Wednesday, February 7, 2007

The International Exercise

Neighboorhood Narratives
International Assignment
Spring 2007

"Put yourself in the picture, in the place."

* TABLE OF CONTENTS *

1. DESCRIPTION
2. INSTRUCTION DETAILS
3. THEMES
4. TEAMS LIST
5. FINAL DELIVERABLE SPECIFICATIONS
6. INSTRUCTOR CONTACTS
7. NOTES


1. DESCRIPTION
From three international campuses (Philadelphia, Tokyo, London), Temple students are assigned to Teams. Each team is to choose a theme. Each team member will take 4 pictures + 10 seconds of audio related to that theme. These photo and audio “assets” will be assembled into a slide show (video) podcast that will be available to the general public for free via the Apple iTunes web site.

- Each student will produce four (4) photos: image and/or montage, with all or part of themselves “in the picture” in the context of the theme.

- Each student will find or record 10 seconds of audio to go with their pictures. Audio might be a mix of any of the following: voices of neighborhood, voice of student, noises of the place, music of the place, student's musical association, et cetera.

2. INSTRUCTION DETAILS

i. Students are assembled into six teams. Each team has a teacher/mentor to answer questions. See TEAMS list below.

ii. "Getting to know you" Students introduce themselves to each other by email. (date due: Feb. 15)

iii. "Pick a Theme" Each team agrees on a theme for their photo montage and audio assets. See THEMES list below. (date due: Feb. 15 )

iv. "Organize Yourselves" Each team chooses a Team Leader who will make sure everyone gets the project completed. Each team selects an Editor who will compile the photo and video assets so that they make sense when viewed as a whole. The leader can also be the editor, or another team member can be the editor and decide the final order for the pictures and sound.

vi. The Team Leader coordinates the delivery of the final image and audio “assets” to Steve Bull: bull@el.net. The Team Leader is advised to email cc: teacher/mentor to keep her/him updated on progress. (date due: March 15)

vii. The final vodcasts will be created by… Steve Bull + others (interested students and teachers contact Steve if you would like to participate in vodcast production).

3. THEMES

- Subways
- Fashion
- Night Life
- Nature
- Music
- Festivals
- Street musicians
- Parks
- Street culture


4. TEAMS

ALPHA (5 members)
BECKY CLAWSON [tua08847@temple.edu] - London
ANTHONY AGUILAR [conrad84@temple.edu] - Tokyo
NARGIZ ALEKPEROVA [tua06673@temple.edu] - Tokyo
MARIKO KOSAKA [kosakam@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
CLARISSA SINGLETON [tua33626@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
* mentor: Ron Carr

BETA (5 members)
BRIAN NOEL [bnoel728@temple.edu] - London
LIN GAO [tua36233@temple.edu] - Tokyo
DAISUKE ISHIHARA [tua01398@temple.edu] - Tokyo
BRADLEY HENOFER [tua26048@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
SOSENA SOLOMON [sosena@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
* mentor: Ron Carr

GAMMA (5 members)
DANIEL FISHER [tua04926@temple.edu] - London
MIHO ISHIWATA [tua02226@temple.edu] - Tokyo
AZUSA ITAGAKI [itagaki@temple.edu] - Tokyo
JUSTIN MILLER [tua75969@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
MAXWELL ROBBINS [tua28302@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
* mentor: Siobhan Thomas

DELTA (5 members)
PETER MASON [peter.mason@temple.edu] - London
HELENE LAROCHELLE [tua68905@temple.edu] - Tokyo
KANE ALBARRON [tua13849@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
JEVED CUMBERBATCH [tua12893@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
NICOLE POLTER [tua39904@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
* mentor: Siobhan Thomas

EPSILON (5 members)
CARLY [tua04174@temple.edu] - London
DYLAN MCCAULEY [tua68896@temple.edu] - Tokyo
MICHELLE S FLOWERS [meshee@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
JULIA ROBBINS [tua06824@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
CHIQUETTA WOODS [Qyxes1@gmail.com] - Philadelphia
* mentor: Steve Bull

ZETA (5 members)
GEORGE KEALEY [w.kealey@temple.edu] - London
MARCELLA McCLATCHEY [tua79189@temple.edu] - Tokyo
SEAN MAXWELL [tua03519@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
JAMEY HINDORFF [tua58093@temple.edu] - Philadelphia
SLAVEN SIMUNOVIC [tua13585@temple.edu] - Philadelphia

* mentor: Steve Bull

5. FINAL SPECIFICATIONS for PHOTOS AND AUDIO
Image: 320x240, 72 dpi, high quality, .jpg, 4 images
audio: 44kHz, stereo, uncompressed, .mov, 10 seconds


6. INSTRUCTOR CONTACTS
Hana Iverson [h.iverson@temple.edu]
Steve Bull [bull@el.net]
Ronald Carr [carr@tuj.ac.jp]
Irene Herrera [herrera@tuj.ac.jp]
Siobhan Thomas [siobhan@yammy.org]


7. ADDITIONAL NOTES
These projects are public domain. They are made as public art. They will be made and taken with the understanding that they will be viewed and distributed on the internet. If you are interviewing a subject, you will need a consent form. If you do not feel comfortable putting yourself (or some part of yourself) on the internet, please let your team mentor know.

Equipment access: if you need assistance getting or using a digital camera, a camera cell phone or any kind of audio recording device, please ask your team mentor.

Sound options: Choose one person in your neighborhood to interview and use his or her voice; or if it is a performer, his or her medium, such as music. This way the recordings become more intimate and connected between subject and student. Ambient sound is considered street noise, or room noise without narration. Narration can include poetry.

“Put yourself in the picture” can mean: your whole body, part of your body (foot, hand, eye etc.), some trace of you (shadow, footsteps), a surrogate such as your cat, your dog, your AIM icon etc., a photo of you inside the photo you are taking etc.

Email policy: you must respond to email received immediately--even if all you have time for is a "thanks, received and will answer soon" response. All group emails should be cc-ed to the entire group so that everyone is "in touch" and "in the loop."

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