Assignment:
Utilize elements and principles to produce a small-scale installation inspired by a movie of your choice.
The installation will take the form of a dinner setting for one. Strive for innovation. The dinner setting is a basic format intended to be adapted and interpreted.
Final solution exists in an aerial photograph of the installation.
Important - You are not directly illustrating the movie with three-dimensional objects. You are analyzing the elements and principles of a particular art form (film) to produce a personal artwork that suggests the content and meaning of chosen movie. Your goal is not to have viewer recognize the chosen movie. Your goal is to make an artwork that invites the viewer to consider and investigate ideas.
Also Important - Final solution in the form of a photograph. Image must be presented in person on the due date for work to be considered turned in on time. Those who do not present images in person will receive a late grade for this assignment.
Note: We will not work on this project during class time. Students will complete ideas outside of class and upload to blog. Class time will be used to share ideas in photos. Students will use feedback from group to rework ideas, take new photos, share new ideas with class for several class sessions.
Objective:
Students recognize elements and principles as well as content and meaning in an existing art form (chosen movie). Use this info to develop a personal idea. Apply elements and principles in three-dimension to achieve a final solution that exists as a digital image. Image visually communicates content and meaning.
Materials:
Items from nature and/or your home and/or any other material you deem necessary.
Student Examples:
Go to link below:
Check it out. Artists using the format of a dinner setting:
Guidelines:
- The movie is a starting point for content. For example, if the movie includes ideas/characters related to science, your dinner setting can take on a “scientific theme” while utilizing the elements and principles you observed in the movie.
- Avoid clichés. Avoid predictable solutions.
- Do not simply "illustrate" the content of the movie with objects.
- The installation will take the form of a dinner table setting for one person and must include at least six (6) objects.
- The dinner setting arrangement serves as a foundation. You do not have to use traditional objects. If you do use traditional objects it is because these objects visually communicate your idea AND the objects are used with innovation.
- You want the installation to tell a story – a story that the viewer has to mentally investigate.
- Consider, table setting designs vary among cultures - how can you use cultural information to communicate your idea.
- The installation will occupy a surface area that measures approximately 24” x 20”.
- The final solution will be photographed from above, aerial view. Crop tightly so the installation occupies the picture plane.
- Use objects that you have at home and/or from nature. You may also purchase objects at thrift stores/stores. Use with innovation.
- You have the option to alter objects – paint, break, break and reassemble, stitch, wrap with string.
- You can also manipulate food items.
- You may digitally enhance final photo.
Ideas For The Surface. This is the area where you will arrange/place the objects.
- The surface is the area where the dinner setting will be placed and photographed. The surface area is a significant component of the final solution.
- Set up outside.
- In the grass, a pile of leaves, concrete, picnic table.
- Note – could be difficult to photograph with shadows from the sun. Or shadows can be part of final solution.
- Set up inside.
- Since the entire surface will not be included in the photograph, you have many options.
- Look for surfaces in your living space or at another location that can support your idea or create your own surface.
- Look in your closet – can patterns on clothes support your idea? If so you can spread out a garment and use as “tablecloth”. Or maybe you can weave together ties or belts?
- Adapt items from outside.
- Weave/stack sticks.
- Weave palm fronds.
- Create a bed of flowers.
- Make sure no bugs on items before bringing inside. Sticks have many options. For instance, what if you peeled the bark and sanded? Tie or wrap the sticks with another material? Or you can paint the sticks.
Step 1. In class. Monday, April 14.
- Exercise for semiotics. I will give a hand out in class and we will complete exercise in class.
Step 2. Homework Due Wednesday, April 16.
- Go to the link below to review semiotics. A review will help you complete the ideation packet.
- Complete the ideation packet I hand out in class (on the same day that we do the semiotic exercise).
- For the color palette portion of the packet, go to link below for a brief overview of color in film.
- https://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Dinner%20and%20A%20Movie%20Color%20Palettes
- A portion of the packet asks you to prepare six sketches. Three different ideas for movie #1 and three different ideas for movie #2.
- Take photos of sketches and place on your blog. Make sure you use dark lines for your sketches so the images will be visible on the class monitor when you present to the class. Light pencil lines will not show. Also make sure images are oriented correctly.
Step 3. In class. Wednesday, April 16.
- Review all the information you collected in the packet and select one movie from the two you prepared.
- Present to the class your three sketches for the one movie.
- As a class we will discuss ideas that appear to have the most potential.
- If ideas are not showing potential, we will look at your sketches for the second movie, so make sure sketches for both movies are on your blog.
- Also make sure you bring your ideation packet to class so you can reference information when we discuss your ideas.
Step 4. Homework. Due Monday, April 21
- Feedback from class presentation will help you decide on an idea.
- Use actual objects, prepare at least three variations of an idea.
- I encourage you to prepare more than three.
- If you don't have the actual objects, you can use a stand in such as an outline of the object on a piece of paper or you can write the name of the object on a paper shape that resembles the object.
- All photos are aerial views.
- Place all photos on your blog.
Step 5. In Class. Monday, April 21.
- Present at least four variations of your idea to the class.
Step 6. Homework. Due Wednesday, April 23.
- Continue to develop your idea.
- Use feedback from the last class to develop. Keep in mind, you can also change your idea and/or movie if you feel an idea will not be successful.
- Prepare at least three photos, again showing variation of the idea. Keep in mind, the idea is developing, so big changes can happen with your decisions for objects, composition, color, shape, line, texture, scale, pattern and/or focal point.
- Take photos and place on your blog.
Step 5. In Class. Wednesday, April 23.
- Present at least three variations of your idea to the class.
Step 6. Homework. Due Monday, April 28.
- Continue to develop your idea.
- Use feedback from the last class to develop. Keep in mind, you can also change your idea and/or movie if you feel an idea will not be successful.
- Prepare at least three photos, again showing variation of the idea. Keep in mind, the idea is developing, so big changes can happen with your decisions for objects, composition, color, shape, line, texture, scale, pattern and/or focal point.
- Take photos and place on your blog.
Step 7. In Class. Monday, April 28
- Present at least three variations of your idea to the class.
Step 8. Homework. Due Wednesday, April 30.
- Continue to develop your idea.
- Use feedback from the last class to develop. Keep in mind, you can also change your idea and/or movie if you feel an idea will not be successful.
- Prepare at least three photos, again showing variation of the idea. Keep in mind, the idea is developing, so big changes can happen with your decisions for objects, composition, color, shape, line, texture, scale, pattern and/or focal point.
- Take photos and place on your blog.
Step 9. In Class. Wednesday, April 30.
Note this is our last day of regularly scheduled class. Our next and final meeting is during final exam week.
- Present at least three variations of your idea to the class.
Step 10. Homework. Due Final Exam Day and Time.
Section A Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 - 12:15
Section B Wednesday, May 7, 12:30 - 1:30.
Note, during final exam week, regularly scheduled classes do not meet. Therefore, we do not meet on Monday of this week.
- Finalize your idea.
- Place final solution image (one image) on your blog in a separate post from other working images for this assignment. If you want, you can delete the working images as I will not need for final blog grade.
- Title the work and write a statement. Guidelines for this in Blog Checklist document. You can also read statements from previous student work here on the class blog.
Step 11. Final Exam Day and Time.
Section A Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 - 12:15
Section B Wednesday, May 7, 12:30 - 1:30.
- Present your final solution image to the class.
- This is our last class meeting.
- Completed blog due 9:00 am, Thursday, May 8.
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