Do you remember when Mr. McHolland made this speech last year?
What do you think his message is?
How can we make Dr. King's dreams a reality today?
Which images or clips from Charlie's movie do you think were most powerful? Why?
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A Video Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.- by Charlie Krause, Adv. Media Class of 20131/16/2014 Write your comments below!
Do you remember when Mr. McHolland made this speech last year? What do you think his message is? How can we make Dr. King's dreams a reality today? Which images or clips from Charlie's movie do you think were most powerful? Why?
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Welcome back from our extended break! Check out these photos and videos from the past couple days documenting the freezing temperatures. What effects do the freezing temperatures have in these photos? Which is your favorite photo/video? See any other great photos from the freezing temps on twitter, instagram, or elsewhere? Post the link in your comment! Check out these websites to see more of these photographers' photos: Isaac Silver Hank Cain Jim Young Nick Ulivieri Scott Olson Also, check out this timelapse video of my hometown, Cincinnati, from Carrie Cochran of the Cincinnati Enquirer: http://news.cincinnati.com/videonetwork/3024349446001/TIME-LAPSE-Beauty-Below-Zero Eric Holthaus, a meterologist in Wisconsin, demonstrates how freezing temperatures turn boiling water into snow (it was -21° F with a wind chill of -51° F). *Caution* There are many stories of people who attempted this unsuccessfully and got burned! According to climatologist Mark Seeley, the cold air holds less water vapor than the warmer air, while the boiling water is giving off lots of water vapor (the steam you see rising from the pot). When the hot water is thrown into the cold air, the air gets more water vapor than it can hold. The water vapor clings to tiny particles in the air, crystallizing into snow. Here a Canadian man demonstrates the same concept by shooting boiling water from a super soaker. It was -41° when he did this! We did a lot of work to make these photos what they are. First we had to head out into the snow and find different angles and positions for all of our photos. When editing we changed the brightness and contrast, and we desaturated the pictures, turning them black and white. Finally, we uploaded them onto our blog pages and wrote about our photos.
- Lili and Shannon 1st period For our first unit in Media arts, we explored the Inside Out Project. We saw how portraits can be interesting just focusing on the face without any extra props. We worked on making cool poses and different angles so that the photos displayed our emotions and expressions and showed a lot about us!
-Shannon, 1st period The Inside Out Project Photo retrieved from http://hbowatch.com/hbo-documentary-film-inside-out-the-peoples-arts-project/ Video retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQ7y9EOWT8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUJoBT0cX_7ggu8yVALiArQw "Known for billboard-sized photographic portraits of everyday people in urban settings, French street artist JR has a simple call to action: “Tell me what you stand for, and together we’ll turn the world inside out.” To transform his idea into reality, he created the Inside Out Project, the world’s largest participatory art project and a remarkable testament to the power of the image and the role art can play in transforming lives."
Jeff Dinsmore, http://hbowatch.com/hbo-documentary-film-inside-out-the-peoples-arts-project/ See more of JR's Inside Out Project here: http://www.jr-art.net/projects/inside-out-project-group-actions We've been quite busy in Media Arts this month! Our biggest news is that we have officially moved into our new Media Arts classroom space, the former computer lab, room 109. In addition, students have been working hard on many exciting projects. Here are some highlights from this month:
Advanced Media Arts students and some 7th grade students (led by Shannon) began working on the volleyball shirts. First they cut 12 x 12 sheets of freezer paper and stuck it onto the mat for the cutting machine (called the Silhouette Cameo). They typed last names in Photoshop and dragged them into Silhouette Studio, which is the program that tells the cutting machine where to cut. The machine cut stencils of the last names, which students ironed onto the backs of the shirts. When the freezer paper was adhered, students used foam brushes and fabric paint to paint in the names. After they dried, students pulled off the freezer paper and turned the shirts inside out to heat set the letters permanently on the shirts. Then Mrs. Kushner had to create a screen with the logo for the front of the shirt. This proved difficult. Our next step will be silkscreening the logo onto the fronts of the shirts! Another group of Advanced Media Arts students took on the task of painting Chute's snow plow for the 8th annual Paint Evanston Plows contest. Inspired by the theme "Get Active: Run, Walk, and Play", students came up with the idea to have a snow globe with silhouetted figures displaying the activities people enjoy during the winter. Before painting the plow, students did some test paintings in class to learn how to paint snow, the globe, and trees. After a few days of experimenting, students began painting the plow. To paint the silhouettes perfectly, students found silhouetted images of active people online, then we used the Silhouette Cameo to cut stencils of the figures. You can see Tiera painting in the stencils above. Great work, ladies!
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Artist of the Month:
Jesse Joshua Watson Biography compiled from http://jessewatson.com/about/ by Jacob V. Watson's is a father of two boys, a dancer, and an artist. He has illustrated children books, CD covers, and magazines. A couple books he illustrated that we are reading here at Chute are Chess Rumble by G. Neri and Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri. He visited Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 and wrote a book to raise money to support the Haitian people, called HOPE FOR HAITI! View Jesse speaking with our 7th grade Media Arts classes via Google Hangout on October 3rd at this link. Categories
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