Task 2 - Perspectives and its Characteristics

PERSPECTIVE

Perspective is a very important factor in the industry of visual effects photography. This help the photographer search for a particular angle to trick the eye much further, either by using the vanishing point & horizon line or experimenting with foreshortening or creating a series of montages that could work to the photographers advantage.

 located in Bristol, i thought it would be the best way to demonstrate the use of perspective in the best possible way. i decided to use a flat tower block as my subject matter, capturing it at radical and extreme angles.

As shown below perspective can be used for a range of different concepts, but all follow along the guidlines and have close significance to achieving the most effective way make the viewer seem that the world is in a abstract place.


http://pinterest.com/tcarter2012/forced-perspective-photography/

IN  CLASS 

Doing this task in class helped me understand the fundamentals of first point perspective and the importance of creating a sense of realism. The most difficulty i had doing this task was the positioning of the shadow and where it had to be positioned. Especially with this image because there is no visible sun in the sky, so i had estimate where the shadow had to be.

  

ON LOCATION

 

This image is a combination of long exposures and perspective.

Task 01 - You know what really makes me mad??

To begin with this task I thought it would be best to form the concept ideas from what i ahve experienced since beginning university or maybe some situations that i have felt particularly strong about in the past. These points could consist of  -

• Concept 1 - World leaders (past and present)
• Concept 2 - Currency territories
• Concept 3 - Drug laws around the world
• Concept 4 - The rising prices which includes trains
• Concept 5 - Litter - Destroying the world

All the concepts i have thought about for this module, i want to attempt to create awareness about the problems but also incorporate the best possible use of camera technique and imagery.

The Ethics and types of Visual effects photography

OTHER TYPES OF VISUAL EFFECTS PHOTOGRAPHY

other forms could consist of producing a series of images that could trick the eye, and in some cases make the impossible able to do. In the 21st visual effects photography have been most commonly used in the advertising department, Through poster design, development and innovation. Throughout this transaction some companys cross over and merge into other genres including strong use of semiotics to create their work. A successful visual image works on how effective or powerful it can be. three particular factors can be incorporated to define this more clearly -

• Aesthetic - Where the designer can organize according to sets of visual characteristics, or giving the concept meaning and contextualising

• Ritual - Uses its own culture or society to help classify what is considered the normality.

• Ideology - How well the audience accepts the effectiveness of the genre. But then some other question are asked such as is it valid or neccessary.

Subgenre's can be percieved in a much different way because designs are known to be hybris genres for example "Shawn of the dead" is a zom/rom/com or  "Resident Evil" which is a action/horror/comedy. This is done to determine the purpose of design or concept, defining what is most important through content or technique. Circumstances can also become a Difficult factor to overcome so the designer has to sometimes be careful taking these characteristics into consideration.

Some excellent examples can be found on this current Smashing Magazine website below -


http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/04/best-tutorials-for-cinematic-visual-effects/

These examples shown a brilliant selection which involve the use of semiotics.

What is semiotics?


Semiotics, or semiology, is the study of signs, symbols, and signification. It is the study of how meaning is created, not what it is. Below are some brief definitions of semiotic terms, beginning with the smallest unit of meaning and proceeding towards the larger and more complex:

Signifier: any material thing that signifies, e.g., words on a page, a facial expression, an image.

Signified: the concept that a signifier refers to.
Sign: the smallest unit of meaning. Anything that can be used to communicate (or to tell a lie).

Symbolic (arbitrary) signs: signs where the relation between signifier and signified is purely conventional and culturally specific, e.g., most words.

Iconic signs: signs where the signifier resembles the signified, e.g., a picture.

Indexical Signs: signs where the signifier is caused by the signified, e.g., smoke signifies fire.

Denotation: the most basic or literal meaning of a sign, e.g., the word "rose" signifies a particular kind of flower.

Connotation: the secondary, cultural meanings of signs; or "signifying signs," signs that are used as signifiers for a secondary meaning, e.g., the word "rose" signifies passion.

Metonymy: a kind of connotation where in one sign is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power.

Synecdoche: a kind of connotation in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor).

Visual effects Origins

VFX PHOTOGRAPHY - ORIGINS

The earliest effects were produced within the camera (in-camera effects), such as simple jump-cuts or superimpositions, or were created by using miniatures, back projection, or matte paintings. Optical effects came slightly later, using film, light, shadow, lenses and/or chemical processes to produce the film effects.

 Film titles, fades, dissolves, wipes, blow ups, skip frames, bluescreen, compositing, double exposures, and zooms/pans are examples of various optical effects.
Cel animation, scale modeling, claymation, digital compositing, animatronics, use of prosthetic makeup, morphing, and modern computer-generated or computer graphics imagery (CGI) are just some of the more modern techniques that are widely used for creating incredible special or visual effects.

Over the countless years visual effects have changed dramatically and have been categorised into genres and sub genres, which make it difficult sometimes to determine, and amongst the confusion pioneers have also been seperated into a various disciplines which include painting, Film and theatre.

One of the names that stand out for photography and film would be Walker vernon born on May 2nd 1894. His vision and dedication to the medium changed the outlook of the up coming future of the film industry.

Vernon L. "Vern" Walker started out as assistant to cinematographer Fred Jackson in the camera effects department (later known as "special effects") at First National studios. In the early 1930s, Walker moved to RKO Radio, where he was appointed the successor to become a camera effects supervisor. Who were involved in the creation and was the special-effects for King kong (1933).

After this film was a success his later projects moved onto the much more defined Flying down to Rio (1933), and Citizen Kane (1941). Thanks to the expertise of Walker and the most talented crew of experts, the RKO product contained some of the best special effects and back-projection work in the industry.