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Visual language would consist of images pertaining to the theme of the event. slogans to match the images and theme most of the visuals would be image driven main symbol as the image image could also be centered and background main show the dance department is performing, use as the theme for the event this … Continue reading Communications Strategy →

Dance Partners differs from the other fine arts programs at the University of Oklahoma by how involved the patrons are. Every little  bit of contribution helps improve the department. The scholarships help lower the cost of college for students, especially all of the out of staters. What really helps the dancers, are the scholarships that … Continue reading Research →

The organization I have decided to research on is Dance Partners through the University of Oklahoma’s School of Dance. Dance Partners is a non profit organization that puts on an event every year to raise money for the school of dance. Their mission is to support the dancers by raising money for productions and scholarships … Continue reading Research →

This week, we had to watch videos on both Photoshop and InDesign while working with the excersises to make a pizza menu/newsletter. I found this week to be very difficult. I went in ready to work but I found myself really frustrated. I am really challenged when it comes to technology. My typesetting assignment was not … Continue reading Reflection →

For this assignment I had trouble, but I learned a lot. I had a lot of trouble exporting into a PDF and then I could not screenshot on the mac. I also found trouble with adding the lines in InDesign. I know there is a few things wrong, but I am technology challenged and I … Continue reading Typesetting Assignment →

During this week, we were not asked to submit a certain assignment or a specific topic. Instead there were slides that introduced us into the ABC’s of Journalism and the important elements when writing a newsletter or story. Since I took the course, Writing for Mass Media, I did remember some of these topics that were … Continue reading Reflection →

On this newspaper of the OU Daily, I circled most of all the key elements that are found on newspapers. They were all pretty easy to find, except a subhead. I looked throughout the entire newspaper and I was not able to locate a single subhead. I enjoyed finding these different terms because I did … Continue reading Newspaper Markup →

Color  I definitely think this flyer shows color. It attracted my eye when I first saw it and makes me want to read flyer. The use of color draws the attention when you use bright and contrasting colors. Typography  This flyer for a saxophone recital uses fun typography instead of the normal Times New Roman. … Continue reading Design Blitz →

Writing with Clarity Better: Hang the Westbrook jersey in the close. Poor: Hang the jersey in the closet with Westbrook on the back. Reducing Clutter Poor: The dancer bought not one but two pairs of pointe shoes. Better: The dancer bought both pairs of pointe shoes. Sentence Variety Poor: The Firebird is premiering on November … Continue reading Writing effectively →

The three typography games that I played were “Type Connection”, “Kern Type” and “Type War”. All three of these games really did make me notice how different or similar the fonts are. The “Type Connection” game was interesting because there were storylines behind the different fonts. My first date was opposites attract with ITC Century … Continue reading Typography →