Final Photos

These are my final images that i have made from the forty i had to big in with and what i have done to them is turned them all black and white and then put some gradient on it so it looks a bit more mysterious and creepy.

Proposal

Photo 1

For this shot the location will be in the meadows just outside Nottingham. This will be a good location as it low light and dark and recreating the silhouette should be easy. To create this shot I will need a model in a big coat and maybe a hat if possible.

Lighting. I will be using natural light.

Equipment. I will be using a digital camera.

Camera settings. I will use a low ISO (100-200) this will give me the most detail. I will set the camera mode dial to S (speed) using a fast shutter speed of 1/1000s or more.

Considerations. I’m going to have to be aware of thief’s trying to stale the camera and health and safety regarding the road. Also I will need to watch out for people using the tunnel because it’s a high traffic place to take the photo.

Photo 2

For this shot I will be using the spiral stair case in the college. This will be a good location as it fits the whole idea of film noir as you have the spiral staircase like they would have had back in 1960-70. Also if you luck further up the staircase you can see natural light coming from the windows of which you can’t see and this is the same as the staircase in college.

Lighting: I will be using natural light for this picture

Equipment: I will be using a digital camera 

Photo 3

For the location of this shot it will be just outside the college where it is brick. This would be a great location for this photo as the whole outside of the college is brick wall so I could take it really anywhere outside the college so it would be easy to do.

Lighting: I would need some light as it will need to be dark and create a shadow so I will need a key light on the model for this photo to create the shadow.

Equipment: I will need a key light (flashlight) and a digital camera.

Camera settings: For this photo I will need a high IOS around 100-200 because there it a lot of detail in this photo because you can see the shadow in very good quality and also the back ground in good detail.

Considerations: For this photo I will need to take in to count the amount of people coming in and out of college.

Photo 4

For this photo I could take it at home in a dark room or even outside in the back garden. This would be a good location for this photo as it would fill the darkness in the background and also would be really easy to do as all I would need is a man in a hat for this photo.

Lighting: all I would need is a flash light on his face to show some of it to make this effect on his face.

Equipment: For this photo I will need a digital camera and a model for this photo.

Camera settings: for this photo I will need a high IOS (100-200) because there is a lot of detail in this shot and for the best quality I will need a high IOS.

Considerations: For this picture I will need to make sure there is nothing to trip over in the dark as someone could get badly hurt if they do trip over something in the dark.

Contacts sheets

Q1. Detail at least four areas of knowledge a freelance photographer must possess.

(for example. Ability to use a computer and edit photographs)

1. Photography

2. Marketing yourself

3. Editing

4. understand the genre

Q2. What attributes would you say a freelance photographer should possess?

(for example – dependability. The role requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations)

1.       Reliable

2.  Organized

3. Independent

4. Skillful 

Evaluation

Evaluation

For my assignment I had to create Film Noir like photography. Film Noir is photography that is from early 1940s to the late 1950s and is where you take some photos of an object or person and turn it black and white but mainly for these times it would have been black and white with the camera they were using that this time period and was mainly focused on gangster like figures in the dark.

Before we could start taking are photos we had to look at other pieces of film noir on game covers or DVD covers as this is what we were mainly focusing on. After we looked at all these different types of photography we put them in to a new post on blogger and annotate them saying why they inspire us and for what reason and say would we would try to replicate about them for are photo shoot we would have to do for are main piece of work. This was one of the photos that I chose to annotate because it shows off so many things that film noir is about as you have the main gangster at the front of the picture and a women behind as this was the main theme with men being the ‘dominate’ force at this time with women being seen as a less force.

Some Characteristics of standard film noir photography is that you have your lighting right as you don’t want to it bright because then I gives away the feel of film noir as it supposed to be dark and mysterious so if you have the low-key lighting this is usually the strongest light out of three and has the most effect on the scene out of the three this will give it the dark and mysterious aspect.

 Secondly you have the fill light and this is placed on the opposite side of the key lighting and is used to fill shadows that is left by the key lighting and because of this it is usually softer and less bright then the key lighting.

