Tressa McIff Blogs

Projects Art Movement The very first project I did this semester was a research and presentation project over an art or design movement.  I did my research over Russian Constructivism.  This project took about a month and a half.  The first part of this project, the research, was really fun and easy for me.  However, once we got into the actual graphic design aspect, I started to face some issues.  I had a hard time coming up with my own ideas and not just copying other artists' work.  However, I was able to learn a lot about my own style and what I feel comfortable with, while also learning about past artistic movements.  I was told that my presentation was very well done and had great content and slides.  The only thing that I did to change my project was adding my poster sketches to Behance.  Overall, I actually really enjoyed this project.  I love learning new things, especially about history.  I thought Constructivism was ...

(Video hopefully to come soon) The title of my short film is "Extracurriculars."  This film is about two friends who are sick and tired of school and simply need a break from their responsibilities.  In order to escape their after school activities for a while, they decide to take advantage of their nearly empty school.  The tagline for this film would be "Just a short break." First, we had to do pre-production.  This included writing film treatments, scripts, making story boards, and finding actors.  This was the first time any of us had done film treatments or scripts, and we were very confused.  The whole writing process took way longer than it should have because we had no idea what we were supposed to be doing or how to write a film treatment or script.  One everyone wrote individuals film treatments and scripts, we got into groups and decided which one to make into a short film.  My group originally chose Tim's idea called "Boy."...