Friday, 18 December 2015
Friday, 11 December 2015
Evaluation
Introduction
to your assignment - explain the genre Film Noir, history, time period,
clothing etc For this assignment I had to take and edit 4 final Film Noir photos and put some of them into a game cover or poster or DVD cover to create the tinted effect. Film Noir is a French production which mainly uses weapons/guns. Most of the time it doesn't include talking to show contrast between the two characters that the camera has been focused on. The Film Noir style is where the main characters wear black or white hats, long jackets, trousers, big hair, over the top with the style and clothing. The time period that Film Noir is based around is late 1040s to 1950s.
The images that inspired me for my poster and game cover was my the street that I live on because it gave a very creative. This was trying to portray an image to do with a man about to run around a corner. The name of the film is chasing cars I think which I think that I portrayed and tried to recreate very well. I was also inspired by a man looking through the blinds that I purposely blurred to give the image a better secret. I think once I took all of my photos I was inspired to recreate the game using my creative skills and great lighting at home with street lamps, the sun and a digital camera. Those were the 3 light sources that helped me to create the images for my poster and game cover that I enjoyed. Even my dad was inspired by Film Noir and the street to help me capture the best possible photo. I was also inspired to recreate a poster/photo by a man and woman sitting in a car with the street behind. I soon changed this by having just the street as the shot with blurring it on purpose for a better secret.
The research that I needed to do to inspire me with my poster was to look at Film Noir posters to see what different peoples styles were. I found a majority of them very interesting, this inspired me to create my own style of a Film Noir poster and game cover for me to create a fantastic game cover and poster using my Film Noir techniques. I also looked at a few game covers in the Film Noir style to get a few ideas for my game cover. I used some of them because I liked the style but I didn't copy any because I made mine independent and unique that I love. Also I looked at a game cover at home to do with a Nintendo giving me the idea to create a game cover. I also researched a but of Film Noir in black and white to see if the research was any difference which it wasn't. It was exactly the same. I used my creative skills to create my own game cover and poster which has turned out very well.
Three characteristics of Film Noir photography lighting would be to keep the photo tinted "black and white" to make it look more like an old film from the past. Maybe it could represent a sad time or bad time that needs to be indicated in a black and white style, to use very little light such as a torch or lamp to focus on the character that you want the camera to focus on, one more characteristic of Film Noir is to use a white backdrop to give you the shadowed effect light and dark effect for Film Noir to focus on some-ones face or body part, to get the bar effect you need to shut the barn doors to create the lighting effect. The ideas that I had for my home shots was to original have my dad walking round the corner in my back garden, out of focus and for him to stand in front of some blinds but this didn't work so I had to adjust and change my ideas abit.
The final ideas that I thought was came from my dad because he suggested that I should take a shot in the street which worked better because it gave the Film Noir effect. Also it looked like a Film Noir set which I agree with. It gave me the perfect shots that I was after. The shots for college was easier to use because I used a proper photography camera that worked out well at college as I could change the different settings such as lighting, apature, programme, and shutter speed. It was easier because the places that I took my college shots was in the right style that I needed and I could use other people at College to model for me. Also the lighting was good, not as good as my home ones because it was lovely and dark at home compared to the light at college. My dad came up with some ideas as well as me to help me out. He came up with the idea of using the street as a shot and sitting looking out of the window with the natural sunlight or moonlight behind his head that I enjoyed. This was a great project. The only that I used was a hat and a coat for my dad to wear that was all. On all 4 shots at least 1 character(person) wore a black hat to make my shot more of a Film Noir shot. I had to take into account for all 4 shots people walking past minusing the inside of the house scene. I had to take into account for this shot cars going pas the window getting in the way of my shot. It took me roughly an hour to get the home shots, maybe shorter. I wanted the best possible shot for these photos.
The way that I used my test shots was to put them into 4 contact sheets to see how I got to my final photo and the process of getting from my test shots to my final/edited photo for my poster/DVD cover. I used my test shots by taking lots of shots of the same item to see which photo was the best one for me to use. Just like if you were making a video or film you have to take forever to take the right/correct shot that you want to create. They influenced my final images because it showed me what the final photos of each photo would look like. I wanted to use all of them in a creative way making my poster a great, clever piece of work.
