Faye Jackson - subversive advertiment

This subversive advert shows how unhealthy MacDonald's are this can be shown by the liquid coming out of the bite would be saturated fat.+  

Marissa Johnson: Video Editing

Evaluation

What effects did you use or what were you going to use (including sound)?
This is the editing software were could change the entire video. For example we could change the video images through effect like 'Paint Bucket' were the different sections of the video are pained a different colour such as green, red and yellow. However i didn't know how to keep the paint on the stairs for the effect of blood because it always spilled onto the top tier of the stair case and it would be around lower parts as well. Another visual effect would be 'warping' this effect allows a shot to to warped and distorted, However this i didn't fit with the theme since it made the entire video look bad. Instead we added a 'ghosting' effect where it takes the first frame of the shot and moves it around to add a unnatural element.

The sounds we used was instrumentals of different songs such as 'Enter Sandman' and 'Devil in I'. These songs fit the idea alright but we couldn't find any more song since we ran out of time so we had only two songs so i don't think that advert was that informative about the type of songs on it.

What did you enjoy about this project?
I enjoyed the idea of going around college and filming a short advert so that i could fit into a thirty second advert. this made us plan out the shots more carefully. I also enjoyed the short films we watched as to get a good idea on how directors used different shots.

What scenes were cut/changed from your final advert?
There were no scenes cut from our final project because we had carefully constructed the different scenes enough to know how long each shot should be, so we didn't need to cut anything. However we did change was the title so instead 'Goth CD' we changed it to 'Goth Compilation' since there were two different type of music in the video.    

Photography Evaluation/Memory Check

Memory check – a recap of things we have covered so far

Q1. What is ISO and what does it effect?

It is the 'International Standards Organisation' the ISO effects how much light sensitivity there is.    

Q2. When would we use the ‘P’ control setting on the camera mode dial.

The 'p' stands for program this mainly used by novice photographers because it allows the camera to do all of the settings 

Q3. Name two important consideration when attaching the tripod 

base plate to the bottom of camera?

One of the considerations that are important is if the arrow underneath of the base plate is pointing towards the camera lens.

then we need to check if the base plate was was tight enough so that the camera doesn't fall off   

Q4. Name three important considerations when using a red-head lighting kit.

• the heat that would be generated
• securing the red head to the lighting stand
• don't touch the barn doors   

Q5. When focusing the camera, what do we place on the object/subject to ensure it is the center of focus?

we place a grid that are separated in thirds. Or an L.E.D square. 

Q6. Name two techniques we can use to adjust the brightness and contrast of a photograph?

• Curves and Levels

• the aperture setting 

Evaluation:

During these past 5 weeks we were tasked with creating a magazine advert with images we took our selves however we had to do a freak or unique theme to it. We did this by researching different images we started out copying 10 images we liked that also fit the criteria of this project. After this we had to narrow the selection down to 5 image from the selected 10 that we could try and replicate the feel of the images. From these images i have learnt that there is a correlation between these different images that is they all have a unique photogenic look such as having an image with a two tone color pallet. My first idea was to have a clown to the left with a field behind him and a type of mist in the background. My second idea was to have a merge of image of my classmates and merge them together like Picasso. My final one was to have an advert for running shoes i did this by portraying the shoes as a strong athlete stamping on a weak athlete making way for a stronger competition, there is a Kit-Kat bar inside the shoe showing that you can become a great athlete without giving up your favorite things. then the statue with the lanyard is for the symbolism of the fans of sport and how they will praise you.Finally the hard drive will represent the amount of data that will be needed to record all of the great moments that you will do as soon as you put on the shoes.
Photography skills
The photography skills i have developed, is the knowledge of how the camera works and the different modes and knowing when to use them. I used a seamless background. this allowed me to correctly cut out the images.
Four Edited Final Shot, What editing process did you use.
the editing process I used the curved tool and the level tool to adjust images exposure and back ground for the four images then i used the pen tool to have an accurate pathway so that i can cut out the images correctly. Another editing was to cut out a piece of the shoe then copying it then pasting on top of the kit at bar.
Examples of your final design artwork

This artwork show how i wanted to depict the advert so I used this as the basis for my final advert.







What would you do differently next time and what did you learn from your first assignment
I learned how to compose a image correctly by using the rule of three and what the different modes were on the dial such as ' program,speed,aperture and manual.' i also know how a basic studio is set up and what equipment was used to do it.What i would do different would be having a more detailed objects to take image. So that I can make a better image that was made by the merged images. 

