102 Degree Head Shot - Movie Poster Design Project

Design a Movie Poster

Worth 150 points

Due April 24 at 6pm

Instructions:

• You will be using both Photoshop and Illustrator to create your movie poster.  You may choose a real movie or make up a fictitious one (please nothing offensive!).
• Your design should include a photograph that you will manipulate in Photoshop, then open in Illustrator to finish your design.
• It should include type:  movie title, actors, and all that wonderful information at the bottom of the poster.
• Use your imagination to create the design, using the tools of Photoshop AND Illustrator.
• Include a short paper describing your process:  what you did in Photoshop, what you did in Illustrator (including any tools, commands, effects, filters, etc. in either applications) and how you put it together.
• You will be submitting 4 files:  Your Photoshop file (which should at the minimum include a photograph that you have manipulated), your Illustrator file (which should be the finished design and include the imported Photoshop file), a JPEG of the final project and the short paper describing your project.

You must include in your design:

• Photograph manipulated in Photoshop
• Type added in Illustrator
• Other design elements can be added in either application

Submit to Blackboard:

• yournameFinalProject.psd
• yournameFinalProject.ai
• yournameFinalProject.jpg
• A short paper describing how you created your design (1 or 2 pages)

NOTE:  This is a final project and therefore, I am expecting good work from you all.  It’s less about the actual design and more about effectively using the tools and being able to tell me what you did and how you did it.  It’s worth 150 points, which is a significant amount of points.  Don’t leave it until the last minute.

http://yuma310.com/TrudellFinalProject.jpg

http://yuma310.com/TrudellFinalProject.ai

http://yuma310.com/TrudellFinalProject.psd

http://yuma310.com/TrudellFinalProject.docx

Robert Trudell’s Final Project Movie Poster design steps.

1) Imagined Movie stories and themes.

2) Conceptualized ideas. Wrote down and refined Titles and captions.

3) Inventoried Saturday’s ARTbeat 5 images and evolved movie documentary film ideas.

4) Experimented with different fonts and their perspective placement in Illustrator.

5) Placed images in standard 27×40 inch movie poster sized Photoshop document.

6) Scaled to suit.

7) Cut out images with magnetic, polygon and quick selection tools.

8.) Used softened eraser to feather Finger’s arm, Craig Fry neck and body of Pictures over Peace layer.

9) Lowered Finger’s fill amount and removed saturation. Flipped horizontal. Swapped fill & opacity level.

10) Arranged layers and image positions.

11) Asked boss for more Vacation days.

12) Chose Viner Hand ITC font.

13) Looked for background textures or images.

14) Scaled Trespass sign for background and adjusted opacity and removed saturation.

15) Selected Peace sign area and increased vibrance & saturation levels.

16) Tested styles on Craig Fry head and chose Fresco style.

17) Opened PSD file in AI using Convert to Object.

18) Titled Movie 102° Head Shot with Viner Hand ITC.

19) Matched Peace sign shape with paths and Typed on path with Pictures over Peace.

20) Researched Movie Poster Credits, Movie Credit Blocks, use Sans Serif typefaces with recommended Myriad font. Use 2pt lowered sizes for intermediate words. Condense horizontal spacing.

21) Downloaded and placed Movie Rating (eps) and Dolby Sound (ai) Logos in Credits.

22) Changed color and stroke of “Pictures over Peace” to further separate them from the Title.

23) Added black stroke and radial gradient shading to expanded Movie title.  Expanded “Pictures over Peace” characters to improve transportability.

24) Added Stars at top of poster in red, used 48pt and 72pt letters.  Changed to 36 & 72pt to make Craig smaller than Fry.

24) Added “The Desert Just Got Hotter” tag at bottom of poster in 100pt Myriad condensed italic.

25) Changed Movie Title opacity to 80% and “Pictures over Peace” to 75% with a 2pt stroke.

