Mr. Machtay: "It's About Communication"

Proposal for Video

machtayh — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:12:05 +0000

PROPOSAL FOR DOCUMENTARY (non-fiction):

TOPIC: What is the subject of the video?
QUESTION/CONFLICT: What question will you be exploring? Or what conflict will you be explaining?
WHO TO INTERVIEW: What people (or groups) will be interviewed to help tell your story?
WHAT QUESTIONS: List the questions you will ask these interviewees. Make sure they are active questions.
WHAT SCENES: What locations or things or activities will you be videotaping?
OUTLINE: Describe each sequence in order from beginning to end

PROPOSAL FOR FICTION VIDEO:

SUBJECT: What is it about?
CHARACTERS: List and describe the characters
CONFLICT: What is the dramatic tension? who vs what?
RESOLUTION: How does the dramatic tension resolve? The conclusion? The climax?
OUTLINE: List the sequences

Beginning CSS

machtayh — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:36:06 +0000

1. save a TextEdit file to your Portfolio Folder. Name it artist.html and type in:

Mr Machtay artist page

Church at Mount Tamaro

Mario Botta designed this church in Italy. When you move around the church, it looks different from every angle.

2. Save another TextEdit file to your Portfolio folder. Name this one styles.css and type in:

body {background: url(images/bg7.gif); color: #660099}
h1 {margin: 0; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 18.5px}
p.text {margin-top: 0; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,Arial}
div.church {position: absolute; margin-top: 50px; margin-left: 100px; width: 430px}

3. Use the CSS CHEATSHEET handout to change the font sizes, faces and colors. Choose your own background and colors.

4. Now create a new DIV tag in artist.html file. Name it

and insert the images “images/chairs.jpg” and “images/pitchers.jpg”. Then in the same DIV type in this text: Aside from designing buildings, Mario Botta also designed household items like chairs and pitchers.

5. In styles.css set positioning for div.household. Work on the page to make it look nice and reflect good design.

6. In artist.html create one other DIV tag named

and insert the image “images/sfmoma.jpg”. Then in the same DIV type in this text: Mario Botta’s first building in the United States as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

7. In styles.css set positioning for div.sfmoma. Work on the page to make it look nice and reflect good dsign.

Write About a Director

machtayh — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:17:26 +0000

Information about the director’s life: born, died, education, other jobs, awards?
What were influences on this director’s work? Who did he learn from? How did he/she become a director?
What was this director famous for? What types of movies? What style or genre?
What did critics say about this director’s work? How did this director’s work influence current movies? Talk about some current movies that reflect this director’s work.
What do you think about this director’s work? What do you like or dislike? Does some of it feel old-fashioned and dated? Does some of it feel timeless?

Functional Design

machtayh — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:15:35 +0000

Design has functions. There are designers working on lamps and coffee cups and chairs and computer keyboards. They keep in mind how these items will be used — their function. You are going to create your own country and design money and a flag.

MONEY: What’s the key consideration in designing paper money in the modern world? Worries about counterfeiting! So you must make a complex design with patterns and the look of textures. And yet at the same time it has to be easy to see the national identity and the denomination (amount). Do NOT make your money look like American dollars. Design front and back of paper bill. (save as a JPG)

FLAG: Most flags will be made out of cloth. Perhaps a version of the flag will be cut out of metal. Therefore the design has to be made up of clean geometric shapes. And yet the colors and the shapes must represent something about your (imaginary) nation. Also, based on the colors, symbols and shapes, we need to know that the flag and the money are from the same country. (save as a GIF)

Magazine Rubric

machtayh — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:21:37 +0000

Each team will hand in MS Word files for all the pages of their teen magazine Nov. 5–6.
The Project Manager will hand in completed Magazine Progress Report Nov. 5–6.

Each team member is responsible for writing two articles (200 words each), one special feature, and one half-page ad.
Each team has created a template page so that each page is designed the same. The formatted styles need to be part of the template page so that each article has the same font formatting.
Each page needs visual images.

Portfolio Websites

machtayh — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:11:59 +0000

AOIT 10th graders in Mr. Machtay’s section will spend the next two weeks creating a basic Portfolio Websites.

Make sure all HTML and CSS pages are inside your Portfolio folder
Make sure all JPGs and GIFs are inside the images folder (that is also inside Portfolio folder)
Your page will display: Galileo Logo, First Name Logo, Landscape, Twins Project, and any other Photoshop projects you’re proud to show. (You will create three variations of First Name Logo.)
Your page will display a short essay titled: If You Really Wanna Know Me… (between 100 and 200 words).
Your page will link to color.html, bgtiling.html, artists.html, and persuasive.html.
Your page will have Photoshop-created GIF Buttons linking to other pages. You will create three variations on those Buttons. The same buttons should be on each of the html pages.
You will create another web page based on your Persuasive essay from Ms. Peter’s class. Create appropriate illustrations for that page.

Mr. Machtay’s Curriculum

machtayh — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:17:20 +0000

Media Arts Class Curriculum

10th Grade AOIT Curriculum

Web Design Curriculum

Rubrics for Working on Teams

About Your Artist

machtayh — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:19:16 +0000

Find Information on the Internet and then write IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

Artist’s background & important information about life
How did this person become an artist? (Who/What were influences?)
What school or type of art was this artist most known for?
Did this artist make major contributions to the world of art?
Select two pieces of artwork created by this artist. For each one: What is the name/date/media used for this artwork? Why is this work important? Or why is it good? Or why is it considered great?
What did critics/art historians say about this artist?
What are your opinions about this artist?
What do you like? What don’t you like? Why?

Summer Video Project for Media Arts Students

machtayh — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:21:00 +0000

I Want students aware of the choices directors make and the way putting two clips together (juxtaposing) creates the movie experience. Choose one of the two writing projects below (remember you can borrow videos from the public library):

Watch the documentary movie HOOP DREAMS & write 200 words about: The director made choices of what to include in the movie & what clips to put together. Discuss examples of how the director’s choices worked well (or not). Alternative movies:

Watch the movie THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY & write 200 words about: Discuss director’s choices on camera, music, editing. Give examples of how these choices are effective (or not). Alternative movies: REAR WINDOW, THE GODFATHER II

Team Presentations

machtayh — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:38 +0000

10th grade teams will present to the class and guests from business on Wednesday, block day, June 4.