2016 Fall Food Styling Schedule

Food Styling Schedule:

·        Tuesday, Sept. 13: AM Class, Abigail and Morgan (Peach Pie) – PM Class, Lane and Leo (Halloween cookies)

·        Wednesday, Sept. 14: AM Class, Clayton and Harley (Cake) – PM Class, Jackson and Ali (Cookies and Cinnamon Rolls)

·        Thursday, Sept. 15: AM Class, Gabby and Miranda (Shepherd’s Pie) – PM Class, Hanna and Jason (Pastel Boba Tea)

·        Tuesday, Sept. 20: AM Class, Devin and Sky (Cupcakes / Muffins) – PM Class, Christian and Fernando (Peach Tea)

·        Wednesday, Sept. 21: AM Class, Timmy and Josh Gu (Bubble Tea) This one will be completed outside of class – PM Class, Max and Emma (Cinnamon Rolls)

·        Thursday, Sept. 22: AM Class, Emmalee, Janvi, Marili (S’mores) – PM Class, Kimberly and Sutton (Chocolate Chip Cookies)

·        Tuesday, Sept. 27: AM Class, Colin and Ben Hood (Pasta) – PM Class, Make up for any session that did not go well.

·        Wednesday, Sept. 28: AM Class, Make up for any session that did not go well.

–        PM Class, Make up for any session that did not go well.

Meet with Mrs. H the day before your shoot to finalize your list and assure her that you have all items needed. Also meet with your mentor so you will get instruction on the camera and the photo studio rules.

This is info for 2016-17 Advanced and Practicum Students

For anyone who is planning to be in the Studio as an Advanced or a Practicum student in this important year - as many of you know, the plan is that I will retire from teaching at the end of this school year. (That means that it is my senior year too!)

I have been able to grow this program from 7 students over at DJCC when I first took that job in 1999 to the maximum I can take in the studio, which is 30 per class for 4 classes per year here at CCE. This is a great program now, with 3 years of available instruction and also a Career Prep class which serves as a professional internship. There are not many programs in the state with such an extensive program in Graphic Design and Illustration for high school students.

The reason that I am telling you about the growth is that I love and respect the students who have gone through this program as student leaders in the past, and I feel a responsibility with regard to the students who will come through it in the future. I feel that all who come through the studio are linked through the years and they often even run into each other as working professionals. It is important to me to see to it that the program remains healthy.

I need to have great leadership during my last year at CCE so that I can see to it that I pass a healthy and optimistic program to the next teacher. I CAN’T DO THAT WITHOUT YOU!

In order to plan for a smooth transition, we will institute a few new policies in the studio that I think you will find interesting. We will need a few people to take responsibility in some key areas.

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• One area will be a first year group advisory member from Practicum in each class. This person will be in charge of making sure that all of the group projects are going smoothly and assigning one ADVANCED MENTOR assigned to each group. They will have one mentor meeting per week to listen for problems that might arise and help resolve them.

• Another will be "studio czar" for each class. This person will be in charge of seeing to it that the photo studio, the print room, the conference room and the studio look nice at all times - they can get a group of students to help them each week with Friday clean-ups.

• Another will be blogspot contributor. This person will gather websites, software links, apps, thought of the day or any other suggestions for daily posts and get it to Mrs. Harman before the end of the week. They will be posted the following week.

• Yet another will be camera equipment checkout in each class. This will be the person who is in charge of issuing camera equipment for checkout and being sure that it is returned the following class period with all parts intact.

• Another will be ambassador for the studio for each class. This person will greet all tour groups and walk them through the studio and inform them about the program as they come through. They will show the photo studio, the conference room, and the main studio space to the students and discuss what we do in the class.

• We will need two tour ambassadors for each class. These people will rotate dates for the main tours throughout the school. They will go on tours every other tour throughout the semester and work with Mrs. Jenschke as tours filter through the building.

• Special projects coordinator for each class. This person will help to distribute work to the most experienced students in the studio as they come in from the community and district. They will see to it that all correspondence is handled professionally and promptly regarding the work that is done "for real clients."

• Print request liason for each class. This person is in charge of seeing to it that Mrs. Harman is aware of student print needs. They will educate the people in the studio of the practicalities of such requests. This person needs to be a junior, because I want to be sure there is someone ready to teach the next teacher how to do printing on our plotter. This person will be trained to do printing on the large format printer and should be very patient.

• Publicity liason for the website. This is the person who will coordinate stories and photography for the department for the LISD website as well as the CCE website through Mrs. Graves.

There may be further updates as we approach the beginning of the school year, but these are areas that we need help with for sure. I would like to get things organized and ready for the next school year, and that includes having leadership positions in place to help smooth the transition.

Thank you for considering one of these jobs. They are all jobs that I have handled on an "as needed" basis throughout the years, and it feels great to have them on paper for students to help with.

