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small medium large Mon Oct 13 ХаThanksgiving - No school <b>/* Week 7 /</b> Fri Oct 10 ХаWork period for the silhouette assignment. ХаMany students away on field trips today. Thurs Oct 9 Х Instruction/demonstration of concept of "image size" and "canvas size". Х Continued with silhouette assignment. Wed Oct 8 Х Post-secondary assembly for first half of period. Start thinking/researching about your direction after Cawthra Park right now. ХаContinued with silhouette assignment. Checked file dimensions. Tues Oct 7 ХаDemonstration of one method used to create the silhouette effect similar to iPod ads. ХаThe effect shown is easiest to see if you have a bright background colour in place on a layer below your character layer. Х Steps for create the black silhouette: 1. With your character selected (on its own layer), choose Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. The character becomes grayscale (not technically grayscale, but just play along). 2. With the character still selected, choose "Multiply" from the blending modedropdown menu in the layers palette (it's just under the Layers tab that says "Normal"). 3. With the layer with your character still selected, choose Image > Adjustments > Levels... 4. In the Levels dialog box, move the white "Output Levels" slider to the left. 5. Now you can basically play around with the various sliders to get the exact look you want. Mon Oct 6 Х Close-cropping of each of the three pictures used in the iPod advertisements. ХаRemember to immediately re-save your pictures from the camera as a PSD document. This becomes your working document. ХаDo not worry about the pixel size of each image at this point. Work with all the pixels you have. Х Mr. Sanger, a Tech Studies Teacher candidate from Queen's University is joining the class for the next 4 weeks. Mr. Sanger is a professional graphic designer by trade. <b>/ Week 6 /</b> Fri Oct 3 Х Work continues on silhouette assignment. Х Students were taking photographs for use in the assignment. Thurs Oct 2 Х Distributed the silhouette advertisement assignment. ХаStudents were beginning to take photographs for use in the silhouette assignment. Wed Oct 1 Х Completed 3 cut-outs of Two Dudes, Christian Bale, and Daria Werbowy. ХаSneak peak at the silhouette advertisement project. Tues Sept 30 Х Quick review of Pen tool. ХаHandout of "9 steps to understanding the Pen Tool". Try it. Life will be easier, flowers sweeter. ХаAssigned 3 mini tasks (all images can be downloaded from TeacherWeb): 1. Two Dudes: Cut both out and place them on a black background in a new image. 2. Christian Bale: Cut pretty boy out and place him on a black background in new image. 3. Daria Werbowy: Cut supermodel girl out and place her on a black background in new image. ХаNote that you MUST use the Pen tool for the above tasks. Have faith in the pen. Mon Sept 29 Х Viewed image of actress Amy Sedaris Photoshopped to look hideous and perfect, neither of which was the actual photo of the actress. ХаBegan unit on image manipulation. Primary tool will be Adobe Photoshop CS2. ХаDemonstrated the Pen Tool. The pen is extremely powerful and somewhat complicated to learn at first. You really have to practice with it and then it becomes easy to use. It's like driving a car: complex and complicated at first, but then after a while it becomes easier. Х Created paths around an object using "Pen by numbers" ХаStarted to create path around a coffee mug. ХаSome students actually had their heads explode in frustration: Welcome to the "Pen Tool"!а <b>/ Week 5 /</b> Fri Sept 26 ХаShortened periods - Terry Fox Run in support of cancer research. ХаAll or virtually all interview project videos completed and electronically submitted. Woohoo!! Thurs Sept 25 ХаEditing continues. Wed Sept 24 ХаAnother demo of split editing using the "Roll" tool of Final Cut Express. ХаAll groups editing...some nearing completion. ХаAppear to be on schedule for Friday completion. Tues Sept 23 ХаEarly release half day. ХаAll groups editing. Mon Sept 22 Х Demonstration of "Roll Edits" and "Slip Edits" for fine-tuning the interview. ХаAll groups editing ХаProject on schedule to be completed by Friday. <b>/ Week 4 /</b> Fri Sept 19th Х Dumping footage and creating (very) rough edit of interview. Х Principal shooting ends today. ХаBring in a pair of earphones for the edit process. It is