Technology Based Lesson Plan:

 

Shaping Meaning Through

 

Notan Art...The Process As Art

 

 

 

 

Teacher: Susanna Stevenson

Grade Level: High School

Title: The Process As Art

 

Brief History and Background:

*Photo to Movie 3.2 (Mac OS X) lets Macintosh users turn digital photographs into QuickTime movie slide shows quickly and easily. This revolutionary new tool incorporates a powerful version of the “Ken Burns effect” to bring photos alive with motion. Photo to Movie also lets you add music tracks, voice narration, and a variety of slide-to-slide transitions. Photo to Movie files can be burned to DVD, posted on the Web, and even emailed.

 

In the Shaping Meaning Through Notan Art activity, students were asked to make developmental notan focusing on "going with the flow" of the art making process. In this lesson, students are asked to document the process of their developmental notan by taking photographs of each of the stages of their notan's progress. Once the notan is complete, students are to make a video documenting this using the program Photo to Movie which is a downloadable program created by Apple.  **If students are PC users, have them try the program Photo Story 3--it is a free downloadable program and very easy to use!

 

Standards:

PDE

9.1.12.B Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.

9.1.12.C Integrate and apply advanced vocabulary to the arts forms.

9.1.12.E Delineate a unifying theme through the production of a work of art that reflects skills in media processes and techniques.

9.1.12.H Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in the arts and work and in performance spaces.

 

NETS

1. Creativity and Innovation

   Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:

      a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

      b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

 

2. Communication and Collaboration

     Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of   others. Students:

     b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

 

6. Technology Operations and Concepts

     Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:

     a. understand and use technology systems.

     b. select and use applications effectively and productively.

     c. troubleshoot systems and applications.

 

Goal: To create a Photo to Movie that documents the progression of their developmental notan art.

 

Objectives:

 

Resource Materials/Visual Aides:

Photo to Movie directions, Photo to Movie example, Photo to Movie Instructions Handout.

 

Supplies/Materials:

Images of notan art as it is being created, digital camera/scanner, computer, Photo to Movie program. **If you are a PC user, a free downloadable program called Photo Story 3 is available and very similar to the program Photo to Movie.

 

Teacher Preparation:

Have an example of the final product based on your original notan design available to show students. Review the basic instructions for how to use Photo to Movie to prepare for the class demonstration.

 

Teaching Introduction:

Present your Photo to Movie example based on your created notan art.  Guide students through the steps of how you created your Photo to Movie of the notan art.

 

Directions:

1. As you are working on your notan, take a picture (a few) of each of it's developmental stages.

2. Consider takling each picture from the same angle/scanning it from the same position so that once the movie is formed, a "sequence" is evident.

3. Once all pictures are taken, edit each picture to be the same size, cropped, etc. (This can be done in the application Photoshop (for Mac users) and Microsoft Photo (for PC users.

4. Open the application Photo to Movie.

5. Drag each image in the order it should appear into the application.

6. Adjust the length of time for each image to be equal as well as the "fading" in and out of each image to the next. (Have students refer to the attached Photo to Movie cheat sheet for the full instructions on how to edit this program if they need help).

7. Once photos are inserted, students may add audio if they like. This can be audio that they created or a track from their music collection. **Make sure that students know that if they use a copyright track, they must give credit for it and it can not be later published on a site such as YouTube.**

8. Once students have completed their Photo to Movie, have them save the file using this format: Last name_NotanMovie.ptm (these can later be converted to DVD using a different Mac application if necessary).

 

Critique/Evaluation/Assessment:

Teacher assessment will take place based on the craftsmanship of each students final Photo to Movie product.

In class critique will take place to view eachother's movies and to discuss the imagery that was created based on the concept of shaping meaning through the art making journey.

 

Time Budget: (3) 90 minute classes.

 

Vocabulary: Notan, Photo to Movie, shaping meaning

 

Safety Concerns: prior to this lesson, students are trained in the proper use of an x-acto knife.

 

Bibliography/References:

(*) Photo to Movie Description http://iponsel.com/ebook/photo-to-movie-32-mac-os-x-editorial-guide/2008/11/06/

(**) Photo to Movie Editorial Guide Photo-to-Movie-Editorial-Guide-Mac.pdf

(***) Photo Story Free Download http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx