IFCU Avatars

The first task of a new member/student of IFCU is to create their avatar.  It will be photographically based, conceived of as “a close up that introduces a character.”  It can be treated, distorted, but it  (1)  has to recognizable.  (2)  should convey some sense of character.  (3)  should want to make your audience know more about the person behind the face.

All new avatars will be posted for peer review to determine if they are recognizable and also to gather some sense of what the image makes the viewers feel, think.  It is the first instance of the nascent filmmaker discovering the audience responding to their work.

All avatars (staff, and instructors as well) will be framed at 2.35:1 aspect ratio (classic theatrical anamorphic widescreen ratio).  These avatars will exist in multiple variants throughout the site, at various resolutions as they are used to visualize networks, classmates, individuals on the IFCU Map, and so forth.

~ by Christian on January 26, 2008.