Category: Student Work

Cinematic Camera Angles & Movement

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Cinematography is the art and science of capturing images in the form of light with a camera. The cinematographer has the task of figuring out where to place the camera in relation to the action, and determines the movement (if any) of the camera. These choices elicit different responses from the viewer.

In this exercise, students will tell a story through a video with no dialog. Use each of the following shots to support the following emotions in your story: detachment, intimacy, tension, conflict, curiosity, urgency, superiority, and inferiority.

-Establishing Shot: Extreme Long shot

-Long Shot

-Medium Shot

-Close Up

-Extreme Close up (Generally okay to cut off the top of the head — never the chin!)

-High Angle (Bird’s Eye)

-Low Angle (Worm’s Eye)

-OTS (Over the Shoulder)

-POV (Point of View)

-Zoom

-Pan

-Tilt

-Tracking Shots (leading, following and lateral)

-Rack Focus

-Dutch Angle (tilted horizon)

-Silhouette

 

Spoof Ads

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Using Photoshop, create an ad that spoofs an existing print advertisement and communicates a critical message about the company and/or product. At first glance, the ad should resemble a “real” print advertisement.
Ad must include:
1. an image
2. ad copy (the text written on the ad)
3. slogan (Just do it; Have it your way; etc.)
4. recreated company logo, altering the original name.
Everything from the original ad must be altered. You can’t use the original company’s name and/or logo.

When finished, create a new web page (HTML Document) called “spoofad.html” in your My DP /multimedia/pages folder.  Post your original ad with your written analysis and the ad you created with a detailed description that includes:
– the message of your ad
– how the images logos, colors and advertising copy (slogans) communicate this message
– what truths are ignored by the original ad
– how you altered the ad to communicate your message
– what Photoshop skills tool you utilized and how

Post your a link to your page as a reply to this post at the bottom of the page.

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Photoshop Silhouettes

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To create a Photoshop silhouette:

1. Open a photograph of yourself that you will turn into a silhouette.

2. Use the pen tool to carefully outline your shape.

3. Fill your shape with descriptive words. Use a bold typeface, fill as much of the shape as possible, and extend beyond the border of your shape.

4. Select all of your text layers and group them.

5. Make a copy of your grouped text layers and Merge the group.

6. Turn your text group folder invisible.

7. Command click on the Vector mask thumbnail to turn your shape into a selection.

8. Highlight your merged text layer, select the inverse, and delete.

9. Make your original image and shape layer invisible, and replace with a new background. Add layer styles to taste.

10. save your final image online and post below.

Photoshop Clipping Mask Project

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Take a photo somewhere at HTH Village.

Open in Photoshop.

Duplicate layer.

Create a Type layer in between the two copies of the picture.

Highlight the top layer and go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask to create a Clipping mask.

Your layers palette should look something like this:

Open the blending options by clicking on the “fx” icon on the bottom of the layers palette and clicking “Blending Options.”

Experiment with the blending options and watch the magic happen.

Lastly add a vignette effect by painting black around the edges of your background image with a very large brush with the hardness set to 0%.

Save as a Jpeg, post below, and save a copy in the appropriate folder in Rosskopf Shared.

 

Like this effect? Check out this video for more: http://www.planetphotoshop.com/more-texture-effects.html