished – do not label it or burn it in class. We will turn these in a the very start of our session.

Grading Criteria (20 points):

 

All required sketchbook pages  and homework assignments are on the disk (7 pts)
lighting is even (3 pts)
colors are accurate (2 pts)
cropping is clean (2 pts)
Image sharpness (2 pt)
Raw AND edited files included (2 pt)
correct file names (1 pt)
label the disk (1 pt)