26) Decided I didn’t think the Movie Title looked movie like enough.  Looking for alternatives and direction.  I’m thinking of extruding, beveling. Extruded & beveled Title and Tag.

27) Noticed how “Pictures” and “over Peace” diverged in extruded text version.  Decided that could add meaning.

28) Aligned Movie Star’s Horizontal & Vertical spacing with alignment tool, then brought Ana closer to Robert.

29) Credit Block text, APRIL 21, SONY PICTURES PRESENTS A ROBERT TRUDELL DOCUMENTARY FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARIZONA ONLINE PRODUCTIONS

STARRING ROBERT TRUDELL, ANA PADILLA & CRAIG FRY CASTING BY ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE MUSIC BY TONE DEF COSTUME DESIGNER CINDY SHERMAN

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOE MEDINA & ANA PADILLA DIRECTED, EDITED & PRODUCED BY ROBERT TRUDELL

30) Arranged and aligned Credit Block, Opening Date and Tag line.

31) Found not enough memory to Export image to 300dpi jpg. Flattened artwork and saw background darkened too much making reading text difficult.

32) Added White background behind other background layers. Changed opacity of Trespass & Finger background objects to 50%. I think the previous opacity level was just for viewing?  I was going to try the fill.

33) Flattened Artwork again and while it darkened, I saw my desired result.  Tried to Export again and received “Insufficient Memory” message again.

34) Reduced Image Quality (10 Maximum -> 8 Maximum), Resolution (High 300dpi -> Screen 72) for jpg image Export. Image exported. Tried 150dpi export resolution. Worked at 150dpi also.

35) Saved files a TrudellFinalProject.ai, TrudellFinalProject.psd and TrudellFinalProject.psd

36) Submitted.

More photos of Craig Fry at (falsified) AWC Police Report

and

ARTbeat 5

or watch

Craig Fry’s Head video

and

Craig Fry’s ARTbeat 5  Entry video with Steel Drum backup players

Taco Train Skateboard Design

Thick Guacamole

Board Design Assignment

> Tell me what techniques (i.e., the pen tool, live trace, etc.) you used – put that in the Blackboard Assignment window when you submit your files

1) I made a rough pencil sketch of my Taco Train concept design.  An artist friend refined my rough sketch.  I scanned the refined sketch and used it as a drawing template.

2) I outlined a skateboard to frame my drawing.

3) I used the pen tool to outline the fish.  I created individual scales and applied shaded gradients.  I used gradient colors for the main fish body and separate gradients for each fin.  I used paint brush tools to articulate the fin bones.

4) I outlined the Taco and applied a gradient color for shading.  I copied and re-sized the taco to place it into perspective on the railroad track.

5) I created a shadow and placed it under the fish.

6) I used a Live Trace of a pile of meatballs and created my own meatball pile.  Live Paint Bucket was also used in this process. I applied a Gaussian blur to each meatball. I made a meatball shadow and placed it under the pile.

7) I drew a straight railroad track.  I used the Perspective Grid, Perspective Selection and Transform tools to place the track in matching perspective.

8.) I used the Pen & Line Segment tools to draw the Bridge.

9) I enlarged a cutout of the Locomotive and did a Live Trace of it.  I use the Live Paint to make the outside areas and windows transparent. I outlined the Train with the Pen, Ellipse and Rectangle tools.

10) I created the OCEAN TO OCEAN, YUMA text and expanded it, then placed it on the Bridge using the Perspective Selection Tool and Transform to for proper adjustment.

11)  I used the Pathfinder tool and Minus Back to make the Eyeglasses transparent.

12) I used multiple Radial Gradient shading for the Eyeballs.

13) I overlayed the River with different opacity levels and shapes.

14) I used the Text path to write the properties of a Good Taco text.

