Since my photographs are all centered on the idea of depression, I chose to edit them all with a selenium tone because depression is often described as “having all of the color drained out of your life” or “seeing everything in black and white.” I also chose to use less contrast in the photos that were depicting more serious aspects of depression (i.e. the one that shows the girl cutting herself), to emphasize that the deeper you sink into it the more grey and bland your life becomes, almost like nothing has definition anymore. In most of my photographs, I tried to use the Rule of Thirds composition whenever I could, but sometimes I didn’t find that perspective aesthetically pleasing for my picture, so I tried a new angle. As far as framing goes, I tend to do mostly medium shots because they’re what I’m most comfortable with editing, but I also took a few close ups when I felt that the photo needed more emotional emphasis. In one of my close up shots (the one with the girl looking out the window), I chose to angle it in a way that allowed her to have lookspace because I wanted to be able to blur the background and create that narrow depth of field to emphasize the part of depression in which the person is present but not really there. For all of my photographs I only use natural light along with the built in flash on my camera because when I shoot outdoors I enjoy having that lighting. I also like editing with natural light because, even though it 's kind of difficult to
Our Husky Journalism program had the privilege to meet Josh Thompson and Bruce Wood from the Chino/Chino Hills Champion. During their visit Mr. Thompson gave the class some tips on how to take pictures for our school newspaper. He is the sports editor for the Chino Champion newspaper. Some of the tips he gave the Journalism class were how to place the composition of a picture looking through the viewfinder. The main objective when taking a picture is considering if it is going to look good in the paper. Analyze if you should zoom in, tilt, squat, what angle will the photo that you are taking will look its best. He also stated that the lower the ISO the better for your picture. When taking a picture you should get enough light, the amount of
An example of the close-up shot in the movie beastly is in the scenario when the protagonist who is named beast is at home and is watching television. He is depressed at the fact that he has been turned ugly by a witch who has cursed him. The camera then shows a close-up shot of him, the shot’s effect in the scenario is now highlighted as the close-up shot has portrayed that the beast is sad about him being ugly and is overthinking that because of his ugliness, he’s career may end. The shot portrays the seriousness of the scenario and shows that the character is in great conflict.
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton uses lighting to create various moods and tones. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there was back lighting on the chocolate mansion, that Willy Wonka had built, that shows excitement. This affect is achieved because it shows the massive palace. Without this it would not have shown such a great
The comic Depression Part 2 by Allie Brosh is meant to have sad tone to it. The Sorrow is represented within her writings but the even better representation of her comic are the pictures, specifically her color choices with in the pictures. This essay will show how Allie Brosh uses colors to portray her personal narrative, how the colors justify her text, and what effect colors have on the audience. As discussed in class a personal narrative is persevering through a tough time in one’s life, Allie Brosh’s personal narrative is suffering through depression.
Throughout the story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the narrator of the story displays signs of depression. The narrator of the story was brought to an old colonial mansion that has been untenanted for a long while by her husband John, who believed that she had a nervous condition. On the walls in the nursery of the house, there was yellow wallpaper that, according to the narrator, was horrific. After staying in the house a while, the narrator began to become obsessed with the wallpaper, and she would use some bizarre language to describe the sight. When the narrator describes the wallpaper you can tell that there is a something deeper that’s wrong other than just a nervous condition: “There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken
The audience has to look at the subjects closely and at moments that are considered private. The shots are uncomfortable for the audience, so that they can get an understanding of the hardships each of these young adults are facing before they have even graduated high school. The filmmakers do not allow the audience to forget that the subjects are just young adults who have a painful past that is always with them, the close-up shots emphasis the pain and struggle that the subjects are going through. The close-up shots not only accent the harsh emotional moments, but also moments of hope for the subject. The subjects are shown to want something better out of live and to end the cycle that has gotten them into the circumstances that they are in.
