Poster Forms

Put your collages on hold for today.  We will get back to them by mid next week.  I am skipping the next copilot in After Effects until we get it uploaded onto our computers. 

Today we are going to come up with what kind of questions we need on a form to see what people want on a poster for the sports/seasons that you signed up for.  Those of you who have Fall sports have to get started on yours, so lets get the form ready and on Monday I will show you how to make good page layouts and create them in Photoshop and the Poster Machine as well. 

Lets compile a list together and then each of you is responsible for turning in your own form to me by the end of the class period.

After Effects- EFFECTS

 DUE FRIDAY:

Today you should be able to upload After Effects.  You are going to begin playing with it on your Macbooks.  I want you to upload a video, any one you have will be fine for this.  Get familiar with the work area and how to upload.  Then play around with the different Effects and choose some of the ones you think are pretty cool to show to me on Friday after we watch the 3rd Copilot.

If you forget what we watched in Copilot 1 & 2, go back and watch the video's.  This is due on Friday.  It should take you no more then an hour so no exceptions. 

Finishin A-Z

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER


Now that you have finished taking your A-Z photos I want you to organize your photos in Alphabetical order.  We are going to be making a collage of your letters and putting them together as one artwork.  So what I would like for you to do is open them in IPhoto and put them in order.  When you are putting them in order I want you to use only the best letter A picture, not all the letter A pictures.  You are going to have to open each picture to see which one is best because sometimes your picture can end up being a little bit blurry and you can’t tell by looking at only the camera.  Once you have your photos in order you need to sit down with Mrs. Schneid to assess your photos.  Once Mrs. Schneid gives you the OK, she will then print them and you will begin creating an alphabetical collage.  Everyones collage should be unique and different from your neighbors.  You are not just gluing your pictures down, think about how you can make your collage different from your neighbors and again how can you make yours so interesting that you get people to stop and really look at your artwork. 

EXAMPLES OF GOOD QUALITY:

Think about a border

Think about the angle of the pictures

Think about not staying within the traditional Rectangular Phrame

Think about using words in your collage, around or over top

Think about how you can be DIFFERENT

 BAD QUALITY:
This is too traditional
Not what I want to see.

Selecting your Poster Sports/Clubs

Lets make a list of all the sports and clubs and divide them up so that we all know who we will be working for on our posters.  You will need to be going out and taking pictures of these teams and clubs in action.  Please keep that in mind. 

A-Z

NOTE: THE TECH GUYS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET US INTO THE ADOBE SUITE UNTIL NEXT WEEK.  I APOLOGIZE  FOR ANY DELAY THIS MAY CAUSE IN GETTING YOUR SUMMER MOVIES FINISHED.  I WILL GIVE YOU 2 WEEKS TO FINALIZE THEM ONCE YOU GET THE SOFTWARE, BUT IN THE MEAN TIME FILM IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

You will be taking photo's that represent the letters of the alphabet.  I want you to find an image that resembles each letter of the alphabet and take about 5-10 pictures per letter.

Example:

The letter 'A'

It doesn't matter if it is right side up or up side down.  If you see the letter within the space snap the shot.  Some letters are going to come very easily, but others are going to be very difficult.  After this assignment is done you should have taken about 260 photo's or more.  I don't want you only taking one picture for the letter A.  I want 10 different pictures.  Then you can choose the best on once you have finished taking all of your 10 shots.  REMEMBER: PEOPLE NEVER TAKE ENOUGH PICTURES.  You are not wasting any film, so shoot away.

 

The letter 'R'

 

Don't forget to follow the RULE OF THIRDS for most pictures.  Pay attention to the light source and also pay attention to your angles.  Get down low, up high or even upside down to take some GOOD QUALITY pictures.  Don't fit in with everyone else, I want you to STAND OUT FROM THE REST! 

KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND WHEN SHOOTING:

RULE OF THIRDS-of course

SHAPE- what is forming the letter

FOCAL POINT-get closer or zoom in on your focal point.

BALANCE-Does your artwork look balanced?  Is it to empty on one side opposed to the other.

CONTRAST-Look at the dark and light colors next to each other-it will be more interesting if you show higher areas of contrast.

REFLECTED LIGHT-I would like you to try using a white piece of paper to create reflected light if possible in this lesson.

HARD/SOFT LIGHT- I would also like for you to try to use soft or hard light in one of the successful ways they showed us in the video.

Day 2

Let's take a look at this site.  

Taking Good Photo's:

     When it comes to taking  good photo's there is a lot to know.  So lets take a look at a few sites and watch the following video on good picture taking techniques. 

http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/digi2.html

http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits

Hello and Welcome back!  If you are reading this and I am not there, I apologize.  I will be in shortly.

This Course:
So first I want to give you an overview of how I have designed this course.  Here are the main areas that we are going to be covering throughout this school year.


1. Learn about good quality picture taking.
2. Learn how to run, operate and create banners using the Large Poster Printer.
    *You will all become Employees for a Company in which you are going to design.
    *I will be going over some Graphic Design Layouts to teach you how to make Awesome Posters.
    *You will be working with Adults closely to find out what they are looking for.
    More to come on this later.   
3. You will be learning how to use After Effects.  We will be watching video's starting with the most basic steps to learning After Effects.   
    * I will be giving you mini lessons on a weekly basis using After Effects.  You will have an assignment due with each mini lesson.
4. We will work on Storyboards and storylines a bit more in depth.  Hopefully getting a little better story ideas in you movies.
5. I will be teaching you about lighting and some sound effects a little bit too.
6. And of course you will be making Movies.


 But I want a little bit of your input.   So go ahead and get connected to the new site and I want you all to post a comment.  I want to know what kind of films you would like to create this school year that we didn't get a chance to create last year.  Give me topics, themes anything you can think of that you would like to create.  And tell me if there is anything else you would like to do and cover this year in this course.  I would love your input.  Also in your post tell me how your filming went for your Summer- Action Movie.  Also please tell me how much time you think you will need on the editing once you get After Effects (if needed) onto your computer.  I'm willing to give you some time to complete the final video as we will have lots of other stuff to work on before hand.

That's all I've got for our first day back.  I'm looking forward to this school year.  I can't wait to see what you will all create as you are all so very talented.

Mrs. Schneid