Adobe Illustrator Taco Train Design – .ai File

Adobe Illustrator Taco Train Design – .pdf  File

Adobe Illustrator Taco Train Skateboard Design – Clipped Board Mask – .ai File

Adobe Illustrator Taco Train Design – PDF

Bomb Away Magazine Cover

Adobe Illustrator File

http://groovescreen.com/Bomb_Away_Magazine_Cover.ai

Assignment:

Create a Magazine Cover, to include:

• Photograph of a person that has had Live Trace applied and has been colored
• Text that has been converted to outlines and a gradient applied
• A logo or symbol that has been created in Illustrator with the pen and/or line/shape tools
• You can make up the name of the magazine or use an existing one.
• Extra credit opportunity: Use the Live Paint Bucket tool to color the logo you design – Worth 15 points

Ren Ng & Light Field Photography

In 1846 Michael Faraday described the “light field” as 5-Dimensional with each point in 3-D space having attributes of 2 more angles that define the direction of each ray.

Emerging in 1908 Lippmann captured the first Light Fields using the Concept of Plenoptic (Integral) Photography.

Today a consumer version of that camera is shipping to Yuma, Arizona!

Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 12:00 pm

Hi Robert,

Welcome to the Picture Revolution! A big, sincere ‘Thank You’ for being among our first customers.

We expect that your order SO31724 will ship within 1 – 2 weeks. We will charge your credit card upon shipment.

Shipping Information:
Robert Trudell
468 S. Orange Ave.
Yuma AZ 85364

PLEASE NOTE: Lytro Desktop software requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later (updated “Snow Leopard,” or “Lion”), and at least 2GB of RAM (memory).

Thank you again for joining the Picture Revolution. Your Lytro camera will be with you shortly.

The Lytro Team

Where

Ren Ng came from Malaysia to Australia to California’s Stanford University and formed his Lytro Company in San Francisco, CA.

Technology

The World as photographers know it will change.

What happens when a Human Eye is combined with an Insect Eye?

The Fly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BzwxJ-M_M0

Matix

Bullet Time

What is Bullet – Time? (Making of Matrix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KtghA0rkDY

Subject, Main Lens, Micro Lens, Photo Sensor

From the biological perspective the lytro camera optical design can be thought of as taking a human eye (camera) and replacing its retina with an insect eye (microlens photosensor array). [15]

Ren Ng

(go to 8:50 16:00 min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhBnzJUakpM

Ren Ng took Bullet time from theatres and placed it into consumer’s hands.

Digital Refocusing (Page 4)

http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/lfcamera/lfcamera-150dpi.pdf

Eric Cheng

Lytro Director of Photography Interview

(0min – 16 min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE8DKM-B0Eo

Cultural Context

Ren Ng

CNet Interview

(1:30min – 5:30min, 8:30min-13:00 or to end if class would like)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPnuz-rO-Rg

Lytro website

http://www.lytro.com/

Effect on Culture

Social sharing

Lytro Blog

http://blog.lytro.com/

Glasses & water spots, 10 March 2012

Work Samples

Lytro Picture Gallery

http://www.lytro.com/living-pictures/289

Lytro Package Design

Discussion

1 thing I find encouraging is while conventional Digital photography is hitting a wall with available Megapixels, Lytro overcomes that barrier. Lytro’s technology is capable us using and exploiting Gigapixels current manufactures are capable of making. And those pixels don’t have to be perfect as their system is tolerant of imperfections.

Range Detecting

Raytrix Plenoptic Camera

The First Plenoptic Camera on the Market

References

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography  ”Light Field Photography”

Digital methods of image capture and display processing have enabled the new technology of “light field photography” (also known as synthetic aperture photography). This process allows focusing at various depths of field to be selected after the photograph has been captured.[2] As explained by Michael Faraday in 1846, the “light field” is understood as 5-dimensional, with each point in 3-d space having attributes of two more angles that define the direction of each ray passing through that point. These additional vector attributes can be captured optically through the use of microlenses at each pixel-point within the 2-dimensional image sensor. Every pixel of the final image is actually a selection from each sub-array located under each microlens, as identified by a post-image capture focus algorithm.

