Preliminary Task - Double Page Spread (Explanation)

Thanks for coming back! I'll be giving a brief explanation on my double page spread. 

This double page that I made is pretty simple. When me and my mom went furniture shopping recently, I decided to take some picture of the furniture that I could include in this Preliminary Task that I came up with. I put different furniture ideas and used the fonts "Amsterdam One" and "Dekka" for the fonts. The captions underneath are just little side notes on how furniture contributes to bringing your whole house together.

Preliminary Task - Double Page Spread Updated

 Hey Guys! Here I'll just be introducing my updated Double Page Spread & on the next blog I'll go into more details about it.

Here's the look!

Preliminary Task - Updated Table Of Contents (Explanation)

Thanks for staying tuned! As promised I'll just be elaborating a little on the aspects of my Table of Contents.

Starting with the picture that I provided for my table of contents, this is a picture that I took of one of the houses in my community. I was mainly aiming for houses that didn't have cars in the driveway because I felt as though the picture looks more professional without it having cars and it makes the focus more on the house itself. Now, for my headings "Table of Contents" and "Glam Homes", I used the "Amsterdam One" font and I would have to say that I absolutely love this font, it looks so elegant to me. That font will definitely be runner up of what fonts I'm going to choose for my main magazine. Lastly, the bullets that you see at the bottom are just categories that I came up with that fall under home designing. 

Preliminary Task - Updated Table of Contents

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Today, we're now going to show my new updated Table of Contents. For now, I'll just be showing the new look of it on this blog.

Here is my Table of Contents! In the next blog I'll provide an explanation on it.

Preliminary Task - Magazine Cover Update (Explanation)

 Welcome Back! Like I said in my previous blog, I decided to change my magazine cover. Now I'll just be updating you guys on how it went.

I would have to say that this time around, the magazine's creation was easier than my previous magazine cover. I again discovered a magazine cover template using Canva, and I simply modified the text and inserted my own words/fonts along with my own picture. I would say my magazine cover is still rather simplistic but I think that it's a great idea of a magazine. For this magazine, I decided to do it on homes! I actually came up with this idea while I was walking my dog, I was looking at the different houses in my neighborhood as I usually do on our walks and it just popped up in my head, why not do a house magazine? I asked one of my neighbors if I could get a shot of their house because of the modern gray color it was and their cars were in the garage so the empty driveway made the picture look even better. I went the easy route and just named the magazine "Modern Homes" because the whole point of the magazine would be about the looks of modern houses. I was battling between using black colored fonts or white colored fonts but decided to go with white because it made the look of the magazine look more simplistic. The little subtitles are attention grabbers that I knew would be needed in order to grab reader's attention and to convince them to pick up the magazine and read it. This magazine cover came out smoothly and was again, a fun experience.

Preliminary Task - Magazine Cover Update

 Welcome Back! I know what you may be thinking, didn't I already do a Magazine Cover? Yes I did. I decided to do my preliminary task over to see if I can aim more for the stars and do better. So this blog will just be a quick show of my new magazine cover.

Preliminary Task - Double Page Spread (Explanation)

Hello! I'm glad that you decided to stay tuned in so you can find out how I created my double page spread.

I would have to say that the double page spread was kind of tricky for me. The only reason it was tricky for me is because I wasn't sure how to make the "Double-Spread" look while I was using Canva. I eventually found out though, I just had to hit the resize button and change it from vertically to horizontally by putting the size to 17x11. My instructor also stated that we didn't have to actually add text to the double page spread, just the layout of how we would want it to look, so this was a quick activity for me to do. The smaller x's represent sentences/paragraphs while the larger X's, represent a subheading. I did indeed though add the title of what I think I would want the Major heading to be, "Affordable, Lavish, & Five Star Hotels In Hawaii For You!" I'm actually not sure how I came up with the title but it sounds suffice to me. All of these pictures are shots that I took from my Hawaii visit. These pictures consist of all "Hotel" category aspects. In this double page spread, I would of course name a Hawaii hotel and then go into details of what the hotel provides and why it would be an amazing place for a tourist to stay! This was pretty much all the basics I went through with creating this double page spread, it wasn't too difficult and I enjoyed it!