The editing process that I used to create the final image was photo-shop. I did this by using different tools to make the photo black and white. I did this by going onto adjustments and then black and white to indicate the Film Noir Style. Also I used a tool called the level and exposure tool which allows you to get rid of the horrible parts of the photo that you don't want including the black and white background to make it look more real.
If I was to do the project differently I would change the setting of the camera because it was very blurry that I couldn't see the person who was being my model. Also I would change the camera to a proper photography camera because the one that was going to use didn't work in the end. I would book out a camera from college next time if I was to do it again to help give the photos better quality. The lighting wasn't the best quality because I was distracted by a dog and the rest of my family causing myself to blur the camera. I would use a different time of the day because the sun was in the wrong place at the wrong time because it made it to dark.
In my opinion I think that my photos and poster met the brief because I worked very hard with the work. I used my skills in photo-shop to create a great poster or game cover that I was very happy with. I made the game cover more creative than the dvd cover letting me make a film cover of what I like.
plain why
The images that inspired me for my poster and game cover was my the street that I live on because it gave a very creative. This was trying to portray an image to do with a man about to run around a corner. The name of the film is chasing cars I think which I think that I portrayed and tried to recreate very well. I was also inspired by a man looking through the blinds that I purposely blurred to give the image a better secret. I think once I took all of my photos I was inspired to recreate the game using my creative skills and great lighting at home with street lamps, the sun and a digital camera. Those were the 3 light sources that helped me to create the images for my poster and game cover that I enjoyed. Even my dad was inspired by Film Noir and the street to help me capture the best possible photo. I was also inspired to recreate a poster/photo by a man and woman sitting in a car with the street behind. I soon changed this by having just the street as the shot with blurring it on purpose for a better secret.
The research that I needed to do to inspire me with my poster was to look at Film Noir posters to see what different peoples styles were. I found a majority of them very interesting, this inspired me to create my own style of a Film Noir poster and game cover for me to create a fantastic game cover and poster using my Film Noir techniques. I also looked at a few game covers in the Film Noir style to get a few ideas for my game cover. I used some of them because I liked the style but I didn't copy any because I made mine independent and unique that I love. Also I looked at a game cover at home to do with a Nintendo giving me the idea to create a game cover. I also researched a but of Film Noir in black and white to see if the research was any difference which it wasn't. It was exactly the same. I used my creative skills to create my own game cover and poster which has turned out very well.
Three characteristics of Film Noir photography lighting would be to keep the photo tinted "black and white" to make it look more like an old film from the past. Maybe it could represent a sad time or bad time that needs to be indicated in a black and white style, to use very little light such as a torch or lamp to focus on the character that you want the camera to focus on, one more characteristic of Film Noir is to use a white backdrop to give you the shadowed effect light and dark effect for Film Noir to focus on some-ones face or body part, to get the bar effect you need to shut the barn doors to create the lighting effect. The ideas that I had for my home shots was to original have my dad walking round the corner in my back garden, out of focus and for him to stand in front of some blinds but this didn't work so I had to adjust and change my ideas abit.
The final ideas that I thought was came from my dad because he suggested that I should take a shot in the street which worked better because it gave the Film Noir effect. Also it looked like a Film Noir set which I agree with. It gave me the perfect shots that I was after. The shots for college was easier to use because I used a proper photography camera that worked out well at college as I could change the different settings such as lighting, apature, programme, and shutter speed. It was easier because the places that I took my college shots was in the right style that I needed and I could use other people at College to model for me. Also the lighting was good, not as good as my home ones because it was lovely and dark at home compared to the light at college. My dad came up with some ideas as well as me to help me out. He came up with the idea of using the street as a shot and sitting looking out of the window with the natural sunlight or moonlight behind his head that I enjoyed. This was a great project. The only that I used was a hat and a coat for my dad to wear that was all. On all 4 shots at least 1 character(person) wore a black hat to make my shot more of a Film Noir shot. I had to take into account for all 4 shots people walking past minusing the inside of the house scene. I had to take into account for this shot cars going pas the window getting in the way of my shot. It took me roughly an hour to get the home shots, maybe shorter. I wanted the best possible shot for these photos.
The way that I used my test shots was to put them into 4 contact sheets to see how I got to my final photo and the process of getting from my test shots to my final/edited photo for my poster/DVD cover. I used my test shots by taking lots of shots of the same item to see which photo was the best one for me to use. Just like if you were making a video or film you have to take forever to take the right/correct shot that you want to create. They influenced my final images because it showed me what the final photos of each photo would look like. I wanted to use all of them in a creative way making my poster a great, clever piece of work.
