Memory Check (Week 6)

1.Look at the following four photographs and describe the rules of composition they adhere to and explain the message (meaning/what are they about) behind the images.

 This image is a symmetrical and is for the London Olympics

This is a cropped image and has a small depth of vision (aperture).

 This has a wide aperture to create a shallow background so that the sand castle stands out .

            This photograph of a family having dinner with black and white filter as well as the drawing lines towards the farther.

These photos are all connect to thing to do with Britain 

2. Put the below apertures in order, starting with the one that will produce the shallowest depth of field.

a) F16     b) F1.8     c) F8     d) F4

•           F1.8, F4, F8, F16

3. If the shutter speed is 1/60th of a second and the ISO is doubled from 100 to 200 what will the shutter speed be increased to?

a)1/500th b) 1/240th c) 1/120th d) 1/100th

•            1/120th 
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• +4. You are taking a landscape shot. What aperture value would you use to gain the maximum depth of field?

a) F5.6   b) F2.8     c) F16    d) F22    e) F8 

•           F22 

Memory Check

Memory check (copy these questions onto your blog)

1. ISO is increased as the light level becomes less. What ISO number would be used on a bright sunny day and what ISO would be used when shooting in low light?

 You would use a low ISO on a sunny day and a high ISO when in a low light area.

2. There are many types of camera lens, for example macro. List three other types of lens.

A fish lens for a 360 degree view, Wide angle so that you can get as much in the shot and a prime lens gives a good clear image but the photographer has to move forwards to zoom in.  

3. What do the following three camera mode acronym stand for? M, S, P, A

• M-mode
• S-speed
• -P-program
• A-aperture

4. Detail three skills you have used/evidenced during this assignment that could be used on your CV.

• Time Management
• Leadership
• Interdependent thinking
• Team work
• Holding a deadline

5. List three props that could be used to make a Film Noir photo shoot look authentic.

• Alcohol
• Guns
• Cigarette/Cigars  
• Smoke Machine (For the mist)
• suit
• dress

memory check

Memory check (copy these questions onto your blog)

1. What does the acronym DSLR stand for? Describe the difference between a bridge camera  (like the ones we use in our lesson) and a DSLR

the DSLR (digital single lens reflex) combines optics and mechanisms of a SLR (single lens reflex) with a digital imaging sensor.    

2. Name for genres of photography where a zoom lens is used. Nature, sports, journalism and landscape.

3. The key light is the name given to the main source of light we are using during a photo shoot. Name four sources of light you could use to produce this light on future assignments.

There is the back light, fill light, hair light and red head light there are candle light as well 

4. What does the term ‘considered’ mean when referred to your final shots?

A thought process that went into the image

Research into Film Noir

In film noir there is an important set up for the lights called the 'Three Point Lighting'.This set up is mainly used for the face. The lights for this type of set up are the Key light, this light is the strongest of the three lights then the next would be the Fill light this is mainly used for filling the shadows that are left by the Key light and the final light of the set up would be Back light  this is used to define the object of interest from the background. Of  these lights there are more types of lighting for different things and one of these is a style called 'Low key lighting' or 'Chiaroscuro' this style is basically for directors who have a low budget so they can't afford enough lights for the film, this style emphasizes shadows and hard lighting to create a sense of volume and depth, it can be originally found in paintings. This was mainly used during the 1940's - 1959 this can be called the classical era of film noir.

Since in film noir lighting is important there is a technique 'Cucoloris'  or cookies this is where a piece of cardboard or plywood and you have to put it in front of the light and then it creates and object such as blinds for windows.  



Source - The basic of lighting in film noir

Link -http://www.filmsite.org/posters/touc.jpg

Proposal

Proposal (Film Noir)

In this film noir project I am going recreate an image within the film noir genre to do this I will have to use a Lumix camera from college so that I can take images of my props and images of the surrounding area such as the front of the building and the many hallways within the building. I will have 5 shots that are tilted, 5 portrait, and 10 landscape. These will be my test shots for my two final images. After I have taken these images I will compile all of the images into two contact sheets then I will chose which one I will use. The image that I am probably going to inmate would be the poster for the ‘Third Son’ because I would not need all three lights for it. The risks to this project would be as followed; we would need permission for taking images in case we were on private property or else we would get ether thrown out or a law suit, another risk would be theft because once we go into town we would be on our own and we would be susceptible to theft. Then the next risk would people in general because if you say a certain word you could set them off and finally would be accidents because of the tripod since its legs stick out a far so it can be classed as a tripping hazard.

