Project outline

Title- Cosmos

Project Description

Using experimental processing I am planning on creating a short Astronomy Mockumentary video and still frame cosmos posters. My intention is to layer artificial star, cosmos, and planetary motion images with factual information. In hopes that the boundaries of fact and fiction are blurred enough to create a believable short film.

Conceptual Concerns

Obtaining enough sold information to write a script.

Believability of my images.

Technical Skills Covered

Flash

Tween- Animation of a star mapping/motion

Importing sound and text

PS4

Scanning of my Images

Color Adjustment

Filters

Use of 3d animation

Exporting to film

Final Cut Pro/I movie/ or best editing

Combining all images and sound into a film

Exporting

Printing

Print quality-Poster style

Formal Guidelines

Around a 10 minute video

2-5 Posters 11in by 17in or 14in by 20in

Artistic References

Mark Dion, John Salvon, Matt McCormick, Eric J. Heller, Gunther von Hagens

Readings

Cosmiccomic, Intro to Astronomy 8^th edition, Mockumentary guidelines, Beyond the Cosmos, Adobe Creative Suites Information Guide

Grade

For both midterm and the final crit. I would not only like the you to judge if the posters and project is collectively functioning well together but an overall grade and feedback from the class. I would like both grades (the class and your average) to be taken into consideration. I would also like during the midterm to hand out a paper to everyone to get feedback on the progression of my project.

Goals

This project is a new challenge for me. Many time we are able to build works of art without need a script to collectively combined a project but with this I am not only creating abstract images with a relationship to known cosmic, stars and black holes but also combining this information with real date.