Thursday, 15 October 2015

Photoshop Freaky Images- Owain Davies

Below are two freaky images that I made on Photoshop, one of them is a shark with two eyes on one side of his head and an extra scar/ scratch on it's body.

Below is another sea creature (forgot it's name) but me and a friend created it on Photoshop, we decided to add an extra head and an extra eye, we used the smudge tool to make their heads look merged (or joined together).
The tool that I used in my picture (at the top) is the "Clone Stamp Tool".

Shampoo Bottle Label

I was set a task to research a label for the product I was selling; my product was shampoo so I found a picture of a shampoo label on the internet and I copied the dimensions of the image (the dimensions were in Pixels) and I also went on the internet and searched for a converter from Pixels to Centimeters.
I then discovered that Photoshop also allows pixels as a form of measurement.
I decide to use the dimensions of the label I found as a template for my own.

The tools I used were:

  • Transform Tool
  • Edit > Transform > Warp
  • Paint Bucket Tool

The label I made is below:

Videography Evaluation

Videography Evaluation
Here is a screenshot on Adobe Premiere, my work is ready to be edited and finished off.
We were set a task to go out and choose 3 locations where we would film our advert and once it came to doing so we went to our location and filmed the parts that was set for the location.
The cast were as follows: Victoria (Director), Beth (lighting operator),
We haven't really done much on Adobe Premiere.

Photograph Evaluation

Photography evaluation
The first week
In the first week we were asked to get into random groups and ask each other questions like: what's your name?, how old are you? Do you have a nickname and what is it?  It was generally a lesson to break the ice, getting to know each other, it wasn't really a proper lessons. 
The people I met this week were: "Bethany" (nickname: "Beth") and "Rosie" (or nickname: "Rose")
Also were set a task to find 2 freaky images on the internet

Second week
In the second week we were introduced to the camera and to the types of shots that you can take with a camera and also was introduced into the rules that apply to photograph, for example; The rule of thirds and were also asked to identify the rules in a quick PowerPoint.

Third week
In this third week, we were introduced to the curves and levels tool and how they work, the curves and levels tool adjusts the brightness and quality of an image, changing the shadows in an image so that they could stand out more or less depending on what you wanted the image to look like.
We were also introduced to a "seamless background", this is a basically a white piece of paper pinned to a board that been folded it's just a curve, so that the background would not have a line across it, this also made it easier to cut the background out when you use Photoshop.
We were also introduced to the curves and levels tool; these are tools that can adjust the brightness of an image.

Fourth week
In this week were asked to create our own freaky magazine advert, we were asked to sketch out 3 layouts for the magazine (I decided to choose a full spread advert (one page spread)) and the advert i decided to choose shampoo as the product I would be selling, two of the layouts were portrait orientation and one of them were landscape orientation.
Fifth week
In this week were asked to 


Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Sketchs of a camera

Below are sketches of the cameras we are using as part of Photography.  


What is ISO and what does it effect?


  •  What is ISO and what does it effect?

International Standards Organisation, Effects light levels of photographs

  • When would we use the ‘P’ control setting on the camera mode dial
You can control the detail of the work but not have to mess around with the shutter speed or the aperture. 

  • Name two important consideration when attaching the tripod base plate to the bottom of camera?

Make sure that it is thumb tight and also make sure that the arrow is pointing towards the lens, also make sure that the leaver is pushed in fully so it does not pop back out again.

  • Name three important considerations when using a red-head lighting kit

Make sure that you don't touch the "barn doors", don't touch the lens because it gets extremely hot and don't shake or drop the light because the filament inside becomes soft after the light's been on for an extended amount of time, also make sure the wire doesn't become a trip hazard. 

  • When focusing the camera, what do we place on the object/subject to ensure it is the center of focus?

Make sure that the target is in the little green rectangles but make sure you take into consideration the rule of thirds.

  • Name two technique we can use to adjust the brightness and contrast of a photograph?

Curves and levels (using a histogram), we can also adjust the shutter speed, the aperture (make the aperture larger/smaller) and the ISO.



Monday, 12 October 2015

Photographs for editing

These are 3 images i took, they are original and haven't been edited on Photoshop yet.
I am aiming to advertise a freaky drink with the pictures merged together.
Now the image has now been edited on Photoshop, the tool I used was the "curves tool", I did this because i wanted to make the juice inside the bottle look less faded (below).

This is a screenshot of me using the curves tool on Photoshop.
This is the original image of my Harlequin Squash (it's not a pumpkin) before it was edited on Photoshop. 

This image is has now been edited so it doesn't have a yellow background, I also used the curves tool so that the image's light would balanced.
This is a screenshot of me using the curves tool on my original image, i did this so that the image's light would be balanced.


Thursday, 8 October 2015

Shampoo Magazine Advert Evaluation

In this lesson, we were set a task to create a advertisement for a magazine.
Below are sketches for different layouts that could be used for the magazine.

The layout below is where the Product will be displayed at the top in the middle, the name of the product will be at the right had side of the product picture and our slogan will be displayed in an ark on the bottom in the middle.

This next layout (below) is one where the product picture will be at the bottom in the middle, or slogan will be in the top left hand side sloped at 45 degrees anti-clockwise, and the name of the product will be at the top in the middle, also the page is at landscape orientation.


This next layout (below) has the slogan in the bottom right hand side with the picture of the product in the middle at the bottom and the name of the advert at the top in the middle, also the page is at landscape orientation.
This is the final layout (below) for the magazine advert, our logo is in the middle, with the picture of our product at the bottom in the middle and our slogan is at the bottom right hand side at a slop of 45 degrees, also the page is at portrait orientation.

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Product Lable Font



Above is a picture of 6 different fonts I found on the website:http://www.dafont.com/new.php?text=Crazy+Clown

To get the following fonts, I had to go on the following website: http://www.dafont.com/new.php?text=Crazy+Clown and took a screenshot of the webpage.
Then I used the "Marquee Tool" to cut out the text, I decided to choose the font below because I thought that the text fitted in with the product as it reminded me of bubbles and also looked good for a label on our shampoo advert.

The next text i thought looked good for a label on our shampoo advert, is the one below; i decided that this also could look quite good because of all the crazy lines and generally fun looking text.

Advertisement Proposal

Advertisement Proposal     

  • What are we selling?
Shampoo.
  • What is our idea about?


A clown who uses the shampoo and becomes a human being.  The clown will wash his hair (facing camera) and then a cross dissolve into a human (SPECIAL EFFECT!!!).

Freaky soundtrack up until the clown applies the product to their hair, then the music will change to happy and bright.
The main effect will be the fact the whole film will be back and white.
  • How many actors (if any) are in our advert?


Possibly two
  •  Who are we aiming our advert at?


Teenagers to young adults.