Multiple Exposure

I absolutely loved working on the “multiple exposure” project. I found myself making other pictures that weren’t being marked. However, I had a few difficulties in the process of creating my multiple exposure. When I tried capturing the pictures outside, the natural lighting from the sun would often change, which affected the outcome of the pictures. Also, a slight movement of something between the frames can influence the final picture. I had a problem with lighting in my final picture, and it was too dark. When I opened the window in my room, the lighting from the sun would constantly change, causing each frame to be inconsistent with the last. As a result, I was forced to close the blinds, and use indoor lighting. The lights in the room were pretty dim, so the overall picture wasn’t as great as it could have been. With that aside, I enjoyed creating a story line for the picture. I call it, “Waking up Hannah” because four of them were trying to wake up the “sleeping Hannah”. I got the idea from a Dove commercial that I was watching at the time and the Ad was also called “waking up Hannah”.

Circus Collage

The Circus Collage was another one of my favorite assignments. We were given lots of freedom, were able to incorporate personal things and express our creativity. The circus performer that I was acting as in my collage was a juggler. I was juggling books (which represented units), a clock (time) and a pillow (sleep). I felt that it was an appropriate representation of my life because it is important to have balance. Along with that, I included the flag of China and Philippines, a photo booth picture, a bus transfer, a bottle of “Fuze”, mangos, my cat, pictures with my friends and a few other things. Overall, the Circus Collage was fairly simple and I didn’t face any difficulties, other than arranging the photos so it wouldn’t look too cluttered

Pattern

To do the “pattern”, we learned basic Illustrator skills, and mainly how to vectorize an image. In my opinion, it is very time consuming to vectorize an image, especially when it is very detailed. A problem that I had was that the school computers took really long to save each project. In addition, as I was saving one of my vectors, someone turned off my computer, causing me to lose the image. I was forced to start over, which required at least 2 hours. The images that I used for my project was a blue butterfly, a boom box and a brown rabbit. When I was copying and pasting each section of the pattern, the computer would often freeze trying to load the image. This got me frustrated at times, and I was relieved when I finally finished.

Eccentrick Inspiration

 For my Eccentrick Inspiration, I chose Russell Peters because I feel that he brings cultures together with his humor. I think that the concept of this assignment was very interesting and the final outcome was wonderful. I struggled putting the patterned background together.  The first time I made an attempt, it was hard to see the face because the background of the pattern was white, so I had to change it to black. To change the colour, I had to go back to the original pattern and paint the background in Photoshop. Afterwards, I tried copy and pasting the background together but then there was a huge gap between each piece and it was very noticeable at the end. I continued to edit the pattern until it finally turned out right. I was proud of the final image because Russell Peters was very recognizable.

Weccentrick Video

The Weccentrick Video was the last project of the course, and it required Movie Maker for the video and Photoshop and Illustrator for the CD cover. We didn’t have a tutorial unit about Movie Maker, so we were left to explore the program on our own. I’ve used Movie Maker in the past, so this wasn’t a problem for me. My partner and I chose the theme, “I am a kid at heart”. The video was an expression of how free and child-like we often act. I really enjoyed filming, putting the video together and creating the CD cover. However, the project was very time consuming, and the school computers were too slow for us to work with. That meant that we had to work on the video separately at home, and send it back and forth to each other, after each draft. Also, the CD cover dimensions that were given to us in the unit guide were incorrect. I had to play around with different dimensions in order to fit the CD I had. I ended up improvising and leaving a white border around the covers. The final video and CD case turned out great, but I think it could have been better if my partner and I started a bit earlier, for more time.

(^ I don't know why it does this :\ )

CommTech was an AWESOME course, and I’m going to miss it ;(