Damani Douglas’s Profile
Cinematography
I am a visual artist and storyteller. I specialize in photography, film, graphic design, and writing. I have worked on two social justice documentaries with the Educational Video Center, and have plunged myself into the world of video editing through youtube. I aspire to become an established filmmaker and cinematographer while holding photography, and graphic design close to my heart.
My Courses
COMD Communication Design Internship Coordination Site
This site is designed to help you find fieldwork/study situations of approximately eight hours per week at an internship site approved by the Department Internship instructor such as an advertising agency, graphic design firm, corporate design office, publications art department, photography or illustration studio, TV or multimedia production company. Students will be required to keep a learning journal of their internship in the form of a blog using Openlab. A portion of the class will be devoted to presenting and sharing experiences with classmates. Students will learn how to assess their talents, update their resume, and promote themselves and their work through social networks. Students will be required to setup and maintain at least two social media networks such as: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. The instructors for this class are there as mentors if you have not yet found an internship before registering for the course. However, the instructors do not find an internship placement for you. It is your responsibility to find a position that fits your personal career path and help you transition to full time employment upon leaving the halls of CityTech. Ideally, you will use this site to find an internship the semester before taking the COMD 4900 class.
COMD3563 D097 Web Traffic & Analytics, Spring 2024
In this course you will learn how to develop Internet content and effectively direct traffic to a website. Topics will include implementing Web Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, and Online (Social Media) Marketing. You will analyze data and assess reports on traffic to web sites; learn to write content to rank for key search terms, and to choose appropriately, and implement the best strategies that help to drive traffic to web sites.
The emphasis in this intermediate photography class is on creative problem solving with photography for the Communication Design field. Students learn to transform subject matter with photographic style in order to communicate ideas.
COMD4900 OL90 5115 Internship Summer 2023
Internship in Communication Design (Online Asynchronous Summer Intensive) (BFA degree) Assignment to fieldwork/study situations of approximately 25+ hours per week at an internship site approved by the department Internship Coordinator: an advertising agency, graphic design firm, corporate design office, publications art department, photography or illustration studio, TV or media production company. Each student keeps a blog/journal to be shared in group seminars. Supervision is by faculty and by the supervisor at the internship site. Internships may be undertaken during the spring, summer and fall semesters. Prerequisites: COMD 3701 or COMD 4701 or department approval. 2 class hours, 120 field hours/semester, 3 credits Students will be required to keep a journal of their internship in the form of a blog using Open Lab. A portion of the class will be devoted to presenting and sharing experiences with classmates.
COMD 3504-HE67 Spring 2022 COMMUNICATION DESIGN THEORY
Course Description This course will offer an in-depth introduction to communication design theory, examining theoretical perspectives of design practice within the larger discourse of design and visual culture. Communication models, the nature of representation, the dimensions of context and semiotics will be explored through critical readings from key documents written between the early decades of the twentieth century and the present. In this context, âtheoryâ doesnât mean âa hypothesis to be testedâ (as in the sciences), but rather points to a set of working beliefs about how the worldâor in this case, visual communicationâworks. Some aspects of certain visual communication theories are based on observable âfacts,â but the way these facts are woven together says more about how we construct meaning than it does about empirical answers to factual questions. So why does a design professionalâtypically an eminently practical, hands-on person working toward a specific end for the benefit of a specific clientâwant or need to engage with visual communication theories? First, âdoing theoryâ promotes a sophisticated level of reflection about design workâfar beyond the touchstones of âdid they like it?â and âdid it serve its purpose?â Second, it encourages designers to think holistically about the contexts for their workâbeyond the immediate job at hand to the larger contexts of the social, the cultural, and the historical. And finally, it recognizes the obvious: today, graphic design shapes our visual world and puts each person at the nexus of thousands of messages each day. In this course, we, as senders and receivers of such messages, will attempt to make sense of all this through our verbal discussions in class, our blog postings, and our research poster design and presentations. We will be looking at two types of theories: generative theories, that explain the âhowâ of visual communication; and critical/sociocultural theories that explain the âwhat, where, and whenâ of design, or the historical, cultural and social contexts. By developing the ability to look at design through these different lenses, professional designers can enhance the quality of their decision-making and have a better grasp on the multiple contexts and frameworks for clients and audiences. We can better understand and evaluate the many issues about local usability and usefulness within broader contexts of ethics, aesthetics, professional and social responsibility.
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