Guidelines for Participation in Tyler’s Plasma Screen Program
 
The Tyler School of Art facility is equipped with 5 large plasma screens placed strategically around the school for sharing content submitted by Administrators, Faculty, Students and Staff. The following media are acceptable:

Announcements

  • Must be applicable to the Entire Tyler Community – No internal memos for one major.
  • Can include events, lectures, shows, sales, course offerings for all majors, and general information applicable to everyone at Tyler.
  • Must be in landscape format.
  • Must be effective when shown for 10 seconds.

How can I make my announcement effective?

  • Use as little text as possible and make it BIG! Slides are shown for 10 seconds, and the people who read them are at a distance; walking by, or waiting for an elevator.
  • When designing your slide, imagine how you interact with billboards on the highway. Think bullet points. If your slide has more than one actual sentence, no one will get your message.
  • Use the whole screen! Review resolution and aspect ratio information below. Default powerpoint slides are not widescreen and will appear smaller on a widescreen.
  • Use one large compelling image. Great imagery will turn heads, but if there is too much going on viewers won’t have time to take it all in.

Here is an example of a very effective announcement:

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Student Work

Almost any form of student project can be shown on the screens. It’s a great way to share what makes Tyler such a great place with others in our community but outside your department, and people visiting Tyler. Please include title, the name of the student(s) who made the piece, the course they made it for, and the major.

It’s important to realize that the plasma screens are much different than gallery space. While one chooses to enter a gallery, these screens are present in public space around the school, and can even be seen from the street. So content should be suitable for that type of environment.

For that reason, all student work must come through a faculty person who is familiar with the work and personally supports it’s presentation on the screens.

Video can be submitted, but should follow these basic rules:

  • Must be in DVD format.
  • Must include an intro frame that lists a title, the name of the student(s) who made it, the course they made it for, and the major.
  • Must be less than 10 minutes.
  • Must be submitted by a faculty person who is familiar with the film.
  • Videos will only be shown for short periods while looping. Faculty can request specific times for their student’s film to be shown, especially if it coincides with another event.

Event Support

During a special event, like a reception, party, conference, etc, you are welcome to use the screens to show related slide shows or films that engage your guests.
 
What is the Resolution? 
1280 by 720 –aspect ratio 16x9 (wide screen)
It is encouraged NOT to use formats other than wide screen, because your content will be smaller, making your text harder to see.
 
Download a JPG template to use in photoshop or any other image software.
 
 
Submission
 
Announcements for events, BFA and MFA shows are the only content that can be submitted directly by students. If you are a student wishing to display other content, have your faculty person submit it for you.
 
All content must be submitted at least one week ahead of the time it should be displayed. All Content must be suitable for a public environment.

Most content will only be shown for one week.
 
Please fill out the form below and you will be contacted with instructions for delivering your media. If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask. I’m more than happy to help you make your content look it’s best!
 

Use this form to request an image to be scanned from a library book and added to the Digital Image Database. You will need to enter the book's title, author, and call number; as well as the image's fig. number, page number and a description of where the image is placed on the page.

Enter your contact information below

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Are you Admin /Faculty /Grad Student/Undergraduate Student/Staff?

Please describe your needs. If you wish to post student work, please include student(s) name(s) Major and course the piece was made for.