Week 1 - 1 object, 4 ways
This project was to take one object and draw it in four different ways. There were many parameters for this task including :
One drawing should be smaller than 4" x 4"
One drawing should be bigger than 20" x 20")
One drawing should take more than 1 hour to complete
One drawing should be in pencil or graphite
One drawing should be in pen or marker
One drawing should be on a piece of paper that is not white
One drawing should be on a piece of paper that is not square/rectangular
One drawing should be on a non-traditional surface (For example a pizza box, a paper plate, a shopping bag, or a piece of wood...)
Top Left: 20”x36” White Paper, drawn with colored pencils.
Top Right: 8” Diameter White Circular Paper, drawn with 6B - 4H pencils
Bottom Left: Brown Paper, drawn on the inside of a grocery bag
Bottom Right: 3”x3” Orange Post-it Note, drawn with black fine liners
Week 2 - Social Justice Posters
Your assignment is to create three different poster designs with the same text (the same quote or phrase that you chose) using only these variables:
Typography (typeface, font, size, placement, leading, kerning, etc)
Color
Size/shape/type of paper
Each of the three poster designs must be a different size - you can choose the sizes, but one poster must be at least 16" x 20".
Left - 11"x14"
Middle - 8"x8"
Right 16" x 20"
Week 3 - Make an Animation
Choose a word or phrase to put into motion through the procreate animation features. I created a video based on my favorite TV show- The Great British Baking Show
Week 4 - Shoot a process
Submit 7 images following the following contraints
Rules for COMPOSING THE SHOOT:
One photo is a wide, "scene-establishing" shot – shot from far enough away to give a sense of the "whole picture". (Example: The kitchen)
One photo is medium distance. (Example: Someone carrying ingredients to the counter)
One photo that is a detail/close-up. (Example: Hands kneading the dough)
One photo with a subject centered in the frame.
One photo with a subject off-center in the frame.
One photo is medium distance. (Example: Someone carrying ingredients to the counter)
One photo that is a detail/close-up. (Example: Hands kneading the dough)
One photo with a subject centered in the frame.
One photo with a subject off-center in the frame.
Rules for POST-SHOOT:
One photo has been cropped smaller but with the same aspect ratio as the original photo
One photo has been cropped to a square
One photo that is black and white
Basic color correction and retouching on all of your photos
And, any additional post-production edits that you choose
One photo has been cropped to a square
One photo that is black and white
Basic color correction and retouching on all of your photos
And, any additional post-production edits that you choose
Week 6 - Shoot A Scene
Shoot and edit a 2 - 4 min video documenting a scene or event.
There is something therapeutic about the repetitive process of making coffee every morning. Knowing how you like it and making it that way all the time, and this is the feeling I tried to create in my video. I really tried to follow some inspiration from the video I shared in my discussion post, with quick clips that match the audio, and no voiceover. I tried to take a different angle to my discussion post video and try to find the joy in things that some may find monotonous. This angle inspired the music choice, and I chose the color corrections to try and almost replicate that of the start of an early 2000s film. I have experience using Adobe Premier Rush mostly, so I made sure to push myself by using the more complex Adobe Premiere Pro. My previous experience using video editing has been using stock videos and editing them to fit a narrative I have, so the filming element of this assignment was the most challenging element for me. I tried to get some wide shots and some close shots, all without really seeing my face in the video so that the person watching could almost go through this process with me.
My final video ended up being slightly different from my storyboard as trying to think about how I make a coffee proved to be difficult, but when I got to filming it just flows like muscle memory! I also had the idea to try film the same action from different angles, I didn’t expect it to work and thought it could just be some fun B-roll, but it did work out well and I think it positively added to my video.