For my first image I will have some one model for me so that I can recreate the ‘third son’ poster I will produce this through a combination of Photoshop and lights. My Secondary image would be of an alcoholic person or a fight between two people. My third picture would be of a man reading a newspaper and finally a mixture of glass and alcohol bottles. 

memory check

Memory check (based upon your research and homework)

1. Film Noir can be a difficult/technical subject to photograph.

Explain THREE considerations you must make when deciding on the camera settings

the first difficulty would be the lighting since film noir is heavy on shadow, we would need to be in a very dark or in a low light area since we need at least three lights. The next problem would be setting the ISO so the higher it is there is a grain effect on the image, wide aperture to allow more light into the lens. finally the shutter speed for a high shutter speed. 

2. Name the three main light sources used in Film Noir (think back to the video we watched) key light, hair/back light and the fill lights

3. What is the photographic term given to the low-light style of Film Noir lighting?

it is called low key lighting

4. Detail FOUR considerations you must take into account when shooting on location.

• trespass 
• not to have an accident 
• background people
• weather

5. List FOUR health and safety considerations when using equipment to produce your

photography.

• burning from the lights
• wires (tripping hazards)
• cutting from sharp objects
• being rude, etc

Eight Images

Image 1 –

Link: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8184/8365567456_0b08cfc40c_b.jpg

What I Liked about it:  I liked it because it was made of basic items that can be found around the house such as the Jack Daniels, the glass, ash tray, cigarette and the fedora. The gun can just be a plastic look alike.

 How am I going to recreate it? I am going to recreate this by setting up a black screen less background then I am going to set the glass and bottle next to each other. Then I’m going to add different Item around them. Also I will have a key light in front of the objects so it can all be lighted without any shadows that are casted on the other objects.

Image 2 –

Link: http://5against4.com/images/mixtapes/mixtape_24.png

What I liked about it: I liked the isolation that is within the image and I can use it for the background for my final image and I can find a place where I can take an image just like this.

How am I going to recreate this image? By going out early in morning and heading to a main road and taking an image of the road lights. Since there is a lot of condensation in the morning so I could get the same effect as this image.

Image 3 -

Link - https://hollywoodrevue.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/asphalt1.jpg

What I like about it: I liked how the shadows emit off the stair case that leaves an empty area where a window could go.

How can I recreate it? I can recreate this by taking an image of any stair case then edit it in Photoshop. I will have two different key lights, one for the stairs to project the hard shadow and the other on the actor to try and project a soft shadow

Image 4 –

Link – http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/leading-man--film-noir-third-in-the-series-bw-kat-loveland.jpg

What I like about:  Its only one subject of interest in this image so that I can have more focus on the light and not on if there will be any distraction for the other models etc. 

How can I recreate it? I can recreate this image by borrowing a fedora from a friend and have my key light on the left side of his face and an eye light on the models face since the flame will be the filament light since it’s close to the face.  

Image 5-

Link:http://api.ning.com/files/LAS*pniJklqfT68saEzkxTf2u7AWNtH*mVAVPXuIH0hrqRKqkwt4jLWpBkeCU524y1yO2dZQ3L5Vpb*-lDTQYYKgfHQop0Yy/BurnTime_bw2_MG_6163.jpg

What I like about it: I liked the positioning of the model with its surrounding and his face covered in smoke

How can I recreate it? I would need a smoke machine for the smoke and an actor with a suit and tie. i would also need a key light and a hair light

Poster/Game Cover (Developing Ideas)

Poster/Game Cover Development

1^st Image: Spectre

Props in the image: tuxedo, gun and background actors

Location: Studio

Lighting: Studio and SFX

Camera Settings:  Low ISO

2^nd Image: The Third Man

Location: Train Bridge

Lighting: SFX

Camera Setting: High ISO

3^rd Image: AC film noir

Location: Studio

Lighting: Background Lighting and Hair Line Light

Camera Setting: Low ISO, Large Aperture

4^th Image: The Hallway

Location: Hallway

Lighting: Light in the background

Camera Setting: Low ISO

5^th Image: Marketplace

Location: Market Place
Lighting: Day time

Camera Setting: Small Aperture and Low ISO 

Generic Conventions (Film Noir)

On the Left there are notes that i have taken after watching the movie 'This Gun for Hire'.






One of the generic concepts that are in the film noir genre, would be the amount of shadows within the movie for example the objects within the movie would have a hard shadow in contrast to the soft shadows castes by the actors.

Another generic concept would be the acceptably of hitting women in every day life. This is because the time period where the movie took place was '1942'. The next generic

The next thing we did in this lesson was to find out the generic ideas in film noir by making a list with either generic or non-generic we did this by getting a A3  sheet then divided it in to two sections for sorting the small rectangular pieces of paper. For example one of the rectangular pieces of paper has something on it saying 'Lots of blood and gore' this isn't generic because people weren't adjusted to violence, while on other other hand 'Dark shadows' were really common.

These two picture are how we did it the one on the top are the 'generics' while the bottom is the 'non generic'

The pictures on the right are the correct answers for both 'generic' and 'non generic'