Assignment 3: U C what I C: Critique and Changes
Monday, October 1, 2007
After looking at my pictures, one main concern was how the 'sleep' and 'dreaming' factor was not obvious at all. There were suggestions to either sepia print or greyscale the images that belong in the dream. However, I do not agree to doing so as it might make it a bit too obvious that it is in fact a dream , then the twist will not be of a surprise.
However, I agree that something has to be done to create the difference between the dog's dream and reality. Thus I decided to blur the edges to give it a dream-like feeling. Using Photoshop CS2, I selected a circular area and used the 'Feather' option, setting it to a value of 50. Then, I used a white colour soft brush with an opacity of 60% to colour the edges. Then, I copied that layer and applied it to the rest of the photographs which I wanted to have the 'dreamy' feeling.
For the first picture, I changed it to the one where Lucky and his owner was already in the park. This will allow me to insert another picture of Lucky waking up from his nap later in the story, which will show the actual twist that it was in fact a dream. I also added black text 'ZZZZZ...' to the first picture to show that the owner actually fell asleep in the park.
Some of my coursemates asked me why I did not show the face of the owner, I explained that I did not do that because humans tend to give their attention to other humans, and this will take the attention away from the dog, which is the main protagonist in this photograph story.
I wanted to take some new photographs to improve on this project, but from my experience in Visual Communications, I have come to realise that circumstances may not always allow you to change your projects even if you want to. My dog was not as co-operative as the first time and my second attempt at the pictures was not usable for the story.
Here's the final pictures for this assignment:
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Assignment 3 - Do U C what I C : Thought process and first draft
Sunday, September 30, 2007
This second assignment is interesting as it is a photography assignment. The main purpose is to create a storyline using merely 10 pictures to express everything. However, we can add photography effects to get our message through. I have decided to do a mini adventure story starring my pet dog, Lucky.
So, since this is a photography assignment, I will post all the pictures in order, and only explain everything at the very end. Here goes...
So, the basic storyline is that Lucky and his owner went for a walk in the park. His owner somehow losen his grip on Lucky and Lucky saw another dog in the distance. So, being curious, Lucky went off to check things out, only to get lost in the process. Thus, the adventurous little dog went to find his way home, challenging the intimidating stairs and finding his way in the big neighbourhood. And when he finally reached home, he realise that it was a dream... and his walk have yet to begun.
There are many comments for this and I will continue to elaborate further when I have made the changes.
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