Until Next Time!

Preliminary Task - Double Page Spread

Glad to see you back again!

Yes we're still on our Preliminary Task, this time we had to create a Double Page Spread! These preliminary tasks are really exciting me. Let's take a look at what a sample of my Double Page Spread would be!

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Stay tuned in for my next blog to find out the details on how I created this!

Preliminary Task - Table of Contents (Explanation)

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Now that I introduced my Table of Contents page on my previous blog, I will be going into more details of how I designed it and what it consists of! Here's another look.

Creating the "Table of Contents" page was pretty simple for me. Like mentioned in my previous blog, I'm using Canva to find templates and I just edit them. So I found a template that mostly favored a magazine's table of content page and I went along with adding the structure and pictures that gave it a Table of Contents look. There are 5 main subjects that are headed and listed together vertically. These 5 subjects that the magazine would consist of is "Hotels, Sight-Seeing, Shopping, Beaches, & Restaurants". Under each of these Headings are little logos or slogans that I added underneath to put more attention on the topic of the Headings. Then under the title "Expect", it's just more or less more detailed explanations of the 5 Headings. The detailed explanations are also in the same order as the 5 Headings, let me elaborate more on that. There are 5 Headings and 5 Detailed Explanations and they are in sync. Number one of the Headings is "Hotels", so the number one of the detailed explanations is "5 Star/Affordable Hotels". Number two of the Headings is "Sight-Seeing", so the number two of the detailed explanations is "Beautiful Landscapes Named". Now that I read back on that, it may be kind of confusing. I hope you understood that though, I tried to put it in words as best as I could! On to the other aspects of my Table of Contents, I rotated the same fonts around. The fonts that I used were "Lora", "Forum", and "Libre Baskerville". These fonts make it look simplistic, which is kind of what I'm going for anyways, so why not? As for the pictures, I matched them with the 5 Headings. Picture labeled 26, is a picture that I took outside of a hotel in Hawaii, "Sheraton Waikiki". Picture labeled 33 is a picture that I took and is what I aimed for to be "Sight-Seeing", hence the people that are looking over at the landscape that we were at. Picture labeled 41, is a picture that I took of the beach that I could see from the hotel balcony. Picture labeled 56, is a picture that I took as we were walking the shopping strip in Hawaii. Lastly, picture labeled 63 is a picture that I took of our food at a restaurant. I took all of these pictures on my trip to Hawaii. All in all, this was how I designed and structured my Table of Contents.

Preliminary Task - Table of Contents

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Today, we're still going to be focused on Preliminary Tasks. The focus now will be the "Table of Contents" of my magazine. I'll just be showing you guys what the layout for that looks like for now.

This is the look!

Preliminary Task - Magazine Cover (Explanation)

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For today's blog, I'll just be going over a quick overview and explanation of the magazine cover that I designed!

Creating the magazine was actually pretty easy. I used Canva to find a magazine cover template and then I just edited the words and added different pictures. The magazine look so far is fairly simplistic and sophisticated. I added my own magazine name that I actually just randomly came up with in my head, "Ecstasy Travel". I simply just added a word that I knew included joy or excitement in front of "Travel" and it sounded like a pretty decent name. Ecstasy is "an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement". With this being said, "Ecstasy Travel" basically means exciting and joyful trips/destinations that would be fun to travel to. "Ecstasy Ent.", meaning "Ecstasy Entertainment" is just a business or organization name I came up with. The magazine cover focuses on one of many destinations that would be fun to travel to, Hawaii. For the cover page pictures, I used pictures that I took when I traveled to Hawaii. I used a waterfall shot and a picture on the plane on my way to the destination as the big pictures. In the 3 little circle boxes, there were some pictures landscapes that I captured and a quick flick of a Luau performance. 

