evaluation

This assignment was fun to do because we went on two different trips to the Harry Potter Studio and Stonebridge Farm. I enjoyed taking pictures of the studio and the animals. Later we had to make three creatures and a board game for the assignment. The main problem I had was taking the pictures because in the assignment brief it said that we need to book our own cameras but I thought that our teacher was going to book the camera. I had to take the pictures using my phone and  that the consequences would be the pictures I took wouldn't be clear however I took the risk. I learnt from my mistake that I should always book the camera myself even if the teacher tells us that he is going to book it.

At Stonebridge Farm I took pictures of different animals
for example horses, pigs, chickens, ducks and a goat,. The assignment brief said that we had to make three different creatures from the Stonebridge Farm trip. On the Harry Potter trip we had to take pictures for our board game and then we added our creatures to the board game. I took pictures of my board game background so I found amazing props at the studio, I took about fifty pictures but I chose one because that looked good for a board game.
The only problem I had was the time management because I missed one lesson and we had a long half term including Expo Week. To resolve it I will update my blogs at home.

I had to create my own creatures by combining two parts from two different animals.
I chose a duck and dog and I cropped the dog and put that layer on to the body of the duck.
The second creature was made from two photographs one was a pony and the other was a goat. I repeated the process and put the cropped goat's head on to the horse's body to create my unique creature.
I really enjoyed the assignment and I am looking forward to doing something similar and I hope the mistakes I made won't happen on the next assignment. Next time I will take better pictures to make my work look good.
My main ideas for board game was to add my three creatures and it would be like a ludo game and you have to throw dice and go around the circle to win. I researched on all harry potter board games such as "Mystery At Hogwarts" but I came up with my own idea


This is my board game. I used Adobe Photoshop, the first thing I did was put my background on and used a ruler to measure the sides and then I started editing my images. The measurements were 297mm and 420mm. Later I added my title, quote and target audience. The font I used was something like Harry Potter and it's called " Harrington Regular" I used vending options to make my writing look good, the vending option changed my font style to a 3D font and it looked better. The last thing was to put my creatures on. The way to put my creature on the same layer is to go to file, open, select the image then drag it to the same layer and it's done. I put my creatures on the middle because it shows how many players can play the game which is three. This will make the player to look on the title and then he would look down to read more and he'll look at how many players can play.

I am happy with my final outcome and to improve it I will try to get a better background.

my 3 creature

 This is my final design for my first creature.
The tools I used were quick selection tool, clone tool and cropping tool. Later I tried blending in the images to make it look real and the image was successful . I received some feedback from my class and they liked the image that I produced.

This is the same image but I used cropping tool to crop the background.
















This picture was a dog's face and duck's body but sadly I couldn't save as a jpeg file because my time management wasn't on track. The tools I used are cropping tool, free transformation and blending tool. The image quality wasn't good because I used my phone to take the image. I used this for my second creature.

This was my third creature I used a sheep's face and a pig's body to make it look unique. The tools I used were cropping tool, free transformation and blending tool. The problem I encountered was the image quality because I used my phone and to resolve this I will use a professional camera next time.

my final 6 images-Mark Epton

I have chose this because I wanted to make a unique picture which has a horse body and goat head which actually makes a new creature.

 My second image is going to be a duck's body and a dog's face.

 

 My final design is a pig's face and sheep's body.

contact sheet

contact sheet

This is my first contact sheet which has some of my animals. Most of my pictures was blurry because I used a phone and my camera has low megapixels. I had less time so I took a quick picture.The images are different lightning because some of the animals were in the shelter and some were on open spaces.

I took a portrait format of my animals where a problem encountered which was that the background was useless. To resolve it I will take the picture landscape for some animals if needed in future because it will pick up more details for animals and it won't crop out the animal.

Some of my animals were cropped out such as the goat's ear and the cow's full head. If I took it landscape then there will be more detail picked up and the goat can have his ear back.

