Visual Literacy: PROJECTS

The Last Move

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-caJ3CeKxI8&feature=youtu.be

Spencer Haberman - Edited

Andrea Diaz - Actress

Wendy French - Art Director

Megan Kiley - Cinematographer

Conner Zazzo - Actor

Process

We were brainstorming ideas of what to do and came up with the idea of death. Want to play off death and how smoking kills but not directly implied, but the person smoking looses and dies.

The Last Move

We have two characters sitting at a table under the veranda. Mike is smoking a cigarette and slowly puffing on it. Mike is wearing dark colored clothes and is in obvious pain. In between each puff he coughs and wheezes. Sitting across the table is Susan. Susan is dressed in bright color clothes and munching down on gum. She is perky and excited to be sitting at the table. In the middle of the table is a set of dominos. Susan places a domino on the bored and says “Beat that!” Mike responds “Easy.” and places another one down. Susan looks at him. She places another one down on Mikes side of the table. Susan, “You have been blocked.” Mike looks up at her and smiles. He has realize he has lost the game. Mike Coughs a lot more as he finished his cigarette. He throws it on the floor.

END SCENE

Art of seeing -

Setting - Sykes veranda

Mood - sad

Environment - college

Point of view - The camera will shift from points of view. E.x. 1st person and perspective of the dominos.

Metaphor - Domino is blocked and he looses the game, that symbolizes he is about to die from smoking.

Double Entrendre - Smoking kills

Multiple frames - all of our different angles (Wide, close, master, over the shoulder)

Framing of the image - All of the shots will be framed and cropped to be aesthetically pleasing.

Life and Death - Cigarettes symbolize the death and color symbolizes the life

Sound and Audio - Dialogue and sound effects (coughing)

Implied sound - Lighter on screen but not clicking heard

Numerology

A glimpse of the other side: Dinis

This picture is of the perspective from a UT worker in Pandinis. We choose to do this because every time we go to this place, we wonder what's it like to be on the other side. We were lucky enough to be able to experience it for a couple of minutes. After asking the worker how they dealt with the job, they said it was tough to get everything perfectly right so they always try their best. They also mentioned that the crowds get huge but in the end it usually all works out. They were happy to see that we actually notice and are curious about their job.

Partner: Peter Insdorf

Part 2: Rankings

1. Wendy and Elizabeth

I think the view from cigarette was the most creative out of all the projects. Everything, as not creating a perfect circle, in the image played an important part to achieve the concept.

2. Kofi and Elizabeth

This image was also powerful and mind-blowing. The title " A peek into Liz's Wonder World" was very original too. The usage of the fish eye lens also gave more meaning to the picture. The only think I would have omitted was that it was through a peephole because it became to common.

3. Jeslin and Berkeley

There piece was also fun and scary at the same time. It was cool that they took the picture inside the trunk and it was a very different idea with the kidnapping.

4. Stevie and Megan

This picture was a little bit confusing at the beginning but as we look into it we could understand the story behind the three images. It was very cute and cheesy but I think I would have omitted the text and the peephole.

5. Micaela and Jennifer

The last picture was the most strong of this piece and the first two were some what confusing. I would have only left the third one. I think even though they tried to make another one I think the first one was the best one. The last one I didn't understand until 10 minutes after.

6. Tara and Frank
This picture was really fun to watch. Even though it was three perspectives: the sandwich's perspective, the person's perspective and the person of the side's perspective, it wasn't confusing at all. I liked how it all came together.

7. Benjamin and Spencer
The cake's perspective of a baker was also very original. I also liked how Ben was dressed in white as if he was the chef but it would have been better if we could have seen the other hand.

8. Erin and Alex

The student's perspective was simple but cool but also relatable to all students.

9. Connor, Michael, and Dominick

This was a nice shot of the golie and you could tell that this was during penalties. Although it was very literal and straight forward, you could feel the tension in the back.

World Records

The longest kiss lasted 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds and was achieved by Ekkachai Tiranarat and Laksana Tiranarat in Thailand, on 12-14 February 2013.

Creative Barcodes

Final

Thumbnails

Life and Death

WorksCited
WorksCited

Three Frames

Square, Triangle, Circle

2 squares, 1 circle

1 circle, 1 square

2 triangles

The Black Square Problem

overlap

outstanding

perfect

frizzy

The Art of Seeing

Line: The horizontal lines on this bench can define the term.

Shape: This tire is a circle and has many other little circles inside which are shapes.

Color: This canvas contains primary colors red and blue with a variation in tone for each color. It also has the color black.

Space: The space between these rectangles can be seen as a grid layout.

Texture: This tree trunk provides an unusual rough texture.

Emphasis: Even though there is much going on in this picture, the stop sign is emphasized because of the vivid red color and the different shape it has from everything else.

Balance: This basketball court reflects balance because if you divide the picture in two, both halves they are mirrored.

Harmony: The different yet similar shapes in the chapel create harmony for the building itself because I doesn't look loud or messy.

Variety: There is a variety of shapes such as the lines and circles, colors such as green and white, textures such as the palm trees, the point of the bars, and the water in the fountain. It also contains different sizes and proportions in this picture.