Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Major project Idea

Step One ! 

1. For my project I'm going to use Animoto. So I will have three various topics.

2. I think for my personal I will either take pictures of my friends or if not then I'll take pictures and a few videos of my weekend or what goes on outside of school. And for my composition I'll use the city I live in or wherever I happen to be.

3. My friends, me, wherever I am and what I find interesting.

4. I will burst up on my composition and find out what kind of story video I would like to make.

Step Two !

1. I will be making a project showing my personal skills and what I like. The composition to show off my SKILLS ! ;) And the last one will be a brief story of my choosing.

2. I will be using Animoto for this project.

Step Three !

1. I like the way it is set up it looks so easy and smooth to use and you can move things around and stuff to make it fit your ideas of the best video.

Step Four !

1. I will capture and record all my content whenever I can and wherever I am.

Step Five !

1. I will hope to upload all of my material In a few days or in a week.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Friday, April 4, 2014

"Front Pages of the World"

1. The title of the Front page of the newspaper is called "The Fresno Bee". The name of the paper is unique and appeals to me
2.
3.  The City is Fresno, The state is California.

4. My favorite headline is the "Where's the rain?" The reason for that is that it sounds funny to me and the Story is kind of interesting.

5. I think there are only 5 stories on the page.

6.  I notice that there is a main Story bigger than the rest of them and they have pictures on the front that  catch the readers attention but don't take up the whole page.

7. It has a few ads that most other news papers don't really put on the front. 

7 News Values

Conflict

In the news article it describes a woman who had pushed her newly wedded husband off a cliff during an argument.
Killer bride gets 30 years for pushing husband off cliff
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/27/newlywed-cliff-pushed-glacier-national-park-trial-sentencing/6952413/

Human Interest

The people that lived in the homes of the Halloween flood are angered by the city that have yet to help out the residents of the neighborhoods that were affected by the flood.  

Onion Creek residents press Austin city officials to speed up buyouts after Halloween flood

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/onion-creek-residents-press-austin-city-officials-/nfL7q/

Prominence 

The article says the audio tape that was leaked to the public was of Turkish Officials scheming to wage war with Syria. 

Turkey blocks YouTube after audio recording leaked

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/27/turkey-blocks-youtube/6958649/

Impact

The people in Afghanistan thought that this Karzai was going to  slip into a quiet retirement but since other people are to vote on him soon he may end up in power again. 

Karzai Is Trying to Keep His Sway After Term Ends 


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/world/asia/karzais-intent-to-keep-his-sway-after-term-ends.html?ref=world&_r=0

Timeliness  

Earlier today a woman had killed her child with breast milk…yeah breast milk. 
Breast feeding death sends woman to prison for 20 years

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/04/breast-milk-baby-death/7303397/

Proximity 

A man was shot by an officer outside of the mans' home in Killeen, Texas when the police called over due to the man attempting suicide.

Killeen police: Officer shot man who charged at him

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/killeen-police-officer-shot-man-who-charged-at-him/nfSCT/

Novelty 

Protests are taking place every now and then in venezuela for keeping the democracy going.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/opinion/venezuela-a-call-for-peace.html?ref=americas

    Thursday, March 27, 2014

    News paper parts/Design

    Two sizes of news papers- Typical size of news paper is broad sheet. Another common type is the austin Cronical.
    Photos
    Headlines
    Sub headlines
    Story
    Date
    Teasers- To make you look what's inside
    A jump- turn the pages to view the rest of the story
    A flag- is the title of the news paper
    A folio- reference of information
    Headlines are complete sentences
    Attention grabber- tells what the caption is about
    Captions
    Byline- name and title of the writer
    Stop- Small black square, Different for all newspaper companies
    kickers- Tags that tell you what the article is about
    Info Graphic- Graphic form to show you information

    Tuesday, March 25, 2014

    My yearbook Spread


    News Values

    Timeliness
    How recent did it happen  ?
    Proximity
    how close it happened ?
    Conflict
    people are more interested in bad news.
    Prominence important or famous people
    human interest
    Drama
    impact- How it affects people?
    novelty-unusual.

    Monday, February 3, 2014

    portrait photograph







    Photoshopped images

    Web 
    72 resolution


    Newspaper
    150 resolution


    Yearbook
    300 Resolution


    Photoshop Notes



    Save As !

    -The first thing you want to do when opening an image in photoshop is go to file save as so you will not save over your original.
    - Always save your work frequently 24/7 when working in photoshop so you won't lose your work.

    Nestle !

    - Tools that are stacked on each other.
    - To use these tools you have to left click and hold.

    Command Tools !

    - command + = zoom in
    - command - = zoom out
    - command o = open
    - command c = copy
    - command v = paste
    - command, option, z = step backward
    - command s = save
    - command p = print
    - command l = levels

    How to rotate an image !

    > image > image rotation

    Adjusting levels !

    >image > adjustments > levels
    channel blue
    channel green
    channel red
    moved just the black and white Hershey kiss

    Resolution Guidelines !

    Year book - 300
    Newspaper - 150
    web - 72

    How to make your photo Black & White !?

    Use the grayscale
    - Go to image > mode > Grayscale.

