For this project, I found a nice poem about the feelings involved with a quiet corner. Because I don’t have many willing models in my household, I decided to be my own star for the journey. Armed with a DSLR, a tripod, and a warm table lamp as my lighting, I went line by line in the poem trying to shoot something thought provoking and relevant for it. I am happy with how the final result came out and I hope you enjoy!
220 FINAL PROJECT
This video I made to express my gratitude to the great experiences I have had over the past year of my life. I edited it to be a 4:5 ratio video, most optimal for posting on a social media platform. I like to think of this kind of like an homage to my freshman year. I hope you enjoy!
SURVIVING 220
For this project, we were tasked to make an interview style video where we described how we survived COM 220 and gave advice to future students of the class. I gave it my best shot.
Reflection of Digital Designs
This graphic made by the UCLA Athletic Department is a great example of digital design. They lean heavily on repetition and proximity to make this collage of people into a pyramid. This pyramid shapes adds a sense of unity to the picture that might be missing if they weren’t put in proximity with each other. UCLA’s colors also are a very pleasing contrast by themselves.
This graphic made by Wake Forest for National Student-Athlete day is extremely creative and pleasing to look at. The contrast between the stark black and the light gold sets the stage well for the graphic. There is repetition and contrast in the meat of the logo. On first glance, it looks like a simple reflection going around the logo, but as you look longer you see that the bottom of the reflection is actually their mascot. I like the proximity of the two suggesting that the players represent the mascot as well. Very creative, very simple and well-executed.
This infographic from the University of Wyoming does a good job in taking advantage of alignment. The numbers line up very well with the spacing between subjects on the picture. The two colors are very complementary and pleasing to the eye. The contrast of the coach looming large over the players adds a nice powerful main focus point to the graphic. Very well done infographic
Influential Professional Designer
For my influential professional designer, I have chosen the Nebraska Football graphics department. Nebraska has one of the most storied college football teams in the nation. Over their 118 years of existence, Nebraska holds claim to 5 national titles, as well as one of the most loyal fan bases in college football, having sold out every home game since 1962. Because of this rich history, Nebraska’s graphics department puts great care into each graphic to make sure it is something the school will be proud of.
This graphic was made to celebrate national Nebraska day. It is a very nicely made collage of Nebraska players from the past put into a current helmet, to represent the heritage that the current players uphold in their play. It also includes a visor reflection of a corn farmer, as corn is the main crop of Nebraska.
This graphic was posted to the Twitter on the day before spring practice started with the caption “Spring Ball Tomorrow.” It is a collage of a bunch of current players during past practices or games. I really like the coloring that they have on this, as the red really pops and the white is super crisp. I also like the stylistic cutouts, how none of them are perfect, it adds good texture to the photo.
This studio appeals to me because it falls pretty nicely into what I want to do when I get older. I would love to work for the social media of a football team and get to create content like the examples above. I think Nebraska in particular is a shining example of what good attention to detail when it comes to making graphics can do for your engagement. They are constantly putting out top notch graphics and collages such as the ones above. They do a wide variety of graphics, such as infographics, collages, gameday graphics, and so forth. If I were to work at a studio like this one, I think it would be very rewarding, as you get to see in front of you the people that are engaging with your material. That’s what makes social media rewarding. While I chose Nebraska for this assignment, I would say that any football program that wanted to hire me I would be down to go to. I just think Nebraska is the shining example in D-1 when it comes to graphics.
10 Monuments (Layer Masking Practice)
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Famous Logos Recreated
Influential Photographs
This photo is meaningful to me because it was taken by my good friend, Peter Fortunato. Peter is the person who got me into photography/videography, and seeing him grow has been super rewarding for me. This picture has extremely satisfying coloring and lighting in the skies, and makes for a beautifully composed picture.
I love this picture because of its symmetry. The photo is very meticulously framed so that there is an almost perfect symmetry. I commend the photographer for his eye for composition and the lighting is also very nice.
This picture has a beautiful composition. The lines that the structures create makes for a beautiful frame and the subtle addition of people at the bottom of the frame adds an enormity for the scene that just adds another layer to this beautiful picture. I also love the lighting with the fronts being fully lit and has shadows over just the right spots.
Bracketing Test
Bracketing: the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings.
For this assignment, I had to take pictures of the same subject while changing one setting at a time to see the effect it had on the lighting of the scene. It is clear through this assignment that ISO has the largest effect on lighting out of all of the settings, and this project also showed me that sometimes auto doesn’t do the best job of getting the proper lighting.
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