Magical Movie Moments!

Inspired by Cindy Sherman, and her Untitled Film Stills, we will be photographing ourselves in movies that have never existed. Each partnership will come up with a plot summary for an imaginary movie. This will be the movie that both of your scenes come from. Each student will set up one scene from their movie to star in.
To make your photograph successful I suggest you think strongly about the following three things:
-Costume/makeup
-Setting
-Expression
If you pay close attention to each of these aspects, your film still should be believable.
I cannot stress enough that I will specifically be looking for the effort it takes to create a moment out of your normal reality, which means, if you put no thought into the costumes or setting, your grade will reflect the lack of effort.
Another caution I would like to submit: If you go through all the trouble and effort of creating costumes and setting and expression, make sure that you take a good picture, (i.e. not blurry, good composition etc.)

Each partnership will be presenting their Film Stills to the class on the Aims testing days.



Here are some of your moments!!

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is a contemporary photographer who has become famous for her creative self-portraits. She first hit the scene with her "Untitled Film Stills" series. This series was a slew of photographs of her pretending to be starring in movies that never exsisted. She has explored fashion shots, death, and she has even dressed herself up as paintings.

We will be using Cindy Sherman as the inspiration for our next project.

Chocolate Frogs!

In honor of Valentines day, we celebrated by turning frogs into chocolate. This photoshop exercise required us to use more of the artistic tools in photoshop. We had to smooth texture and add highlights to create this effect.

If you missed out, the instruction will be in the outfolder.

Shadows and Reflections

Today we worked on two different Photoshop exercises. We learned how to make shadows and reflections. The purpose of the lesson today was not only to broaden your Photoshop skill pallette, but to understand the importance and place for shadows in composite works. In laymans terms, if it doesn't have shadow, it doesn't look real.
In both of these exercises we used layer masks to help us fade our objects.


If you missed today, you will need to come in after school to make it up. Check the outfolder for instructions.

Additional Program Covers

After finishing up your graduation program designs, you will be required to complete one more. Depending on which class you are in will determine which program you are in charge of designing. Read the following parameters carefully:

1st Period: Si Se Puede Honors and Awards Night
- 8x10 Vertical Layout (front page only)
-Include title: Si Se Puede Honors and Awards Night
-Artistic image created with photographs you have taken
-Quote: Having to do with accomplishments, excellence, etc.
-Keep in mind that this is an elegant evening with the purpose to honor your peers that have reached high and achieved great things. Your design, artwork, and quote should reflect that.

2nd Period: Academic Letters
-Read over the instructions for "Si Se Puede".
The parameters are the same.

5th Period: National Honors Society Awards Night and Induction Ceremony
- 8x10 Vertical Layout (front page only)
-Artistically incorporate the National Honors society's 4 principles:
_Scholarship
_Leadership
_Service
_Character
And/Or You may also incorporate the symbol of a lit candle.
-Make sure you include the title and date

6th and 7th Period: Student Handbook 2008-2009
-Tabloid Layout (the same as graduation)
-Title, School, Year
-1 or more photos you have taken
-Exemplify and represent your school
-While this should be professional and well done, the handbook will be a more casual, creative, young and fun design. Your graduation and handbook covers should be VERY different.

Antoni Gaudi: Artist Architect

Gaudi was a phenomenal, architect whose work creates a collision between the worlds of Art and Architecture. His organic, surreal style established him as a innovative leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement.

His largest project, La Sagrada Familia, consumed his life from 1883 up to the day he died in 1926. Its intended finish date is the year 2030. For over a century it has continued to rise out of the Barcelona soil.

Gaudi shows us that Picasso spoke truth when he said, "Anything you can imagine is real." We can learn from him that no idea is too big to be realized. Good ideas are worth sharing with the world.