Basic Digital Arts - DMS 121
Department of Media Study, SUNY at Buffalo
SUMMER 2007
Class: MTWR 11:00 - 1:00
Instructor: Al Larsen
Office Hour: Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:00 (CFA 244 &/or CFA 271)
alarsen * at * buffalo * dot * edu

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Overview of Possible Topics

  • Imaging
    • symbol, abstraction, representation
    • design and composition
    • collage, montage, compositing
    • typology / work in series
    • software: Adobe Photoshop
  • Audio
    • sample rates
    • sound design for motion graphics
    • music: looping, sequencing, processing
    • remix culture
    • audio software: tbd
  • Motion
    • types of motion
    • structure in time-based media
    • film title sequences
    • creating mood through abstraction
    • text and motion
    • software: Macromedia Flash
  • Programming Concepts
    • (scripting language tba)
    • client-server model
    • client-side scripting
    • variables and control structures
    • programming movement
  • Creativity in the (Digital) Arts
    • client-driven (commercial work)
    • fine arts model
    • activist
    • diy culture model
    • organizational/scientific
  • "Off the Screen"
    • properties of the new media
    • social vectors in internet art
    • authorship/ownership issues in the digital age