DPI | Week 2: PHYSICAL COLLAGE

20.09.2024 - 05.10.2024 /Week 2
Loh Kai Xuan (0365780)
Digital Photography and Imaging, Creative Media Design, Taylor's University

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LECTURE

COMPOSTITION

Lecturer: Mr. Fauzi

I. Basic Composition

Focal Point: helps viewers eyes settle on the important pieces of your design

Scale & Hierarchy: drawing attention toward and away from certain elements, communication

Balance the elements: think of each element having their own weight. 

White Space: helps designs to breath

Figure 3. Samples shared in W2 Lecture Slides

II. Rule of thirds

Process of dividing an image into thirds

• Recommended to put the horizon line on either top or bottom horizontal line.
• Placing important elements at intersection points makes images more natural.
• Creatively uses negative space.
• Create conversation between subject and ground.

Figure 3. Samples shared in W2 Lecture Slides

III. Golden Ratio

A mathematical ratio commonly found in nature. Fosters organic and natural looking compositions that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

• Creates a sense of beauty/ artistry through harmony and proportion.
• Can determine dimensions of the layout. Best is set to 1:1.618

Figure 3. Samples shared in W2 Lecture Slides

IV. Composition [Framing & Cropping]

1. Single: One character as the primary focus, the only one in frame, can be a dirty shot, where something else or someone helps isolate the primary focus.

• Close up
• Middle Shot
• Long Shot

2. Two Shot: 2 faces must be clearly visible, shows relation between them, can be 3, 4, 5 shot etc. Or even crowd shot when you cant count how many.

• Over the Shoulder (OTS), similar to one single, to show in the moment.

3. Point of View (POV): Can cover wide range of shot, immersion, paired with POV audio as well.

4. The Insert: Extreme detail, very important, often paired with POV in 1st person perspective or 3rd perspective.

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INSTRUCTIONS

1A: PHYSICAL COLLAGE final review

1B: DIGITAL COLLAGE

1. Download all of the images here to your computer:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cGcbENrjSksAaMQK9np2jb6ZaM7Y-81l?usp=sharing

 

2. Follow this tutorial demo as reference to create your digital collage:

https://youtu.be/BlW7F-fTsbE

3. Create 3 different composition digital collages from the images that you’ve downloaded.

4. Create A4 canvas size  (vertical) on Photoshop and start to do the compositions.

5. Take 3 photo of your digital collage compositions  and insert it on the section below

6. Submit (Turn In) this file on Google Classroom

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PHYSICAL COLLAGE EXERCISE

Week 2: Mr. Hafiz briefed us again on the collage and gave an important advice, to use big, medium and small images. As well as to limit our cutouts to ~6 only. After looking through the magazine I prepared, I found many images that interested me and arranged a few collage as practice for Week 3.

Ideation: It started when I found an image of a unnamed lady who looks likes she's in deep thought. Using that I found more grayscale images that would match the vibe. Which lead to what I have. I want to tell a story of what goes through the mind of my busy bobbed hair protagonist.PROJECT 

My 3 pre-compositions:

Feedback: Mr. Fauzi mentioned my 3rd composition tells a story more clearly and recommended me to use a square base paper for my design. Though I struggled on the placing of "TOMORROW". I'll be sure to make it better next week.

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4. REFLECTION

I have learned so many new things, especially regarding composition. Before this, I've always thought collages are hard but after trying it out, I realized it was never as hard as I thought it was.