I also edited and added new fonts for the text on the cover page. Lastly, in the bottom right hand corner I just added what I thought would be a good attention grabber for readers in order to pique their interest in reading or thinking about traveling to Hawaii. Getting these words to fit on the bottom corner was my first and only struggle. I had to try to keep the sentences short because it would only fit but so much, and I had to keep lowering the font size because it kept venturing off of the whole magazine. At the end though, as we can see all aspects of the magazine worked out in my favor. Everything came together like I knew it would, creating this magazine cover was a fun experience. 

Preliminary Task - Magazine Cover

 

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For this blog, I'm really putting in the work of creativeness! For this preliminary task, I'll be actually creating and making drafts of my own magazine. So far, the magazine that I created will focus on travel. The particular place that will be discussed in this volume's magazine will be Hawaii. This is temporarily the cover and name of the magazine that I've came up with so far! I feel like I can do better though, so I may end up editing it and giving it more life.

Mise-en-scene

Welcome Back To My Blog Everyone! Today's focus will be on the definition of "Mise-en-scene" and examples of what this word consists of. After today, you'll have a perfect understanding of what this word is if you haven't already learned about it. 

What is Mise-en-scene?

This fancy looking word is the arrangement of scenery and stage elements that appear on camera. It alludes to aspects such as the set design, production design, location, lighting, performers who are in front of the camera, etc. In a movie, the mise en scene is the final result that the viewer sees as a whole. When employed well, it transforms film from a collection of moving images to a sort of intentional art. It transforms it into something that captivates audiences and won't let go, something oozing filled with atmosphere and emotion. 

3 Aspects of Mise-en-scene that I will be showing/demonstrating in this blog:

- Location

- Make-up

- Lighting

Location

The scene's setting creates the atmosphere/mood and supports the action.

For an example, if a movie/picture is taken in this kind of setting, it sets a spooky or suspenseful mood. If a film starts off with a location as such shown, the atmosphere would be full of suspense because you can't wait to see how the plot will go. We can assume that this mysterious place will support all the action that may take place.

Make-Up

The physical elements, such as prosthetics, blood, or aging procedures, in hair and makeup assist actors into turning into their roles. Hair and makeup, including costumes, are essential components of how a tale is being portrayed.

In this picture, we can see that it's of course going to be a scary movie based on the makeup she has on her face and of course the obvious "bloody" saw. The pale look and the rest of the spooky makeup design that is going on causes the audience to accumulate a frightening image of the antagonist and causes the film to be more scarier.

Lighting

The instrument that most effectively conveys mood is frequently lighting. Hard light is utilized in high-key lighting, which is frequently employed in musicals and romantic comedies as it also reduces shadows. A high contrast lighting pattern is employed in low-key lighting, which is frequently used in horror films, to both brighten and darken specific areas of the frame. Lighting is used by a film crew to improve pictures, provide depth, and support the tone and atmosphere of the narrative. The audience is directed where to gaze by lighting. The characters mentality is reflected through the lighting. The film's genre is defined and supported by the lighting.

                     

Here, we have an example of low key lighting. I edited the original lighting of this picture on my phone so we can get a glimpse of lower lighting. The term "low key lighting" describes the deliberate use of shadows by reducing or eliminating light. This may have dramatic, unsettling, or even frightful impacts. As stated recently, the film's genre is defined and supported by the lighting. By looking at this low lighting, we can tell that it's most likely going to be a suspense/horror movie. The low lighting will help give off all of the fright and uneasiness the viewer is seeing.

Picture References From Canva:

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https://www.canva.com/photos/MADBopwn6qA-the-girl-with-the-saw-movie-cosplay-makeup/

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Photo Composition & Framing

 Hello! Here we are again. Now we're on the topic of Photo Composition & Framing! The way a photographer arranges the visual components in their frame is known as photo composition. 

• Framing: Any compositional rule’s purpose is to entice the viewer into a picture. Framing is the process of employing a scene’s components to build a frame inside your frame. 

An example of framing: 

In this photo that I took at a football game, I took a shot through a fence mainly to highlight the grass that is seen in the picture. Basically creating a frame within my frame!

Let's hop into the photo composition, "Rule of Thirds".

