concept

Concept in how photography is portrayed. Being a hidden message or a clear story is what makes the imagery a success, especially photos that are eye catching/interesting rather than typical family shots. This principle of a message within the photography would be trying to decode the message within the image, whether it is extremely simple or full of imagery which is what makes the photo interesting to the audience. This would be for the imagery to come across to people what the message it is trying to say within the photo of the person, place, thing, etc.

Here is my photo of a barred green door. This scene illustrates a mysterious closed door locked away from the world with hidden secrets. The image portrays to the audience a message of a strange coloured door, making it eye catching to the public but why is it still a mystery? What does it hold in side? Who has been there? What history does it posses? So many messages in this photo which generates suspense and questioning its purpose of being not just a door, but a door with a story, rather than just letting people, why is that door so different to any other door? That's why this imagery has a great meaning to it, making the audience interested. With this principle in photography used makes the audience question about the imagery, letting their imagination go wild with so many thoughts, a bit like a detective decoding the scene of the crime. This style of photography produces a interest and making the photo more than just a image, but a creative story.


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This is whats great about creating a message within the photo, to generate suspense. Here the image of a worn out house, dull, empty, dead. What secrets does it hold? why is it abandoned? That's what helps generates a mystery to every photo and whether it is making the audience give sympathy or portraying humour all photos have a meaning to, a purpose to be noticed by the photographer. So eye catching to them they want the audience to see what they saw, experienced, came across when walking.

Messages in photography is when the photographer places either text in the image or edits the photo to allow words to be seen in a abstract way. This is either to make the photo more easier to understand or just to to make the photo unique to the audience. It helps bring the photo to be read from the photographers personal view, notes or what the person, thing in the photo is saying, thinking, etc. This photography would help the audience have a better understanding, whether it is for a humorous purpose,abstract, scary, etc. Its whether the photography feels it needs some kind of message in the photo to help classify what is happening.




Great Moments in Photography: Jim Goldberg.

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This message is obviously written on the photo, with personal hand written text. In this image the characters in the photo have expressed themselves towards each other. At the bottom of the page is the woman's writing, you can tell its her hand writing by how soft, delicate it is with the joint words. However the writing at the top is all scruffy, messy and is obviously the mans hand writing. Both talking about each other in this photography and what they felt. This is whats is great about having a personal message from the characters in the photo. Giving a insight in the meaning of the photo. With this simple effect gives the audience a clear message of the meaning of the photo and its purpose.



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This example illustrates a little boy who's face expression portrays sad, lonely, with the boy looking directly at the audience, as if the message is directly to you. The message the photographer has used is over his head, text around. The message is hand written which gives that personal touch ' I didn't believe it- me, in Europe? No, its not me!. Illustrating how his birth place was so terrible his wish was to live in safety. This is demonstrated by the text, with that his wish is to live in peace and free from danger. This image is striking towards the audience, grasping their attention.

Design workflow / From Novice to Expert

Design workflow focuses on the design process and improving your work/designs throughout a project to help improve productivity which is essential for any business. Workflow is a good source to identify how well a design is coming together, or if any changes need to be made. Being able to assess work in progress and in stages can eliminate expensive mistakes and optimise time effectively. As an example, I would utilise this process for my L4 visual communications work, based on my RVJ. In my project I would record in stages, commencing with the key principles, research, influence, thumbnails, experiments and then the final piece.  This process would allow me to work through a sequence of stages to ensure I work logically and efficiently to produce a cost effective manageable design.

This is an example of a workflow I created,                                     
breaking down the various stages of the work before
arriving at my final design.
Producing a workflow demonstrates how you can
move through various stages of design effectively
with logic in order to gain the desired finish. With a workflow, you can reuse your personal system that you feel comfortable with, in all projects you are given in order to achieve the design in the right manner. With this same principle to producing a design, you can look through what stages need to be done, for example research, you can then pin point what research is required in the project.
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This design workflow professionally demonstrates how a well thought out plan can competently follow through and maximise time. The workflow commences with quotes, proposals and estimates. The chart proceeds to illustrate how the design is processed and various stages the design goes though before completing the design brief the customer requires. A variety of individual boxes have been created to allow the designer to assign various stages appropriately, thus making the work more manageable Having everything in order makes life easier for the designer.  This process can be applied to all design projects to produce a competitive, manageable design.




