UNIT 58: DVD Menu

UNIT 57: Magazine photography

Mood board: 

Mind map:

Pitch:

Evaluation:

For my photography piece I used my opportunity of being able to go to Venice in the near future a few days after the project was set. I decided to create a series of images suitable for a travel photography magazine.

During pre production I researched the hotel I was going to be staying at and decided what I should take pictures of that were close by and wrote it down I also brought a map and two travel guide books that would give me other options to choose from so I could take pictures of the tourist parts and the local sights.

While I waited for the my leaving date I searched online for inspiration for colours and angles that showed the true Venetian lifestyle while staying true to my own personal style. I found that I enjoyed the photos that had one or two points of focus and a geometrical layout and had strong, bold colours that popped out.

After I got back from Venice I looked through the photos and discarded the ones I did not like and using an online photo editor called Pixlr I cropped and enhanced the colours of I did before uploading it to my blog.

I felt that I could’ve taken more pictures with a variation of subjects as I stuck mostly to buildings and the canals and I felt that a lot of my shorts were poorly done and rushed.

In conclusion while I enjoyed taking travel photography pictures I need to use more variations in subjects but I’m pleased with the outcome and how my pictures came out after editing.

UNIT 57: Use of shadows

Using shadows can bring a new level of contrast and attention. Using shadows as a main part of the image uses creativity and allows the photographer to expand their resourcefulness and ingenuity. 

Photography test 1

UNIT 57: Different lighting techniques

UNIT 35: Tate Modern

Tate modern video installations

1. Projection by Andrea Fraser, 2008

·     Brief explanation of what appeared on screen. 

In Fraser's piece, Projection, a lone figure is speaking on a chair in an empty room on two separate

screens as one ends the other one begins to play using a projector in the middle of the room. 

The figures differentiate between talking as a patient and a psychiatrist but the two screens

never follow the same conversation starting a new monologue when the others has ended.

Seats were placed in the middle of the two screens so the audience could feel like they were in the

conversations themselves playing the parts.

·         Audience responses to the video art.

The audience was confused at first until they watched to two screens several times but 

as they watched they noticed the pattern of the differentiating monologues and used the chairs to 

become part of the installation.

·         Reflect on your response to the video art and how it affected you as a viewer. Think about what you liked about the piece and what you found difficult or challenging.

I enjoyed how the piece was set out; instead of just putting down chairs for the audience to watch 

the chairs were placed in the middle so the audience could immerse themselves in what was happening

although it was hard to understand what was going on at first because there was no context to the

'conversations' and thus following said conversations was hard.

2. First Woman on the Moon by Aleksandra Mir, 1999

3. Blue by Derek Jarman, 1993

Video Instalation