Digital Photography and Imaging - Final Project


Digital Photography and Imaging - Final Project 




15.10.2019 - 26.11.2019 (Week 8 - Week 14)
Wong Kai Yi (0340236)
Digital Photography and Imaging
Final Project


1. INTRODUCTION



2. FINAL PROJECT 

Week 8 (15.10.2019)

We had a brief on the final project. We were supposed to make a landscape of the future either utopia or dystopia. A few examples were shown to us in class. Our task was to sketch our ideas onto a piece of paper and show them to Mr Martin and Mr Jeffrey on week 9.

Week 9 (22.10.2019)

For the first idea, I thought of the torch of the Statue of Liberty has plastic bags and a bird on it while the surrounding was flooded with plastic bags floating on polluted water. The second idea was inspired by the movie Wall-E's setting with rubbish heaps everywhere. Additionally, there was a tire on the front right of the composition with a bird and its hatchlings (or eggs) inside. Another idea was that I decided to show the disaster of consumerism and pollution by including rubbish heaps and old worn out buildings. This idea was actually inspired by a picture on instagram.

Fig 8.1 Instagram photo (@earthoutdoors) as inspiration


Below are my sketches:

Fig 8.2 sketch 1 and 2

Fig 8.3 sketch 3 buildings with mist

Week 10 (29.10.2019) - Week 12 (12.11.2019)

After getting feedback, the last idea was the only suitable one as the others didn't show any landscape view of the future.

I started searching for images on Google and downloaded them for editing and reference.

Fig 8.4 downloaded images

Initially, I masked the buildings and rubbish heaps.

Fig 8.5 masked buildings and rubbish heaps

Then, I made some duplicates, scaled the sizes and arranged the buildings.

Fig 8.6 Duplicating, scaling and arranging

I used this photo for color reference as I wanted the setting to be at sunset.

Fig 8.7 reference photo for color

Fig 8.8 progress 1

The editing turned out really bad so I decided to follow the original photo's (Fig 8.1) color.


Fig 8.9 progress 2

I added more buildings in between as it looked weird if I painted colors over.

Fig 8.10 added fog

After doing match color, I added mist by using hue/saturation with gradient. The hierarchy of the buildings stood out more.

Fig 8.11 added mist

Finally, I added mist and a layer of blue (blending mode: multiply) to give it a blue tint.

Final image:

Fig 8.12 final image

Week 13 (19.11.2019) - Week 14 (26.11.2019)

Animation:

I thought of making the mist move subtly and the man's head moving downwards. I used Adobe After Effects for the animation.

For the mist, I used turbulence distortion while for the man's head movement, I used the puppet tool.

Fog/mist animation in After Effects:

Fig 8.13 fog animation

Man's head animation in After Effects:

Fig 8.14 man's head animation with puppet tool

Final animation on YouTube:



Fig 8.15 Final animation (YouTube video)


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Publishing Design - Final Compilation & Reflection

Design Research Dissertation

Advanced Interactive Design - Final Project