According to the Rule of Thirds, you should mentally divide your image into thirds using two horizontal and two vertical lines. Then, you place the crucial components of your scene along those lines or at their intersections. According to the method's proponents, aligning a topic with these points adds more tension, energy, and interest to the composition than just putting it in the middle.

This picture that I took and added the "Rule of Thirds" to, is divided into thirds using two horizontal lines and two vertical lines. The aligned topic and main focus in this picture is the waterfall. The waterfall itself is in the center of the Rule of Thirds, which enhances its focus.

Lastly for this blog, we're going to dive into "Shallow Focus".

A short depth of field that is used in the photography and cinematographic technique is known as shallow focus. One plane of the image is in focus when the remainder of the scene is out of focus. One aspect of the image is frequently emphasized over another using shallow focus. 

Taking a shallow focus picture was actually very easy for me because in other words, shallow focus is basically "Portrait" mode on an iPhone. Portrait mode emphasizes a specific person/aspect of a picture, while it blurs out the background. Therefore, I simply just opened my camera up to portrait mode and snapped a quick picture. Definitely way easier than the rest of the other angles, shots, frames, etc that I've been taking lately!

                           

This picture that I captured is an example of Shallow Focus. One part of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus. The individuals that are in the picture are in focus, while the nature in the background is out of focus. 

Camera Movements (PT 2)

As talked about in my previous blog, I will be continuing on with the next 3 sets of Camera Movements! These 3 sets consist of Zoom, Track, and Dolly.

Zoom

When using zoom, a camera changes its focus length to enlarge an image. Zooming appears to move the subject closer to or farther away from the camera. A zoom lens, which has adjustable focal lengths, is used to take zoom images. The "zoom in" and "zoom out" camera zoom kinds are the most common. A dolly zoom can also be created by combining a zoom with a dolly shot. I'm sure we all use the zoom camera movement in our everyday lives on our phones for when we are taking pictures, you can zoom in and out on the phone's camera.

Track

Comparable to a dolly shot (on tracks or a vehicle), but with the camera remaining at a distance from the action. Any shot where the camera moves beside the subject being filmed while moving forward, backward, or side to side is a tracking shot. Shots as such can be used to capture the audience's interest, expose a place, add depth, or denote character development.

Pan

Panning is frequently used to take pictures of moving things, such as fast-moving cars or pedestrians. The picture above is an example of Panning being used to capture this motion picture of the car speeding. The camera pans across a level, horizontal surface as it goes from one side to another. Keep in mind that the camera isn't actually moving. It is frequently fixed to a tripod while being rotated left or right by the operator.

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Camera Movements

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Today, I will be talking about Camera Movements and the main points of each camera movement. Camera Movement is of course an important aspect to know in my Media Studies Class. I'll be talking about 6 camera movements in total, for now we'll start off with 3! The three that I'll be introducing are Crane, Steadicam, and Hand-held.

Crane 

A crane shot is achieved by mounting a camera on a platform, which is then lifted, lowered, or moved battery across the screen by a mechanical arm, such as the picture. Cranes enable seamless camera movement in all directions. But what makes crane shots so stunning is their capacity to raise cameras to amazing heights. In silent movies, camera cranes were commonly employed to heighten the epic quality of huge sets and huge crowds of people. Moving up and away from the actors is another use, which is a typical movie conclusion. 

Steadicam

A steadicam is a camera stabilization device used to take tracking shots with video cameras. It eliminates camera operator motion and makes the shot appear smooth and controlled, catching the action without any jerks. A steadicam combines a tripod's steadiness, a dolly's fluidity, and a hand-held camera's adaptability. Since a steadicam stabilizes the camera, it dampens vibrations and bumps, so even if the camera is moved crossed uneven ground, the shot will still appear smooth.

Hand-Held

A handheld shot is one in which the camera operator just uses their hands and shoulders to support the camera. When using a handheld camera, the operator's movements cause camera shaking. Don't get me wrong though, this shakiness is not always a bad thing, these shots enable the operator to track events very closely, giving the viewer a stronger sense of immediacy. They may also replicate a character's movement in point of view shots.

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