Mark Epton: Product

Mark Epton: 10 freaky images

Freak or Unique

 

Link-http://www.freakorunique.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/popeye640.jpg

Why I Liked It – I liked this image because it was done naturally by the subject and the subject of this picture was behind a black background therefore the contrast is really well done. The equipment for this was only a camera, stage lights and a black back drop. I don’t believe that there were that many editing techniques involved with this picture besides maybe an edit in contrast to make it stand out even more.

 

Link – http://www.allmystery.de/i/t6597e3_b68cd2_freaky.jpg

Why I Liked It – I liked it because of the genral concept it seemed like the edittor had a blast editing the image and from the looks of it they used at least 3 images and combined them together. From the look of the image they use a garden for  the background then they took a picture of a random hand the replaced some of it with a another picture of someones face. By the looks of the overall image it seems that they used the clone tool for the editing of the picture and increased the exposure for the hand.

 

Link- http://img.izismile.com/img/img6/20130827/640/freaky_faceswaps_of_dolls_and_kids_640_04.jpg

What I Like About It – The way they edited by using a technuiqe were they copyied both of the faces and swapped them by using a multitude of layers.the props this photographer is a doll as well as using a child model.

 Link -  http://hdwallpapers360.com/wp-content/uploads/Weird-funny-images-6.jpg

What I Liked About It – They way they edited a pre-existing image to make it really weird by copying the legs of the orginal image then adding to another layer and enlarging it.

Link - http://orig05.deviantart.net/1690/f/2009/195/6/b/baldizinger_by_freaky_guy_246.jpg

What I Like About It: I like this because of the way they had a large aputure so the backgorund of this picture is only slightly blured so that it would allow the man to be the subject of intrest without the audeance getting distracted. I don’t believe they did any major editing to this picture.

 

Link - http://theawesomedaily.theawesomedaily.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tumblr_inline_mmb9fhWEWX1qz4rgp.png

What I like about it: they merge 2 images together but the real genius behind this image is the way they blend the dog together with hair

Owain Davies: Magazine final

Evaluation
In this session I have produced an advert for a sports magazine, the ad is for sport trainers that will be mainly used by a certain groups within the sporting community. these are the urban gymnast, runners and black top basket ballers.

The research that went into this project was how different types of grip affects the athletic portion of the total population, another bit of research that went into the design of this image was were the most amount take place therefore it helped me because I put in an city for it's background and a Orange circle for a ball and the wing that represent freedom.

in this process of creating this ad I learnt how to use the 'magic wand' tool this is allows me to select the entirety of  one colour such as a white background then it will allow you to cut it out or to do any other effects.
However I believe my work in previous sessions are a lot better than this image. this is because with this I have a small white square between the two trainers.  

 These are the original designs for the advert. The theme for the advert on the left has the product over the city because it is were the most amount of sales will take place. While the one on the right presents the product like there are already sell because they are on the front page. this also show that these products are the most popular at the current moment.

Marissa Johson: Finishing Pre-Planning

In this lesson we finished of the pre-planing that we were doing in the last lesson so by the time it comes to our next lesson were we will be actually filming.

 The image to the left is the finished CD case
cover and below is the actual CD.after we printed it out we used a guillotine to cut out the images in a straight lines.     

Mark Epton: Creating Freak or Unquiet - Photography/Proposal

In this lesson we had to finish off taking any pictures that are needed.then we used the Photoshop program.

 these images on the left are the few of the things we had to take pictures. the problems we had  for this was the shadows, since we couldn't move the red head because of the heat it was generating

Proposal:
My ideas for these images was to have them was to use them as an advert for sporting shoes. my first idea was to have the image of the shoe blurred out so it could represent how fast you could move if you bought this, then for the Kit-Kat bar would be trampled by the shoe and i would also desaturate the image of the Kit-Kat bar to show the irrelevance of calories when wear these shoes. then the next image was the Sponge bob Square pants was going the shoes to show that even animated characters are wearing these shoes. Finally  

Owain Davies:Different Logos

In this lesson i was told to find different types of fonts on the website 'DaFonts.com' - http://www.dafont.com/.




When we got onto the website we had to do a print screen on the page where the font we want is. After this we went onto the Photoshop by using the start menu and then transformed it so it can be big enough to see. after this we used the marquee tool to get rid of anything unnecessary, after this i hid the background and then used the Magic Wand tool to get rid of the white background of the actual logo on each layer.