And finally you have the Back lighting which is used to light up the rear of the object you are trying to shoot. Rather than providing direct lighting from the front of the object like the key and fill lightings and helps with the outline of the object you are shooting.

For my photography that I was going to do for my coursework I had to take four shots overall two at home and two at college. And for my first photography that I was going to take I was going to find a tunnel and have someone at the end of it looking like he was going to run away from something and for this shot I was going to need a low IOS and a high shutter speed as the light at the end of the tunnel may of affected the shot. Secondly I was going to take a photo of half of someone face and shadow out the rest so it gives an effect of two sides of someone’s personality. Thirdly I was going to take a picture of a shadow on a wall then say about what’s lurking in the unknown. Finally I had an idea of someone next to a wall smoking like a traditional gangster.

My test shots did not really influence my final images as they worked out fine about from one of the shots I tried taking as it kept going really blurry but I actually look decent and give an effect of Film Noir about it.

For my editing of these shots I had to crop 2 of the images as they has some unnecessary images in the back of the picture as the room I used had a few items we could not move out of the way so they had to stay there but I can just crop them out. Next I can turn it back and white with the levels and curves tool or I can use the short cut of shift+control+U then it automatically turn it back and white for me which is perfect and change the gradient of the photo so I can go black and white at the bottom of the image or the top.

I learnt a lot on this project for many reason first off I did not have a clue and what Film Noir was to begin with so going in to this project I had no clue on what I would have to do so that’s one thing I leant another is some short cuts for Photoshop like the shift+ctrl+U.

In my opinion I thing that met the assignment brief but they don’t match my proposal as one of the photos I could not do as the tunnel I had planned to take a photo of had gone because of the new trams that had just been built so I had to change it as I could not find a suitable replacement for it so no it does not match my proposal really as I had to change my photos.

1. What does the acronym DSLR stand for? Describe the difference between a bridge camera  (like the ones we use in our lesson) and a DSLR

1.The DSLR (digital single lens reflex) combines optics 

and mechanisms of a SLR(Single Len Reflex)with a 

digital sensor

2. Name for genres of photography where a zoom lens is used.

2.portrate sports action landscape  

3. The key light is the name given to the main source of light we are using during a photo shoot. Name four sources of light you could use to produce this light on future assignments.

3. red head lamp natural torch  

4. What does the term ‘considered’ mean when referred to your final shots?

4. The ISO composition Framing  

Shot Attempts

Shot attempts:

The main issues with today:

Are main issues for today was that are teacher was off ill and because of legal reason we are not allowed off of the college premises on our own so we had to go round in one big group which for most of us is not want we wanted as a lot of people in the group are camera shy and don’t like being watched by people.

Secondly we went to places where people need to record but a lot of other people did not need to record there like the first place we went was a park behind the college it’s great for other projects however for what my group needed it’s just not what we were looking for at all but for others it what they needed.

Thirdly when we took a video and after we got back to check it was gone because there was no data on my card that what it kept saying so we could not check what we just shot so it got deleted and we could not get it back so we will need to get more done next week.

 Positives today:

We got to have a go with the camera a bit more as we did not need to record it all today so we could just get a bit more use to using the camera and tripod so when it actually comes to recording are work we can get it done quickly and efficiently.

Secondly we got to go to differently places that I did not know existed like the park behind the college I did not know that was a thing I just thought it was a buildings and that was it so know I know that there is a park behind college so if I need a park scene I can just go there and not walk for miles I can just walk for about 5 minutes   

annotated images

for this poster there is not many props involved at all because there is nothing really going on the only prop that is involved is a sticky note with all the writing on it about the stars and the directors
For this picture the lighting used is a key lighting as you see a face from the front of the poster and that's it really where as in the bottom picture you see a picture of 2 people kissing each other and the lighting for this picture is  a background image.
For this poster the camera settings are a high ISO so you can see it front of the poster easier and the background is blurred out.where as you will need a high aperture for this photo as its a close up object being photographed so it gives it better quality.

