Marymount Manhattan
Multimedia I, Comm 225
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    "An Introduction to Philosophy, Design and Production. From the words, fonts, pictures, colors and layout of an automobile ad to a textbook where a screen has replaced pages, from a cutting edge interactive game to an encyclopedia accessed in sound and motion through a CD-ROM, from a motion picture placing real actors in a world of cartoon animation to surfing the World Wide Web and the creation of virtual ralities, the digital revolution has arrived. The first semester of this two-semester sequential course will introduce the student to the growing variety of multimedia materials, programs, techniques and applications as they affect virtually every aspect of our culture. The reasons for their growth and the implications of their message will be the backbone of a course that explores "how it works" and "what it means." Students will be given an introduction to the multimedia capacities of the computer, and will be exposed, through hands-on application, to a wide range of programs from page design, to desktop sound, to interactive projects by working with such programs as GoLive, ImageReady, Photoshop and SoundEdit. Finally, students will be given the tools to effectively review, analyze, and critique various uses, abuses, and potentials of technology. .
     

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Introduction to HTML, screen based type, working in a graphical editor. Write a one page biography in GoLive

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Continuing HTML and screen based type issues in addition to the introduction of four basic design principles; contrast, alignment, proximity and repitition. Make a one page flyer considering context, design, type and user.

Shannon Peters, Fall'02
Taylor Beherendt, Fall'02

  

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Finishing on-screen type and layout problems. Increasing complexity, make a multi-page online newsletter, using given images and copy, paying attention to grids and hierarchy.

Jamal Joseph Jr. Spring'03

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Beginning in Photoshop, initial image editing, concentrating on selections. Design problem: illustrate the following, increase, order, bold, congested, playful and tension, using principles of framal reference, overlapping, contrasts, space, illustion and depth.

Mitzi Pelle, Fall'03

  

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Continuing Photoshop and concentrating on a limited toolset to develop sensitivities to tool paradigms, correct and restore given damaged photograph. Emphasis on a painterly approach, using the software as a tool to achieve what the eye and hand want.

Chris Noboa, Fall'03

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Finishing image manipulation, make a digital college using personal photographs to illustrate some aspect or concept that is personally familiar.

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Writing assignments. Critical reviews, either with self-chosen websites or assigned, review using the broad topics of audience, purpose, design and media. Make in HTML, with images and possibly sound.

Carmen Echandi, Spring'03
Satomi Hayashi, Fall'01

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Animation. Write an original Hai-Ku poem and animate it in Imageready, concentrating on basic issues of designing with time and motion.

Camille Mauger, Fall'02
Camille Bowie, Fall'02

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Final projects. Research, design and build a working mini-site, topic is students choice. 5-6 pages.

Amy Plitt, Fall'01
Jessica Bonenfant, Spring'03
Leigh Goldenberg, Spring'03