Digital Photography & Imaging | Week 2: Introduction to Composition
03.10.2023 / Week 2
Khu Ying Ying / 0357306
Digital Photography & Imaging / GCD61204 / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Week 2: Introduction to Composition
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LECTURES
Week 2 (03/10/2023) Introduction to Composition
TUTORIALS
Week 2 (03/10/2023) Basic Composition Exercise
EXERCISE - PHYSICAL COLLAGE
Week 2 (03/10/2023) Collage Design Elements
FEEDBACKS
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LECTURES
Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Introduction to Composition
- Focal Point - the main thing that you want the viewer to see/ understand
- Scale & Hierarchy - drawing attention toward and away from certain elements
- Balance the Elements - each element has a weight to it (visual weight)
- White Space - help the design to breathe
- Rule of Thirds - divides into 9 equal parts (3x3 grid), position the important elements at the intersection points to make it more natural
- Golden Ratio - create harmony & proportion
- Framing & Cropping - how the subject is specifically placed within the frame, what's visible and what's excluded
TUTORIALS
Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Basic Composition Exercise
Figure T2.1: Video - COMPOSITION STUDIES: COLLAGE
EXERCISE - PHYSICAL COLLAGE
Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Collage Design Elements
Instructions:
- Choose and identify your collage's design elements to be cut out and compose it into your own concept & story.
- Pre-compositing your collage's design elements into a composition.
Process:
Mr Fazui recommended we use the materials surrounding us, any unused magazines, newspapers, plastic bags and more. I decided to use a magazine from Uniqlo and an A4 black cardboard for this task.
These are the materials I use for task 2.
Figure E2.1: Materials, Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Inspirations from Pinterest.
Figure E2.2: Inspirations from Pinterest, Week 2 (03/10/2023)
These are my rough ideas. Then, I decided to choose ideas 1, 4 and 5 for the pre-compositions.
Figure E2.3: My Rough Ideas Sketches Collage, Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Pre-Composition #1
Figure E2.4: Pre-composition 1, Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Description: The story of this pre-composition is the journey of life. In my point of view, the journey means a life of lessons with memories, it can be enjoying the present now like playing sports and style of clothing. Then, I used the person as the focal point to pop up as the main character, he represents us, a human living on Earth to explore things surrounding us.
Pre-Composition #2
Figure E2.5: Pre-composition 2, Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Description: The concept of this pre-composition is action speaks louder than words. As you can see, the person is holding a jar with a pouring gesture, and then I decided to cut out the article as the water. I tried to make it balance with the visual weight, such as the article as the water.
Pre-Composition #3
Figure E2.6: Pre-composition 3, Week 2 (03/10/2023)
Description: The story of this pre-composition is connecting. Human connection helps people to exchange positive energy with one another and build up trust too, this makes us feel heard and understood by someone. I cropped them with the neck sweater from the magazine because they helped me demonstrate the concept to viewers. Besides that, I also cut a diamond shape of the article as the background and a crystal light to make the composition look more cozy.
The final composition is pre-composition #2, which is chosen by Mr Fauzi
Figure E2.7: Final Composition (Final Submission), Week 3 (13/10/2023)
FEEDBACKS
Week 2
Specific Feedback:
- That's a good series of collages. You may choose Composition #2 as your final submission later on in Assignment 1. As for now, you can put all of this work into your E-Portfolio as your weekly progress (W2: Practical).
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Projects
Project 1: Collage & Digital ImagingProject 2: Conceptual Photoshoot & Digital Imaging
Project 3: E-Portfolio (Compilation)
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Week 1: Introduction to Digital Photography & Imaging
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