criteria based presentation / crit
8 minutes per student, total: 3 minutes to present, 5 minutes for peer feedback
for your presentation, directly and clearly address the questions below. i will be looking for these exact answers in assessing your presentation grade for this project. your presentation time is short, so practice beforehand, making your language concise.
two recent grads, kelsey mack and jenna schwartze, will be our guest critics, so we will prioritize input from them. orient your presentation toward them as first-time viewers of your work.
overview – in a sentence or two, who is your subculture? what are your chosen attributes for this group?
symbol / icon set – in one sentence, what is the context and function of your symbol / icon set? how are you using the elements of design [line, shape, color, texture, space] to communicate your attributes?
time-based piece– what do your animations communicate that the still versions cannot and how do they do that?
form study – in one sentence, what is your container’s function? how is the element of “form” communicating one or more of your attributes? what are the 2d elements communicating?
peer feedback should also very directly address the degree of success for the above questions.
example presentation script:
overview – in a sentence or two, who is your subculture?
my subculture is bmx bikers from 15 to 25 who frequent skateparks.
what are your chosen attributes for this group?
rebellious, fearless and creative
symbol / icon set – in one sentence, what is the context and function of your symbol / icon set?
my icons are meant to communicate details of bike tricks [function] via cell phone [context], as a way to help each other understand how tricks are done, or what was just done [more function], to be placed in texts or over photos [more context].
how are you using the elements of design [line, shape, color, texture, space] to communicate your attributes?
the cut-and-paste line is a rebellious and non-traditional way to make lines. the colors are fearless in the way they intentionally class, and the use of positive and negative space is creative and unexpected.
time-based piece– what do your animations communicate that the still versions cannot and how do they do that?
they tell a more explicit story of how a trick was done – which pegs grind in a toothpick grind or specifically how an alley-oop works. time is important to clearly show the complete sequence of these actions.
form study – in one sentence, what is your container’s function? how is the element of “form” communicating one or more of your attributes? what are the 2d elements communicating?
my container holds replacement parts that can be brought to the skatepark for a long session – tubes, a small pump, and basic first-aid supplies. the form is meant to communicate “rebellious” because it’s made entirely out of d.i.y. stitched together patches. the 2d elements are fearlessly creative in that they are all appropriated and repurposed from existing bike company logos.