four final photographs

these are my chosen four photographs that i have chose to edit and merge together to make my poster and dvd cover

Evaluation

Evaluation

My assignment was to produce a DVD cover and a film poster in the style of Film Noir.
Film Noir is from the era of 1775 when films where black and white and grey in the films Film Noir is also a film genre type.The clothing was formal girls wore dresses and men wore tuxedos and hats and smoked. The landscapes where mafia scenes and it reminds me of the film called Sin City but Sin City has black and white and red and yellow effects.  The Film Noir film always has a woman involved and some kind of violence, the lighting is low key light which is formed of three key lights.

My research consists of DVD covers, game covers and film posters . The film covers showed me the layout of what a DVD cover looks like, how the layout is supposed to look  and the how the covers are supposed to be arranged. It was easy to find the information that I needed.

The characteristics of Film Noir lighting is low key light for the best suited light.
What I have learnt is that key light, background light and low key lighting  are the main lights that you  use in Film Noir. The purpose of the key light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject and the background light  is used to illuminate the background area of a set.

My idea came from my research. I wanted to recreate the graphic game poster image into real life mode.  My idea for my four images was to take a photograph of a person, a shadow, a knife and a street for my background. I then combined them to make an image. I could not get an image of a knife from home because I was not allowed to take a photograph of that, instead I took a photograph of a different pose of a shadow.

With my photographs I had to take into to account my surroundings and have people coming from and into the location,  for example in my street shot there was a lot of people there that day so I had  to wait till the time was right for the photo to be taken. I finally was able to take a photograph
and when I was taking my shots in college I had to find the right time to take the camera shot while people were out of sight, so they could not get in the way of my camera shots or trip up on the red head light because the wire was a trip hazard. I also had to take into account the weather conditions for my background shot.  My model was good, she was very cooperative. The equipment was good, I hired out the camera and the red head light to use to take the photographs and to light up the subject that I was working on.
I was really pleased with my photographs.
My contact sheet was pretty basic, it showed the photographs name and what time I took it.
Contact sheets are pretty important  because it shows the photographs that I have taken and it shows how many I have taken and what effects I have used to get the photographs.

In my editing process I used quick tool, magic tool, brush tool and control t to re size the images, text tool to edit my work to make a poster and dvd cover.

i have chose my four favorite images to fuse together to make my dvd cover and poster

• A4 portrait poster and DVD artwork.

What I would do differently next time: I would try to be more organised for the lesson, use the camera more efficiently and learn more of the terminology.

In my opinion my final images do meet the requirement of the design brief, because what I spoke about in my design brief, I have kept to and now my final image looks like my design brief.

photoshop editing images

i have added the age rating label and bar code and other symbol  

these are my photo shop editing skills 

i have used the text tool  to write the text 

i have used the level tool  to get the wright shade of black and white effect

memory check

Q1. Detail at least four areas of knowledge a freelance photographer must possess.
(for example. Ability to use a computer and edit photographs)
 1.Being able to use a camera efficiently 
2. Great editing skills
3. Produce prints 
4.Good contact sheets
5. Good advertising 
6.Recommendations 
7. Invoice ( how long to pay the photographer ) accounting 
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.Planning -  be able to plan photo shoots involving date times location Weather forecast 
2. Good people skills friendly 
3.Know your limits 
4. Google maps, maps and improvise 
5. Dependable be early 

   

poster and dvd cover

This is my DVD poster.  I like the outcome of it because it looks how I imagined and it is very film noir. 

Making my poster in Photoshop

memory check

1.Look at the following four photographs and describe the rules of composition they adhere to and explain the message (meaning/what are they about) behind the images. 

This is a landscape shot  and the tower bridge is symmetrical. 

Cropped image, small aperture did not use a wide aperture. 

Rule of thirds, wide aperture and shallow depth of field. 

Black and white photograph. I think this was taken in the 50s because of the decor and the clothing on the people. This is a crop shot. 

The theme is the UK because the gray scale picture is how the UK used to be and the tower bridge is a land mark for Britain and there are British flags.

2. Put the below apertures in order, starting with the one that will produce the shallowest depth of field.

a) F16     b) F1.8     c) F8     d) F4

F1.8, 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?

1/500th b) 1/240th c) 1/120th d) 1/100th

1/120th 

5. You are taking a landscape shot. What aperture value would you use to gain the maximum depth of field? 

a) F5.6   b) F2.8     c) F16    d) F22    e) F8 

B F22

memory check 11/23/15

1. What does the acronym DSLR stand for? Describe the difference between a bridge camera  (like the ones we use in our lesson) and a DSLR
dslr means digital single lens reflex and a bridge camera has a fixed lens, whereas  DSLR lenses can be changed.

2. Name for genres of photography where a zoom lens is used.
wild life
journalism
landscapes
sports
portraiture
3. The key light is the name given to the main source of light we are using during a photo shoot. Name four sources of light you could use to produce this light on future assignments.
natural light
spot light
desk light
red head light
flash
studio light
4. What does the term ‘considered’ mean when referred to your final shots
Considered means your personal selected photograph that has been
well thought through.

contact sheets

This is my contact sheet for my person for my montage.
I have chosen P1110608.JPG because I  like the shadow and the lighting on her face and the fact that I can see more of her face.  

This contact sheet is for my shadow.

This contact sheet is for my shadow as well.  I have chosen P1110621.JPG because  the pose is good and the focus. I did not chose the others because there was not the right focus and right pose. 

This contact sheet is for my street. I have chosen HNI_0065.JPG because its straight path and it is  more in focus. I took these photographs on my 3ds because I could not take out a camera.

photos for contact sheet