Creatures
Evaluation
For my assessment
we had to create a Harry Potter styled board game with photos that we
took at Harry Potter Studio Tours and Stonebridge farm and these
photos that we would create would turn into a board game.
The research that
I did really helped me because I’m not really a Harry Potter fan so
I got some inspiration from the animals that I did research on.
This was one of
the photos that gave me a lot of inspiration because this is a mix of
a few different animals that I could use to create a creature like
this but obviously change it so it’s my own creation but I took
inspiration off of it and created a creature kind of like this one
but I left out the wings of the bird and replaced it with a goats
body and changed the face to a turkey from a chicken so its my own
creation and not from the makers of Harry Potter.
This is another
image that inspired me make some of the creatures that I did because
it’s a mix of creatures again and that’s what I’ve done with my
creatures made them in something that’s different and something
that not many people would of seen like mixing a pig and a cow and
stuff like that.
My idea for this
box at the start was to use an image of a castle or a place that I
could make it look like your claiming up to something at the top of
the hill and that’s what I did with the photo of the castle and
with the animals that I created it looks like I wanted it to at the
beginning of this project it’s what I imaged it to be like. However
the photo of the castle is a little out of focus around the lighting
for the castle because an iPhone camera is really not the best for
taking those sort of photos so next time I need to remember to book
out a camera.
When at the farm
I had a choice of many animals such a cows, chicken, goats, sheep,
turkeys, horses and ducks and I had an idea of mixing a goat and a
duck and it kind of worked how I wanted it to but I wanted to have
the ducks body but it was just a bit too small for the goats head so
I had to change my approach to my photography and focus on bigger
body animals like cows I took like 15 photos and changing the ISO on
the camera and my position getting different of the cows and after I
got a couple of photos that I was happy with and moved on to
something with a bit of a smaller head so it would look different and
weird when I came to edit it.
When it came to
the photography I had to keep changing the ISO and most of my photos
because of the ever changing lighting with it being natural as one
photo my off had no clouds covering the sun but the next on may so I
need to change it constantly so it would say looking good. Also I had
to take in to account the positioning of the animals because if I
wanted the body of the animal I would not take it front on I would
need to wait for it to move and get sideways on and also I would have
to make sure the flash was not to bright so it would not hurt the
animals eyes when I take the photo.
With the editing
of the photos I had to make sure I editing then correctly and make
sure I did not crop out anything that I would need like the body of a
cow and a turkeys head and then combine them together so it would
look kind of realistic which I feel like it did with most of them
however one of them I was kind of unhappy with as it looks
unrealistic and looks like somebody just put it together and hoped
for the best so apart from that one I feel like the editing went
rather well.
I honestly learnt
a lot from this assignment because I really wanted to do well and I
applied myself so I would try my best and I feel like it work well as
I learnt a lot about the camera like how to set the ISO properly this
was something I was never really interested in learning but I felt
like I really had to on this one I had to try my up most best to get
the best grade which I feel like I did.
Things I would
change would be make sure I bring a real camera with me to Harry
Potter Studios instead of a phone camera this would be the only thing
I would say I would have changed because I really feel like I did
really well and tried my best and that all I could ask.
I really do feel
like my creatures match the assignment brief as it does everything it
says to do and more in my opinion so I feel like this is one of my
best piece of work that ive done so yes it feel it matches the
assignment brief.
This is my final
piece of work the board game that ive designed.
Research (1.1) ‘D’ Excellent research that detailed the characteristics the Harry Potter genre, including example photographs and board game examples. You have used your research as a base from which to develop your own ideas, well done.
ReplyDeleteProposal (1.2) ‘D’ A detailed proposal that explains how you intended to produce your own photography from which you will produce your board game design. You have explained how you will use a high ISO with careful lighting to capture the photography and then use Photoshop to edit your images to replicate the images that were your influence.
Technical knowledge (2.1 & 3.1) ‘D’ Your test shot contact sheets and editing techniques are to a high standard, showing a clear journey of improvement within your photography. Each shot has been clearly annoted with the camera setting used. Your photography evidences a clear understanding of photographic techniques and processes.
Final images and evaluation (3.2) ‘D’ You have demonstrated a good understanding of camera and lighting techniques and skills, these have been put into practice during both your photoshoots. You produced some good photography during the Harry Potter shoot even though you were using a camera phone. As you state in your evaluation, better results could have been achieved with a DSLR or the college bridge camera. Your final images are very good and have been used effectively in your final board game design design.
Improvements for next time – Check your spelling and grammar before you publish your work, there were a few mistakes. You have clearly made a huge effort on this assignment and it shows in the quality of your work, keep this standard up on your final major project and you’ll do really well. Good work Sam.