I am OK with collaborations; I encourage them. I believe ideas are better when shared and worked out externally. Just make sure to speak with me first so I can check up that each of you are pulling equal weight.
1) Create an advertisement or video commercial and write a 4-5 page write up that includes an explanation of:
-The tactics you used including aesthetics (the type of environment/ color scheme /camera angles/ focus), actors (sex, race, age), body language, etc.
-WHY did you implored those tactics: what audience were you trying to reach; what were you trying to make your audience feel; what is the advertisement's intent
-What advertisements inspired your work
- Are you critical of these types of advertisements
2) Make an 8-10 minute video documentary on any media-related issue (this must be a contemporary analysis; it can not simply be the history of a specific medium, though that information may be included)
3) Make an 8-10 minute podcast. This, too, must take a contemporary look at a given subject. No historical timelines. Those are boring and include no new information. Listen to the NPR shows "This American Life" and "On the Media" for inspiration.
3) Write a 10-page academic paper on any contemporary media-related issue such as Objectivity or Media Ownership
4) Write a 10-page creative non-fiction essay that is critical of a contemporary issue. Re-read Joan Didion or Hunter Thompson for inspiration.
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