Last Assignment / Project Number 6

Here's the final requirements for the Product Branding Project / this is your final and time to make it shine.

1. 10 pages of logo development in your sketchbook - due at project turn in date
2. 5 pages of packaging development in your sketchbook - due at project turn in date
3. One logo design printed on 8.5x11 on school printer in color
4. One package design complete with logo incorporation / this can be a single product or a grouping sold in bulk
5. One environmental display / pt of puchase / this can be a tangible model and or a photograph superimposed with your work (tastefully done...can't tell that it was not actually in the store...use those digital imaging skills for good)
6. Digital copy of your summary sent the day of critique before 8 am.


Your Final grade will be...Digital files of your work from the semester burned onto a DVD. This is for future reference for the department. This will be turned in on the final day of class. This an easy A added to the grades. Pass or Fail. A or F. Don' t forget it. It needs to be formatted with your name_GDII09 on the front of the cd and cd title / no untitled cds floating around. It needs to have folders of the individual projects Project01/ Project02 / Project03 / etc.

If you have any questions about any of this just give me a ring or stop by my office hours from one to three on Tuesdays / Thursdays.

Critique tomorrow

Just a note...don't forget that we need to be able to see and have seen all your materials out in the real world. If you did web work...make sure that it is up and running in the computer lab at the time of the critique. I'm not requiring you to dress up for this critique since we are all going to be tromping around campus. If you had t-shirts made / buttons /stickers etc. think about wearing them in support and to display your work. Don't forget about the requirements of summary / digital files / etc. needed for the critique. If you have any additional questions just drop me a line.

See ya tomorrow!

Tuesday's Critique

Be sure that you submit your online digital critique by Tuesday morning at 8 am. Make sure that it follows the perimeters that we outlined in class. We will be critiquing by walking around campus. Nothing will be under glass / only out in the real world. Make sure that you package and have a disc burned of your digital files / grids included as well as pictures of your environmental (screenshots also apply). If you have any questions just let me know. Good job on the grid assignments today guys! You really hung in there...despite bruised thumbs.

Random Opportunity for a Resume Line

A Million Little Pictures: Documentary
1,000 artists documenting 1,000 lives from around the world

Art House Gallery is looking for 1,000 people from around the world to receive 1000 disposable cameras. Art House will mail the camera to you to document your life in 24 exposures and then you simply send back the prints. Not only will Art House have an exhibition in Atlanta, GA - Art House will also travel to the city with the most participants. So, tell your friends, mom, sister, cousin, or whoever to sign up. The exhibition will be home to 24,000 photographs of 1,000 people's lives across the globe.

For more information on the project and to sign up, please go to www.amillionlittlepictures.com
Or contact Steven Peterman at questions@arthousecoop.com

Try this out might be fun and a good resume line...exhibition list and they give you the materials.

Things you must have for Campaign Assignment

Okay...here's a list of things you need for Tuesday's Critique. Please pay close attention to this list of things you need for Tuesday.

1. Two different poster versions for each candidate up and printed ready for our walk through critique (four total)
2. One environmental design per each candidate (two total)
3. Digital copies of the posters saved in illustrator format / packaged with fonts complete with your grid unhidden. Also I would like screen shots or photographs of your enviromentals (if this is a computer element please include a screen shot / jpeg. Mark the CD with your Last Name_Campaign Project 09.
4. Don't forget about your e-mail submission of your critique. Please be sure to have this in by 8 am Tuesday morning either to my meckley@uu.edu or melindaeckley@hotmail.com account.

Thursday is going to be workday so be sure to have another copy of your roughs to look at. For those of you traveling. Safe journeys and we'll see you on Tuesday.

Cheap Copies!!

Hey guys,

Just an FYI...color copies in university services is .25 cents a piece. Much cheaper than UPS or Kinkos. Be sure to give the ladies time to get your copies done. Also don't forget that you need to have every sign stamped student services before they go up. It's important!!

Tomorrow!!

Don't forget your digital images / photographs and digital files of your work burned to a cd from your film festival project. Please bring this to class Tuesday! It's important that we get those to Cam asap.

