Thursday, February 3, 2011

Blog Post #2 - Graphic Design Video

What does a graphic designer do?  design elements, paper mache, pastels, handbuilding

What are the 4 key principles of graphic design?  proximity, alignment, repetition, and contra

What is proximity?  the way people perceive images in there everyday life

What does the X shape with a line across the bottom have to do with proximity?  control how the reader reads the page

Why is the line from the upper left to the lower right the most important line and what do you put on it?     thats the part u gna look at first. so when you turn the page in a magazine you can see who sponsors that specific magazine and you put your sponsor company or name.

What is the rule of thirds?  to keep the positioning of the word in its own space



Why does the size and position matter when a single word is on a page?  it will disrupt the overall image

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Blog Post #1 - My Media Goals

What are your goals for this class?
in this class my goals are to get more knowledge at working with cameras and media

What do you want to learn? i want to learn how to work better with film

What can you do improve our learning community? we can go green (How we work and learn together?)

What “FUN” learning project would you like to do in this class? i would like to make a movie

Do you have any suggestions to help me make this class better? more hands on activities