2) Ren Ng – Digital Light Field Photography Dissertation https://www.lytro.com/renng-thesis.pdf

3) Michael Faraday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday

4) Light Field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_field

5) Ren Ng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Ng

6) Light Field Camera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera

7) Microlens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlens

8 ) A Light Field of Michelangelo’s Statue http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich/lightfield-of-night/

9) Stanford Lightfield Viewer LightPack http://graphics.stanford.edu/software/lightpack/

10) Raytrix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytrix

11) Petapixel http://www.petapixel.com/2010/09/23/the-first-plenoptic-camera-on-the-market/

12) Raytrix 4D Software http://raytrix.de/index.php/software.html

13) 100 Megapixel Camera http://web.archive.org/web/20080117075834/http://www.time4.com/time4/microsites/popsci/howitworks/lightfield_camera.html

14) Compound Eye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_eye#Compound_eyes

15) 150 dpi lfCamera http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/lfcamera/lfcamera-150dpi.pdf

16) Bullet time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time

17) Dpreview http://www.dpreview.com/news/2005/11/22/refocuscamera

18) Lippmann http://www.tgeorgiev.net/

19) Scientific America – Lippmann Integral Photography Paper http://www.tgeorgiev.net/Lippmann.pdf

20) Multi-Focus http://www.tgeorgiev.net/Multi_Focus.pdf

21) Rob Trudell’s Light Field Photograph Site (Classmate’s Photos Included) http://pictures.lytro.com/yuma310

22) David Hockney style Joiners with a Lytro camera http://www.groovescreen.com/lytro_joiners.htm

Extreme Angle - AWC Photo Shoot

ART-178 Extreme Angle Photo Shoot

Who
Outwardly Hispanic, Gabriela Hasbun declares [1] herself a Professional Editorial Photographer. Tearsheets [2] cover her career endeavors and provide a wrapper for the “quirky”, “colorful” style she exposes. Regularly contributing to Oprah, Wired, People and IEEE Spectrum magazines she also participates the San Francisco Art galleries and expands her resume with multimedia films [1]

Gabriela Hasbun - Billboard & Spectrum Magazine Covers

Gabriela’s Magazine Covers
Where
Gabriela made her way from ancestral El Salvador to establish her home and self in San Francisco. On a constant move she enthusiastically globe trots [10] following and illustrating stories with photographs and video.

Technology
She obviously uses a Professional Digital SLR which I’d guess is a Canon. For video work, it might be the same, though I can easily observe it is current high end equipment. The steadiness of the shots demonstrates they are preplanned, set up and use camera clamping fixtures and thoughtful and often added lighting.
Cultural Context
The context Gabriel operates in is a worldwide internationally flavored and San Francisco urban inspired scene that explores the offbeat paths of the country as well. She learns about people and areas of operation and encapsulates those in 1 or usually 2 images together. If it’s not stills, the films she takes include a wide background, close details and a clear subject focus.
Effect on Culture
Involved in the scene she inhabits, the series she captured expose current and evolving stories in professionally written words married with impactful still & moving images. Her loving immersion and grasp is evidenced in the displayed work and conveys a message she discovered to her audience.
Work Samples

Gabriela Hasbun - Story Flavor Capture

Gabriela captures an overall story including its delicious details.

Karen Walker Glasses

Simple Stylish Karen Walker Glasses [11] [13]

References

1)      Gabriela Hasbun Contact Web Page   http://www.gabrielahasbun.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&s=0&p=-1

2)      Gabriela Hasbun WonderfulMachine YouTube Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKVTDmnjeQ0

3)      What is Editorial Photography? Wiki Answers http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_editorial_photography

4)      Finding Editorial Photographers http://www.editorialphoto.com/find/find_search.asp

5)      Guide to Photography, What is Editorial Photography http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j8CVMzXtQw

6)      Is Editoral Photography Dead? http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/02/10/is-editorial-photography-dead/

7)      Gabriela Hasbun’s Video Website Lur Films http://www.lurfilms.com/work.php

8)      Lightstalkers http://www.lightstalkers.org/gabrielahasbun

9)      Gabriela Hasbun. Forbes, pp. 123, Jul 25 2005.Forbes, pp. 123. Jul 25 2005.