Thanks!
Ms. Eckley

DATES AND GUIDELINES - Pay close attention

Here are the dates/guidelines:

Campaign week starts April 26 and ends on the last day of voting on May 1.

Voting will be held April 30 and May 1 from 11:00am-1:30pm in front of the cafeteria/Lexington Inn. Results will be announced the afternoon of May 1.

Campaign materials can be displayed starting April 26. Below are the guidelines:

All signs must be approved and stamped by the Dean of Students.

Signs may NOT be placed on wooden or painted surfaces, or on glass doors if they in any way obstruct visibility.

Signs in hallways (not on walls) must be 7’ off the ground. Signs also must be 2’ away from sprinklers and smoke detectors and 3’ away from heaters.

You may NOT paint, draw or write on walls or other permanent surfaces. Sidewalk chalk is NOT permitted on the sidewalks.

All signs and campaign paraphernalia must be removed at the conclusion of the campaign. The campaign week officially ends at the conclusion of voting on Friday, May 1st.

I. Please feel free to hang posters:
● On any campus bulletin board
● On cork strips.
● On the side panels of glass doors
● On the inside of doors of Barefoots Joe

II. Please do NOT hang posters:
● On the face of any glass door (violation of fire code)
● On the doors or windows of the library (please note that no posting of any kind is allowed in the library.)
● On painted walls (including the post office)
● On the doors of the cafeteria
● On the windows of Barefoots Joe

Please limit poster copies to 50.

Please note university personnel reserve the right to take down any posters not in compliance with the guidelines above, or which do not have the “Approved by Student Services” stamp.

Tuesday Class

Hey guys,

Have roughs of your campaigns ready to go in class for Tuesday. If you didn't finish all your sketches in class of the grids make sure that you get those sketchbooks caught up. Also don't forget to make a grid for all of your designs. I think once you get using these this is going to be valuable quick tool for laying out information like this. Don't forget to keep trying to get ahold of your photographers and candidates. Be a pest if you need to be. If you find out that your candidate has dropped out please let me know and switch your gears to a Voting Awareness campaign for SGA.

ALSO DON'T FORGET - YOUR PHOTOS AND DIGITAL FILES OF YOUR FILM FESTIVAL WORK FOR TUESDAY!! MUST BE SAVED ON A DISK.

I'm still waiting to hear from Jason on specific dates for the election and requirements. I'll post on here as soon as I hear something.

Ms. Eckley

Want to Make a Few Bucks?

PHi Mu Alpha is needing a poster design done for their latest event. The poster would be due on May 1st. Please contact me or A.K. McClain for more info. Paying gig and a good clip for your portfolio.

ASSIGNMENT 15 - Thursday, April 16

Okay so the names are in...but I'm still waiting on classifications of officers and classes. I really don't want people to overlap. I'm supposed to hear from Jason in the morning...so I apologize but it will have to wait till then. Enjoy the night off and I'll post more information tomorrow concerning your candidates.

Great job today guys! You really impressed Cam and myself with your inventiveness and dedication to these projects. Keep up the great work! Don't forget to take pictures and have you digital files ready to go in class on Thursday.

DON'T FORGET!!

Hey guys,

Don't forget to electronically submit your critiques by class tomorrow. They need to be 500 words with the specifics detailed over class. If you did not get the details or have any further questions be sure to e-mail me and or ask each other. A couple ears and eyes in this case are much better than one. If your director would like to come and participate in on critique be sure that they are in class at 8:30 am. Mr. Tracy will be coming over at that time.

ASSIGNMENT 14 - Thursday, April 9th

Please have your 5+ sketchbook pages ready to be checked over in class on Thursday as well as a printed copy (b&w) of your poster (good to have alternate versions for me to look at if something isn't looking just right). If you are steaming along with your environmental piece be ready to show that as well / this could be sketched out picture or class. We will be having another work day and individual critiques.

