Collage Task http://www.crinid.com/inspiration/ecltectic-

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Play — the capacity to

experiment with one’s

surroundings as a form

of problem-solving

Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully

sample and remix media content

Judgment — the ability to evaluate

the reliability and credibility of

different information sources

Distributed Cognition

— the ability to

interact meaningfully

with tools that

expand mental

capacities

Aim

• Practical task• Factual knowledge• Reflective exercise• Research component• Skills progression for Q1a (log what you do)• Personal perspective

Task – Mash-Up• Plan and create your own collage that presents your view to this

question:

• To what extent does the media offer a range of representations of immigrants?

• Produce an A3 print*, which combines scanned images, photographs, painting, quotes. Use layering and other suitable Photoshop techniques. Your picture should represent your view. It can be emotional, it can be expressive, it should be personal

• *Some of you might decide to make a mash-up video

Ingredients

• Theory PP• Newspaper headlines/articles – broadsheet

and tabloid• Your notes• New – images, text, other quotation, tweets,

UGC

Plan

• Get all individual material together• Write a short paragraph that would

accompany your collage:

• In this collage Perera presents his view of media representations on the topic of immigration….

Mash-upApps:• https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pic-collag

e/id448639966?mt=8

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.forgottensystems.collagefree&hl=en

• https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/instacollage-pro-pic-frame/id530957474?mt=8

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinypiece.android.ipf&hl=en

• Tumblr• http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/collage%

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• Flickr• http://www.flickr.com/groups/

visualmashups/

A digital mashup is a digital media document containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing, third-party sources, to create a new derivative work.

While questioning the law, mashups are also questioning the very act of creation. Are the artists creating when they use other individuals' work? How will artists prove their creative input?

Source: Wikipedia

Mash up artists

• Still image - http://howdyinc.com/buzz/?p=106

• Video collage – • http://www.crinid.com/inspiration/ecltectic-

method-visual-mash-up-artists

Robert Rauschenberg

John Heartfield

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Photoshop skills

• Layers• Cropping and resizing• Placement• Blending options• Stamping• Colour• Text