Our First Assertive Slides

Movie Posters

 Above is my first movie Poster. The picture came from mourge file . The bottom border came from google images and I played with different fonts, sizes, and shapes for the text.

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/#/?q=farm

 My Second poster's picture of lady justice also came frommorgue file. I added the IMAX and Dolby logos separately from Google. The Fonts were chosen somewhat to look like the text on money.

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/#/?q=justice&photo_lib=morgueFile



You guessed it, my third picture came from morge file. The text from the top is a basic serif in white color just to pop againt the black. The FOX logo and Dolby logo came from google.

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/#/?q=angel statue&photo_lib=morgueFile

Our own movie posters

Above is the cover of my chosen book to make a movie poster. It tells of the dangers of online predators and their danger in the real world.

Above is my rough draft picture of the movie poster I made about online predators

Movie Poster Analysis

Contrast- Picture is in Black and White
Repetition- The picture uses only black white and a touch of grey color schemes
Alignment- Strong center Alignment
Proximity- The picture uses a white/grey background to make the black font and picture of Rocky better

Contrast- The picture uses different shades of blue to symbolize the shadow of night and uses large red letters on the left to pop against the black.
Repetition- Not much, only font choices
Alignment- Stong left alignment
Proximity- The Black on blue and red on black shows the font/picture colors better

Angle Photos

Above are basically the same picture taken of the sun dial and of the Curtis building on campus taken at both a horizontal and vertical angle.

Photography Session

The above photos are pictures I took/selected to show for our digital literacy class

Live Blog Tips on Photography

Patrick Wright
Digital Photography
Composition Tips

1. Light-be aware of the light. contrast, time, and color change
2. Angle-shoot horizontal and vertical
3. Pattern-show distinct detail in the background pattern (if any)
4. Photography and composition is very subjective
5. Trial and error
6. Incorporate people and activities naturally
7. No Pose (for most photos)
8. No white space (for most photos - see #14)
9. Fill in the frame
10. Be aware of sun
11. Shoot tight...keep empty space to minimum
12. Shoot sharp, hold camera still, (use tripod) to eliminate fuzzy spots 
13. Use different lenses
14. Rule of thirds- use some empty space to focus on surrounding settings (off center)
15. Always take more than one shot, you can always delete later
16. Always carry more than one media cards
17. Carry extra Batteries
18. Set Camera time/date
19. Keep image resolution high
20. Experiment with light settings
21. Carry lens tissue
22. Make notes

Compare, Contrast, and Create!

 

 

 

The two pictures above are both flyers, advertisements, or informative images of sometime. To analyze the top picture We need to observe the Contrast, Repetitiveness, Alignment, and Proximity.

The photo shows the five workers standing in front of the junk yard wearing their work attire as trash men, with the contrast of the dark trash being different from the bright colors of the mens' uniforms. The color, design, and overall appearance of the men and their uniforms are the same, which shows repetitiveness along with the font being the same. The allignment of the photo is to the left every time. The proximity of the picture shows the men standing between you and the trash which means they are here to help fight against littering in the community.

 

 

The bottom photo of the sunset shows a man in a small boat rowing around a body of water for fishing or another form of recreation. The Contrast of the colors pop as the sunset hits the water and mountains to show a beautiful ray of light. The only repeated items in the picture are that the same font was used and the alignment was to the left every time, which means the Allignment of the photo is to the left! The proximity in this photo shows the sun with some clouds close by, the mountains along side one another, and the man alone in the boat on the water.

POSTER TIME

Above are a couple of posters that we were assigned to replicate using Microsoft Publisher. It was pretty easy to create, basically all I had to do was save the photos that were separated from each other, drag them to the right position, and make sure my fonts, alignment, and detail were correct. And always remember when you're making the project, to save, save, save!!

May The Font Be With You

Old Style

Modern

Slab Serif

Sans Serif

Script

When writing a paper, article, summary, or anything that needs to be well understood, choosing the correct font is imperative. Above is a picture/example of fonts that we looked over on class Monday. Before actually writing the paper you should think about your topic and what font best suites the criteria. cracked.com has helpful hints and strategies on how to choose the right font for your work

Analysis of Crap

In our class on wednesday were assigned a picture. flyer, billlboard, or webpage to analyze. Above is my assigned photo. To fully analyze a photo, we used an acronym (CRAP) to determine the overall creativity or design of the picture.
CONSISTENCY- The pictue is very in depth with detail but doesn't have too much detail to understand
REPITITION- The Left and Right pictures are the same but just at different times, the font of the text in the middle is the same also, along with the block outline
ALIGNMENT- the two pictures have alignment all over the place, the roads, the buildings, the line in the middle of the photo, the sidewalks, etc. Most everything was middle alligned.
PROXIMITY- Although the pictures are directly beside each other, there isn't anything that takes away from the overall depiction of the picture and how it is advertising a cancer support site.

Another part of out assignment was to find our own photo and analyze it just the same.
Here is a link to the web page I decided to analyze. This is a rock concert virtual flyer for Carolina Rebellion, which is a concert that comes once a year to Charlotte.
CONSISTENCY- The page is very clean, with neat borders, links, and different ads inside the page.
REPITITION- The font of the band names are the same, some of the text boxes are similiar, but not much repitition in the entirety of  the page.
ALIGNMENT- The Alignment of the page makes it so much easier to read, understand, and notice all the details, the borders on the sides and the border at the bottom makes the page look clean and organized.
PROXIMITY- The photos and information about ticket info , dates, and venue are well displayed as well as their sponsors.

Futuristic Dreams

Growing up as a kid, I often wondered what life would be like when I "grew up". I imagined hover cars, robots, laser guns, and all sorts of things that a kid found awesome. In today's world, there aren't  literal hover cars or laser guns, but great advancements and inventions have came very close to those things in my imagination. Cars today can run on electricity as well as corn syrup; even the cars that run on gas have new features to help save the environment. Even though not many people have actual walking and talking robots, we all have seen or heard of our own personal assistants such as Siri, voice control on our phones, GPS's for our vehicles and even our computers can be a huge help. And even in the future I am positive that these things will advance even greater.As a child I would never have guessed that 3-D TVs would be easily available, our voices could control our phones, and even that there are drinks that will give you energy and strength.I really don't have much experience with blogging or anything that would be considered social networking besides Facebook and Twitter. I look forward to learning how to better myself to using electronics and the internet through blogging and other activities such as this!

Brad Paisley - Welcome to the Future