Raul collage!

I. Theme/ story line/ Ideas-  My theme behind my collage is to show the audience that I am a faithful 49er fan and I like my Bay area, San Francisco.

II. Layers selections- I chose to do a 49er poster in the background.  Then I added the San Francisco skyline and then I added the SF bay in front of the city.  Standing on the surface of the Bay I put Colin Kaprenick throwing the football and a layer of me diving to catch the football, with fire booster shoes and holding a foam finger.

III. Foreground/mid-ground/ background-

• How did you create a sense of depth in the image?  To create a sense of depth in my collage I added the effect of shadowing. So the building looks like it is coming out of the picture to have the feeling that you are in the city.  Then I had placed Kaprenick and I in front to help add depth to the picture. 

• What is in the foreground-The foreground  is Colin Kaprenick  throwing the football.  With me diving to get the football.

•  midground- is the bay area and background- is the 49er wallpaper of the image.

IV. Filters/effects/layer modes-

• How did you add filters and effects that help the overall composition?  I added shadowing so the viewer will see depth in the collage.  I added a glow to my foam finger to help emphasize the idea of me being the 49ers number one fan.  Then I made the head coach of the 49ers  Jim Harbough in the top left corner.  With the opacity high so he is a ghost like image of himself. I also used the opacity tool for the fire that is coming out of my feet, to dul down the flame.

V. Text and Picture of Self

How did you incorparate you image and text in the composition.   

I placed myself diving for the football and the text illustrated the idea of me being open to catch thefootball.

VI. Overall Evaluation of the Piece:

• How do you think your project represents your creativity in photoshop?

  When I first finished my collage it seemed  dull to me because there was no creativity in it.  It was just a collage of what I like, so I added the fire coming out of my feet so that this collage would have a creative element.  I also added a glow and a curve to my words so that they wouldn't just be words on a page.  I wanted them to have a wow factor so I did what I did.

• What do you like best in the project?

  The best part of doing my collage was when I finished the project.  I felt so good and proud in myself for what I did in photoshop. 

1. 1. • What was the theme, idea or story you tried to develop in your piece.   My goal was to show that I like the 49ers and I have a liking in the Bay Area, San Francisco.
      • What objects did you use as symbols or metaphors for your ideas.  To help show that I like the 49ers I added a 49er wallpaper, Collin Kaprenick, Jim Harbough and me holding a foam finger showing that I am the number 1 fan.  Also to show that I like the San Francisco I added the San Francisco skyline and the bay.
   1. • What layers did you need to cut out  and what tools did you use to do it?  I needed to cut out many layers like the water, the San Francisco skyline, Kaprenick and Harbough, I cut them out using quick mask mode.  The other layers like the flames, the picture of me, and the foam finger with magic wand.
      • Were there any challenges you confronted and overcame?                       A challenge that I had to overcome was my picture because my fingers got cut off and in order to fix that I had to cover my hand with a foam finger.  
        
        
        

The Godfather 

                                        

    The Godfather was a great movie.  It was so good in my opinion that I can watch it again and again.  It is such a great American Crime film.  It has a well written script that makes me want to watch it again.  So if I was left on an island with the Godfather and a DVD player, I would be able to watch it over and over.
     The Godfather has such a great plot.  The Godfather has a complex plot and a great script that intrigues the audience and hooks them into watching it again.  

     
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." - Clemenza to Rocco   

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." - Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane about Woltz

 The Dark Knight

    This was also a great movie.  It was so good in my opinion that I can watch it over and over.  The movie was a great hero movie and not to mention the villain the Joker was so great.  The Joker played his role perfectly.  The part of him and the batman interrogating him the Joker is so crazy and mellow and the Batman is so serious.  The scene becomes funny to me because it is supposed to be serious.  The Joker plays off the Batman well, and helps to build the movie to be very good and wonderful to watch.
  Also the Dark Knight has a great actors.  They really become their character. In the dark Knight Heath Ledger plays the Joker really good.  He becomes this crazy, psycho killing clown that draws the audience in awww.  Having me and most likely many others wanting to watch again.

  Django
     This movie was so good. In my opinion I can watch it over and over.  This movie was true to its time period.  It followed the script to the extent where it could have been true. The characters play their role very good. I found it to have three great qualities that a movie should have I believe, action, its comedic, and has great special effects.  Also one of my favorite actors was in the film Jonah Hill. So I guess you can say 4 great qualities.
     Jonah Hill helped to make the scenes funny when they should be serious.   Like when they show him in the KKK he provides a comedic role by ruining his mask and providing jokes about  the mask.
 

        I believe that a movie should be comedic. I believe that Jonah Hill helps make the movies comedic.  He also will lighten the mood. For example movies like 21 Jump Street, This Is The End and Superbad.  Comedic movies are suppose to make you laugh and I believe Jonah Hill does that.

   Also when there is action in the movie like in the Rush Hour movies.  It adds a scene of action that will makes movies fun.  Not only is there action in the Rush Hour movies there is action and comedy that help the movie to be pleasurable.

  

  Also when there is suspense when you least expect it and not when it is so predictable. Like in the Scream movies.  They can keep you from sitting down.  The factor of surprise helps to make the movie suspenseful.  They keep you waiting in fear.  Also you are attecipatting on what will happen next.