WELCOME & Assignment #1

What do you KNOW?

 

 Tell me a little bit about what you expect to get out of this Filmmaking course and tell me what you already know that could help you in this course?  And lastly, tell me what you would like to learn while you are in this course or by the end of this course?

Get signed in and comment on my blog with a comment located under my post.  It will ask you to choose an account to sign in under and you will choose your google account.  Everyone has a sailornet account that is actually made from google.  So your account should be        firstinitiallastname@sailornet.org   .  Your password is your password that you use to sign into your computer.

1. So first get signed up and save this blog in your bookmarks as you will have to check it everyday. 

2. Next you are going to write to me in comments and tell me the following information.

      Blog Post #1:

                             Tell me your name,

                             what grade you are in,

                             why do you want to take this class,

                             what is your experience with Photography,

                             what is your experience with Filmmaking,

                             and what do you expect to get out of this class?

                            Lastly, tell me your favorite movie and why.

FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT:
Object Photography

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

 Choose a thing that changes over time from it's
*Born state to it's
*Peak state to it's
*Deteriorating state and to it's
*Worst state of being.

You will have to turn in 2 good pictures from each state of being. But you need to take a total of 12 pictures from each state of being-therefore in the end you will have taken 48 plus pictures for this assignment.


THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN TAKING PHOTO'S:

RULE OF THIRDS-of course

FOCAL POINT-get closer or zoom in on your focal point.

BALANCE-Does your artwork look balanced?  Is it to empty on one side opposed to the other.

CONTRAST-Look at the dark and light colors next to each other-it will be more interesting if you show higher areas of contrast.

REFLECTED LIGHT-I would like you to try using a white piece of paper to create reflected light if possible in this lesson.

HARD/SOFT LIGHT- I would also like for you to try to use soft or hard light in one of the successful ways they showed us in the video. 

First step for this assignment:

Make a list of 5-10 different things/objects you could possibly use as your subject.  Then circle your favorite 2.  Now tell me what you could photograph for each stage of your object/thing.