Sunday, May 8, 2011
Exercise 4: Photo Sequence (Attempt 1 )
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Exercise 3: Writing, Part 1
VJ Kadakia
Exercise 3: Writing, Part 1
This story takes place at a local park in the town of Basking Ridge, NJ. Pulling up to the parking lot, your first glimpse will be of a clean baseball field. Freshly grown green grass with a field of dirt that has been groomed to perfection. Birds are chirping and sky is crystal blue. As we step out of the car; to my left is my good friend Vinny. Recently he's been searching for jobs and hasn't had much luck. We decided to go to the park to cool off and free up our minds a bit. The air is warm and calming, allowing us to breath out all the stress from our day. As the sun beams down on us, we look across the field of grass ahead of us and notice a man-made dirt path that creeps into the woods. We decided to experience a little wilderness and get “in touch with nature.”
As we approached the woods, we hear the sounds of crackling branches and dried leaves beneath our feet. Finally shaded from the sun, we discuss potential issues as to why the job offers have all been turned down. A emotional frown gazes across my friend's face. The ground is still damp from the storm that happened a few days prior. We try to make our way towards a stream ahead of us by placing our feet on stones peaking out through the muddy ground. Hopping and skipping our way forward, we finally make it to the stream. Here our deep conversation begins as we vent out emotions and questions wondering through our heads. Trying to find solutions as to what the issue might have been. How can we improve? How can we move forward?
After an hour or so of conversing with one another, we decide that we need to better ourselves to make ourselves more attractive to recruiters and employers. The sun then became too hot for us to bear, so we began to walk towards our car. We could feel the dryness of our mouths getting to be too much and the thirst for water felt like we've been on a desert for days. On our way back, we notice a circular area with letters in stone on the ground. We begin to walk towards the are and soon discover a 9/11 memorial.
The 9/11 memorial was for people that perished in the tradegy that struck this great nation. We began to see words of good-byes and see you soon. En epiphany struck us both at the same exact moment. We looked at each other and realized, this isnt the end of the world. Things can change and we're still blessed with the opportunity to improve our goals and to appreciate life for what it has given us.
Exercise 3: Writing, Part 1
This story takes place at a local park in the town of Basking Ridge, NJ. Pulling up to the parking lot, your first glimpse will be of a clean baseball field. Freshly grown green grass with a field of dirt that has been groomed to perfection. Birds are chirping and sky is crystal blue. As we step out of the car; to my left is my good friend Vinny. Recently he's been searching for jobs and hasn't had much luck. We decided to go to the park to cool off and free up our minds a bit. The air is warm and calming, allowing us to breath out all the stress from our day. As the sun beams down on us, we look across the field of grass ahead of us and notice a man-made dirt path that creeps into the woods. We decided to experience a little wilderness and get “in touch with nature.”
As we approached the woods, we hear the sounds of crackling branches and dried leaves beneath our feet. Finally shaded from the sun, we discuss potential issues as to why the job offers have all been turned down. A emotional frown gazes across my friend's face. The ground is still damp from the storm that happened a few days prior. We try to make our way towards a stream ahead of us by placing our feet on stones peaking out through the muddy ground. Hopping and skipping our way forward, we finally make it to the stream. Here our deep conversation begins as we vent out emotions and questions wondering through our heads. Trying to find solutions as to what the issue might have been. How can we improve? How can we move forward?
After an hour or so of conversing with one another, we decide that we need to better ourselves to make ourselves more attractive to recruiters and employers. The sun then became too hot for us to bear, so we began to walk towards our car. We could feel the dryness of our mouths getting to be too much and the thirst for water felt like we've been on a desert for days. On our way back, we notice a circular area with letters in stone on the ground. We begin to walk towards the are and soon discover a 9/11 memorial.
The 9/11 memorial was for people that perished in the tradegy that struck this great nation. We began to see words of good-byes and see you soon. En epiphany struck us both at the same exact moment. We looked at each other and realized, this isnt the end of the world. Things can change and we're still blessed with the opportunity to improve our goals and to appreciate life for what it has given us.
Exercise 3: Writing, Part 1
VJ Kadakia
Exercise 3: Writing, Part 1
This story takes place at a local park in the town of Basking Ridge, NJ. Pulling up to the parking lot, your first glimpse will be of a clean baseball field. Freshly grown green grass with a field of dirt that has been groomed to perfection. Birds are chirping and sky is crystal blue. As we step out of the car; to my left is my good friend Vinny. Recently he's been searching for jobs and hasn't had much luck. We decided to go to the park to cool off and free up our minds a bit. The air is warm and calming, allowing us to breath out all the stress from our day. As the sun beams down on us, we look across the field of grass ahead of us and notice a man-made dirt path that creeps into the woods. We decided to experience a little wilderness and get “in touch with nature.”