10)   Gabriela Hasbun’s Twitter Account http://twitter.com/#!/gabrielahasbun

11)   Gabriela Hasbun’s Tumblr http://gabrielahasbun.tumblr.com/

12)   Karen Walker Eyewear, Karen’s Little Aliens http://www.karenwalkereyewear.com/?utm_source=karenwalkercom&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=home-banner#

13)   ~Nerdy Geeky Love Story~ http://www.sebastianstrek.com

14)   Gabriel Hasbun’s Main index webpage http://www.gabrielahasbun.com/

East Wetlands Park, Rediscover Beauty with the Birds and the Beavers

 Invigorate Yourself in a Rush of Our Ecosystem

Full Size

http://yuma310.com/art178_open/East Wetlands Park  Birds and Beavers.jpg

Full Quality

http://yuma310.com/art178_open/TrudellCommunityPromotion.jpg

22 Best Text Effects Tutorial

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-best-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/

Transformers Style Logo Tutorial

http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/make-a-metallic-transformers-style-logo/5656

Cottonwood Tree Photo – Ironic

http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/trees-76534-club-great.html

Photoshop File

http://yuma310.com/art178_open/East Wetlands Park Birds and Beavers.psd

Photoshop File:

http://outpost81.com/Taj_Mahal_in_March_Gnome_Refine.psd

Norman:

Gnome Photoshop cut out:

http://outpost81.com/Go_Away_Gnome.psd

Taj Mahal Image:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal_in_March_2004.jpg

More Freaking Photoshopped Taj Mahal Photos:

http://www.freakingnews.com/Taj-Mahal-Pictures—1807.asp

Joel-Peter Witkin entered the world September 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York, on the same day as brother, Jerome.  At 72 years-old Witkin designs, documents and explains ^[4] his composited Tableaux’s and process forming the expressive art which invokes his self.  Witkin reflects true art mirrors its artist.  Witkin’s childhood story tells how he curiously poked at a young girl’s severed head that rolled to his feet following a dramatic car crash. In a similar emotionally removed state, he arranges, nails, saws and manipulates corpses to form theatrical scenes drawn out mimicking historic and religious menus.

Joel-Peter Witkin’s 1982, Le Baisier (A man’s head sawn in 2 is arranged by Witkin to kiss itself.)

Joel-Peter Witkin’s 1982, Le Baisier (A man’s head sawn in 2 is arranged by Witkin to kiss itself.)

Where

Can he really do that here?!?  Maybe not in the U.S.A., I’m not certain.  His documented travel to Bogota might be explained by different standards and rules governing handling of human body parts.  His popularly used Tableaux itself answers laws against nude women physically moving in performance art.  Finding and forming cooperative compositing partners leads him around Europe and South America.  He was religiously raised in a New York apartment with his Catholic mother and Grandparents.  Intolerant beliefs forced a Jewish father from the family.  Witkin served as an Army photographer in the Vietnam War from 1961-1964 ^[1]. Following service, he freelanced as a photographer before attending New York’s Cooper Union to complete a 1974 Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture.  Today, Joel-Peter Witkin resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico – the place that awarded him his University of New Mexico’s Master of Fine Arts Degree.

