Seeing Seeing

Flickr and your assignment

2008-12-10T21:44:00.000-08:00

Mr. Effres alerted to me the fact that our Flickr account limits the number of sets to 3. I have therefore upgraded our account to Pro—Pro!—which gives us unlimited sets. It should go into effect soon.....

If it's still a problem on, say, Thursday evening, someone let me know, please.

Go well. Be smart.

Thoughts on creating an image essay

2008-12-07T17:37:00.000-08:00

Images can be found and/or made.
Images may be stills from films ripped shamelessly out of context.
Images may be from radically discrepant sources—the news, art, a film, your own photos.
The images in relationship to each other should make the argument.
Try NOT to have the images be evidence of your written argument. Just looking at your images should make your argument.

Last Image of the Semester (redux)

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FINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT

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Rhet 140: FINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT

DUE: Tuesday, December 16 by 3:00 pm, in my mailbox in the Rhetoric office.
NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Failure to do the paper will result in an F for the class.

The Assignment
Create an image essay. That is, create an argument using images. To augment this image essay, write a paper in which you proffer your argument in words.

Details: Creating an image essay
Use this Flickr.com account
un: rhet140 (rhet140@yahoo.com)
pw: seeingseeing

Upload your images with a title that includes YOUR FULL NAME in parentheses, e.g., Glowing Duck (Daniel Coffeen).
When you’re done uploading all the images in your essay, click “Organize.”
From the tabs at the top of the page, click “Sets.”
Now, in the upper right hand corner of the page, you’ll see “Create new set”: click it.
You’ll then see all the images at the bottom of the page. Drag the ones you want to include in the gray area. You can drag and drop to specify the order.
On the left, in the beige/yellow box, write a title with your name in parentheses.
Write whatever copy you see fit; you can include your entire essay there, if you like—but you still have to hand in a hard copy.

The paper:

Write no more than two pages with the same stipulations as before—
1-inch margins on the top and bottom; 1.25 on the sides;
page numbers;
11-point font;
double-space;
NO title page; include the title on the first page along with your name, the date, the class, my name.

Week 13

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Week 12

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Paper Assignment #2

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Rhet 140: Paper #2 Assignment

Due: November 18th, in class. If you're leaving for Thanksgiving earlier, hand the paper in earlier.

Assignment
Create an image. Post it to Flickr. And write 1-2 pages about this image. Write as if you did not create the image but as if you were its critic.

Details
Use this Flickr.com account
un: rhet140 (rhet140@yahoo.com)
pw: seeingseeing

Upload the image with:
A title that includes YOUR FULL NAME in parentheses, e.g., Glowing Duck (Daniel Coffeen).

The paper:
Same stipulations as before—

1-inch margins on the top and bottom; 1.25 on the sides;
page numbers;
11-point font;
double-space;
NO title page; include the title on the first page along with your name, the date, the class, my name.
Include a printed out copy of your image (b&w is fine); this does not count towards your page limit.

Week 11

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Week 10

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Week 9

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Week 8

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Film Schedule + Presentations (optional)

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Here is the film schedule (revised dates):

John Cassavetes, Faces, Thursday, October 23

David Lynch, Inland Empire, Thursday, November 13

Jean-Luc Godard, Band of Outsiders, Tuesday, November 25th.

If you want to give a presentation in place of the final and 3rd paper, you may. But you must let me know, either in person or in email.

A presentation should be @ 10 minutes long; you should show at least one scene to the class and give your reading of the film. In other words, tell us why this film is interesting, what your spin on it is. You will have to write the presentation up and hand it in; the write up need not be as formal as a paper.

Week 7

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Some images you can use for your PAPER

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Week 6

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Paper Assignment; Due 10/14 in class

2008-10-02T16:35:00.000-07:00

RHETORIC 140 PAPER ASSIGNMENT #1
Prof. Daniel Coffeen

DUE DATE: Tuesday, October 14, in class.

Please note: Late papers will receive a merciless and automatic “F.” This is not a joke.

Assignment
Do a reading of an image or film we've seen this semester. You may refer to texts we've read but your main focus should be your reading of the visual object. You may choose an image from the blog.

Specifications
The paper will be no more than TWO pages—and not one word more. It may be less.

All papers will have:

1-inch margins on the top and bottom; 1.25 on the sides;
page numbers;
11-point font;
double-space;
NO title page; include the title on the first page along with your name, the date, the class, my name.

Never, ever, under any circumstances, use the following words or phrases: “also,” “in addition,” “further,” “furthermore,” “in sum.” You will lose a full grade (from A to B).

Things to keep in mind

Be textual. Remain textual. Talk about the object.
Don't talk about yourself: talk about the viewer and the object.
Cut to the chase. Have a hook. Begin with an argument.
Do not talk about what "we" do or what humans do or what people normally do. Talk about the object and what it does.
Don’t try to be too fancy.
Don’t curse.
Don’t forget a title.

Week 5

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Week 4

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Week 3

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Week 2

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Week 1

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