Assignment: Alphabet Art

For your photography assignment, you will be experimenting with what we'll refer to as "Alphabet Art". Using photography, you'll be responsible for spelling out a word of your choice using black and white images. Please photograph in color and we will learn as a class how to properly convert to grayscale so as to achieve proper contrast.

Below, you'll find an example of alphabet art spelling out a word. Can you see the letters?

"K-E-N-N-E-D-Y"

1. Choose a word, at least five letters long, and cannot be the same as any other student in the class
2. Start photographing, take more then 1 picture for a given letter as you may find something better later in the week. Look high and wide to find your letters, they can be in the most unique places. Try your best to find natural letter forms and not have to "spell it out" yourself using found objects.
3. Take COLOR images
4. Upload images by Tuesday MORNING and we will, as a class, talk about color conversion.
5. SAVE EACH IMAGE separately in a folder titled Letters, in Major assignments, no larger then 8.5x11 
6. For POST credit, place each image on panoramic canvas much like the one above, using a black or white background color. Post to blog by Tuesday Jan.20 , titled "Alphabet Art", before you leave class.
7. Also place a saved version of your flattened, full word in 'letters' folder as a final image.

Assignment: Dyptich with Interaction

Luiz Maurina, Dyptich "The Fighter" 2011

Thumbnail Drawings of your IDEA & model names DUE:  Tuesday 1.6.14

IMAGES DUE: Wednesday January 14th 2015

Image from Richard Vantielicke Series

1. Read the artist statement & View the work of artist Richard Vantielcke below in your Major Assignments folder, or click on link - interactive images by Richard Vantielicke

Image from Richard Vantielicke Series

Start formulating an idea, and choose your model or models. It does not have to be someone from our class. It can also be someone from home. You will have Tuesday  - Friday to shoot this assignment. If you are absent, you will still be responsible for the shoot. You will have to set up your own makeshift studio at home, with a sheet and a window for light. The specific days will be assigned.

A final diptych series (4 shots total, 2 pairs) in which one half of the diptych “interacts” with the other either by theme, movement, message or concept.

Save as Last_First_Dyptich1, Dyptich2, etc. in MAJOR folder

Dave Kimelberg is a Boston-based photographer, lawyer and general creative-type photographing tatooed professionals proving, at the very least, you should not judge a book by it's cover.

Shubani Singh, Dyptich 2011

Elisa Sapolinick, Dyptich 2011

Shooting Schedule:
Shooting Schedule:
THURSDAY:
MORGAN, JUSTIN M
NIETO, VERONIKA MARIE
PINEDA, LORENZO
QADEER, AKIF
SOPER, RANCE
SYLVESTER, MATTHEW
WEAVER, ASHLEY
LYONS, MORGAN
MORALES, LIZBETH
ASLAM, MAARIA

FRIDAY:

ANDERSON-GRIFFITH, JESSICA
 DE LEON, ANTHONY
 DROZDZEWICZ, VERONICA
ESTRELLA, JONATHAN
GENAO, REBECCA
GUEVARA, GISELL ANAHI
JIMENEZ, JASON
KNUDSEN, CASSIDY
BOZEK, PATRYCJA
BUCHER, BRIAN
DALERTA, ELISSA
DAVIS, DEANNA

Assignment: Creating a business card

 As a student (or photographer!) you share many of the same attributes of someone in the business world. You may meet people in the course of a day whom you do not know and who do not know you.It is not always possible to spend a great deal of time talking with and getting to know the people you meet. Even when you do have time to talk, people are not always going to remember everything they learned about you.

People you see everyday — teachers, other students, parents, and family members — may not know things about you that you'd like them to know. When business people meet they exchange business cards. These small pieces of paper usually contain a person's name, the name of their business, and a title or description of the work they do, and a way to contact the person, such as a phone number or address.

Task:

Create a business card for yourself. Your card should help others know and remember you. Ideally it should convey a sense of who you are, what you do, or your interests — cheerleader, history buff, teacher's assistant, class president, hall monitor, avid reader, or a photographer!

A business card generally focuses on a single facet of an individual or business. You may be a cheerleader who also raises rabbits and tutors younger students afterschool. Create a business card for just one of those aspects of your school life or extracurricular activities, or the life you WANT to lead when you are out of school.



Checklist:

Many of the items in this list are optional. You must decide which ones are appropriate for your business card.

• Name of Individual.
• Name of Business or Organization.
• Address.
• Phone Number.
• Fax Number.
• Email Address.
• Web Page or Social Media Address (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).
• Job Title of Individual.
• Tagline or description of Business or Organization.
• Logo.
• Graphic Image(s) (including purely decorative elements).
• List of services or products.

The items listed below are to aid in designing your business card. Some may not apply.

• Horizontal or Vertical Layout.
• Emphasis on Business or Organization (name and/or logo).
• Emphasis on Individual.
• Emphasis on Title of Individual.
• Emphasis on a particular part of the contact information (phone, address, email, etc.)
• Size of Logo or other graphics — large (dominant) or small, etc.
• Number of Colors.
• White space (blank spaces) toward the middle or toward the outer edges.
• Conservative typeface (such as those used in the stories in your textbooks) or Fun, Informal typeface (such as crooked letters, funny shapes, odd sizes, or type that looks like handwriting) or a mix.
• SEE ALSO 11 Parts of A Business Card



Steps:

1. First, decide what you want your business card to tell others. Do you want to focus on your activities with the Art Club or do you want to announce that you are class leader or that you are a skateboard enthusiast? It may help to list everything about yourself then pick one topic.
2. Describe yourself. After deciding on what aspect of your school life or activities that you want to focus, make a list or write a description that tells about that part of your life.
3. Decide if you want a "serious" or formal card or something more light-hearted or informal.
4. Using the Business Card Checklist, list the major components of your business card. Mark out any components you wish to omit from your card. If appropriate, come up with a title for yourself. To put everything you want on this small card you may need to come up with different ways to say the same thing. Look for shorter words in place of long ones. Use a single word in place of two or three different ones. Experiment with abbreviations.
5. Look at sample business cards. Identify those that have a style you might like to imitate or borrow, but DO NOT PLAGARIZE!
6. Sketch out some rough ideas of how you want your business card to look — including any graphics you think you want to include.
7. Using Photoshop, create a new Jpeg file, sized according to the specs below, 300 resolution, and 'transfer' your rough sketches to the computer. 
8. POST final buisness card design (front AND back if you have a back) on to blog



Evaluation:

When POSTing your card, attach the following questions to the post with your answers.

