Major Practical Project - Introduction
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- Producing one project
 - How to produce a project
 - Presentation to gallery standard
 - Project engagement
 - How to Steal like an artist
 - Need to be excited and energised by projects
 - Passion
 - Daniel Meadows - Uni projects!
 - Tony Ray-Jones - systems & notes - reflected on his own work
 - Rob Ball - cataloging cigarette machines
 - John Cyr
 - Managing a Project
 - Research - finding a subject
 - Planning (schedule)
 - Doing!
 - Output - book, exhibition, distribution
 - Promotion - before, during and after completion
 
Dissertation - Introduction
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- Difficult conversations - no time for nurturing
 - No time for slacking
 - No one will chase you
 - Fill in the silence
 - Proformas!
 - Work back from hand in date - mechanism?
 - Time Management - 90% manage/10% craft
 - 1000 word proforma
 - Talking about research projects
 - 8000 - 10000 words
 - By March supervisory tutorial
 - Abstract 200 words (10% of mark) - written at the end
 - Individual support
 - Intense tutorials - book early and often - come with ideas
 - Initiate independent study
 - Research - start with enthusiasm - fall off - must push past the lulls
 - Chapter of a book to be taken on to PhD
 - Proforma 8th December 2011 and deadline 26th April 2012
 - Working Title is ok, worry about title in March
 - You sign to say you can acquire the resources
 - Bibliography - what are the 5-10 key texts in this field? (total 30-50 texts)
 - Emailed response over xmas so I can get going!
 - Not nailed down - you can change and re-submit proforma
 - Everything you read informs dissertation and must be in Biblio.
 - Joined up thinking?
 - Methods of research booklet
 - Get started! Thinking! Diary! Notebook!
 - Four colour pen...
 - Library - drill down deep
 - Inter library loans/journals/electronic journals/buy
 - Run at an idea hard for three days!
 - What is out there? What has been done?
 - Can i put a spin on it?
 - If boring - leave it!
 - Need to feel a passion
 - Is it doable? in 10000 words?
 - Dummy run
 - Live it!
 
Mixed Media - Introduction
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- Think of Mixed Media as a single module
 - Essay can be a photograph & not necessarily writing (piece of work)
 - Research this term - ideas & prototypes
 - Essay next term - doing it - tutorial based
 - Tutorials available 5-7pm
 - Esther Rosenfeld - Artist - how do you define yourself?
 - Critical Journal is a key piece - what, why, how...
 - Deadline 24th April 2012
 - Proforma deadline is 8th December 2011
 - 80/20, 50/50, 20/80
 - 5 min film & 1000 word essay
 - 3 minute film & 2000 word essay
 - Storyboard/sequencing & 4000 word essay
 - Proforma = 500 words
 - Resources - assistant, camera, sound
 - Bibliography
 - Substantial Critical Journal - SOI, all research, prototype (storyboard & seq.)
 - written research, visual research, contextualisation of your position
 - critical reflection
 - Where and how you will do it will be part of the prototype
 - Journal is returned and re-submitted in April
 - Prototype is returned and re-submitted in April
 - Must be ratified
 - What is Mixed Media?
 - Opportunity to undertake practice (practice based research)
 - Can be a photography portfolio (the essay is the mix)
 - Examples - walk & sound track, photography & fell walking
 - Do it and document it, photo or film (evidence it)
 - Co-related mixed media and MPP
 - Tight neat package of assignments - everything is contributing
 - Example - non print publication or a book or a banner (self publish)
 - Magazine?
 - Narrow yet deep!
 - A one minute film takes one day to edit
 
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