Evaluation Question 7

Q7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

The jump from the preliminary task to the major task required a lot more skill. The preliminary task required only a simple medium close up of a person with the appropriate text set around it. The major task, however, required a lot more thinking and planning as the photos and presentation had to show a lot more technical skills.
As mentioned previously the preliminary task only required a medium close up on its cover, which was fairly basic photographically. When taking the picture that appears on the cover of ‘Bede’s Pages’ I simply asked the subject to stand looking outward through a window, this allowed the natural sunlight to compliment her complexion and features subtly as well as making her stand out nicely against the background which remains shrouded in the false lighting of the corridor. In contrast t this, the photo on the cover of Bass magazine required a lot more effort as well as digital and photographic skill. For this image I place the subjects of the band ‘Metropolis’ on to a blank canvas, and then projected the silent black and white film onto their faces using a projector. The contrast between the black and white film and the colour of the surroundings looked good however I did not feel as though it fitted in with the theme of the magazine. When asking the models to pose I asked them to try not to look into the camera and to relax their faces. The emotion portrayed as each person looks in a different direction sees them looking outward toward something in the distance, as though something is coming toward them, because they are such a new and upcoming band, I like to imagine they are staring toward the fame and stardom that awaits them. When it came to manipulating this image, I decided to turn it black and white to fit in with the film Metropolis, after first doing it I felt there was no tonal contrast so I adjusted the brightness/contrast to bring out the dark greys and blacks which I feel emphasise the mood of this image.