much easier to hear your work without the outside ambient noise in the room. Thurs Sept 18th ХаDumping footage and creating (very) rough edit of interview. ХаSome final principal shooting for some groups. Wed Sept 17th ХаAs a class we simultaneously changed settings in QuickTime. Don't worry about why at this point. ХаDiscussed the concept of "linear" (tape-based) and "non-linear" (computer-based) editing. Ха<b>Linear</b> editing is like typing an essay on a typewriter...making changes to your work can be difficult and generally results in re-doing much of the work. Ха<b>Non-linear</b> editing is like a word processor. Changes are as simple as highlighting what you want to change and then making the changes. You can rearrange all or part of your work, delete and replace items at the click of a button. Cut/Paste/Copy...all sorts of stuff. ХаThink of Final Cut Express (or any non-linear editing software, even iMovie) as a word processor for video. ХаMany groups transferred footage into the macs. This process has several names that editors will use interchangeably. Those names are "transferring", "capturing", "digitizing", and my personal favourite, "dumping". We dump footage from the camera to the computer. ХаThe method/wire connecting the camera to the computer is called "FireWire". FireWire was actually developed by Apple but was made into an industry standard and can be found on Windows PC as well. That standard is referred to as "IEEE 1394". Be the first to tell me what IEEE stands for and win a prize. Any device (camera, harddrive, etc.) that has the IEEE 1394 markings will work on a FireWire enabled computer. Sony decided to name their use of FireWire "iLink". So, to sum up: FireWire = IEEE 1394 = iLink. Get it? ХаSome groups still shooting. This needs to wrap up soon...like today or Thursday. You can do "pickups" next week. For now, try to get what footage you have into your computers. Tues Sept 16th Х All groups shooting Х Beginning of footage capturing to the Macs. Mon Sept 15th ХаAll groups shooting. <b>/ Week 3 /</b> Fri Sept 12th ХаAll groups shooting. Thurs Sept 11th Х Quick illustration of framing using some footage from one group reminding them that talent is not to be centered but rather in the left or right third of the screen as appropriate. ХаKeep headroom, the space betwixt the talent's head and the top of screen, to a minimum ХаAll groups shooting interviews. Wed Sept 10th Х Finishing up scripts and shot lists. ХаAll groups are cleared hot to shoot their interviews. ХаSome of you are sweating the due date. The due date at this point is a moving target. Principal shooting should be done by end of Monday's class. Then we'll spend some time editing. Tues Sept 9th Х Finishing up scripts and shot lists. ХаSome groups did some location scouting. Mon Sept 8th ХаDiscussed the idea of industry language and how it is important to use correct terminology. For example, this is not a "film" project and no one is "filming" anything. It is a "video" project and we are "shooting" or "taping" it. ХаReviewed shot types with "Ferris Bueller" handout. As an aside, see Ferris Bueller's Day Off. ХаWatched a suspicious little YouTube video on video shots. Although it was short, it actually distilled the most important elements of framing your subjects. ХаDemonstration of setting up the talent and the camera position for shooting the interview. ХаDemonstration of the 180║-Rule. That line is not to be crossed in this assignment. ХаWatched another suspicious YouTube video on the 180║ rule. It summed it up quite succinctly. ХаStudents worked in pairs for remainder of period on their scripts and shot lists. <b>/ Week 2 /</b> Fri Sept 5th Х Work period for writing interview script in pairs. Thurs Sept 4th ХаReviewed the tricks of television interviewing. Х Reviewed some key terms used in interview production. ХаDistributed and discussed the Interview assignment. ХаViewed two example interviews of previous student work. ХаBroke into pairs to start writing the interview content. Wed Sept 3rd Х Discussed how television interviews are done in the field. ХаViewed and analyzed several short interviews to determine methods used. ХаDiscussed the tricks! AH!, the illusions! double AH!!, and the skullduggery behind interview production. Tues Sept 2nd Х Distributed and discussed course outline. <b>/ Week 1 */</b>
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