Obliterate it all

The word I chose is Obliterate. The definition of obliterate is to remove from existence and/or destroy.

The original intent for my still image was to Show a repetitive picture of a girl. The girl was supposed to be very dark and gradually fade away nothing.  The original concept for my video was to make it really sad. I wanted to show more of the emotions relating to the word obliterate than objects actually being destroyed. A few ideas I had in mind where to add in the girls tears. I did not end up shooting this clip for my video. Also I was planning to put sound/music playing in the background throughout the entire video.

The image I used for my still is a shot from one of the clips in my video. It is a girl sitting alone. I repeated the photo again on its right but this time I faded it away. There is a picture of a flame over the two pictures, but mainly on the picture which is faded.

The still expresses my word because the girl was being “destroyed” as she faded. I put more of the flame on the faded side of the image because on that half she is actually wearing away.

In the video I chose to use clips of a girl. The girl is in the room, yet she is not there. It is like she is removed from existence through others eyes. There are clips of her all alone and then her with people but left out. It seems like she’s in the room with people, yet she is all alone. She is being destroyed emotionally. I sequenced them in this particular order because it shows her being invisible mildly and then something big happens destroying everything. Then gain this repeats. I chose not to use music throughout the entire thing because this way the small sounds build up and the big sounds surprisingly come up. There were not many affects or transitions used. I used a flashing affect in the beginning to create suspense.

The process for this video to be made took pretty long. It took longer to get the ideas and clips than it did putting my video together. Once I had all my ideas, it was not as big of a challenge making the video.

I think I did quite well on this project because I believe the message/word I was trying to show came through. In order to shoot these clips, I had to use a Nikon D3100 which I did not know how to use before. I learned how to I enjoyed doing this project although it took a lot more time than I thought.

Phoenix Animation

    

This is a short stop motion animation our class created together using  our fingerprints!

Fork Animation- Sharing

This is my first ever stop motion animation made entirely on my own. The theme I made it about was sharing, because sharing is caring.

 Our animations had to have forks incorporated into them in any way. I chose to use the forks as my main characters. They where made by bending the forks and then covering them with placticine. The other props where also made with placticine. I used construction paper and paint to create my background and floor. 

A special thank you to Hina for the voices of Jim Bob and Suzy. 

Reduction Print- The Flight

This was my reduction print. We where told to be creative and create a design for our prints that had to have at least 70% carved out. Our assignment was to "Put a bird on it!" We made 10 similar prints in total, but I liked this one the best.

Digital Surrealism-Bullying

The faces have been blocked out for privacy reasons.

Before creating my final image I had to do a lot of brainstorming and sketching.  First we were given the theme of any social issue. Although there are many social issues, I had to choose one topic. After a lot of brainstorming and ideas, I picked the transition into high school. I realized there are many fears for a student going from middle school to high school. There was one fear that stuck out the most to me though, and it was bullying. I thought this topic was a lot more specific. After gathering my ideas, I started working on sketches of the individual photographs I was planning on taking.  This way I had a clear vision of what I was going to create before it was made.

My final topic was bullying. I have shown this by using a high school hallway with two girls placed in it. There is an extremely small girl as well as a tall girl to give it a surreal affect. The larger girl symbolizes the bully and the smaller girl represents the victim. I chose to make the girl small because in the victim’s point of view, they feel smaller and helpless compared to the bully. The bully seems a lot larger and stronger in comparison.  The large girl is stomping on the small girl to show power. There is no one but the bully and victim in the scene because in this state you feel like there is no ne there to support you, therefore you are all alone. I wanted the entire picture quite dull for a gloomy feel. I also added in the black border fading in because it represents another of the victim’s feelings. The feeling of getting caved in on.

To create this image I used Photoshop CS4. First I made a new 8x10inch document. I placed the hallway photo as the background. Then I used both the other pictures on different layers. Renaming the multiple layers made the process a lot easier and kept me organized. I used the Magic Wand Tool, Quick Selection Tool, Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool and Magnetic lasso tool to take away the background. It was not too difficult because I had shot my photos in front of the cove. After the backgrounds where gone, I placed my pictures where I thought they looked best. To make the people look more “in place” I used the soft round 26 pixel brush in black to create the outline of the bodies and changed the opacity so it was lower than 20%. I also changed the Brightness/Contrast to make it darker. I also toned down the colours but did not grayscale the entire image.

I am satisfied with my final image, because it is more than I pictured it looking like from the beginning. It is similar to my sketches. I also feel I accomplished my social issue because it came across clearly. Although the message is easy to understand and straight forward, in the future I would like to add more meaning within it. It was not my first time using Photoshop but I enjoyed this project fully.