Jane D. Marsching

Visual Language II


Email: jmarsching at massart dot edu
Online syllabus: www.janemarsching.com/massart
office 3rd floor south, hours: Tue 2;30-4:30, Wed 9-10 signup sheet is on the door
Teaching assistants:
Mon 2:10-6:30 Clint
Tue 8:10-12:30 Clark

 

Mon syllabus

Tue syllabus

Mon email

Tue email

Source/Imagery Assign

Source/Book Assign

Source/Video Assign

Independent Assign

Tuesday morning class

Module I. Source/Imagery

January 23
In Class: Introduction to Course
Assigned: Source/Imagery (choose 3 sources)
Show: VL concepts: scope

January 30
Due: Source/Imagery (3 sources)
In Class: Choose 1 of 3 sources
Assigned: Source/Imagery (start collecting source imagery)
Show: VL concepts: intensity

February 6
Visit ICA
Due: Imagery first draft (10-15 images)
In Class: Imagery first draft crit
Assigned: Source Imagery final
Show: VL concepts: setting

February 13
Due: Source Imagery final images
In Class: Source Imagery final images crit
Assigned: Source Imagery book (start sequencing images)
Show: VL concepts: character

Module II. Source/Book

February 20
Due: Source Imagery book 1st draft group 1
In Class: Source Imagery book 1st draft crit group 1
Visit galleries

Feb 27
Due: Source Imagery book 1st draft group 2
In Class: Source Imagery book 1st draft crit group 2
Assigned: Source Imagery book first draft (collage using photoshop)
Show: VL concepts: chronology, narrative

March 6 no class spring break

March 13
Due: Source Imagery book 2nd draft
In Class: Source Imagery book 2nd draft crit
Assigned: Source Imagery book final
Show: VL concepts: storyboarding, transitions, intensity

March 20
Due: Source Imagery book final
In Class: Source Imagery book final crit
Assigned: Source Imagery video

Module III. Source/Video

March 27
Due: Source Imagery video (rough video footage)
In Class: iMovie demo (capture & editing)
Assigned: Source Imagery video final (due 4/7)
Show: VL concepts: duration, tempo, organization of clips, narrative and non narrative formats, relation between shots, transitions from shot to shot

April 3
Due: Source Imagery video final
In Class: Source Imagery final video crit
Assigned: Independent project

Module IV. Independent Project

April 10
Due: Independent project 1st draft
Assigned: Independent project 2nd draft

April 17
Due: Independent project 2nd draft
In Class: Independent project 2nd draft crit
Assigned: Independent project final

April 24
Due: Independent project
In Class: Independent project final crit

May 1
In Class: Party!
Show work