For Safety Commercial
The period 4 advanced class decided to enter the Dunkin Donuts safety contest. We decided to make a combination of stop motion and actual video for our commercial the goal was to inform people about and help them from distracted driving. The video starts with a voice over from Cam one of the students in our class; "On an ordinary day the extraordinary can occur...". For this project I was in charge of putting the final product together. After the opening statement I used movie maker to fade into the separate scenes we acted out along with adding a transition into our final stop motion scene of toy cars crashing and catching on fire. Along with the transitions Grace and Cam found a car crash sound effect that I lined up to the time the cars actually crash in the video. During the end credits we added another voice over of Cam saying "Don't drive distracted. Lives will be impacted." If I were to change some of the aspects of this project it would be to not take the comical route but instead a simpler but serious direction.
#Selfie
For one of the final projects we had to create a Roy Lichtenstein-inspired self-portrait. We had to take pictures of ourselves in which we had prominent facial expression and turn them into pieces of Roy Lichtenstein artwork. To start this project I uploaded a picture of my self to the computer and used the pen tool in illustrator to outline the section that I wanted to use for my picture. I created separate layers for the main sections: my hair, t-shirt, face, glasses, and hat were all on separate layers so I could stay organized. I did each section one at a time., I started with my face I used the pen tool just to outline the basic shape of my face. In the original picture the was a shadow across my face: I recreated that by using the gradient tool when filling in my face. I again used the pen tool to create a lip and nose outline. For my eyebrows I used the pen tool to create two lines which I then changed the bush stroke to make them look more normal. I repeated this basic process throughout the entire project. When it came to creating my background the process was a little different. To create the circles I first had to make a square and choose one color then I had to create a small circle within the square and make it a different color. In order to make it my background I had to use the selection tool to select bot the square an the circle and bring it into the swatches box where then I could select it to fill my background.
As a class we went to Somerset Creamery to. We decided to make some new logos for our favorite flavors. I chose Oreo. I created a scoop shape using the pen tool then I used different brush strokes to create the cookie pieces. I changed the opacity of the different brushes to create the textures of the cookie pieces. The cone is a combination of lines and I then renamed the flavor from Oreo to Cookie Crunch. If I were to recreate this I would add more more texture to the ice cream to make it more realistic
Research Paper
The
printed word provides a method through which ideas and information can be
distributed to a wide audience.
The Chinese developed ink and paper and passed that along to the
Europeans during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. By the fifteenth century, Johannes Gutenberg
invented the printing press which aided in the mass production of written
documents. It is clear that the printed word has had
a great deal of influence in science, religion, culture.
Before the fifteenth century, all the words and illustrations of books were copied by hand. This was both labor intensive and slow. It also made books very expensive and inaccessible to most people. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1452 which allowed books to be produced quickly and with very little effort. More people could buy books and the general population became more educated.
Knowledge, especially scientific knowledge, could only be learned at universities. The printing press changed all that and allowed information to studied and passed along to people who could not go to the university. This allowed for further exploration into the sciences. People and scientist, could study the same problem in different parts of Europe. They could publish their finding and print their opinions. This led to the Scientific Revolution of Enlightenment.
This Enlightenment was a problem for religion. The printed word had mostly been controlled by monks of the church. The printing press took that control away from the monks and therefore the church. The church could no longer control the message or information that was circulated. People wanted more secular information such as almanacs, travel books, history, and even romance/chivalry books. As the demand for books grew, so did the literacy of the greater population.
The printing press gave the common people the opportunity to learn and interact with people of different social classes. The printing of books led to printing of newspapers and magazines which led to further interaction between the social classes. People would read books, newspapers, or magazines then gather to have intellectual discussion. This communication led to social and intellectual transformation. It provided a possibility of changing the social status of the less privileged.
The invention of the printing press was one of the most significant inventions in the written word. It advanced the spread of information and knowledge to the common people. It broke down barriers in science by allowing scientists to study problems simultaneously from different geographic locations. The printing press also allowed people to study science outside of the universities. It also increased communication and interaction between social classes. There has been no other advancement in the modern era in the printed word like the printing press to further society and communication.
Before the fifteenth century, all the words and illustrations of books were copied by hand. This was both labor intensive and slow. It also made books very expensive and inaccessible to most people. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1452 which allowed books to be produced quickly and with very little effort. More people could buy books and the general population became more educated.
Knowledge, especially scientific knowledge, could only be learned at universities. The printing press changed all that and allowed information to studied and passed along to people who could not go to the university. This allowed for further exploration into the sciences. People and scientist, could study the same problem in different parts of Europe. They could publish their finding and print their opinions. This led to the Scientific Revolution of Enlightenment.
This Enlightenment was a problem for religion. The printed word had mostly been controlled by monks of the church. The printing press took that control away from the monks and therefore the church. The church could no longer control the message or information that was circulated. People wanted more secular information such as almanacs, travel books, history, and even romance/chivalry books. As the demand for books grew, so did the literacy of the greater population.
The printing press gave the common people the opportunity to learn and interact with people of different social classes. The printing of books led to printing of newspapers and magazines which led to further interaction between the social classes. People would read books, newspapers, or magazines then gather to have intellectual discussion. This communication led to social and intellectual transformation. It provided a possibility of changing the social status of the less privileged.
The invention of the printing press was one of the most significant inventions in the written word. It advanced the spread of information and knowledge to the common people. It broke down barriers in science by allowing scientists to study problems simultaneously from different geographic locations. The printing press also allowed people to study science outside of the universities. It also increased communication and interaction between social classes. There has been no other advancement in the modern era in the printed word like the printing press to further society and communication.