During this week’s reading of “The rule of three” by Eric Walters, I realized what the lack of technology can do to normal people. Adam is at school when the computers crash and nothing modern is working anymore. Lucky for him he has an old car without the use of a computer so it works. As the days advance though, people start going crazy because they are running out of supplies and there are no working electronics. There start to be little riots here and there, but luckily for them, Herb, Adam’s neighbor, knows about this kind of stuff and helps their neighborhood get through it. Adam knows that in able for the neighborhood and him to survive this, they have to work together. For example, it says in the book, “ “. This shows that… This
This made the show feel more real and therefore gets the audience more into what happens in the show. The close-ups are very important, they reveal a lot of what's going on and often are symbolic. A good example of this can be seen in season 1 episodes 1 when Jason Street (Main quarterback) is laying on the ground, facing up and not moving after having tackled a defensive player. As the medics rush to assist him the camera zooms into his eyes which are blood shot red and reveal he's extremely scared. Then in shows a close up of his feet which aren't moving and reveal he might be paraplegic. This is effective because it makes the audience feel what the character is feeling and almost makes one feel like they're there.
He uses close up in Edward scissorhands to show ho Ed has scars from his hands and showed how his hands are different. Tim shows how Ed is different from everyone because his has scissors for hands and not regular hands with ten fingers. In Nightmare before Christmas you see close ups when Jack sings his songs and introduces the characters. Tim Burton uses close up shots to establish how the charters are feeling and flaws that a charter has. This cinematic technique helps to show how emotion and flaws of a charter.
One particular scene uses close up to effectively show the emotions displayed on Mani and Lola’s face. Mani portraying fear and anguish while Lola has a face of stress and her body language gives of the feel of her feeling responsible. This scene takes places as the start of the film and gives the story of the plot and an opening to the story. Close ups are used to get the audience's empathy or connection to the character. It gives a clear view of the emotions that are being depicted by both Lola and Mani.
In addition to camera movements, he uses camera distances and framing to create images that make the audience feel cheerful. When he frames a shot, if it takes place outside, there is ample amount of bountiful nature within the frame. The most prominent example of this is toward the end of the film when the narrator is describing the after effects of the massive storm. It is a medium close up but the narrator is only in a small portion of the frame, the rest if a
In Persona, one of the most memorable shots of the whole film is the moment in which Alma is giving Elisabeth the truth about herself. The speech is given from two perspectives; in one instance, we see Alma speaking and the other we see Elisabeth listening and only Alma’s voice. Whether there is a universal interpretation of this moment or not, the facts are that the two women’s faces blend together at the end of Alma’s speech suggesting that maybe the two women are the same person or Elisabeth has projected her conscious into Alma. Bergman didn’t know he was going to use this shot when they were shooting, but it became something he and cinematographer Sven Nykvist worked on together. Along with this particular shot, there’s also the intercutting of images at the beginning that was done in post to create the white border around the frame, which made the images smaller than the film itself. These elements created a distinction between the introduction and the narrative, although at times the two seemed to run together such as when Alma looks into the camera and the effect of the projection malfunctioning happens. In Fight Club, David Fincher took similar post-production actions with intercutting of pornographic images, but most of all the scene in which Tyler Durden looks directly into the camera and delivers a monologue about self-actuality and how
Is there some kind of landscape feature you want to be able to view without being inhibited by your lighting?
The lighting of a photograph affects the mood, shape, and texture of the photograph. There is two types of lighting , low-key and high-key. Low-key lighting is used to give more shape to a photograph using shadows, or dark tones causing a more dramatic look to the image( http://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-shooting-low-key--photo-3427 ). Unlike low-key lighting high-key lighting is much brighter , using more white colors than anything else. High-key lighting gives a photograph more of a happy mood than a low-key lighting image would. High-key lighting is often used for a natural look (http://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-shooting-high-key--photo-2949
Covered in wallpaper, the room is plagued by yellow, but not just any yellow, “a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight” (Mays 528). The picture painted by the narrator is a dull, mustard yellow that not only looks bad, but also is described as foul-smelling (Mays 534). Knowing the shade of yellow is crucial to analysis because every color and every shade of color has an impact in our emotions. Yellow is a color known for making the brain active in a number of different ways, depending on the shade, for example bright yellow makes promotes happiness and productivity. In contrast, dull yellow can promote depression and, “… can induce states of anxiety because it is considered to be such a rapid moving color,” which is interesting since it amplifies the narrator’s anxiety and depression, but opposes her lack of energy (Dena 2016). Also to point out is the relation of the narrator’s inner conflict with the cracks on the wallpaper: “It is obvious that the wallpaper’s ‘outrageous angles’ and ‘unheard of contradictions’ reflect [the narrator’s] own inner turbulence” (Mcdona 2016). The same cracks in the wall that end up driving the narrator mad also resembles the struggle going on in her mind, which was also aided by the color of the wall the cracks found themselves on.