Mentioned briefly in one of our Wikipedia readings last week, the Penrose Hypothesis “proposes an inverse relationship between the relative number of psychiatric beds available to a population and it’s total number of prisoners”. Thro…
Category Archives: HIST 471 Blog
Introduction to HIST 471 + Me
Hi all, welcome to my website! My name is Carson Berrier, and my blog’s title is a play on my last name! I am a senior here at Mary Wash, studying History and Secondary Education. I am currently deciding whether to stay in our 5th year M.Ed. prog…
Sports Mashup Tutorial
Submit a video mashup of what you think are some of the greatest sports plays ever. What is the story it tells? This needs to be more than just a montage of clips, find a way to make it present a theme, an arc of ambition, a message about the moments. …
Create a Magazine Cover Tutorial
Have you ever been drawn towards the magazine section because of the beautiful layouts of the covers? Well, here’s your chance to create an eye-pleasing magazine cover about a subject that interests you! Create a magazine cover about fashion, car…
Festival Advertisement Tutorial
Events, fundraisers, festivals, and other fun things to do happen around us all the time. Have you ever had two or even three events you wanted to participate in happen on the same day, but you could only choose one? For this design assignment you are …
Sound Effects Story Tutorial
Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Another example (by a UMW student): http://ds10…
New But Simple Logo Tutorial
As designers are shfiting towards the KISS – Keep it simple stupid formula and creating Logos that are super simple and easy to understand. I want a something challenging Logo that is simple yet detailed. I know it is hard to a achieve but not im…
Playlist Poetry Tutorial
Write a sentence (preferably somewhat coherent, yet on the nonsensical side), a poem, or a quick story using the titles of songs you have in your Windows Media Player (iTunes may possibly work as well). Print the screen. Paste it in Microsoft Paint (or…
Week 5
This week was spent in wondering how to incorporate everything I’ve learned into one project, but I think I was able to do my final post well! I talked about my process behind the media in my final project… and I reflected on these 5 weeks;…
Splash the Color Tutorial
Color splash is a technique to emphasize details- you remove all color from a photo, and then restore original color to a single object, e.g. a green apple on a table. Think of the Girl in the red dress from Schindler’s List. Splash The Color (3….