Extra Credit

Don't forget to submit a poster for extra credit. It's an easy 5 pts towards. Your grade. I'm going to give all the designs over to Jason Castles and he's going to decide which ones he wants, but it's an easy 5 pts to move a bad grade to good one on your next assignment. I will also be accepting these at the beginning of class tomorrow as well as in my door today.

Need a little help writing?

Hi guys,

Here is a good opportunity if you haven't been doing well on the writing portion of things.

The Writer's Clinic: Reviewing Research and Citation Skills
Monday, April 20th
10:00-10:45 a.m.
PAC D-52

This is a free workshop open to all students. Dr. Netland will cover the how-to's of researching and knowing when and how to cite a source. This workshop will be beneficial to all students, but particularly freshmen and sophomores who may not have had as much experience writing research papers. It's a great resource for those end of semester papers.

ASSIGNMENT 13 - Tues. April 7

DUE MONDAY:
Your in-class poster assignment glued printed off and glued into your sketchbook. At least 5 pages of preliminary sketching work in your sketchbooks for your environmental point of display / advertisement and movie poster. This needs to be a combo of mind maps (aka associations) and sketches. You also need to have your poster in draft form on the computer. Make sure that you have contacted your director of your film and that you get the information that you need for your project. Don't forget about some easy extra credit is also due. See specifications from last post concerning that project.

DUE THURSDAY (April 9th):
Under glass (poster) ready to critique (in full critique mode:) and a mock up / miniature of your environmental display.

MOVIE POSTER Requirements
Poster needs to be 11x17 - in color if design calls for it.
The title of the poster needs to be addressed in some sort of logotype treatment or logo itself.
The poster must also have some sort of tagline addressing or enticing the viewer to watch the movie. The addition of awards and honors might also be included on the poster - must be true however (no fake ones...aka Toronto film festival, etc)
The poster must also include information concerning: the director, writer, producer, music, main stars of cast, production company logo and or studio.

Environmental Pt of Display
If you choose to go this route. It needs to be to scale. Can be a dimensional cardboard cut out that fits within the theme of your movie and or poster and or it can be a 2-D cutout that stands up. Use foam board and mount your design to the piece with spray fixative. Be very careful of craftsmanship. Ragged cuts and loose points will not be acceptable and will be subtracted from your overall grade of the piece.

Newspaper / Magazine Ad
You will need both a newspaper advertisement at 1/4 of a page in black and white and a full page magazine ad in color. This should go with the theme of your poster and should not be exactly the same as your poster. It should be the development of a campaign that reinforces your brand and is specifically designed to the specifications. If you choose this option be sure to include your critique what the publication is that you intend these to be placed and why your design reflects the ideals of that target market. All of these need to be framed and mounted for presentation as well in a separate clip frame from the poster.

Don't forget to write your summary as well. There will be specifics concerning the style of the summary given in class on Tuesday.

The list of the following films are assigned to these individuals (just in case you forgot)
1. Space Cube - Erica
2. Bubbles Yes - Ashleigh
3. Turkmenistan - Meghan
4. My Imaginary Friend - Ryan
5. Judgments - Jordan
6. A Divine Comedy - Tyler
7. Twain - Corey
8. Russian Waitress - Tricia

EXTRA CREDIT - 5 PTS TO YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT

Hey guys,

This is a huge bonus...so please submit a poster. Even if you just submit one...extra credit will be given in the form of 5 additional points to your next assignment. This will boost your grade from a B to an A in some cases aka 90 to a 95:) The extra credit is due on Monday at 8 am in both printed and digital form. Aka the digital form needs to be a marked (your name/SGA extra credit) on a CD-R ready to be handed in. The poster needs to be 8.5x11 with this information somehow mentioned on the poster. The imagery you use needs to be your own. Consider font choices and color. Make your viewer move through the information as needed. Give the information a tag and concept that will make your audience want to participate. Give it a hook to help them to remember.

Here is the information needed to be included:

Calling all people interested in running for class offices (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer)
Petitions are available April 6
Petitions are due April 24
Petitions can be picked up on the SGA Office or the Office of Student Leadership Development.

If you have any additional questions feel free to e-mail me.