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Project - Photo Presentation

This project may be completed by the following students:

M1 1st Year Media Arts Majors.

M2 2nd Year Media Arts Majors.

M3 3rd Year Media Arts Majors.

TC Technology Concepts Students.


Directions

  1. Pre-Production

    1. Note: This project is about displaying photos, not making them.
      1. The focus of this project should involve creating a template you can use again and again, only swapping out the text and photos as you do different photography track projects.
      2. The photos you include should be yours, but they are not the focus of this lesson.
    2. Create a folder in Google Drive for this project.
      1. While not required, naming it "Photo Presentation" followed by the school year will make it easier to find this project in the future.
      2. This folder should include anything you consider using for this project, including:
        • A Google Doc that contains all citations for sourced images.
        • All image files you are thinking of using. (Note: Upload the actual files here! Images embedded in a document become less accessible.)
        • The actual Google Slide Presentation you are creating for this project.
    3. Select 2-5 photos you've taken, and upload copies of them to this project's Google Drive folder.
      1. These images should not depict any violation of school policies, including but not limited to the dress code.
      2. You should be comfortable sharing these images with your teacher and classmates.
      3. These images should be more engaging than a collection of selfies or photos taken quickly from your seat in the computer lab. You will be asked to write about each image.
      4. While you can take new photos for this project, it is one of the few for this course where previously submitted images are acceptable.
    4. You will need a graphic to go on each slide of your presentation. Find or create 2-3 potential images, and upload copies of them to this project's Google Drive folder.
      1. The graphic should look like it belongs in the presentation while being generic enough to be used whenever this template is needed.
      2. Graphics that relate to photography, art presentation (frames, curtains), or the photographer(you), are suggested for this.
      3. You will need to cite your sources for any graphic not made by you. Some graphics (with citations) have been collected here. Other possible sources are in the Resources section below, but remember to save your citations or you will lose points.

  2. Production

    1. Create a new Google Slide presentation in the Google Drive folder you made for this project.
    2. Do not select any of the themes. You've already been working on your own. Close out the Theme selection options to give yourself more space.
    3. Select a background color for your template and use the "add to theme" button so that all of your slides will have the same background color.
      • If the color is "neutral," it will fit well with more artworks.
      • Neutral in this case includes, white, black, gray, and some browns.
    4. The default slide will already have two text boxes, one for a title and one for a subtitle. You'll be using both of them.
    5. Add the art you selected during Pre-Production, including one of your photos and the sourced art you selected.
    6. Copy/Paste your citation for the sourced art into the Speaker Notes section of the slide.
    7. Add a title for the image in the appropriate text box.
    8. Add information about the photo in the other text box. This should not be more than 1-2 sentences, and can include:
      1. Something about how you took the photo.
      2. Something about what is in the photo.
      3. Something about why the photo was taken.
    9. Arrange all of these parts in the slide in a way that looks good to you. This includes selecting the fonts, colors, and sizes.
    10. The following items may help with this portion of the project:
    11. Duplicate this slide so that you do not need to recreate all of the formatting you just did.
    12. In the duplicated slide, keep all of your formatting (including the sourced art that needed a citation), but change the photo, and text.
    13. Repeat this process until you have used all of the photos you selected for this project.

  3. Post-Production

    1. Look over the rubric for this project.
      1. No, seriously, look over the rubric. Most students who get less than 100% on projects like this did so because they forgot something critical mentioned in the rubric.
    2. Proofread all of your text.
      1. This project did not require a lot of writing, so typos are far more likely to stand out and lower the perceived quality of this project.
    3. Submit your finished presentation.
      1. Remember that it is your responsibility to make sure the work is submitted properly, and this can be done immediately after handing it in.
      2. Emails the night before a critique asking if the work was submitted correctly will not be accepted as evidence that an attempt was made.

Rubric

Standards

Resources


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