Stop Motion Animation

For this project I was tasked with creating a short stop motion movie. Creating this movie was quite difficult since I had to make sure that there was minimal camera movement to have the video be somewhat stable. I also had trouble with making sure that the lighting was consistent throughout the shots. I also found it to be quite an exhausting process of making this very short movie. In total, I had 479 photos which completely filled the memory card on my camera. In general, I had fun messing around with making this movie and I am proud of my first attempt at a stop motion movie.

Semester 2 Final Portfolio

Project 10 Prework

In this project, I will be working in collaboration with Bella K. to create two short films depicting a utopia and dystopia. I will be making a short and silent film depicting a dystopia. Before I can start to film my clips for the short film, I will present my definition of what is a utopia and dystopia.

A utopia is an imagined place where everything is perfect.

A dystopia is an imagined place where everything is unpleasant or bad.

To get a better idea of what I am going to be filming for my utopia and dystopia films, here is a video that I will be using as inspiration for my own film.
Baraka

Project 10: Silent Film

For this project, I worked in collaboration with Bella K. to produce two silent films depicting a utopia and dystopia. I made the film depicting a dystopia. I found this to be a difficult task because on the day that we were filming, the weather was very nice and allowed us to get many clips for the utopia.

Here are the short films, enjoy.
Dystopia
Utopia

Project 9: Fake Magazine

In this project I partnered up with Bella K. to make a fake magazine. When I say "fake magazine", I mean that the magazine has only photos and the text is just a place holder. We decided to make it about games. I found it to be interesting working with her to make sure that our parts of the magazine did not clash with each other. If you want to see some more work by Bella, here is the link to her blog: http://www.nontan.ml/

Here is the final result:

Cover by Bella

Pages 2-3 by Michael 

Pages 4-5 by Bella

Pages 6-7 by Michael

Pages 8-9 by Michael

Pages 10-11 by Bella

Back Cover by Bella

Project 8: Two Portraits

For this project I took a few portraits of some people and turned them into either a fine art portrait or a commercial portrait. For my fine art portrait I focused on the person's face and where they were looking. For the commercial portrait, I was focusing on where and what the person was doing and I added a message that would try to sell a product or service.

Fine Art Portrait:

Commercial Portrait:

Project 8 Prework

Fine Art Portraits:

Portrait of David Bowie by Carolyn Djanogly

Surreal Portrait by David Talley

I really like these two portraits by the photographers because they both use the lighting, colors, exposure and background to emphasize the emotions of the person in the portrait. I feel like both of the photographers were able to capture the personality of the person. The first portrait of David Bowie has a more significant impact on me because, David Bowie recently passed away at 69 years old. This gives the portrait a feel that you would find at a memorial. The portrait heavily contrasts the different shades of grey, which enhances the expression of his face. Since the photographer made the portrait black and white, it drives home the notion that this portrait is a memorial. The second portrait utilizes the background, flying crows, and the child to immediately set the mood of the photo. The photographer used the crows to enhance the mood of the photo. In addition to the stare of the child sends a chill down your spine.

Magazine Portraits:

In these magazine cover portraits, they focus on the subject of the focus with the person in the middle with plenty of room on the sides to add text that will have the name of a specific article in the magazine. The photographers used the lighting of the photo to highlight the face of the person who has their back turned to a blank solid background. The portraits are also trying to advertise a product that is relevant to the type of magazine that the portrait is in. In the first portrait, the text that is advertising men's fashion is right next to a well dressed Joseph Gordon-Levitt.