As we approached the woods, we hear the sounds of crackling branches and dried leaves beneath our feet. Finally shaded from the sun, we discuss potential issues as to why the job offers have all been turned down. A emotional frown gazes across my friend's face. The ground is still damp from the storm that happened a few days prior. We try to make our way towards a stream ahead of us by placing our feet on stones peaking out through the muddy ground. Hopping and skipping our way forward, we finally make it to the stream. Here our deep conversation begins as we vent out emotions and questions wondering through our heads. Trying to find solutions as to what the issue might have been. How can we improve? How can we move forward?
After an hour or so of conversing with one another, we decide that we need to better ourselves to make ourselves more attractive to recruiters and employers.
Exercise 3: Writing, Part 1
This story takes place at a local park in the town of Basking Ridge, NJ. Pulling up to the parking lot, your first glimpse will be of a clean baseball field. Freshly grown green grass with a field of dirt that has been groomed to perfection. Birds are chirping and sky is crystal blue. As we step out of the car; to my left is my good friend Vinny. Recently he's been searching for jobs and hasn't had much luck. We decided to go to the park to cool off and free up our minds a bit. The air is warm and calming, allowing us to breath out all the stress from our day. As the sun beams down on us, we look across the field of grass ahead of us and notice a man-made dirt path that creeps into the woods. We decided to experience a little wilderness and get “in touch with nature.”
As we approached the woods, we hear the sounds of crackling branches and dried leaves beneath our feet. Finally shaded from the sun, we discuss potential issues as to why the job offers have all been turned down. A emotional frown gazes across my friend's face. The ground is still damp from the storm that happened a few days prior. We try to make our way towards a stream ahead of us by placing our feet on stones peaking out through the muddy ground. Hopping and skipping our way forward, we finally make it to the stream. Here our deep conversation begins as we vent out emotions and questions wondering through our heads. Trying to find solutions as to what the issue might have been. How can we improve? How can we move forward?
After an hour or so of conversing with one another, we decide that we need to better ourselves to make ourselves more attractive to recruiters and employers.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Chapter 3 - Take Home Question
1. You are to supervise the lighting of a face cream commercial. The script calls for an ECU of the model’s face. The novice LD (Lighting Director) suggests using a fast falloff “to accentuate the nice bone structure of the model’s face.” Do you agree with the LD? If so, why? If not, why?
Answer: I agree with using a fast falloff. The reason being, because a fast falloff will cause a lighted area such as a jawline, to change abruptly into a dark shadow the minute there is no more surface. This allows for the jawline to be properly accentuated and makes it stand out amongst the rest of the face. You could use this concept even for a larger person and make it appear that they have a solid facial bone structure.
Answer: I agree with using a fast falloff. The reason being, because a fast falloff will cause a lighted area such as a jawline, to change abruptly into a dark shadow the minute there is no more surface. This allows for the jawline to be properly accentuated and makes it stand out amongst the rest of the face. You could use this concept even for a larger person and make it appear that they have a solid facial bone structure.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Image Bank Assignment
I chose the gallery of Larry Burrows. What captured my attention was the way the photos were taken. All of the subjects in the photos were shot candidly and were not directly aware of the camera. But each picture you had seen saw them performing an action of sorts. Primarily based on Vietnam, you saw soldiers fighting courageously to survive and to help their fellow soldiers.
(In the image above, you see Vietnam soldiers taking in P.O.W's onto a boat)
Larry Burrows (29 May 1926 in London – 10 February 1971 in Laos) was an English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia, 2011)
He was best known for his picture which was shown on the cover of Life Magazine on April 16, 1965.
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0302/lb_index.html
Larry Burrows (29 May 1926 in London – 10 February 1971 in Laos) was an English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia, 2011)
He was best known for his picture which was shown on the cover of Life Magazine on April 16, 1965.
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0302/lb_index.html
Friday, March 4, 2011
A Hard Day's Night - Photojournal Picture Comparison
I saw this image and it instantly captured my attention. The facial expressions of the band as well as the positioning of all of them. The positioning itself reminded me of the train scene and the hooligans they had caused throughout the ride.
Reaction to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was an interesting movie. It was the first time I had ever viewed a movie spoken entirely in French. I normally watch Hindi (Indian) movies with subtitles so it wasn't hard to grasp the concept of watching a movie, trying to understand it completely through subtitles. I was really fascinated by how the director was capturing the entire experience of what the gentlemen was going through. Placing yourself inside the characters' shoes provides much more depth and emotion rather than showing it from a 3rd party point of view. Hearing the characters voice in the movie allowed us to not even need to see his face. It makes me wonder, what if we closed our eyes and watched the entire movie. Would we be able to experience and understand what was happening in the movie. I think I might have to rent that and try it out!
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