    Friday, January 17, 2014

    Best magazine covers 2013

    New York, August 6-13, 2012: "Sex"
    The cover of this Lifestyle magazine is beautiful. It has two people up close and personal join in for a kiss. The lighting of this photograph is just outstanding and the way the two are positioned are the way two lovers would be. Every sexual interaction behind closed doors begin with a kiss. What they could've done different in my mind is maybe find words that have a meaning to it. But just the word SEX catches eyes attention.

    Magazine Essential Parts



    Parts of the Magazine cover.

    1. The Selling Lines
    2. Cover Lines
    3. A bar code
    4. Left third
    5. Main cover Line
    6. A cover Line
    7. The models credit
    8. Main image
    9. Date Line
    10. Masthead

    1. The selling lines to me seem like they are the people who are sending the message to. Like the type of company.
    2. The cover lines are what could be in the magazine . Like the main topics that attract people to read and or buy the magazine.
    3. The code of the selling item. And in this case it is the magazine.
    4. The left third is the space that is needed to be left alone and there I guess.
    5 Kind of the punch line. The thing that is catchy and that will draw people to become interested in the magazine.
    6. The cover line is something on the side to maybe grasp the readers attention to peek inside and find out what is going on in the magazine.
    7. The name of the model that the picture is of.
    8. The main image to me is kind of like pea-coking. Since people don't really pay attention to the words mainly only images it might serve the purpose of catching a person passing by and draw them towards it.
    9. The real ease day of the magazine.
    10. The masthead is the logo or the publisher of the company

    Wednesday, January 15, 2014

    Fixed Portrait Photo Shoot

    ISO 100
    Aperture 13
    Shutter Speed 1/160

    ISO 400
     Aperture 20
    Shutter Speed 1/160




    ISO 800

    Aperture 20
    Shutter Speed 1/250
    ISO 1600

    Aperture 22
    Shutter Speed 1/500

    ISO 3200


    Aperture 22
    Shutter Speed 1/250


    1. The best ISO that was used for me would be the 3200.
    2. The ISO Photo of 1600 was a good one as well.
    3. Yes I was able to create a great exposure to the photo. Luckily the lighting throughout the whole shoot didn't change one bit.
    4. To choose a location with a great amount of light and to always try and try for that amazing photo. 

    Saturday, January 11, 2014

    Year in Review : 2013

     The image here has a very unique perspective of the tallest building in the world. Personally I would be scared to do this kind of shot but as you can see it was worth it. I love how the photo gives a person the sense of feeling like they are being sucked into the photo mainly because of the view.

    From first glance it jet looks like a simple shot of a wall but looking at it closer you can see the outline of a man painted with the background blending into it. The shadows at the legs give it away that you are looking at a person and he rule of thirds looks like it is incorporated into the photo. The photo looks fresh and clean and smooth which makes it appealing to the human eye.

    The emotion that the picture gives is kind of an "Oh my"due to the lack of land that the people that reside there have to live on. The condition of the area looks unclean and without any thriving life that is actually happy. The different shadows of the water help know that the depth of each side of the small island is different.

    1.Best song of 2013
     Paramore : Still into You
    The reason why I chose this song is because Paramores' sound is changing and the upbeat playful song "Still into you" explains how she feels about her lover. The attraction that I had for this song was mainly because I know who they are and not really a big fan of anything other than rock bands. It's just a great song to listen to that gets stuck in your head from time to time.

    2. Best movie of 2013
      Hunger Games Catching Fire 
    Catching fire is one of my all time favorite movies of 2013 because of the action and thrilling scenes that went on. It was one of the movies that people went to go see that made so much money. Wat attracted me to this choice was not just because of the actor who plays Peeta "Josh Hutcherson" which i think is an amazing actor but the way that the film gets you sucked into the all the drama and all the great fight scenes and the beautiful sets that it was filmed at.


    3. Most important news story of 2013
     Edward NSA Leaks
    I chose Edward Snowdens NSA leak because of the actions that the NSA is taking without the peoples knowledge or consent about it and some will argue that it violates the law of unlawful search and seizure. Just the fact that the NSA was doing this behind our backs was bad enough and that they have been looking into every single citizen in the U.S is just jaw dropping that they would do this. But I'm pretty sure it was all in the best intentions.

    4. The most important person of 2013
      Enrique Pena Nieto

    I chose the President of Mexico because of all of the criticism he is getting because of his looks and the age he is and how they say he doesn't seem look like he is capable of leading a country. What attracted me to this topic is for the reason already explained and that the relations is Mexico is something that you really don't look into. I think that this is the 2013 important person because he has a lot to do to prove himself as a leader and it's something that every leader of a country should do. 

     1.  One thing that was great that happened to me  in the 2013 winter break was that I was able to unwind and forget all the stress that comes with being a senior in high school and trying to graduate on time and stuff. Pretty much I was able to get most of the weight off my shoulders.
    2. My 2014 resolutions are to not stress to much when things don't go as planned and just try to improvise and hope for the best.  The other resolution is to stop trying to find someone to be in a long term relationship with, im young and I have a whole life ahead of me and a crap tone of time to find the right one that will be in my life.
    3. 2014 I am hoping to graduate high school and find a job that I can be happy in and get into music again and maybe write my own music this time. If I'm good be in a band and hopefully make it.