The reasons why i chose these 5 themes that are on the left is because it shows what Oculus is about in one way or another. For example the first one shows what we wanted the theme to be because it almost seems like it is written in blood. The next logo seems to be written in a Gothic style, the next logo seem to be used in some type of black magic. the fourth seems to be made by using quick one stroke motions. Finally the last one is distorted so it can represent what the CD is all about.

   In the end had to design our own logos then we had to present them to our own group and selected the one.

Faye Jackson: Libary

Today in tutorial we went to the library to get acquainted with the facility on 'D' level. we got a tour around the area and was told the basics of the library such as how many books we could take out and we also have a £2  print limit and to print a black and white copy it would cost us 2p per sheet and colors are 5p per sheet.

Marissa Johnson: Advert Proposal

In this lesson we were told to move back into our groups and then started to brainstorm the locations that we could use in our advert however the maximum number of possible location was only three since the advert would only be 15 to 30 seconds long.

we in first location we decided on was the spiral staircase because of its contrast between natural lighting and artificial lighting, and since it has angle when you go down stairs we can do different camera tricks.

This sheet allows us to have a check list for our chosen locations such as.

• lighting
• props
• public interference etc.

Marissa Johnson: Video Advert

In this lesson we were put into groups were that are going to be making an ad for the next three weeks. So after we got together in a triangle we all asked each other what skills we have and what objects we could bring in. Then we all look at some 30 seconds advert. The first one we watched was the old spice advert, in this advert the actor which is promoting the product is Terry Crews  - www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOz_pFnX38.

In our Group we decided to look at the well known adverts then we each add in our own adverts we personally liked, for me it was 1st advert i have evidence i had to choose between this one or the original one. after this i choose one and we moved to the next person in our group who wanted to have an ad made by David Lynch so we looked through his collection of adverts and discussed the advert about the effects etc. After this the last person didn't have any weird looking adverts so we talked about what type of product that should have some weird adverts and then it clicked. looked at different adverts in japan, this is because of the cultural difference because in the west we are pretty serious about things while in japan they are the exact opposite because they are up for a happy and weird feeling.    





The second advert we look at was directed by David Lynch, David has mainly been know for his work for the play station 2 the 'third place' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tOvkvCvwQ. The advert is weird because of the finally part of the advert were the fawn runs in front of the car then it seems he used some ideas from the Matrix movie because as soon as the car hits the fawn it crashes and the crumple zone of the car gets compressed.

The third advert was from abroad since we were suck for ideas for ads in the UK  we chose to look at some Japanese advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfzNEmqeIWo. This advert was weird because of the gaint dog that helps out kids with snacks.

   

Mark Epton - screen less images

In the beginning of the first we were shown how to set up a basic studio for photographers by using a high voltage light referred by the professional photographer as the red head. this is because of the continuous light that comes out of it. there are disadvantages to this light such as it would become extremely hot after only 10 mins. The next piece of equipment would be a Lumia camera. we used this to take the picture of the objects and to make sure the image is steady we used a tripod. and for the background we used a white back ground by using a piece of paper. Then we were told to take some pictures of some objects with this set up

 this is the first of the images we've taken it just a simple Kit Kat bar (Top).then we went into Photoshop and used the 'levels' tool to and a few things to the image so that the background turns pink (bottom).

 These head phones were a tricky because of the image since there is a big shadow behind the headphones so I use a mixture of 'Curves' and 'Levels' to have the sliver background.  

Hard drive was easy to change since i have already had practiced with the 'curve' tool thanks to the other images.  

Owain Davies: Banners

In this lesson we learnt how to make banners with photo shop by using different shapes such as a rectangle and some triangles. this is possible by using different layers. For example for the image above I used the rectangle and triangle then I used a gradient overlay to get the effect that is on the banner. I also used this technique for the background. then for the image to the right I deiced to play around and made another banner with one of the images I made earlier on in the year.I did run into some problems like the triangles don't match up properly so I just changed the size of the banner to fix it.

Owain Davies: Ghostly Images

 the influence behind this image was the video game called 'mirrors edge' especially with the theme of a 'big brother' state. This basically means that there are thousand of cameras around a city recording what every does at all times and there is no concept of privacy.   

In this session we learnt on how to make a few pictures with ghosts on it. We did this by choosing two different images. the first image was used for the background so for these we only increase the size of the original image. Then for the second image did a little more. To start we had to edit out the subject out of the image so we used the pen tool so it can be as accurate as it can be. After this we desaturated the image to make it grey after it we put quite a bit of blur on the 'ghost' then we just decrease the opacity

this concept is due to my time playing a board game and this one was an actual model of the game. since i really enjoyed the game i deiced to use it as the ghost and i just matched the background to the subject.