This is the first in a series of studio courses on,the MF and MFA Motion Design programs. These,studio courses enable students explore modes of,moving image narrative. Building on technical,courses in the program curriculum, students will,use the analysis and critique of contemporary,narratives to develop their own motion design,methodology.
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Students will use Adobe Illustrator and,storyboard,techniques to plan and create your own graphic ,novel.
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Develop and enhance your hand-drawing techniques,and apply your skills to computer animation,software. Learn how to develop your animation,through ideation, storyboarding and character,development.
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Learn to successfully move from reality to,concept,using processes of analysis, experimentation,and conceptualization. Draw from observation,and learn techniques to accurately depict,perspective and proportion, and to render,form, light and shade. Move into concept-based,painting by working your drawings into,preliminary,studies for paintings by changing shape,relationships, creating new value arrangements,,and experimenting with the principle of duality.
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Color and light studies will introduce students to,the theory and practice of color through,observation, experimentation, readings,,screenings, discussion, and creative projects.,They will develop a working color vocabulary,considering sensory experience, the psychology of,color, personal preference, and historical and,symbolic meanings of color. Students will also,gain a fundamental and practical understanding of,mixing color through traditional and,non-traditional materials. This class is,experiential and open-ended, an attempt to,understand color and light as an evolving,scientific, philosophical, and cultural,phenomenon. ,,This is the equivalent course to DFN 139
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This course is the Dual Enrollment section for,the undergrad course: DMA 125.,This course is an introduction to the world of,video production. With an emphasis on,storytelling, students engage in a series of,exercises designed to prepare them for writing,,planning and directing their own short video,productions. Storyboarding, blocking, lighting,,cinematography and editing are emphasized in this,course. Additionally, students analyze selected,films and videos and begin to develop a critical,awareness of cinematic language. OPEN TO,NON-MAJORS.
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This non-major course is designed to, introduce/develop two-dimensional design skills, in the context of,typographic environments to students outside of, the major of Communication Design. Projects will,introduce students to the principles of typography, and image in order to develop skills related to,organizing typographic and image environments to, achieve clear communication based on an,understanding of typographic hierarchy, message,, and aesthetics, as well as spatial relationships, of the,page/screen such as grid, column and margin., Additionally students will develop the ability to, make,typographic design decisions that consider taste,, audience/user, content, concept, and sequence, by,employing process methodologies used in the, creation of unique visual communication, solutions.,EQUIVALENT TO DGD 201 CREDITS: 3.00
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Create a fabulous fashion line.
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Week long hands-on experience led using principles, of “design thinking” and encourages discovery, through experimentation, research and, exploration.
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If you are interested in exploring oil painting,but have never tried it or if you would like to,update basic skills this workshop is for you.,Spend the day learning techniques from one of,Detroit’s finest painters and create a painting of,your own.
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