STYLO

This is the Chair i designed for the Media Chair assignment that my class did. The chair was suppose to represent our personalities, so i decide to create a Heel chair. I really like shoes and they go well with different outfits. I named it STYLO. it was hard to make this chair because of the many curves and such. It took me sometime to finish, and it is still needs a little work. STYLO is pure white with no colour because people are suppose to recognize the chair and not the colour of it.

LIGHTING

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This video shows you how you can make a Softbox light that is affordable and works well. In the first part of the video the boy explains that you have to cut out 4 trapezoids from a cardboard box and then from there you put aluminum foil on the pieces so it can reflect the light. From there you use black tape to connect all 4 trapezoids together. From there once the trapezoids have been put together you hook the light up to the surrounding cardboard pieces. When that is done you put plastic wrap over the "light" and then you are ready to turn the light on.

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In this video Ryan Connolly discusses how to set up a green screen.

Forrest Gump Trailer

In our class we had to compose a video trailer of any movie we wanted and change the theme of it by using music to imitate the emotion. I decided to to choose Forrest Gump not only because it is my favorite movie but also because it had so many genres included such as: Romance, comedy, coming of age, drama, and Americana. there was a lot to work with so i decided the make it a horror. The concept of this trailer is that forrest was an outcast that no one could relate too, until he met this girl named Jenny. She accepted him for who he was. He ended up running away but still kept Jenny in his mind. She had moved on to someone else. Forrest came back for her but he became obsessed. So he ends up stalking her through the whole trailer.

the original trailer



This is the trailer i first watched in order to come up with my genre.


QUESTIONS
The mood has been changed from light and playful to suspenseful and creepy
I added the voice over at the end. I used different parts from the movie and put them in certain parts of the trailer so it would look more intense in some areas.
I wanted to make sure that the trailer would convey what i wanted it too. I wanted the viewer to see that he was progressing into a man who had an obsession. The music was a perfect fit because it linked everything together. It made everything more dramatic. It wasn't the easiest to find a scary song that matched my video. It took me about 3 periodes of searching in order to finalize the music. When i put it with the video it was a perfect match.

Trip to the AGO #3

Last Thursday our class decided to go on a field trip. We went to the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) we saw many pieces such as renaissance, European Old Masters art, Thompsons Collection as well as Industrial Photography. The piece of art that inspired me the most was by Anthony Van Dyke called: Daedalus and Icarus.
Made in 1620, oil on canvas.




When we were looking at the Industrial Photography I happened to notice a photo by Jesse Boles called: Crude Landscape. It was taken in Downtown Toronto during the night. this pictures angle is straight on as if it was a car on the road. On the sides of the road it shows faded trees possibly due to the cold weather. No one is on the street. The street lights are on, there are no cars in the area and there is a electrical tower that looks as if it is in the background sectioning the road in half.

The composition is even (good symmetry), simplicity and the time of day are all good factors that i looked for when looking at it.

Artistic inspiration # 3

While venturing through my class wondering what to do next, a fellow student that i work with had suggested that i should do a portrait of Justin Bieber. Since it was his birthday that day i decided that it would be an excellent idea to illustrate this famous person face. He had been my artistic inspiration that day. I painted for 2 periods and at the end i had completed a portrait of justin Bieber.

It was a good opportunity to test my skills.

Personal Inspiration #2

For my personal inspiration i decided to paint a portrait of Pokemon. I was in class one day and i was finished all my assignments so i decided that i would try to paint a portrait of someone to test my painting ability. I sat in a position that would be a good angle to start. from there i made my palate of black white and grey as well as purple and some colours i had mixed together. I wanted to paint Pokemon because her style is influential and i admire her.
I decided to have a dark background so that she would stand out more in the foreground. :)

Tips and tricks #1

So, in our tech class we had the chance to make a black History video for our assembly. We had to come up with a plan. We had to make the portraits of these people into a trace of their face but it still had to look realistic. So while i was questioning what to do i learned a tip to how to turn a photo into a traced black and white photo using illustrator.

Object>Live Trace> Tracing options>
From there you can select the Preview box and that will show you the gradient in which you would like to create on your photo or image. After that click OK and then you will have a black and white traced picture.

Although this may sound easy to do, i found it incredibly hard to learn at first until i got accustomed to using it. Hopefully you have an easier time learning it than i did. good luck :)