Michael Chan Henn Loong (0363611) Task 3 (Design)
07.03.2024 - 21.03.2024 / Week 5 - Week 7
Michael Chan Henn Loong /
0363611
Design Principles / BA of Design (HONS) in Creative Media /
Taylor's University
Task 3 / Design
INSTRUCTIONS
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RECAP
After analyzing the design of our choice, we will now create a artwork / design of our own, inspired / influenced by the artwork we chose. We may also include and apply our own knowledge of the design principles that we've learned in Task 1 into this task. Any medium or material can be used in this task as long as it conveys the visual message.
VISUAL REFERENCES-
( Fig 1.0, Nature's Magical Moment, Julian Rad, 2015, Photograph,
https://www.boredpanda.com/photography-austrian-wildlife-animals-julian-rad-part-2/?media_id=2774036&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
)
(Fig
3.0, https://www.boredpanda.com/photography-animals-steve-mccurry/)
(Fig
4.0, https://www.boredpanda.com/photography-animals-steve-mccurry/)
(Fig 6.0, https://www.picturecorrect.com/star-trail-photography-in-time-lapse-form-using-stacked-exposures/)
TASK 3 - DESIGN
For task 3, will be doing photography and star trail photography time lapse.
After discussing with Dr. Charles in Week 5, I've gotten a new idea on how to
express my feelings and messages, which is using the cruelty that the animals
are facing or experiencing to visualize the sadness and troubles that they've
been encountering after being chased out from their habitats.
(Fig 7.1 Sketches 1)
Top Left: For this sketch I thought of capturing pictures of birds in
cages trying to fly out, expressing that the bird itself craves for freedom
and nature.
Top Right: As for this one I actually thought of taking a closed up
shot of a dog and the background would be a busy city view which kind of makes
the dog stand out in the picture as if it doesn't belong there at all.
Bottom Left: In this sketch I planned to take a shot of a human hand
giving something to a monkey outside the cage, I actually thought of instead
of just giving anything why not try to give the monkey a small plant so it's
ironically "sharp" as the monkey will be receiving the plant from inside of
the cage.
Bottom Right: This one would be a closed up shot of an elephant crying
and the background will probably be some cut down trees or maybe the elephant
surrounded by cages or stuff to make it stand out more.
(Fig 7.2 Sketches 2)
Left: Planned to take a picture of a giraffe lowering it's head to eat.
Trying to bring out the fact that normally in the wilds they eat the leaves on
the tree rather then lowering their heads to eat.
Right: As for this one it is a star rail time lapse with a tree, this
is personally my favorite trying to show the beauty of nature.
So after showing Dr. Charles my sketches, we.ve discussed on what I should do
for my Task 3, and there will be 2 choices for me one is to take pictures of
animals and manipulate them and make different outcomes with it as direct
photography are not allowed, the other one would be the Star rail night
photography that would be nice for task 3 as well as it consist of editing and
photoshop to achieve the final outcome so it wouldn't be a problem for the
direct photography prohibition.
Process
Camera Specs-
Sony ILCE-6400/Alpha 6400
50mm
f/5.6
1/160sec
ISO 1000
Fig 8.0 Photoshoot 1
Camera Specs-
Sony ILCE-6400/Alpha 6400
210mm
f/6.3
1/800sec
ISO 2500
Fig 8.1 Photoshoot 2
Camera Specs-
Sony ILCE-6400/Alpha 6400
210mm
f/6.3
1/160sec
ISO 800
Fig 8.3 Photoshoot 3
Camera Specs-
Sony ILCE-6400/Alpha 6400
99 mm
f/5.6
1/125sec
ISO 1600
Fig 8.4 Photoshoot 4
Camera Specs-
Sony ILCE-6400/Alpha 6400
210 mm
f/6.3
1/160sec
ISO 800
Fig 8.5 Photoshoot 5
Star Rail first attempt-
So for the first attempt on the star rail I chose to go Pantai Cahaya in Port
Dickson and I took a 3 hour session over there and got 300+ pictures in 3
hours. But the result is pretty bad as I used the wrong settings for the
session, the ISO is too high should set it around 100-500 and drop the shutter
speed more. The settings I used is shutter speed 1/50, ISO 4000 which resulted
the photo to be purple and grainy as shown below.
Fig 8.6 Star Rail 1
Fig 8.7 Star Rail 2 (Video)
This is the final result for the first attempt, it is very bad, purple and
noisy so I decided to take another attempt on it.
Camera Specs-
Fujifilm X-S10
56mm
f/1.4
1/50sec
ISO 4000
Second Attempt (Stellar Savanna)-
So for the second attempt I changed the equipment and also spots for the
photography I went to Semenyih Broga Hill but as it is night time so I didn't
climb up the mountain rather then climbing up I found a spot at the road side
with no lamppost so that there is minimum light pollution. But the only cons
for that spot is that there are cars driving by time by time.
So I decided to name my artwork Stellar Savanna. Stellar means stars,
celestial bodies and also the vastness of spaces so I think thought of using
this word and as for Savanna its kind of like a vast or wide open space,
natural landscapes or maybe even ecosystem, particularly those on land so it
kinds of relate to the UNSDG that I chose "Life On Land"
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Fig 9.0 Lightroom Classic editing
After the photoshoot session I inserted all of my pictures into lightroom and
made some changes with the colors and brightness.
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Fig 9.1 Star Stax (Before)
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Fig 9.2 Star Stax (After)
So after all the editing I inserted the whole series into Star stax to create
the star rail effect.
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Fig 9.3 Photoshop Editing
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Fig 9.4 Premiere Pro Editing
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Fig 9.5 Compressor
After touching up everything I wanted to upload the video into this blog but
it says the MP4 file exceeded the limit so I needed to compress the file in
order to upload the video.
Final Result:
(Michael Chan Henn Loong_Stellar Savanna_Task 3)(Video)
Rationale-
So Stellar Savanna is an Idea of mine with combining nature, human elements
and stars. So in the timelapse of stars this project underscores the the
global imperative of land conservation. Through the juxtaposition of these
elements I used in the video I'm trying to show that how beautiful and
magnificent the nature itself is and also how the wire feels extra and
spoiled the view, even the red lines in the videos, those lines are actually
planes that got captured in frame during the session, I purposely left it in
to show the same meaning as the wire in the video. So I think "Stellar
Savanna" serves not only as a project or an expression it also serves as a
visual testament for the importance of preserving and protecting
terrestrials habitats, urging viewers to prioritize the protection of our
planet too.
Camera Specs-
SONY ILCE-6400/Alpha-6400
35mm
f/1.8
15sec
ISO 100
FEEDBACK:
Week 5: Idea is good and the star rail idea is nice for the task too.
Week 6: Direct photoshoot are not allowed if wanna use the monkeys picture
will need to print it out and apply something to it.
Week 7: Absent
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Very good development! You ideas are very good! You can use the camera as an active compositional tool! But you will need to use the final version as a finished work for submission. perhaps loop the video and add text. But overall, keep up the good work!
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