This Film Noir poster symbolizes the feel from Film Noir as you see a dark image with a women in the background with a gun in the foreground of the poster with smoke coming out of the barrel and also the smoke from the cigarettes which blends together to create a lot more smoke then just from the barrel 

This is a very tradition Film Noir poster as it shows everything that film noir is in one poster as you have guns women and a gangster squad  the location of the image is outside as you can see a bit of the sea in the back ground of the poster
some of the camera setting you would use is a low ISO and a  low aperture for this photo 

For this game cover the props in use were a gun some people in the background and a suit for the man in front.
the location of the picture is outside and in a dark street so it gives a clear feeling for Film Noir and the gangster feel of the Film Noir
For the lighting i would use a Low Aperture as you can get some of the background from the car explosion on the top of the game cover where as i would want a high ISO as the lighting would be really bad at that time of night so you would need a better ISO for the amount of light that is need to make up for it.

The props for this picture is a camera and a few cars in the background of the picture.
 The location of the poster/DVD cover is outside on the freeway in america.
The lighting for this picture/DVD cover is very dark with a low ISO so you can see the background of the DVD cover so you can you will also need a low aperture because you are wanting to capture all of the background as-well

Memory check 

1. what time period do you think these photographed was taken? give reasons why.

1A. I think it was taken around the late 1970's early 1980's era

2. what do you think was the genre/subject?

2A. Family holidays/Advertisement 

3. What elements in the shot balance?

3A. the vibrant background with the saturated front.

4.What message could the photograph be trying to convey?

4A. the fact that Britain is a nice place to be in the summer

5.Do you notice anything striking about the shot?

5A. The vibrant colours and the saturation in the photos 

6. Do you think consent was needed from the subjects?

6A. no because back in 1970,1980 there was no health and safety so people really just did what they wanted.

7. What is the viewpoint?

7A. its a front viewpoint of the train showing it in a good manner

8. If you were to produce this shot what would you do differently?

8A. take it with a better colour and make it look more vibrant for the viewer to look at and make you think wow that looks really good.

1.      What time period do you think the photograph was taken? Give reasons for your answer.

This would be made in the late 1930's early 1940's with this man running suggest that he might be in trouble  with the law or something with the mafia.

2.      What message could the photograph be trying to convey?

This photography could suggest that he might be in trouble with the law and at this time was not unheard of so the message could be that he wants to stay in freedom and not locked behind bars

3.      What are the unique features that make the image different from current day photograph?

the different between this images and modern day images is that modern day images are very bright and happy where as these images are more mysterious and different to what we are see today 

4.      What problems would you face when trying to recreate this photograph.

the lighting might be a big play in this as it does not want to be too bright as it may make the tunnel a bit bright for the picture where as i dont want to do it on a really dark day as i need a light at the end of the tunnel.

1.      What time period do you think the photograph was taken? Give reasons for your answer.

This would be made in the late 1930's early 1940's as again it looks very mysterious and you wonder what hes doing in the smoke.

1.      What message could the photograph be trying to convey?

This photo could come with the message of mystery because you wonder what hes doing in the smoke and where he could be going thought the smoke as we cannot see anything because of the smoke.

2.      What are the unique features that make the image different from current day photograph?

3.      What problems would you face when trying to recreate this photograph.

Generic Corventions

In a classic Film Noir film's you will find the the following in most of then: A classic wanted reward for someone that has done a robbery of something, old fashion music thought out the film mainly in the background of the film, the writing in the beginning of the play will show old calligraphy, it will be in black and white though the film, guns will be in it with out a doubt, you see how women and men was on different level in society with men being on top and treating women how they want to because they are 'better' in society at this point.
Generic Conventions-this basically means its a cliche of something like horror films you expect to be in a forest with a creepy house with the blond falling over.

This is the cover for the film we were watching 

In this part of the lesson we had to match up paper sheets we were given on whether they were Film Noir or not