Dear Digital Media 1 Students,

Tomorrow, Tuesday March 24th we will try our first BlackBoard video-conference. The link below will take you to the Session, should be stress free:)
This should work on a laptop, tablet or cell...

https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/8ca1bf51d19548ca96d4e304115084b7

See you all tomorrow (remember, I'll take attendance this time, if there is an issue you can still email or post on the blog)

Thanks to everybody who joined us today!
I regret we didn't have more participants and posts...
Today, under the transitory circumstances it is ok, but starting next week I expect you guys to be online during the class time. I will have to take attendance, and remember, chances are will function like this till the end of the semester... We got to take this seriously.
Next week I'm planning to use blackboard/zoom to do a short video talk live. I expect you all to be there. I expect dream posts to be posted by the weekend (I need some time to read them and comment). Please read the text I posted and prepare to do Photoshop work at home. If you don't have the software... time to get it. Older versions will be fine for our purposes.

Reading!

http://www.dreaminterpretation-dictionary.com/freud-dream-interpretation.html

This is an excellent, simple website explaining basic Freudian theory, dream interpretation and the historic/psychological context of dreams. Please read and click around: you will need this for your critique!

All right class, welcome all!
You guys are welcome to start writing/posting your texts... (check the previous posts for specific instructions)
Please comment here to let me know you are online...
Looking forward to this!
Oh yeah: I posted some very cool dreams from the last 10 years of Digital Media 1 below...
check it out for inspiration!

Dream jewels from the past!

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2011/03/dream.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2011/03/derby-dreams.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-had-dream-that-i-was-in-antigua.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-had-dream-about-desert-filled-with.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-dreams-may-bees.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2011/11/me-against-myself.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2012/03/dream.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2012/10/ghost-dream.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2013/03/mother-of-all-nightmares.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2013/10/

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2014/03/iceland.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2015/03/justin-dream-slugs.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2015/10/childhood-nightmare.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2016/03/jonahs-dream-project_28.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-dream-by-brandi-clappsy.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2017/03/life-is-but-crazy-dream.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2017/10/dream.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2017/10/hallway-dream-project.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2018/04/dream-infinikea.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-greatest-showman.html

http://digimedia1.blogspot.com/2019/03/joan-vergara-dream-sequence.html

Online until March 30! (at least)

Dear Digital Media 2 students:

As we have expected for a while the class will have to be done online for a while.

I made a blog for us… njcudm2.blogspot.com/

You will need to email me at mramocki@gmail.com with email title dm1 student (your name). After that use my regular njcu email.

I’ll sign you up as a blog co-author. During the class period you will 1) post  your dream animation on the blog (you can post a youtube link or upload it directly to blog), 2)comment on other peoples videos 3) I’ll be writing my comments in the order your post appear on the blog 4) feel free to respond, chat, converse! I will communicate class related information via this blog, so keep checking it! Starting March 24^th we will also start using Blackboard videoconferencing.

Dear Digital Media 1 students:

As we have expected for a while the class will have to be done online for a while.

I think we can do this without much damage to our projected learning goals, mostly because most of the software learning is done…

So here is my experimental idea… during the Tuesday class period I’ll be online, signed into our class blog. You can email me at any point (mramocki@njcu.edu), post or comment. I would like you guys to write a blog post describing a real dream that you want to use for you second project. This has to be a real dream… very important. Don’t embellish, remove or add anything. Make the narrative as long as it needs to be, include all visual memories, detail etc.

We will exchange ideas regarding which scene of your dream should be used. Usually I would suggest a scene that is “Photoshop worthy”, where something spectacular takes place. But spectacular is in the eye of the beholder…

So during the class time you will write and post your dream narrative, connect with me and narrow down what will become your dream scene. After that is established, begin collecting online images needed for your collage. Remember to stick to large images. Your Dream project will be 10X8 inches, 300 dpi, RGB. Start by making that empty file and bringing everything in.

I also would love if you make constructive comments and suggestions on other students posts. Lets try to have a conversation. I will communicate class related information via blog, so keep checking it! Starting March 24^th we will also start using Blackboard videoconferencing.

self portrait Christopher Golabiewski

joel

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Self Portrait - HF

The feeling of 2016

Self Protrait

Phillip Melendez Self Portrait

Anna Alexandra Kaisto (Metaphor)

Hawa