evaluation

•       Introduction to your assignment - explain the genre Film Noir, history, time period, clothing etc.)•       Your research – what images inspired your poster/DVD shots and why? They inspired me because it gave me idea of what to do for my poster and  what  tools  to  use  in Photoshop, so I  can recreate the images. Some of them were not related to the unit we were set to do and it was kind of hard to recreate and to relate to noir.

•       Characteristics of film noir photography lighting – (detail the three-light technique)The 3 three light techniques are key light, which is  the main light, fill light that you use to fill in the shadows of the photo onto your object or model, and back light, which is also called hair light. Back light is a brightness of light source around the surrounding area.

•       What were your ideas? Detail your four photo-shoots at home and at college.
I did two shoots at home and college. The home photography was the city that I took outside of college. I took 10 shots from different angles, so I can decide which photo I should edit, and then I put them on a contact sheet (newbie). I have taken pictures of hands as I was trying to create the shape of a gun that I can use in my montage poster. I thought of this idea because we weren’t allowed to bring guns or knives into college, so I thought I'd do it at home (outside).

In the college one I  took a  shot of light  from the  redhead, because  the weather was cloudy and there wasn’t any sun, as it was autumn and very cold, so I  thought a redhead would be similar to the sunlight and good  to use  into my montage poster.

•       Photography. What did you have to take into account, i.e., location, times, props, models and equipment? The location was basically outside of college and in the college class room (E101). I  didn’t  need that many props  to use,  I only needed a hat and redhead  for  my poster montage. I only used one model for the hand, but everything else was my own. The equipment I used were a redhead (for the sun), camera to take picture of my objects and models, and a tripod to hold the camera.

•       Contact sheet examples for all your test shots detailing the camera settings used
I used aperture (59F) storytelling onto the 9 images, but the last one I think I did it on the ISO 300. As the depth of was blurring out, I took different angles of the city, so I can chose which photo I can use to edit on in Photoshop. I used normal white balance on the images. In my second contact sheet I took pictures of a redhead. I'd say some of the images were ISO 100 and mid setting aperture, as some were grainy and some had low light. I didn’t think about using the white balance, that is why it's too bright. My third contact sheet is the hands, as I used white balance to get the right light source for the image. It was on program and it looks more like ISO100-400, aperture shutter speed very fast or very slow.

     (one sheet x10 images per shoot).

•       Editing processes/techniques used (include screen shots) In Photoshop I’ve used the pen tool to cut out bits I need in my photos. I then used the curves and levels to get the right fitting on my image. I have used the ghost technique on the sun which I have learned from Owen's lesson so I decide to use it and show what I have learnt. I have used gradient for the background, as I didn’t want a plain poster. I have used flare for the movie Primer effect, but it kind of faded into the gradient image.

•       Examples of your four final photographs (one from each shoot)
The first one I liked a lot because it's really detailed and appropriate for my noir film unit and it was really easy to edit it in Photoshop. The second image is the redhead and it was a difficult one as it was hard to edit in Photoshop and hard to deal with the light of the red head, due to how bright the lights is and how to take down the contrast of the image. The third image was alright. It was hard find a location to take the image, as it can be too bright to take the image. The fourth image I didn’t take the photo, so I can’t say too much about this. It was okay but the image of my friend's hat was hard to take, as it was too dark and hard to edit around.

•       A4 portrait poster and DVD artwork. • What would you do differently next time and what did you learn from your first assignment? I would plan out  more probably and  follow my proposal better, not  over-think my idea and slow down a bit, so I don’t have to  rush my work through. I have learnt more about the white balance and use of the camera. I have also learnt where I can book out a camera. I have learnt new Photoshop skills that I didn’t use in my last unit.

•       In your opinion, does your final image, poster and cover meet the assignment brief? Explain why. I through it was kind of rushed through, as I couldn’t keep up much. I enjoyed doing  the  Photoshop stuff, but  didn’t enjoy the proposal and the  taking of the  images that much, because  it was kind of hard to get the right portion of  the image. I think I’m in the middle, as I think half  the  brief is  good and half it bad, as I kind  of  struggled  more on  this unit than  on the last  unit. 

Film Noir is based around the 1940-1980s time area, where they all wear suits, hats, & old dresses. It all started in the 1940s, when they banned alcohol and they used underground sales to sell their beer, wines and other alcoholic drinks. There was some violent stuff like gun crimes and murder and possibly rape.