Instruction
Find an object and use it as a subject in the given frame/cinematographic terminology: far shot, mid shot, close shot, high angle, low angle, over-the-shoulder, rule of thirds, frame within a frame, and golden triangle.
Purpose
Explore and understand how different cinematographic angles and techniques create different tones and feelings.
My Interpretation
I used my water bottle as my subject matter.
Instruction
With the same deforestation scene, use different angles and cinematographic tricks to create a feeling of guilt and disgust, weakness and fragility, and power and resilience.
Purpose
Explore usage of angles and how the impact mood and feeling. Hone into these feelings and explore how the change feelings and emotions associated with what you are looking at. Explore high and low angles.
My Interpretation
I decided to create a scene of the edge of deforestation, a contrast of lush forest and cut stumps among a singular bulldozer. For guilt and sights I wanted to emphasize and compare the slow death of a forest to a spreading plague from a high, brid’s-eye view, full trees replaced with empty circular stumps. Next, for weakness and fragility I went with a worm’s-eye angle, showing how weak and defenseless an already destroyed tree can be in front of a brooding metal beast. Finally, for power and resilience I went back to a higher angle to show the once-huge bulldozer as a smaller, almost ineffective force among the overbearing treetops.
Instruction:
Finalize your draft versions of your special assembly studio.
Purpose:
Finish the project.
My Interpretation:
See above and previous progress reports.
Instruction:
Further work on and create drafts of your dream studio in one-point perspective.
Purpose:
Work on progress towards the end and final product.
My Interpretation:
I played with the vanishing point and special point a lot to get a grid I enjoyed that wasn’t too warped. I developed my studio based off of cozy liminal and older-styled architecture. I included many wall additions and wall subtractions to play with space and the vibe I wanted with what would be my ideal space. Lots of place to stand around or sit and relax as well as an implied private space in the back for private design time. Lots of light was incorporated into the desk area to avoid shadows as I would draft.
Instruction:
Create two-point perspective drawings of a cube, cylinder, pyramid, taurus, and sphere. Have two of these shapes interact directly.
Purpose:
Explore how changes of space and position impact the shape of these fundamental shapes. Practice two-point perspective.
My Interpretation:
I drew each requirement twice, one large to emphasize the steps to get there, another time much smaller where I could play around with space and the shapes relationship to it more. I decided to have an inverted pyramid poke through the hole of a taurus as my two shapes that interacted.
Room Dimensions – 200 square feet
I love tight spaces and long corridors. I have styled my own personal room in my home so it follows a more close and narrow appearance. I want the walls to be close and cozy, but distant enough to have two people walk by each other comfortably, including furniture. I like the idea that this studio was just an unused hallway that I repurposed. I plan to have a very high ceiling. I want to create a subtle hierarchy with they length of the room. The beginning being open and inviting, but as you delve deeper into the room, more and more personal items, work spaces, and less areas to sit exist.
A. “A wall or structural detail.”
B. “An area for sitting.”
C. “An object for a workspace.”
D. “A personal item no larger than a person.”
Instruction:
Study Perspective and practice with given worksheets.
Purpose:
Learn about perspective and its many forms. Learn about how the position of the vanishing point/s impacts the view and angles of the drawing.
My Interpritation:
I simply followed along with the notes in class and the instructions on the sheet. See above.
Instruction:
Finalize your draft versions of your treasure hunt sketches.
Purpose:
Finish the project.
My Interpretation:
See above and previous progress reports.
Instruction:
Draw 10 lines at various line weights (shades). Do the same thing with curved lines and shapes. Create a cross contour drawing of your hand, an object, and a crumpled up paper towel.
Purpose:
Practice pencil holding techniques and pressure application. Emphasis on shading and forced focus and practice on the shape of objects being cross contoured.
My Interpretation:
Cross contour is difficult but very helpful. See above.
Instruction:
Go out onto the oval, sit down, and draw.
Purpose:
Practice triangulation and other observational techniques to recreate the thing you are seeing. Focus on attention to details and how much you need to include to get the idea.
My Interpretation:
Initially drawing a tree, I got lost in the details of the branches and forgot to allow for a more realistic coverage of leaves and how the interlace and overlap branches. In the next drawing, of the trees in the distance, I focused on the bigger picture. I emphasized the shape of the trees in an ambiguous leaf-like texture, I felt it was effective. Finally, I sat down to draw the entrance of Hayes Hall, but was quickly cut short, only able to get the small stones in the lower right and the geometry of the archway.