Hannah Wood Media: Practical

Thursday 8 January 2015

Practical - Photo editing

By using the following adjustment options, I was able to edit my front cover photo to have the desired effect.

Brightness and Contrast can allow a photo to change from appearing to be taken in the day, to appear to be taken at night. It can either brighten or darken the overall tones on the image and by using the contrast scale, the sharpness of the photo can be manipulated to appear either more crisp or blurred.

Shadows and highlights allow you to change the visual dimensions of the face and provide the opportunity to make an image appear more three dimensional due to creating shape. This is done by playing with shadow levels and highlighting where appropriate, to manipulate the surrounding lighting.

Exposure allows you to either increase or decrease the highlights of an image however maintaing the dark shadows. Offset and gamma are slightly different, offset adjusts the midtones and gamma adjusts the dark tones.

Hue changes the colour of the image by altering all tones to one specific colour with light and dark. Saturation, when decreased, can remove all colour from the image making it appear in black and white. When increased, can exaggerate all colours making them appear almost aluminous. Lightness can remove either all of the light tones, or all of the dark tones out of the image.

Target Grade: A

To achieve my target my research, planning and evaluation must be detailed, effectively communicated and presented digitally, using a wide variety of formats. I need detailed research into similar products and target audience and to show the process of planning by including excellent work on shotlists, drafts, storyboards, scripts, locations and props. I need to show full evidence of the research and planning informing the construction process.

My evaluation must reflect my excellent understanding of forms and conventions, an understanding of the use of new media throughout the stages of production, the way my ancillary and primary tasks combine effectively. There will be anexcellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.

My production work, across the formats, will demonstrates excellent creativity and imagination as I seek to make them as convincing as possible and it will also reflect my mastery in technical skills such as controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes, close attention to mise-en-scène, appropriate transitions and use of sound.