Class Notes, November 8

Computer Graphics

-Computer generated images
-Film
-Animated photo realism
-Special effects

I use a lot of computer graphics with my job at the newspaper. Each week, I would have to work with an assortment of design and layout that involved creative computer generated images. I did not have to work with many animated photo's in the news section, but I did work with special effects in certain photographs. There were things we had to alter in certain photographs on the computer before they were submitted for layout to make them look appropriate for what we were using them for. Some stories called for black and white photographs while others needed color photographs.

Our graphics department worked closely with computer graphics, and it was in watching them over their shoulders that I really learned to appreciate what sort of things they were creating. Computer graphics can range from video games, to computer games, to newspaper pages.These messages that we create through computer graphics and other technology help our staff communicate certain messages to our audience, whether they're cartoons, political graphics, or photographs.

Progress Report, November 8

Progress Report
November 8, 2007

Public Relations Event: Book Fundraiser for library at Providence Christian Academy

Overview:
Our project is moving along well. I am pleased with the communication that Sharon and I have been able to have about our ideas to put forth towards our project. What we’re doing take a bit of creativity and organization, and I have no doubt in my mind that we are on the right track with implementing the skills that each of us has with organization and creativity. Our ideas just keep getting better.

Work Completed:
We decided that instead of having a graphic drawing (produced by Sharon and I) on the back our t-shirts we want to take a photograph of a few of the students from a young class at Providence Christian Academy, gazing up at a bookshelf with very few books, and have that printed on the back of the t-shirt. This would express their need for books in their library. Sharon visited Tiger Town Graphics after our meeting while I went to another class and got some prices on different designs. It turns out that the photograph idea is going to be a little more expensive than a graphic drawing, so I think we’re going to draw up a graphic for them to use and keep the shirts two colors only. We are going to offer our class the opportunity to buy a shirt for cheap to help us afford the costs. We’re hoping to get about 10-15 shirts. We have the flyer complete, and we want to use the photograph that we’re not using on the t-shirt on the flyer, so we’ve just got to add the photograph to the flyer, get it approved by Professor H., and then get it approved by the University for distribution. We chose an event name, “Once Upon A Time Book Collection” as well as a slogan for the back of the t-shirts, “Happily Ever After Begins with a Book…”. These names sort of stemmed from a font that Sharon saw that would work perfectly to convey our message. The font is called Odette, and it’s a fairytale-like font. That will be used on the flyer and the t-shirts so that everything is somewhat in sync and able to be associated easily by the eye. We are going to start putting together our digital portfolio, which we will do through Google Page Creator.

Next Steps:
We thought that the book drive in Emily Yelton’s honor might mess our book drive up, but I think we are going to be ok. We have already gotten replies from the classified that we placed in The Tiger. People are ready for us to pick up some books! We have to finalize the flyer, distribute the flyer, create the Facebook group, solidify the t-shirts, get the t-shirts made, and poll our class on who would like a shirt. We have spoken with a few pizza companies about pizza for the day of the “party”, but we’re going to take each day step by step and wait until some holiday specials might strike up on pizza in the area. We got the date of our presentation approved by Professor H. (November 27 at 3:30 p.m.), so now we just have to check back with the 1941 Studio to make sure it’s still available. We also need to make sure that we collect photographs for what we need photographs for. That’s a work in progress. We need to start compiling the stories that we are going to use from a class of students at Providence to make our “story book”. We will also start producing our slide show for the party/presentation soon, as we continue to collect photographs.

Conclusion:
We are very busy at the moment, and will be for the next few weeks, but having people already contacting us about the book collection, with books to donate, has secured Sharon and I’s feelings about being successful with our event. For distribution of our flyers, we want to try to extend our areas that we cover to outside of the university and go to some of the neighborhoods that might be cleaning out their closets as the holiday nears; we thought this would be another good way to involve the community. We toyed with the idea of sending a campus-wide email out a while back, so we should touch back on this idea and see if anyone around campus will step up to donate that way! Simplicity, consistency, and creativity continue to be the driving forces behind our work.

*Pictured above is what our font will look like on our t-shirts and flyers. It is called ODETTE. :)

Update for Progress

Full progress report to come on Thursday...

We have finished the design of our flyer. Here is how it will look, pending the approval of Professor H.: (I cannot figure out how to import the flyer from Microsoft Word into my blog so I am pasting what is on the flyer, so far; imagine it on a word document, with more creative fonts like you will see...)

I sent this to your email, Professor H.

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Flyer:

“Once Upon A Time”
Book Drive

(Insert picture of students reading here)

Do you have new or used books that you would like to get rid of?
Want to donate them for a good cause?
Send an e-mail to:
Jennifer Salane or Sharon Reese
jsalane@clemson.edu sreese@clemson.edu

to find out how you can make a difference in a child’s life with one simple, timeless donation!

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Sharon and I also decided on several other things in our meeting this past week, which I will bullet right now but go into more detail with in my progress report for Thursday (as things are still "bubbling")

- We have come up with the design for our t-shirt and gotten prices on their production from Tiger Towne Graphics; we have some decisions to make about price and colore, but we're thinking doing a blue t-shirt with white writing, with a graphic drawing of a child looking up at a bookshelf. This is still in the works.

-The flyer needs a photo, Professor H.'s approval, and the university's approval and then we will start distributing it around campus and the community.

- Our event name will be, "Once Upon A Time Book Drive" and our 'slogan' will be, "Happily ever after begins with a book...". The event name will be used on the flyers and the t-shirts and the slogan will be used only on the back of the t-shirts. We will incorporate both in our facebook group.

- Our "event date" where we will present our project to the class and share pizza with everyone will be on November 27 from 3:30 to 4:45 in the 1941 Studio in Daniel. We have to double check that it's still available and then that is a go.

- We want to announce to our class on Thursday that if they are interested in purchasing a t-shirt they can, to help us fund the t-shirt idea. It's not mandatory, though.

This is our update for today, but i'll have much more information available in the progress report on Thursday. :)