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November 29, 2005
first drafts for final project: some thoughts
Welcome back, everyone. In response to a student who was asking me about what possible kind of first draft could she do, if she had planned to do a collage for her final project, I sent the following email:
If you are going to do a collage, then I'd like to see a "draft" --in the collage world that would mean thinking about your format: what size and shape will it be? What is the facet of identity you are illustrating and how? If it will include words what will they say? How will the words and images work together to illustrate your concept? Where will you get the words? Will they be your words and thoughts? a poem? song lyrics? Will you type them on the computer? will you write them? Will the collage be picture specific, word specific, additive? How will you adhere your images to the surface and what kind of surface will you use? what kind of images will you use? Your own photos? Documentary photos? will you be creating them? How will you choose them? You can do all this without gluing them down for a "draft."
I hope you are understanding that this is a final project for the course. It requires thinking and work. It will not be acceptable to just slap some magazine pictures together in the kind of collage you might do for a scrap book. This project needs to reflect your learning for the semester and therefore must be carefully planned and executed. That is why you do a draft, so that you can get the feedback of your peers in order to do the best, most interesting, original work possible.
These suggestions and guidelines apply to any word and image project that you may undertake...
Hope this helps clarify what is expected.
can't wait to see you all tomorrow...
Ellen
Posted by lcisEllen at November 29, 2005 07:19 AM