***Special Open Book Quiz (final offer to the people who missed quizzes)

I'm offering one last chance for the people who missed the quizzes. Please answer the question according to the quiz you missed. If you missed quiz one, you answer question 1. Likewise, if you missed quiz 2, you answer question 2. Please notice that the maximum marks you can get is 10 marks, which is 2 marks lesser than the original quizzes given in class, this is, to be fair with the rest of the classmates. Once you are done, submit via email and the deadline of this special offer quiz last until 20th April. If you miss it again, it'll be too late. If you don't understand please facebook me or email me for inquiries (just to clear up confusion)


email or facebook: filmandartsappreciation@gmail.com




Question 1 (for the people who missed quiz one) [10marks]
i) Using your own words, provide a brief (short) definition for Romanticism.
ii) Using your own words, provide a brief (short) explanation on why or how the art movement Romanticism was started.
iii) According to the movie Moulin Rouge, how does the film show the quality of Romanticism in terms of:
a) Art direction/production design (settings, costumes, props, etc)?
b) Characters (just write one of the lead characters will do)?
c) and The way the movie is portrayed (the story, content, or why singing and dancing)?



** if you have never seen the movie because you missed the class, you could get a DVD in any video store.






Question 2 (for the people who missed quiz two) [10marks]
i) Using your own words, provide a brief (short) definition for Surrealism.
ii) Using your own words, provide a brief (short) explanation on why or how the art movement Surrealism was started.
iii) According to the movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, how does the film show the quality of Surrealism in terms of:
a) Art direction/production design (settings, costumes, props, etc)?
b) Characters (just write one of the lead characters will do)?
c) and The way the movie is portrayed (the story, or the content)?


** if you have never seen the movie because you missed the class, you could get a DVD in any video store.
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Navigation to all the lessons

Click the link below to your destination

Lesson 1: Elements of Art
Lesson 1: Exercise


a final update will be posted on 20/4/11




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***Exercises, assignments, and Quizzes results!!!

**Remarks:-

1) if you see your name in red, please go to the school of social science and liberal arts for inquiries because your name is not in the list.

2) if you see your name in purple, it means I dont have any of your exercises nor assignments. You can still submit them via email to this address, filmandartsappreciation@gmail.com, before 20th April. Any works after that will not be attended.

2) If you want to resubmit your exercises or assignments to obtain high marks, you can still do that before 20th April via email to this address: filmandartsappreciation@gmail.com. However, any material after that date, will not be credited!!

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Post Modernism





Motion Graphic
It basically means moving graphics, and it usually has collage-looking quality.





Video Montage
Video that relies only on editing that may not suggest obvious story. It's the idea of photographic imageries being edited together to present a mood.


Abstract Video
[Computer Generated Animation]









Mapping Projection
is a kind multimedia presentation.The idea is, mapping a video on an object, and the video is usually made out of animated computer generated imagery. Moreover, the video can be projected on a building or a car...anything is possible as long as it's huge enough for a good presentation.



Interactive Art
It's a use of videos (usually computer graphics) integrating with interactive motion sensor.

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Final Exam format

There are all together four sections


first section: Multiple choice questions (36 marks). 18 questions, 2 marks each.
 
second section (sorry, i've forgot to mention this section in class): Identifying the paintings with an art movement (similar to the exercises you have done) (24 marks). 3 questions, 4 paintings each question, 2 marks each painting.
*note: please read the question carefully because i have included the selections of art movements for you to pick.

Third section: essay question on Agora and neoclassicism. (10marks)


Fourth section: practical test:
1) completes the matrix diagram of realism vs formalism, illustration vs realistic forms. (8 marks)
2) Draw a peer in Impressionism style (10 marks)
3) Find out and draw the hidden lines/shape of the given painting. (12 marks)
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Attitude, Life, and Art


The most popular Si-fi film during the 70s













Printing methods that creates Neo-Dadaism art and pop art











Movie of the week!!! Across The Universe! It's not a bad movie, you can get to see elements of both neo-dadaism and Pop art!!! 












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***Attention for Replacement Class***

Replacement class on this Saturday 10am-1pm. Agenda: final revision (study tips), quiz revision and quiz. If you cannot attend the quiz with valid reason, you could stay back after this friday class for a 15mins early-quiz. It's slightly different than the one everybody is taking on saturday, and there's no revision for the early-quiz too.
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***Attention!!***

This Friday, April 8, 2011 is your Assignment deadline!!!


You can submit 


soft copy via email:


filmandartsappreciation@gmail.com 
(film-and-arts-appreciation, which is identical with the blogspot address)
or
hard copy, on friday class.


If you want to submit soft copy, please do not be later than 9th April 12AM. Any works submitted after that will not be attended!!


if you want to submit your redo assignment 1 and 2, or any of your pending exercises, you can also submit them in soft copy to the email address above before April 9, 12AM. However, any works submitted after that will not be attended as well.


However, to find out about your ASSIGNMENT RESULT ONLY, I will reply your mail with your marks.


Please spread this news to your friends!
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Irrationality










It was believed that one day, a group of artists, had a French-German dictionary, with a paper knife, randomly stuck it on the dictionary, and discovered the word "DADA", in french means, "hobby horse". From then, they had themselves a unique art movement called "Dadaism"


























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