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ictures of animals

health and safety stonebridge farm

 While we are walking to the farm things we will encounter are traffic. To avoid it we need to stay as a group. Another problem we will face is crossing the road. To avoid that we need to be as a group.
At the farm we need to be aware of animals attack because they are frightened and fragile. Large animals can attack also, to avoid that we need be behind the bars/fence. Do not touch the animals because you can catch germs but if you touch them use anti-bacterial gel. You might have a hazard of tripping, to avoid that you need to watch where you're going. There are chances of raining to avoid that we need rain coats and umbrella so we can keep the camera safe

Proposal Stonebridge farm

stonebridge farm proposal

I will be going to Stonebridge farm with my class and take pictures of the animals that I have chosen.There are two different animals in each group for my photography. First I will take pictures of rabbits and horses. The rabbits are small and fragile with soft fur coats and I will be aware of their weakness and be careful when taking pictures. In contrast the horses are large animals that can cause damage to humans if they are startled and frightened. I will ask one of the farm workers to help control the horses whilst I take pictures. The second group are goats and cows and winged animals. There will be workers on each section of animals and I have to ask permission to take pictures of my chosen animals. The third group are sheep and ponies, again I have to find a worker and ask permission to take the animals' pictures.

proposal for board game

Proposal

I will make a board game for my creature and I will call it "creature dice" the reason why i'm calling it "creature dice" because it's going to be a dice game similar to Ludo. 
I have chose a good background for my board game. Tsize of my board game is 297mm x 420mm I will create it using Adobe Photoshop




   This picture is from Harry Potter Studio were I went on the 14th of January with my class. I have taken this picture myself usig my phone but I wanted to use HDR settings but the clock was moving so it wasn't a good idea and I have not used any filters but I will edit it later using Adobe Photoshop. It's a three player game and it will have a dice so the players can move their creatures. I will add a title with creepy font. To do that I will use DaFont, a thumbnail, age rating of 7 plus because anyone can play but younger children can have a danger of chocking hazard.  A quote "the test of wizards" from Harry Potter. The thumbnail will be the same as my background for my board game. The unique design is that the board game goes around the clock and at last you have get six on the dice to win the game.

The three creatures I made will be on the box so people will know what the game contains. 

harry potter merchandise

Research Harry Potter merchandise (title this section Harry Potter merchandise research)

Propose your own board game box design (title this section Board game proposal)

Detail the following:

·         Box shape/size

·         Type of game

·         Unique design features

·         Colour scheme and mood

·         Target audience

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1. Target audience are 9 plus. Also adults can play because if people are interested in Harry Potter they can play the board game
2. The characteristics is Harry Potter and the font is just like the Harry Potter movie and there is also pictures of Harry Potter studio. The box has a title with a short information of Harry Potter's movie. It has a target audience and it tells you many players can play also family can play too. 

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    The target audience is 8 plus its is a Lego board game. To play this you need to go from point A to Point B and there is a dice and it tells how much forward you need to go.  The board game has target audience, how long it takes to play the game and how many players can play (minimum 2 players) It also has Harry Potter title an logo on the box. You can play as different players which are cast in Harry Potters film




https://www.gamesmen.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/r/trivial_pursuit_world_of_harry_potter_1_.jpg
This trivial pursuit is 600 questions based on Harry Potter and target audience is 8 plus and it is 2 plus players. It has a picture of Harry Potter  and a title with logo. The box has picture of characters in Harry Potter such as dumbledore, ron weasley and  Hermione Granger. It also has a train and a dice.




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   This board game is called Mystery at Hogwarts and the targets audience is 8 plus also adults. This game comes with cards. The box has a picture  of a great hall. The great is the place where they made the actual film. The box is colourful. On the bottom right its the company logo who made the board game.
 


       Overall I like the trivial pursuit because the game is clear and has character designs on it and has all the information on it and the picture is clear to see which is the main feature.


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stonebridge farm

Stonebridge research  

This is my research for Stonebridge Farm as I will be taking pictures of animals. I have created a list of animals which are at the farm.

Iris, the Anglo-Nubian Goat,

 Luna and Buttercup, the Dexter Cows,

 Billy the Shetland Pony 

and Tilly and Fairy, Section A Ponies. 

