Photo Montage - Visual Arts

For the past few weeks in arts, we have been learning about photo montage, although, I didn't finish the blog post on time due to personal things. My inspiration for this is a mixture of aesthetic vibes with a bit of dark and classy kinda digital effects. I've added different kind of elements to make it more appealing to the viewers.

With this, it visualises who I am as a person such as the things I like, what kind of concept I use to make an art piece. 

What is photo montage? A montage is more formal the a collage and is usually based on a theme. It is also used to describe  experimentation in photography and film, in particular. 

Film study / Filming

Flaming


Last week we have been working on an awesome task, we had to make a movie about a topic that we can choose, our film should be at least no longer than 30 seconds, any music we will use has to be free so we don't get copyright causing a fine. The film has to include different camera angles/shots and the storyline should make sense to the viewers. 

We first chose to do a basketball type film, this will be a plot where in basketball two competitors will challenge. We kept it simple since we have to do a 30 sec movie, there were four members in my team, Myself, Eugene, Gerald, and Jay-c. After choosing our topic we had to make a storyboard that will show our plot for the film. 

Organs.

EXPERIMENTS

Complex Sugar - Hypothesis
We thought that bread, potato, milk, and egg had complex sugars in it.

Bread	Yes
Potato	Yes
Egg	Yes
Apple	No
Milk	No
Sugar	No

Simple sugar - Hypothesis
For this experiment, we thought that apple and sugar had simple sugars in it.

Bread	No
Potato	Yes
Egg	No
Apple	Yes
Milk	No
Sugar	Yes

Though the sugar didn't really work, sugar is a simple sugar. 

Proteins - Hypothesis 

For the last experiment we though that egg and milk had protein in it. 

Bread	No
Potato	Yes
Egg	Yes
Apple	Yes
Milk	Yes
Sugar	Yes

work shop 5 - creating characters

1. Physical - soft / round edges

                  - looks like real mum

                  - normal height.

Costume - basic - no patterns 

                  - baggy loose clothing.

                  - mostly covers body 

colour / lighting - warm artificial light, dull

                           - colour tattletale - orange 

2. physical - sharper edges - head / nose / apron 

                    - patterns on outfit 

    costume - black / reds 

                   - loose / baggy gives idea of softness

colour / lighting - warm artificial 

                           - orange / yellow 

3. physical - paler skin 

                   - weigh shirt to hips / bum - accents beetle.

                   - pointing nose, back of the head, elbows

costume - pattern pdkadols, black white, red 

              - fits her figure better 

              - beetle shell - like layers 

              - shows more skin 

colour / lighting - bright, vibrant, cold, artificial - browns / peaches 

4. physical - stick figure lost all the fat 

                  - taller, long neck 

                  - hair, back of head, arms, elbows back of dress.

costume - pattern - black white, red 

                - shows more skin 

                - a lot tighter 

                - beetle shape on the back and collar 

colour / lighting - bright, warm, artificial, oranges 

5. physical - ugly spider like, needles, no fat, no skin 

                    - lots of sharp angles - head, joints taller 

costume - Tattered rags, barely there

colour / lighting - green black. cold light unnatural.

Music

Dietetic sound - sound added to a  scene eg music

Non - Diegetie Sound - sound that happen naturally in a scene eg foots steps , wind blowing leaver.

Chords - major - written in a major key, has a happy uplifting tone
               minor - written in a minor key, has a sad, gloomy, morose tone

Tempo - fast     - could walk quickly to, makes music feel energetic, gives movement / pace
speed       moderate - mix of two
                slow        - dragging foot pace, makes music feel lethargic, boring, energy locking, sleepy

Dynamics - lord ( fate ) - gets viewer attention, enhonces emotions / mood - make happy happiness
volume   Quiet ( piano ) either back  ground noise or used to make viewers
               charging  quiet loud - building intensity
                               loud quiet -


Music
Opening scene

Chords - minor - has a sad vibe, feels creepy, unsettling

tempo- mate rate - feel on edge, walking pace, gives energy

Dynamics - changing -starts quit, gets louder, grabs our attention
                    builds emotion intensity

mouse circus
chords - minor - is very upbeat and  energetic but minor tone makes
                           it feel of / uncomfortable

tempo - fast - gives us upbeat, want to move energy, makes the ciruse
                      feel fun / lively

Dynamics - loud - makes viewer feel hyped up energetic, invited to join in.

Workshop 3: How does 'Lighting & colour' enhance the story

Atmosphere - feel in a space, space energy around you
mood - how you feel
Location - place something is happening

Lighting - Natural - light that comes from nature - sun man start, lighting fire
                                artificial - man made light source - electricity, light bulls

                                warm light - yellow/orange tone
                                cold light blue/white tone clean/clinical

                                bright - fills the space
                                dull - fills part of the space - forded

Colour - colour palette - what are the predominant colour used
                   
                             warm colour - welanming , happy friendly
                             cold colour - makes us feel sad, lonely, chilly
                                            - clean clinical

Brainstorm: Lighting / colour

what is happening - Coraline and her family having breakfast in the real kitchen
                               - looking rusted,tired

Describe - lighting - natural light - colour through window
                               cold - white tone
                               bright - whole space bright
            colour - white, yellowish , cream - old
                       - cold - makes space feel tired.

Effect on viewers - boring, dull,
( feel / think ) - understand they are not a a happy family
                      - coraline unhappy.

Directors purpose - makes other world more appealing
                             - coraline doesn't like the real world

Others techniques - setting - outside window is cloudy and grey
angles / shots, music, - furniture looks old run down
costume, make up, - doesn't feel livening - empty
setting.

what is happening - coraline other parents eating dinner in the other kitchen
                              - everyone seems happy

Describe - lighting - artificial - ceiling light
                              - warm - yellow/orange tone
                              - dull - some spaces dark

colour - red orange,white,black
           - warm - happy, sat, welcome

Effect on viewers - compact/close interesting/ welcoming, safe
( fell/think ) -coraline is happy to he there

Directors purpose - show theme looks con be deceiving because
 ( theme )       - other family looks kind to happy but are actually evil.

Others techniques - costume - formal , fashionable fit better 
angles / shots, music, - makes them looks tidier
costume, make up, -  bright black, red, white
setting.