DPI Week 2 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION

30 September, 2024 - 6 October, 2024 (Week 1)

TANG LILIN (0376668)
Digital Photography & Imaging
W2: INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION

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LIST

• TUTORIAL
• LECTURE
• INSTRUCTION
• PRATICAL

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TUTORIAL

In the tutorial video, Mr. Fauzi demonstrated the steps and methods of making collage, as well as the tools and materials needed.

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LECTURE

Week 2：INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION

In this lecture, Mr. Fauzi introduced us about some skills and elements of composition.

Basic Elements of Composition

• Focal point: we must settle the most important thing in design on the focal point.

• Hierarchy: It helps to make the key points stand out clearly. Effectively balance the    proportions of various elements in the design.

• Balance the Elements: Each elements have a proportional weight.

• White Space: It helps design to breathe.

Rules of Thirds will divide the picture into thirds, with four intersection points. It will be more natural to focus on these four points. It makes effective use of negative space.

Golden Ratio is to set your dimensions to 1:1.618.

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INSTRUCTION

1. Choose and identify your collage's design elements to be cut out and compose it into your own concept & story.

2. Pre compositing your collage's design elements into a composition.

Reference: https://youtu.be/2KqXGMf0HNk

3. Take 3 photo of your collage pre-composition  and insert it on the section below. Please use    CAMSCANNER apps to take pictures of your collages. 

4. Submit (Turn In) this W2_COLLAGE ELEMENTS

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PRATICAL

Some Efforts for doing the collage

This is a previous version of collage, which I think is not well done. It does not look like collage, but like a poster. 

Later，I searched the Internet for the definition of collage. The definition of collage is a special technique of sticking objects on the picture with adhesive. Collage is divided into theme collage, mood board, historical research, narrative collage, scene collage, analytical research, etc. After understanding , I changed my collage .

Inspiration

I want to convey some emotions through my collage, and my inspiration comes from these pictures.

Material

 Material 1

 Material 2

Material 3

Material 4

Material 5

I selected these materials from magazines and chose "Material 5" as the subject of my collage.

Process

I used a knife to cut off the white part of the face's eyes and replaced it with grass. I used flowers cut from green onion magazines to make the subject's lips. I used bouquets of different sizes, colors, thicknesses, and lengths to form a mask. I put it on the subject's face. I used the remaining materials to decorate the collage to make the picture look more interesting. Later I found that the mask can also be changed into the shape of a crown. I used this idea to make my composition2

Pre-Composition 1

The eyes with grassland as whites look deeper and more powerful, showing that the protagonist has a long-term vision and a broad perspective. The elements in the upper left part symbolize armor, showing that the protagonist is attacked by the outside world, but has armor, bravely faces it, and resists tenaciously. The protagonist needs to wear a mask to live, but at the same time has beautiful fantasies about the world and speaks eloquently.

Pre-Composition 2

The mask is transformed into a crown for the protagonist to wear. The main idea is that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. In order to achieve higher achievements, you must endure and bear more pressure and suffering than others. The idea of ​​the eyes is the same as composition 1. Flowers are used to make tears to imply the suffering experienced by the protagonist. The flowers next to the face represent hard armor.

Pre-Composition 3

The eyes are covered with masks, and the mouth is wrapped with flowers, so it is speechless. The overall atmosphere is very depressing.

FINAL COMPOSITION

I continued the previous composition 1 and added some new elements. I made a hat for the character and used a flower as a cigarette. The overall collage story is: in this dilapidated world, the character needs to live with a mask, with grassland as the white of the eyes to have a broad vision and perspective, and will not worry about the trivial things in front of him. The hat on the head also symbolizes a armor to resist the harm and malice from the outside world. The flower on the mouth means that the character still has expectations for the world and faces it with a positive and optimistic attitude. The cigarette on the mouth is the character's way of releasing pressure. And it makes the whole picture more layered.