From Novice to expert is a terminology reflecting a person who knows very little 'novice', and learns things from a source, book, internet, learning very limited resources. Where the 'expert' is fully knowledgeable, having gained tremendous  experience through a length of time. Information found in books is where an expert has already investigated and actually experienced the situations. However the novice just learns the basics. The expert needs to have a real good understanding whether it means going to a specific location, seeing that object in the flesh, feeling, experiencing that moment which you read about in books. Hands on knowledge is the only way to genuinely achieve the research you are looking for, and achieve the required results. Exploring gives you a better understanding than just researching through books, like a novice. Were the expert is getting involved with that experience.
                                                                  

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The Diamond of Sutra was printed in 868 AD which is one of the oldest books ever discovered, being printed by using wooden blocks and silk screens and being one of the earliest ever woodblock fragments. It has taken many years to master screen printing, from the beginning of the first Bible, Quran, etc. This technique spread all over the world and is now possible to be able to print on electric printers. This experience of investigating the earliest stages of where the information began  adapting to books, internet etc. This relates to the difference from novice to expert. However this novice experience illustrates how it was done with hard work, determination and extreme detail. Its amazing how printing started thousands of years ago to the first ink jet printing only being created in the past 30 years. This technology has been been advanced tremendously from the traditional printings to more advanced printing. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html

Film is portrayed in a 3 act system, beginning, middle and end. You also need to establish crisis and resolve. This assists with how a film is successfully made to achieve audience interest. This simple structure  also helps the director define how to create the film.  The beginning, an introduction, normally lasting 30 about minutes, a middle lasting about an hour, which is the climax of the film, then the end, which is also about 30 minutes. The end of the film concludes with solving the problem. Jean-Luc Godard quoted " Every movie has a beginning, middle and end. Not necessarily in that order". This quote breaks all traditions of how films are portrayed and makes new films noticeable in a unique way. Criterion 1, A true 3 act film is only successful with the use of a protagonist, with the protagonist making a commitment at the end of the first act.  Criterion 2.In the third act you start to meet other characters in a equilibrium state, a quonate state. With a situation that disturbs the equilibrium, this generates a trail of events. Criterion 3, with the external changes in a three act ' outer story' are mostly connected by the 'inner story' where the protagonist grows their emotions where sometimes these changes could be romance.

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James Bond is a good example of a three structured film. A Bond film commences with introducing the spy as he emerges at the beginning of the film: this is usually very flamboyant. Previous films have included his character parachuting through a snowy mountain scenery or, in complete contrast, he parachutes down between ongoing gun battles. The middle part of the film is where all the action is located.  This "super hero" is attempting to annihilate evil, removing the bad guy to save the world. This is where the main story commences and engages the audience with the initial compelling impact of the story, This captivates the audience, keeping them on the edge of their seat. The final category of the film resolves everything and Bond gets the bad guy, and also gets the girl! This example has perfectly combined a three act structure and a clear process for the audience.


Character Design comprises of four elements, Protagonist, Antagonist, Dialogue and Stereotype. Protagonist is the primary part, principal character in the film who helps generate interest and understanding of the story.  Protagonist may not necessarily be a good character as this depends on the film; the character may have a split personality. Antagonist is the principal character's opponent who promotes conflict in the story. An antagonist does not necessarily have to be a character, it could be anything to cause conflict e.g. major disaster, disease etc. Dialogue is words used when characters have a conversation. Dialogue portrays the character, influencing the audience's perception of the character's disposition. Stereotype depicts a character's lack of originality and is often oversimplified. However, it can also be very useful to have a character like this in a story as it allows the audience to relate instantly and, perhaps, cut down a film with the concept being easy to understand. Disney is a typical example as they often stereotype 'beautiful characters as good'.

Craven's New Nightmare(1994),

Freddy Vs Jason (2004). So who the Hell is he?

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The burnt flesh appearance and sharp metal knives elongating the finger nails. intensifies the horror and repugnance of this loathsome character. This, together with his ripped stripey jumper makes him easily recognisable. The way his eyes peer into the camera instantly generates fear and creates a fearful 'I'M WATCHING YOU' impression to the audience. This horrifying appearance immediately portrays the character as a spine-chilling villain. This terrifying character is the Protagonist  as he is the main character in the story. His role commands him to bloodcurdling kill his victims, generating fright and horror to all. Revenge on other characters who treated him badly was his objective.  He is also an Antagonist as his character is causing problems to others and this conflict causes mayhem throughout the story. Compelling interaction with his victims was through their dreams/nightmares.  This concept made the film unique and a great success.  Freddie successfully played the protagonist and antagonist in this story.

Here is my illustration of my character ' Wizz'. His appearance is a dorky 'wana be merlin' who's particularly short, accentuates by how his clothes are extremely baggy. His facial expression portrays his characters appearance to be friendly and yet geeky by his glasses, however the glasses and the beard makes him appear knowledgeable and sophisticated. His role is a wizard who is not the best but turns out to be amazing, a bit similar to Rudolph. Even his appearance shows a funny, clumsy wizard. Wizz's role in the story towards others would be him not fitting in with other characters, especially the popular wizards. This shows how his character gains sympathy from the audience, making him the protagonist in the story.