Technology              

Hand drawn sketches outline each of Witkin’s detailed plans. He gathers disfigured, disemboweled and distressed models all of which aren’t alive and assembles their parts to fit the diagram. Utilizing Daguerreotype like editorial techniques, Joel-Peter scratches large 4×6 and 8×10 inch negatives till his image design is “perfect”.   He often paints the set and collects skeletons and meaningful objects to place in it.  Negatives are often joined to composite an image and paint may be applied to the negative or print as well.  Joel-Peter the Sculptor utilizes those skills to supplement his object library.  Recently Witkin partnered with a Photoshop composite specialist ^[5] to digitally edit the negative images.  He emphasizes the analog world his art operates in though his 2 forays with a forbidden digital fruit leave him reveling in its power.

Witkin uses bleaching and toning and hands in chemicals printing techniques ^[1].  He employs crude 19^th Century Ambrotype editing methods by scratching off faces he wants not to appear.  Many models and characters are masked or have their faces hidden.

 Cultural Context

Affected and uprooted by 20^th Century Catholic superstitions, Witkin rebels with Transgressive Art ^[13] that marries late 13^th Century Giotto-esque religious frescos with the 1970 & 80’s styled Transgendered and Transsexuals, ala E.J. Bellocq whore house images.  Real life disfigured characters prominently take center stage in an act that embraces Catholicism and spits in its face simultaneously. Invoking contemporary Political blunders he giggles with a gotcha kind of laugh when describing “The Raft of George W. Bush” 2006; Witkin describes it is one of his most significant photographs and includes a “big chunk” of his consciousness ^{[ 16]} .

Witkin frequently writes handwritten prayers or poems to accompany Catholic/Latin influenced Retablos ^[17] interjecting another layer and twisting a knife in a wound his art means to inflict.

Effect on Culture

Effects of shock art wear off and society’s mores shift toward nonchalant image acceptance.  Polarization occurs and viewers are drawn toward its horrific beauty and message or repelled away as non-believers.  My opinion is Witkin clings to that polarization effect and no matter which side of the message’s fence you’re on, he wants that image burned into your consciousness and to stick in your head.  He wants the image to affect you.

My question of whether it’s legal to desecrate dead humans as he does in the US is answered.  He practices this art in Mexico to usurp his country’s laws.

Work Samples

Witkin continually reiterates, “Everything is perfect” in describing his final products. He releases approximately 8 images a year and nothing that isn’t perfect.

Joel-Peter Witkin’s “Love and Redemption”

Joel-Peter Witkin’s “Love and Redemption” ^[6]

Joel-Peter Witkin’s “The Raft of George W. Bush”

Joel-Peter Witkin’s “The Raft of George W. Bush” ^[9]

References

1. Wikepedia: Joel-Peter Witkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin
2. Jewish Virtual Library 1939 – http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Witkin.html
3. Band of Outsiders:  http://www.billburg.com/community-affairs/archived/band-of-outsiders-williamsburg-s-renegade-artists?id=134
4. Edelman Gallery http://www.edelmangallery.com/Witkin/witkin-main.htm
5. Night in a Small Town, Joel-Peter Witkin’s Design Description http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkinvideo10.htm
6. Love and Redemption http://www.zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/witkin2/state.html
7. Artist Talk with Joel-Peter Witken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8H8V3OC0WY
8. Edelman Gallery http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkinshow2008.htm
9. The Raft of George Bush http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkinshow14.htm
10. Witkin Show, Poetic Realism http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkinshow2008.htm#6
11.  Edelman Gallery Video (Full Length) http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkinvideo16.htm
12. Jewish Virtual Library 1939 – http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Witkin.html
13. Transgressive Art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgressive_art
14. Son, Kersen Witkin http://www.facebook.com/kersen.witkin
15. Kersen Witkin Flicker Images http://www.flickr.com/photos/kersenwitkin/
16. Witkin’s Video Descriptions http://www.edelmangallery.com/witkinvideo16.htm
17. Retablo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retablo

Milk’s expiration date comes into question and how long it lasts past the labeled date isn’t consistenly measured in days.

Mystery

When the Milk sours a cringe sets in.

Misery

Waffles are in the making.