As the application date of the college is getting closer, the students have entered the final stage of the creation preparation of the works collection. Under the pressure of DDL, in addition to bringing huge productivity to the students, some students have also taken shortcuts : "I have a good idea, but I have never thought of the way to land it. I saw a case that just meets my requirements. It should not be plagiarism to learn from the creation form", "time is running out, and there is still one project unfinished. Otherwise, we should discuss with the students who apply for other schools to cooperate, and the two will work together quickly!". Students with these ideas, you may have some "dangerous" misunderstandings about art study abroad! In order to ensure that everyone will not take a detour in the final stage, we will talk about the difference between learning and plagiarism of overseas works today.

　　 Overseas Study The difference between reference and plagiarism of works:

We all know that plagiarism is absolutely unacceptable in artistic creation, but reference means that we are inspired by other works and apply inspiration to our own works. As for how to grasp the boundary between the two, we can first understand the definition of how to identify copyright as originality.

Wikipedia's explanation on copyright/copyright: the ownership of copyright depends on whether the work is original, not on whether the work is unique. The original work is not copied or transformed from the work of others, which must be a work with unique style and substantial creation.

That is to say, the most basic feature of original works is to include "unique style" and "substantial creation", both of which are indispensable. Let's use the following case to understand. The following figure is a collection of works by students majoring in natural light graphic design. In his group of works, he almost completely borrowed classical famous paintings as the prototype for a visual experiment.

However, it does not make people think that there is any suspicion of "plagiarism". The first reason is that this work has the original style of the author. The famous painting is only a design element in this group of works. On this basis, the author has changed the structure, color, layout and presentation method, which is to add substantive creation.

Returning to the initial question, what is the definition of reference and plagiarism in the work collection? For students, the most fundamental thing is whether there is a starting point and idea of their own before borrowing other people's works;

We can find a form or creativity to use for reference through other people's works, but then we need to extend it into our own style according to new ideas. What we use for reference must be a small part of your whole work, which does not affect your complete ideas and subjective expression to the admissions officer.

　　 Overseas Study The difference between collaboration and commissioned works:

Many student associations believe that as long as they do not spend money to invite institutions or others to do it on their behalf, their own participation in the creation process is considered as their own work, but colleges and universities do not define it that way. Most majors will clearly require that the portfolio project should show a complete design process. The fundamental purpose of colleges and universities is to determine the complete dominance of applicants from concept to result.

　　Pratt Preet College of Art The requirements of interior design collection emphasize the importance of process and dominance:

Maybe some students will wonder, isn't it 100% independent to ask for the help of institutions and teachers? First of all, I hope you can correct Collection Training Organization Most of the formal work collection counseling institutions on the market do not provide agency services.

Taking natural light as an example, we have always resolutely resisted the act of acting on behalf of others and rejected template teaching. Instead, we provide targeted services based on students' strengths and weaknesses. Teachers are more inspired and guided teaching methods, aiming to improve students' real professional quality.

Secondly, there is a little difference between independent completion and project leadership. For example, whether the ideas mentioned at the beginning of the article can be completed together with students on the same project is entirely possible if the major and project are appropriate. For example, to participate in a certain competition in a cooperative way, each has its own division of labor to complete the same set of competition scheme;

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Or for space majors such as architecture and interior, the project scale is usually relatively large, and students can work together to complete the design work of the same project according to their own advantages and priorities according to the division of regions, but the focus of their works is still the part of their own work;

In addition, there is another form of cooperation that not only meets the assessment criteria but also maximizes the quality of work completion, that is, "interdisciplinary practice project".

Get CMU Carnegie Mellon University One of the projects in her work collection comes from the practice project of natural light summer class. The goal of this course is to plan and design an abandoned park in Beijing based on human behavior and needs. The team members include students from various disciplines such as landscape design, plane design, and interaction design.

Students from different majors participate in early research and scheme discussion, contribute their own discipline wisdom in the creation process, and find the most comprehensive design scheme through inspiration collision in different dimensions.

Yuan helped landscape design students understand people's interaction needs through interactive design research. Her final work is to equip the park with various interactive game settings on the basis of improving the landscape configuration. The park has also become an interactive "life".

But not all majors are suitable for cooperation. For example, pure art, film, illustration, which emphasizes the expression of personal ideas, are not suitable. In addition, we should also pay attention to the proportion of cooperation projects in the concentration of works. Independent projects are essential, because the collection of works is a comprehensive assessment, Whether the applicant has the ability to complete the project independently is one of the key issues.

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