Doctor Who Editing Task

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/trailermaker/view/7iasq9

Photography Composition And Image Manipulation

Composition:

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.


In Photoshop we have learnt how to manipulate images to create different posters. From a selection of movie and game posters I chose four to experiment with the Photoshop tool. I chose the four posters (30 Days of Night, Crank HV, Bad Boys and Dawn of The Dead) based on potential adaptations that work well and create an eye-catching effect. I soon was able to cut, copy and paste individual sections from each poster, change the density, colour and create reflections. From learning these skills I will be able to use these new skills later on in the term. I also learnt about the difference between a connotation and a denotation. A connotation is the objects in an image, and denotation is what the objects may signify/symbolise.

About Myself

Hey, my name is Charlie and I'm at Hurtwood House studying media. I also study textiles, psychology and business too. I love watching films, TV and music videos.  I also have a very large interest in fashion and hope to combine that with media later on. My favourite film is The Notebook because it has such a good storyline. I also like reading magazines and occasionally The Daily Mail. Media interests me because it is so powerful. It can change someones opinion just by publishing a picture or an article. I'm really looking forward to making the horror film in AS and the music video in A2. Even though I sometimes struggle with using computers I hope I will be able to pick up the important techniques.