UP:AE17.MED.PRO.4

Vocabulary

Creativity

Productive thinking
Divergent thinking
Improvisation

Collaborate

Active listening
Combining ideas

Aesthetics

Appealing
Artistic taste

Design process

Prototype

Stylistic conventions

Techniques
Devices
Effects

Associated Principals

Elements of Design
Elements of Dance
Elements of Music

Essential Questions

EU: The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles and processes creates purpose, meaning and artistic quality in media artwork.
EQ: What is required to produce a media artwork that conveys purpose, meaning, and artistic quality? How do media artists improve/refine their work?

Skills Examples

Use productive thinking and divergent thinking to list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a media arts product. Choose one idea to develop based on identified artistic goals and justify the choice. Use improvisation to develop a script/ storyboard for production.
In a group, provide constructive criticism for individual media arts products.
Collaboratively, apply agreed upon aesthetic criteria to suggest refinements for each product after active listening to each team member's inspiration, goals, and presentation context.
Using at least two art forms, outline a plan for a media arts product that serves as a PSA for a school service club, choosing stylistic conventions that support the two art forms and the product's purpose.
Exchange copies of media arts products with a classmate. In the spirit of exploration and experimentation, modify and refine a product to reflect personal goals and preferences. Meet and explain choices in modifications.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.