Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Group Assignment - Video

LEADING ROOM: The "leading room" (also known as the nose room, leading space and/or leading) is used in many visual arts including: painting, drawing, film and photography. The "leading room" is when the subject is inside a frame that has "white space" in and/or behind the object (Space for the subject to move). An example of this is if a person walking down the street inside a movie has to get to the music studio, the director(s) uses a "leading room" frame to show that.
LOOKING ROOM: Look room is the space in front of someones face in a shot. It is a composition used frequently in photography and video. The room gives the impression is looking at, or talking to someone off screen. Without this room the subject will appear boxed in, or confined. 

PANNING: In photography, panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of a still camera or a video camera. I chose this picture for because in this picture it really shows panning perfectly and it shows how fast the car is going without blurring the car itself. 


HEAD ROOM: Headroom is the amount of space between the top of the subject's head and the top of the frame. 


Tilt: Moving the cameras lens up or down while keeping its horizontal axis constant. Nod your head up and down - this is tilting. Camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane. 


Friday, May 16, 2014

Photo Essay - Main Stage Production

On May 28th, 29th and 30th 2014, Main Stage Production is performing The Three Musketeers in the L.C.I Auditorium, 350 Kipling Avenue. Over the past years, Main Stage have created plays with major succession including; Trojan Women, Pride and Prejudice, Vacancy in Paradise, and many more! The Drama Program is rewarded with many awards throughout the many years for their extraordinary plays. 


Every single production, professionally published or not, has to have a script to follow. The Three Musketeers was written by a famous author/playwright with the name of Alexandre Dumas'.  These scripts from the fellow actors who participated in this production, were very beat up because they've worked very hard memorizing their lines during the rehearsals and outside of the rehearsals.

All of the actors and crew needed to have a sense of what the set is going to look at while rehearsing. Mr. Danakas, Kirsten and many fellow crew members took their time and effort to create an outline of The Three Musketeers set inside the Drama Studio where some of the long-night rehearsals took place.  

'The Three Musketeers' was a play taken place in the 1630's. And, therefore, all the furniture was old-fashioned and antique-like. This is the prop table of the Main Stage Production of 2014 and it was filled with many different props of all shapes and sizes. Every actor that was involved in this production had at least one prop they were responsible for.    

"The line is 'Hold my friend.....' said by the crew members sitting at directors table. Mr. Danakas was the brilliant director of this amazing play 'The Three Musketeers'. However, there were many other hands guiding the students to do their proper job.  

Students of many different ages were involved in this production. This is just the cast and crew of The Three Musketeers. Before and after every rehearsal, Mr. Danakas gathers all of the cast and crew, sits them down and has a small chat with them. 

With every rehearsal, whether its late night or not, there's always a chat outside the Drama Studio consisting of people from the cast and crew of the Main Stage Production. Some students involved inside of this huge activity were sitting outside the studio, having a chat about the progress of the play. 

Every Main Stage cast and crew member, every single year, are all one big happy family. There may be fights, there may be disagreements, but there is always lots of love wherever you turn. Here, you see Kirsten, Bradley, Samantha, Ryan and Cali all engaged in an interesting conversation that got a hold of all their attentions.   


All the cast and crew members of any Main Stage Production aren't just students, it's also a big, welcoming family of sisters and brothers from different mothers and fathers. Here, you see Jesse Thompson, Rebekah Orth and Angellia Gillbert interacting in a very interesting conversation that will blow your mind.  

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Composition Photos by ME!!

 BALANCE: This image demonstrates being "balanced" because no single area of the image draws our eye. Instead, our eyes are free to roam around the complete image and take it all in.
 LEADING LINES: This photo demonstrates "Leading Lines" because it helps guide the viewers' eyes through out the photo, making it more interesting. This photo is a man made "Leading Lines" photo.
 PATTERN: This photo demonstrates "Pattern" because this image brings a sense of visual rhythm and harmony to this certain photograph.
 SHADOW: This photo demonstrates "Shadow" because the sun is casting a shadow on the building directing the viewers eye to a certain spot.
     TEXTURE: This photo demonstrates "Texture" because this image produces the effect of 'visual texture' allowing the audience to believe the rocks to be bumpy in this picture.

NOTE: All of these pictures were taken by my iPod on a separate computer at school because the original photos wouldn't upload because they were too big.