Daily alternative work: Day 1 - 8

1. For today's assignment, read this article and then do the related tutorial that is assigned.

Read:
SPORTS GRAPHICS

Do: Choose any professional sports team and do a before and after of their entire brand. Show what the uniform looks like now, and what it would look like after your redesign. Redesign their logo and some of their merchandise. Use the work of Todd Radom as your inspiration.

2. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 2 assignment.

Read:
PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR ACTION SHOTS

Do: Take a series of three photos of subjects in action using the technique outlined in the article that you just read. See if you get much better photos!

3. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 3 assignment.

Read:
MUSIC DESIGN

Do: Choose an already existing album cover and completely redesign it. Be sure that you know the music first, otherwise your work will seem irrelevant to the musical artist. Show me the before and the after of the design.

4. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 4 assignment.

Read:
MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Do: Choose any medical condition that you feel is "illustrate-able". Try to do a simple medical illustration - if you feel you can, add color.

5. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 5 assignment.

Read:
GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR PRODUCT PACKAGING

Do: Choose any product and redesign the packaging for that product. Send the before and the after of your redesign.

6. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 6 assignment.

Read:
POP Displays - look at these examples of point of sale advertising displays

Do: Choose any product and design your own concept for a point of sale (point of purchase) display for that item. The job of a good POP display is to finish the sale. Cause the customer to purchase your brand rather than any other.

7. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 7 assignment.

Read:
BILLBOARD DESIGN design principles for billboards

Do: Create an effective billboard for any product or service.

8. Once this assignment is completed, move on to do this one for the day 8 assignment.

Read:
PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR PORTRAITS

Do: Choose any subject and do an effective portrait using the knowledge gained from the article link above.

Deadlines for the rest of the semester: All DATES and pieces of the toy design project and final info.

The entire schedule for the rest of the semester is here, with deadlines:

Notes to be aware of: 12/4 and 12/15 are CCE tour dates, 12/7 through 12/10 are EOC / Staar Testing, 12/12 ACT Test MHS, 12/18 and 1/15 are early release dates, 1/14 and 1/15 are final exams.

Dec. 4 - Fashion project - hair ad due (Tour date at CCE during class)
Dec. 7 - Final toy concept (outline of idea, written in "story format")
Dec. 9 - Final logo for toy (to be used for the rest of the items in the project) Full color and B/W versions
Dec. 11 - Final full color illustration of toy due / Fashion "full clothing brand" test shots of model due
Dec. 14 - Package design due by end of class period
Dec. 15 - Final tour date for the semester
Dec. 16 - Store display (point of purchase / POP) due by the end of class today.
Dec. 17 - Final fashion ad is due.
Notes about FASHION PORTFOLIO PROJECTS:
E-mail all 4 completed ads to Mrs. Harman at adteacher@ymail.com by the end of the period on Dec. 17 or Dec. 18 if you have not done so. This is the last turn in for the project. Wrapped up!

WINTER BREAK

Jan. 5 - Final script for presentation due by the end of the class period
Jan. 8 - Slideshow completed by the end of the class period
Jan. 11 - "memorization recitation day" - Mrs. H checks individuals
Jan. 12 - Group presentation run-throughs
Jan. 13 - FINAL PRESENTATIONS
Jan. 14/15 - Final exam dates

Assignment for today (Thursday): Due at the end of class period.

Please read through these beginning level skills and be sure that you understand them all. Demonstrate that you understand by sending me a completed photo on which you have run all of these processes. If you complete this, please see me to advance further.

Your assignment is here: follow step by step

Iron Food Truck

Design Brief 1: Iron Food Truck Project

You are beginning the “Iron Food Truck” project today. This is where you will be informed of the general process of the project. It has a similar format to certain cooking programs such as Chopped or Iron Chef, and incorporates the standard flow of a graphic design presentation.

There will be three segments to the program for each group, leading to a total of four presentation phases including an intermission after the first two. There will be a host and judges, just as in the TV show.

The first segment is the presentation phase, where the active group will be presenting their food trucks and entire concept. This will be the presentation aspect of the program which will be graded. There will be different aspects of the presentation including specific content (i.e. Business, convenience, style)

The second phase will be the food service phase. Each member of the group will provide a sample of a representative dish from their truck.  As the dishes are placed in front of judges, and as they eat the samples, the presenter will describe their dish and elaborate on it. You will be given a separate score for this phase where grade will be based on Taste, Presentation/Styling, Creativity/Originality, and the official Description (copywriting). After describing the dish and after the judges have finished your sample dish,  each group member will be given one minute to say any comments they may have regarding the dish.

The third phase is the conclusion where the active group will wrap up their presentation with any finishing comments. No grading is required for this part. During this phase, the judges will tally up the points from the second phase and give them to the host.

Reference photos for First Year