The editing process that I used to create the final image was photo-shop. I did this by using different tools to make the photo black and white. I did this by going onto adjustments and then black and white to indicate the Film Noir Style. Also I used a tool called the level and exposure tool which allows you to get rid of the horrible parts of the photo that you don't want including the black and white background to make it look more real.
If I was to do the project differently I would change the setting of the camera because it was very blurry that I couldn't see the person who was being my model. Also I would change the camera to a proper photography camera because the one that was going to use didn't work in the end. I would book out a camera from college next time if I was to do it again to help give the photos better quality. The lighting wasn't the best quality because I was distracted by a dog and the rest of my family causing myself to blur the camera. I would use a different time of the day because the sun was in the wrong place at the wrong time because it made it to dark.
In my opinion I think that my photos and poster met the brief because I worked very hard with the work. I used my skills in photo-shop to create a great poster or game cover that I was very happy with. I made the game cover more creative than the dvd cover letting me make a film cover of what I like.
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Film noir editing adams building Top- Film Noir/black and white
Bottom: Actual shoot
I have taken some photos using a SRL type camera to create these great finalised images. The top photos of each of these is the final shot after I have edited and changed the style a little bit. The bottom photo of each of these is the original photo of when I took it from going out and taking the shot. I like these photos because it shows how well I can edit a simple photo using photo shop that I don't particular like. On my phone photos my favourite one that I took and edited would have to be the bottom photo. This is because the edited photo of the phone looks as though it is hanging on the wall by itself with nothing to hold it up. The original shot for this shows some parts of the lighting in a black and white style to give it the Film Noir theme. In a way the 4 photos look like a secret form the past because of the shadows used, and the creative I have edited to give this effect. I think that the phone photos have worked the best because they show the lighting into a Film Noir film or photo. I like the fact that I have used a torch on my phone to give the shadowed effect of the phone behind the white backdrop. I have purposely put the light on my phone to give the phone a more of a 3D effect that I love.
All of my edited photos have a different theme other than a Film Noir style. This style is to do with shadowing which I think I have used quite creatively and effectively. This is because I have indicated from my knowledge on editing a photo, a secret that I wanted to tell through photos to give this creative effect.
Bottom: Actual shoot
I have taken some photos using a SRL type camera to create these great finalised images. The top photos of each of these is the final shot after I have edited and changed the style a little bit. The bottom photo of each of these is the original photo of when I took it from going out and taking the shot. I like these photos because it shows how well I can edit a simple photo using photo shop that I don't particular like. On my phone photos my favourite one that I took and edited would have to be the bottom photo. This is because the edited photo of the phone looks as though it is hanging on the wall by itself with nothing to hold it up. The original shot for this shows some parts of the lighting in a black and white style to give it the Film Noir theme. In a way the 4 photos look like a secret form the past because of the shadows used, and the creative I have edited to give this effect. I think that the phone photos have worked the best because they show the lighting into a Film Noir film or photo. I like the fact that I have used a torch on my phone to give the shadowed effect of the phone behind the white backdrop. I have purposely put the light on my phone to give the phone a more of a 3D effect that I love.
All of my edited photos have a different theme other than a Film Noir style. This style is to do with shadowing which I think I have used quite creatively and effectively. This is because I have indicated from my knowledge on editing a photo, a secret that I wanted to tell through photos to give this creative effect.
Memory Check x4
Q1.
Detail at least four areas of knowledge a freelance phoDetail
at least four areas of knowledge a freelance photographer must
possess.
(for example. Ability to use a computer and edit photographs)
Four areas of knowledge a freelance photographer must possess is how to:
1. Make the photo black and white(tinted)
2. Make a contact sheet from test shots to final shots and finalised shots
3. Editing skills to un blur the image by photo shop
4. Different type of lenses lets the camera shoot particular shots such as a blurred shot, clear shot, test shot
Q2. What attributes would you say a freelance photographer should possess?
(for example – dependability. The role requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations)
1. Have all the camera equipment ready to use
2. You need to be prepared/organised
3. To be reliable- say you are going to do what you ask
4. To be able to use the camera on your own using an SRL camera pher must possess.
(for example. Ability to use a computer and edit photographs)
Four areas of knowledge a freelance photographer must possess is how to:
1. Make the photo black and white(tinted)
2. Make a contact sheet from test shots to final shots and finalised shots
3. Editing skills to un blur the image by photo shop
4. Different type of lenses lets the camera shoot particular shots such as a blurred shot, clear shot, test shot
Q2. What attributes would you say a freelance photographer should possess?
