11 Colour CD Project



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Photo Series: Take a series of high contrast B/W photos for a CD cover inspired by music. Your images should be distinctly inspired by a musical genre or style of music. The music is up to you- could be a remake of an already existing CD for your favourite band, or a CD cover for an independent band, or for an imaginary band. Your series will be photographed with black & white film, but printed monochromatically using the colour printer.

Part 1- Planning
Select your music and plan out how you are going to represent it visually. Select 6 songs to inspire your CD cover. Either choose one song for each of the images, or make a booklet representing the overall style of music.

Journal:

1. 3 Examples of CD covers
2. Elements of Design- Find one photo for each element of design line, shape, texture, form, colour.  or Principles of Design- rhythm, repetition, balance, contrast, pattern, movement.   
3. Colour Wheel of Photos- Organize a series of photos n a sequence relating to the colour wheel. see colour wheel below.

Nickelbac- the state

Part 2  Photographing 3 Elements of Design: Line, Shape, and Texture. You can also explore the Principles of Design: rhythm, repetition, balance, contrast, pattern, movement in your compositions.

Each of your images should purposefully include at least one of the Elements of Design, and/or Principle of Design in each photo. Consider contrast when selecting your elements 

Led Zeppelin- One

Part 3 Develop Negatives with High Contrast: Develop your negatives 1- 2 minutes longer to create high contrast. Then print a BW contact sheet, make sure you have included all of the elements of design.

Cold Play- Parachutes

Part 4

Colour Darkroom: Print three 5 x 5 prints (red, blue, and yellow, OR green, orange, purple). They are square to fit the proportions of a CD cover, so consider the format when you are shooting, you will have to crop off part of your photo. You are to print your photos on colour paper with the colour processor. You are to use colour filters to create mono-chromatic (one colour) colour. Remember that the colour on the enlarger will make the opposite effect on your print. For example, adding a yellow filter creates a purple print.

Celine Dion- Celine

12 Mini Concentration

For the purpose of this assignment, you are to work with one assigned concept and define it visually through the photographic process. In the end, you should not only have an interesting solution to the concept definition, but have created a series as well. What is a series? A picture series is a group of images related by some aspect held in common (ex. a certain mood, subject matter, technique, function or purpose). It is easy to understand a photographic series by looking at picture stories produced by photojournalists. The viewer gains an understanding of the story by the cumulative effect, not necessarily by the order in which the pictures are presented. This assignment begins with a concept. It is your task to define the concept visually and develop it into an interesting “series” of images. Develop a series of images that are thoughtful and meaningful over the entire term. Try 3 different mediums to experiment with your concentration idea.

11 Monochromatic Photography

Monochrome is defined as an object or image is whose range of color consists of shades of a single color or hue. This type of artistic work is often described to be a painting, drawing, design, or photograph in one color or shades of one colour. Images using only shades of grey (with or without black and/or white) are called grayscale or black-and-white. It may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only tones of a single color, such as green-and-white or green-and-black. For your Monochromatic CD cover project, first listen to music and let sound inspire you, write down ideas you have that can be transferred visually. Then take a series of images on B/W film that represent the music. Develop the film 1.5 - 2 mins longer than normal. And/or shoot in bright sunlight to achieve high contrasted images. Print a contact sheet in B/W and then 6 5 x 5 images on 5 x 8 paper. ***Before you start this project, try a test 5 x 8 print using B/W film using a colour filter.*** monochrome example