We also have Timmy and Barry, the Angora Goats, Sally the Golden Guernsey Goat,

 Dolly and Daisy the Jacobs Sheep and their offspring, Rosie, Venus, Treacle, Cupcake and Teddy.

Kev the tortoise

 Henry the turtle swims

 a variety of rabbits,

 guinea-pigs

 chickens

 geese,

 ducks 

 turkeys. Outside, in our aviary (donated by Mr and Mrs Goodfellow in fond memory of their son Richard who used to work at the farm), we have 

cockatiels

 a rosella parrot,

 quails, 

finches,

 and budgerigars.




The list that im taking pictures of, at Stonebridge farm.
1. rabbit and horses
2. goats and cows and wings
3. sheep and ponies.


http://sciencenordic.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x/rabbit_0.jpg

http://www.ukscf.org/assets/img/news-article-images/horse.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Domestic_goat_kid_in_capeweed.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Cow_female_black_white.jpg

http://globe-views.com/dcim/dreams/sheep/sheep-03.jpg

http://www.pets4homes.co.uk/images/articles/2460/large/how-to-feed-ponies-to-avoid-obesity-54ad2a0dbcbb0.jpg

    When taking pictures we must be careful of animals moving or attacking. They are easily frightened so you need avoid sudden movement and making loud noises as they may cause an adverse reaction.

    I will make test shots for each picture which means I will take a picture from different angles and use the camera flash on a different picture. The ISO setting I will change the shuttter speed to normal or fast for each picture and I will take 10-15 pictures of the same animal. I will use a white paper to make my camera more focused and the image sharp.

   I will use Adobe Photoshop CS6 and the editing techniques I will use are crop tools, colour filters, image disappearance, and marque tool.

research

Research 

for each picture finish 7 questions

    Identify the shot type and angle? (low-angle, birds-eye, shallow depth etc)

2.       Describe the subject matter.

3.       Describe the lighting that may have been used.

4.       Describe the mood/emotion.

5.       What are the key point(s) of interest?

6.       What action has been captured? (if applicable)

7.       Copy your 8 chosen photographs from the sequence and create a contact sheet using Photoshop.

http://www.harrypotterforseekers.com/images/sym_troll.jpg

The Troll

The description of this creature is that he is clumsy, extremely smelly and animal instincts

The idea of recreating this creature with an animal i would use a cow's body and his head. 

high level from side shot

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This image looks like a mid-shot and it has a green filter. The emotion shows that the creature is angry and trying to attack someone.

this picture was taken by myself phone when I went to the harry potter studio on Thursday 14 January 2016.

the first image is a high level close up and the one I took is just high level.

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Aragog and the Spiders

This image looks like a spider with a creatures hand in his mouth. It looks like a mid-shot with a black and white filter which reminds me of film Noir assignment. The emotions show that the spider is angry.

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Harry Potter and a centaur
This image is taken in landscape and the creature with the background looks professional.

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Thestral
This creature with the background looks like a villain because most creatures are bad but the mid-shot makes it looks better because you can see the whole creatures body. The filter makes it look like a dark side of the creature.

Background
These pictures I took when I went to the Harry Potter Studio and most of them were used in the actual Harry Potter Movies

I took this picture from a normal angle. The picture of a wooden gate. There were artificial lights and it had green screen at the back
This door reminds me of a medieval time and the houses in 15th century.

I took this picture because it looked good for my board game. I used a mid-shot and there was no camera settings.

I took this picture because it looked good from the angle from where I was viewing it. I forgot the name of the shot but it is similar to depth of field.

I took this picture because I liked it and it looked shiny and the gold colour was unique to the background

I took this picture when I first entered the studio and I thought this can be part of the background for my board game.

I took this picture when we were going in to the studio. I went for a mid-shot and it looked good. I used this image for my website on graphic design website lesson.. My favorite part is the snow on the ground because it blends in the image.

This picture was my second favorite to put it on my board game but sadly you could see a person on bottom right and this could make me lose marks on this assignment.
















This picture was taken from my phone and I used a mid-shot because it was too big and there were no camera settings. I like this picture because the background it bright.