Project - Attack of the Clones

This project may be completed by the following students:

1st Year Media Arts Majors.

2nd Year Media Arts Majors.

3rd Year Media Arts Majors.

Technology Concepts Students.

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Directions

1. Pre-Production

   1. Select a scene (likely in the classroom) where you can pose in at least 6 different locations.
      1. Rather than posing for a portrait, the pose should be more like a candid shot, where you are pretending you don't know the camera is there and you're just going about your business.
      2. Examples:
         1. Getting something out of a backpack.
         2. Showing someone something on a Chromebook.
         3. Looking at something that someone's showing you on a Chromebook.
         4. Definitely not pulling a hood back up immediately after your teacher has told you to take it off.

2. Production

   1. Set up a camera so it can be in the same exact location for all the brainstormed poses.
      1. This can be done with a Chromebook, but you will get the best results with a DSLR camera that can be set to full manual mode.
         1. Manual settings prevent the camera from auto-adjusting and making each photo be slightly lighter or darker than the other photos. This can be a problem in post-production.
         2. (Your Media Arts teacher can show you how to adjust these settings.)
   2. Have several pictures taken of you in each of these poses, with slight variations.

3. Post-Production

   1. Review your photos and select the four that look like they would look best together.
      1. Note: This is NOT the same as selecting the best four. Your absolute best photo might not work well with the other poses for one or more reasons.
   2. Sort your four selected photos by how far away you were from the camera.
   3. Import your photo where you were furthest away in an image editor. 
      1. While not required, PhotoPea is free, web based, and not currently blocked by PGCPS.
      2. Other editors may be used so long as they support multiple layers and exporting as a .png or .jpg file.
   4. Import your remaining photos, each in a new layer ON TOP OF the previous photos.
   5. Use the eraser or clone tools to either make holes in the photo layers to see behind them or copy contents from one layer into another.
      1. There are many different ways to do this. Use the one that works best for you and the photos you've selected. Remember the Undo command is your friend so no mistake should be unsalvageable.
      1. When in doubt, ask for help or look for a tutorial.
         
         1. (Clone Tool Tutorial)
   6. Export your completed image and upload it for a grade.

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Rubric

• 25% Photo is a .png (preferred) or .jpg image file.
• 25% Photo includes AT LEAST FOUR (4) copies of the photographer.
• 25% Each copy of the photographer is doing something different.
• 25% Image has few if any digital artifacts left over from the editing process.

Standards

• Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
  • I:6-8:1: Formulate variations of ideas, goals, and solutions for media artworks by practicing focused creative processes.
  • E:6-8:1: Work independently to create a visual representation of formulated ideas.
  • E:6-8:2: Act on creative ideas to generate artistic goals.
  • E:6-8:3: Predict potential obstacles and generate possible solutions.
• Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work
  • I:6-8:1: Organize, design, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, models, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions.
  • E:6-8:1: Refine brainstormed ideas into a production plan.
• Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
  • I:6-8:1: Experiment with multiple approaches to produce content and components for determined
    purpose and meaning in media arts productions.
  • I:6-8:2: Evaluate, improve, and refine media artworks by intentionally emphasizing particular expressive elements to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, or place.
  • E:6-8:1: Improve production plan to include decisions about content and production processes.
  • E:6-8:2: Make judgments and decisions to refine the media production plan to set a purpose and act on creative ideas.

Resources

• https://www.photopea.com/ - A free, web based image editor.
• Photopea Basics 3: Clone Tool - YouTube Tutorial

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