EDTC 5040 Graphic Design
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Course Description
Computer graphics adds imagery for the web, design for the printed page, and broadcast-quality to multimedia presentations. This course covers the basic applications of computer graphics into word processing, multimedia, and web projects. Some topics include: downloading from the web, creating, converting, manipulating, placement, and exporting of graphics. |
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My Reflection
For my final project, I chose to create a photo series showing the same subject (my cousin Brooks) from different camera angles and distances. I teach a film analysis unit to my 8th grade gifted students. In order for them to learn about how the camera is used to tell a story, they create a series of photos using different camera angles and distances. Their projects also include various compositions of their subjects with an emphasis on creating a strong area of focus, so ideally, this project will be expanded to include composition as part of my presentation for students. Perhaps in Fall 2, I’ll be able to work on this project for Digital Publishing.
For this project, I wanted to show the same subject from different camera angles and distances. From farthest to nearest, shots are extreme long, long, medium long, medium, medium closeup, closeup, and extreme closeup. The farther away the subject is, the more emotional distance the audience has from the subject. The camera’s angle is either eye level (default) low, or worm’s eye (not in this series), high angle and bird’s eye. Lower angle shots make the subject look more powerful and higher angle shots make the subject look weaker. By mixing different camera angles and distances, cinematographers can create different emotional responses in the viewer.
You can click on each of the images below to see them more closely. Special thanks to my cousin Brooks Edwards (www.brooksedwards.com) for modeling for me.
For my final project, I chose to create a photo series showing the same subject (my cousin Brooks) from different camera angles and distances. I teach a film analysis unit to my 8th grade gifted students. In order for them to learn about how the camera is used to tell a story, they create a series of photos using different camera angles and distances. Their projects also include various compositions of their subjects with an emphasis on creating a strong area of focus, so ideally, this project will be expanded to include composition as part of my presentation for students. Perhaps in Fall 2, I’ll be able to work on this project for Digital Publishing.
For this project, I wanted to show the same subject from different camera angles and distances. From farthest to nearest, shots are extreme long, long, medium long, medium, medium closeup, closeup, and extreme closeup. The farther away the subject is, the more emotional distance the audience has from the subject. The camera’s angle is either eye level (default) low, or worm’s eye (not in this series), high angle and bird’s eye. Lower angle shots make the subject look more powerful and higher angle shots make the subject look weaker. By mixing different camera angles and distances, cinematographers can create different emotional responses in the viewer.
You can click on each of the images below to see them more closely. Special thanks to my cousin Brooks Edwards (www.brooksedwards.com) for modeling for me.
