Assignment #3: Final Project

Due dates:

Proposal: 3/16 - One page, outlining your concept, rationale for project and how it relates to concepts introduced in course, footage sources, and primary message. NOTE: Your proposal must be approved to move ahead with full credit.

Styleboard/Storyboard/Flow chart: 3/25 – These should be complete, well-developed, and represent your project in detail, with attention to sound as well.

First cut due: 4/22 – Have a complete cut ready to show and critique in class.  This is a complete cut. Not a partial rough cut. Complete. Attendance is mandatory.

Thursday, April 29th by 4pm:

1.  Video or link compressed and embedded on Tumblr, with credits

2.  Project statement posted ON BLACKBOARD

3.  In class and ready to participate in final screening/critique. Attendance is mandatory.

The final project is a culmination of the concepts and issues we have addressed throughout this course. As such, these projects should incorporate elements of interactivity and give attention to the web as a source for viewing, consuming, and creating visual media.

For this project, you will propose your own idea. You could choose to work with a form explored in previous assignments (a new remix/mashup, multi-channel video, or expansion of a voodle), or propose a new idea that incorporates notions of cinematic multimedia and interactivity as we’ve discussed them this semester.

Think outside the box – this does not have to be a single video. You could build a kind of database cinema work. You could create a kind of alternate reality game or online scavenger hunt. You could build an installation that incorporates web video. You could come up with a project built entirely from crowdsourced contributions. You could design a work specifically for cell phones.

Parameters

• This project must incorporate video
• This project must integrate interactivity in some way
• This project must have some connection to the Internet, either by existing online or by pulling sources/video from the web

Criteria for evaluation:

• Clear integration of elements and principles of Cinematic Multimedia
• Developed, original concept that takes work in the class to a higher level
• Work must be portfolio-level and more substantial than previous projects
• Strong sense of unity – all elements serve a purpose in conveying the overall message
• Attention to polished technical production and execution
• Clear sense of progression and development
• Attention to high quality compression/playback
• Video meets requirements of Fair Use

Project Statement

In addition to your video, prepare a 2 page, double spaced paper in which you describe your approach and process in creating this project, and your rationale for its status as a work of web cinema. Where did the idea come from? What were your sources (visuals and audio)? What do you hope to achieve with this piece? How does it integrate elements of the class? What were your main obstacles? Successes? How does this piece meet the requirements of Fair Use, if applicable?

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