(for example – dependability. The role requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations)
1. Have all the camera equipment ready to use
2. You need to be prepared/organised
3. To be reliable- say you are going to do what you ask
4. To be able to use the camera on your own using an SRL camera pher must possess.
(for
example. Ability to use a computer and edit photographs)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Q2.
What attributes would you say a freelance photographer should possess?
(for
example – dependability.
The
role requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling
obligations)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Monday, 7 December 2015
I have made a poster and a game cover using photo shop. The poster photo is of my dad walking down my street to give the effect that something is wrong. I had to wait until the street went dark enough for me to take the photos to create this effect. In the top photo I like the fact that one of the street lamps is shining in front of the street guiding my dad through the Film Noir set. If the street wasn't dark enough then this photo would not have turned out aswell as it has which I am very proud with. I have edited the text by changing it form red to white to make it look like a Film Noir style which I like. If I was to do this poster again the only thing that I would change is to change the classification from coloured into black and white(tinted). I like where I have put my camera to give the effect that my dad is moving through the street. I have put my camera on top of my car whilst holding it to get the full portrait and landscape shot. I have cleverly made a shadow using this technique and lighting because it shows a hidden talent or secret in the main actor which I like. It took quite a few shots to capture this good shot and it is one of my favourite shots from all four of my shots.
I have also made a game cover for a computer game using photo shop. I have done this by resizes my paper to 210x290 to get the right dimension. The right hand side is the front cover of the game cover and the left hand side is the back. I like my game cover because it highlights and gives the impression that a secret is involved in the game or level. I have added all 4 of my Film Noir photos to my game cover to create an incredible Film Noir game cover. From all four of my photos I have captured a very clever secret. This secret is a shadow that I have constantly used throughout al 4 of the photos even when I have been edited. This gives the effect that something a secret needs revealing. I have purposely blurred the 3rd photo to show that this could be one of the levels in the game. The game is aimed for teenagers around the age of 15 roughly. I think that this game cover is great with the secret hiding in all 4 photos to give the Film Noir effect. The aim of the game is to follow and identify the shadow and who the shadow is as it is following the main character causing the secret. I have named the game The shadow secret because of the shadow highlighted din every level. It is the players mission to identify what the shadow is and why it is following the main character. The lighting of the camera and my editing skills have given me this effect to use and for me to create a great game. I like my slogan which is: The Shadow will hunt you down. Bet you cant identify it.
Friday, 4 December 2015
Memory Check x3
1) The rule of composition that the first photo has been added to is rule of thirds because the background people have been blurred out. The composition that the second photo uses is also rule of thirds because of the bridge, London bridge with symmetry in the middle giving the effect. There is three things happening in this photo. The 3rd photo is a castle showing that the composition is a shallow depth of field because the background of the sandcastle has been blurred showing that the sandcastle is the important part of the photo/main subject, The 4th photo Is also a shallow depth of field. The 4th photo is black and white showing that it is an old photo form the 1940's.
2)Put the following apertures in order starting with the one that will produce the shallowest depth of field.
B) F1.8, smallest number gives you the shallowest depth of field, F4, F8 and F16
3) If the shutter speed is 1/60th of a second and the ISO is doubled from 100 to 200 what will the shutter speed be increased to?
Double the ISO, 1/60th is the lowest shutter speed, 1/120th of a second
4) You are taking a landscape shot. What apature value would you use to gain the maximum depth of field?
The apature value that you would gain the maximum depth of field isF22, tiny hole for a small apature depth of field
2)Put the following apertures in order starting with the one that will produce the shallowest depth of field.
B) F1.8, smallest number gives you the shallowest depth of field, F4, F8 and F16
3) If the shutter speed is 1/60th of a second and the ISO is doubled from 100 to 200 what will the shutter speed be increased to?
Double the ISO, 1/60th is the lowest shutter speed, 1/120th of a second
4) You are taking a landscape shot. What apature value would you use to gain the maximum depth of field?
The apature value that you would gain the maximum depth of field isF22, tiny hole for a small apature depth of field
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