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The Power of the Portrait:
Portraits, Self Portraits and Identity
Experiment with different layouts and designs.
Use black and white and colour, text, illustration, double exposure etc.
GIF
ANIMATION
Project aims and Objectives
Photography
Learn to use SLR cameras to produce creative imagery.
Photoshop
Understand how to use layers and selection tools in photoshop
Digital collage
How to create an image our of other shapes and images
Movement
To understand how to make layers move and create Gifs
Lets start to mindmap your ideas and create some research pages.
1. Choose one of the starting points and start to mindmap your ideas.
2. Create a research page on Gifs and a page on the history of animation - What are they? where do you see them? What can they be used for?
3. Create a pinterest board called Gif animation and pin at least 20 ideas. Use my Gifs and digital collage board to get you started.
4. Choose an artists to research and base your first photoshoot on.
You must include, images as well as detailed information and most importantly.................
YOUR OWN OPINION - Tell me what you like about the artists and how you're going to use their ideas and techniques. Link this back to your starting point.
5. Click on the links to the individual Pinterest boards below and start to gather imagery you like and that you think links to your ideas.
Words to choose for your starting point, this will dictate the mood of your gifs and help you to create a narrative:
FEAR
ISOLATION
TRANQUIL
HAPPY
CONTRAST
NATURE
DECAY
COLOUR
SUPERNATURAL
Time to RESEARCH cool artists and
EXPERIMENT!
How to make a GIF
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