1. What is the focal point of this business card? (What part is supposed to catch the reader's eye first?) 
2. What job, role, or activity does this business card describe? 
3. Is this supposed to be a formal (serious) or informal (casual) business card?

What is a watermark?

 

 

 

 

 

Your Assignment: Create a Watermark, save it on a transparent layer so you can use it again, as well as pasting it to one of your photos. POST your watermarked photo on your blog.  Here is Example 1 of how I use watermarks as well as a second Example 2.

 

 

 

 

Question: What is a watermark? How can I add a watermark to my photos?

Adding a visible watermark is a common way of identifying images and protecting them from unauthorized use online. Today, you're going to create an effective watermark and apply it to your digital photos or art work.

 

Answer: A watermark is a visible embedded overlay on a digital photo consisting of text, a logo, or a copyright notice. The purpose of a watermark is to identify the work and discourage its unauthorized use. Though a visible watermark can't prevent unauthorized use, it makes it more difficult for those who may want to claim someone else's photo or art work as their own.
 

Tips for Effective Watermarking

If you are going to use a watermark, care should be taken to ensure that the watermark is effective, not only for proving that an image was modified, but also for educating the would-be pirates about copyright and ownership. Ideally, the watermark should be a copyright symbol along with the name of the owner, and the URL of the owner's web site, if applicable. This not only conveys the message of copyright, but it gives others an opportunity to contact the original owner of the image. Watermark placement can be a bit of a balancing act. The watermark should be placed carefully so as not to detract from the image too much, but you also don't want to place the watermark in a area of solid color or a textured area where removal would be easy to conceal. The example on this page was designed to show an extreme example of watermarking and would be is far too distracting for a portfolio photograph. In practice, the watermark should make up a smaller percentage of the overall image area compared to this example.

How to Watermark Your Photos

So now that we've discussed what a watermark is and how to make them effective, you may be wondering how to put a watermark in your images. There are many methods for watermarking photos. We'll use Photoshop for today's purposes. Please open the program and open the tutorial in your Photoshop folder, watch the video in this post OR find an online tutorial that is easier for you to follow.

 

 

POST YOUR COMPLETED WATERMARKED PHOTOGRAPH TO YOUR BLOG FOR CREDIT FOR TODAY'S CLASSWORK.

Assignment: Analyzing Motion Pictures

Analyzing Motion Pictures

O B S E RV E

 identify and note details.

Sample Questions:

Describe what you see and hear. · What do you notice first? · Do you only see live action, or are there any special effects or animation? · Describe any words you see on the screen. · What do you

notice about the length of the motion picture? ·Does anything about it seem strange or unusual? ·

What other details do you notice?

R E F L E C T

Generate and test hypotheses about the source. What was the purpose of this motion picture? · Who do you think created it? · Who are the people who appear in it? · What tools and materials were used

to create it? · Do you think it was filmed on location, or was there a stage set? · Who do you think was the intended audience? · What feelings or ideas do

you think its creators wanted to communicate? · If someone created this motion picture rofessionally today, what

would be different?

Q U E S T I O N

Ask questions to lead to more observations and reflections.

What do you wonder about...

who? · what? · when? · where? · why? · how?

Speculate about the purpose of the motion picture and what its

creators expected it to accomplish. Do you think the motion picture

achieved their goals? Explain why you think so.

Stop Motion Film: Editing in Movie Maker

EDITING 

1. Use a program such as Movie Maker 

2. Connect the camera and download images 

3. Open new Project 

4. Click and Drag clips down to the storyboard 

5. Click onto the first frame; press the play button on the preview screen 

6. To insert Title Frame 

7. Tool in the menu Bar, choose add title and credits. Choose Title. Change the font and color by the corresponding 

icons. Make the title larger. You may also change the background color. 

8. Change the Title Animation 

9. To insert Credits Frame 

a. Tool in the menu Bar, choose add title and credits. Choose Credits. 

b. In the top rectangle: Type: Created By, Produced By, or something you come up with. 

c. The boxes on the left will be in Large Font and the boxes on the right will be a small font. This is where 

10. To edit clips: 

a. Select the Timeline view 

b. Preview Window: Press play and the desired spot to "cut" the clip press the pause button- you may 

c. Press the CUT button 

d. Press play to continue to the end of this section that is to be cut. 

e. Press pause to stop and press the CUT button again. 

f. On the timeline, click onto the "Cut" clip section to select it. Right click and select Cut from the menu. The 

g. Repeat until all the unwanted sections are cut out of the timeline. 

11. You may press play and watch the whole video throughout this process as many times as you want or need. 

you type Characters by: Joe P. (no last names) etc. 

rewind the clip to the perfect spot if you do not press pause fast enough. 

section is gone. 

FINAL PROCEDURES and PRESENTATION 

Save As Movie 

1. All short films should be submitted by instructor through Google classroom.

Amazing Stop motion Videos

24 Amazing Stop-Motion Shorts

CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE TO SEE SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE STOP MOTION FILMS TO INSPIRE YOU!