LESSON TEN

Movie titles can make or break a poster.  Today you're going to design the title for you poster.  First of all choose a font that you like.  Decide whether you want it to be all caps or lower and upper.  Choose the font color, bold, italics, shadow, etc.  Create another post on your blog with the title you have done.  This is not the finished piece I assure you.  Once this is done, then you will manipulate the type like you did the photos.  Think outside the box. Experiment with two or three different designs and also upload them into the same post as your original title. Here are a few suggestions that might give you some inspiration:
One letter a different color than the rest
Use a graphic as one of the letters
Break or cut the letters somehow
Fill the letters with a photograph
Use any of the tools we have discussed thus far - experiment
A graphic artist would work weeks possibly on designing a real movie poster.  Don't you think it should take you more than one class period.  Don't settle for something humdrum when you can create something totally awesome.  Need some inspiration?  Take a look at some of the movie titles I found online.

Good luck.

Mr. Hewett

LESSON NINE

Today's lesson deals with location, location, location.  Where is your movie going to be filmed and more importantly, which location is going to be on your movie poster?  Is it going to be an indoor or outdoor shot?  Is it going to be daytime or night?  Which season is it going to be?  Refer back to your description from yesterday. After choosing the perfect location or online photo, upload it to your blog as is and label it as LOCATION, what else?  Give me a brief statement as to why you chose this photograph or photographs.  Yes, you can use more than one and create a collage effect.  The location photo(s) need to be manipulated in some way rather than just using it as is. I will be checking all photos uploaded to your blog to make sure each one has been manipulated.

You should have your description of your movie, your actors/actresses and your location.  Now it's time to start putting makeup on your actors to make them look the way they will in your movie.  Add beards and mustaches, change hair color or take off all hair, make them look older, injured, abused, wicked, etc.  You have GOT to make changes from the original photos.  You may even change their clothes.  The object is not to find an actor's photo online and use it as is.  That would not show me your skill in photo manipulation.  Have your makeup or photo manipulation enhance the appearance of your actors.  Once this assignment is completed, upload them to your blog as well as ACTORS/ACTRESSES.

Good luck,

Mr. Hewett

LESSON EIGHT

Well you are still one of my top notch graphic artists in my advertising firm.  This week's assignment is to design a movie poster.  Here is a list of the titles to choose from:
Silence of Heart
Night of Death
War Hero
My Dog Did It
Hearts Broken
Strawberry Flowers
Master and Servant
You're Not Who I Expected
Digital Date
Carnival Carnage
Human Hunter
Teacher Who?
The Day I Died
The Race That Was Not Won

ASSIGNMENT ONE:
Select the title you want to work with and then create a new post in your blog.  In it briefly tell me the story line of the movie, the time (century or year) it takes place, the location, whether it's a comedy, drama, horror, etc., the names of the characters and most importantly, the names of the actors and the actresses in the starring roles. I will need to refer to this post so that I can become familiar with your movie.  This post will be deleted once we complete this assignment.

ASSIGNMENT TWO:
Choose at least two actors that you want to be in your movie.  Find their pictures online and import them into PhotoImpact.  Using any or all of the tools we have worked with so far, transform the picture of your actor into the character he/she is to become in your movie.  For example, if you want Johnny Depp to be an old man or an alien from another planet, change him into that character using such tools as the Clone tool, the Blend tool, the Paintbrush or Airbrush, etc.  If he needs to be bald take away all his hair or if he needs antennae, either create them with the Path Drawing tool or Clone tool.  Create a second post to your blog and upload the two or three actor photos.  Use "MOVIE CHARACTERS" as the title for the post.  The next assignment will be in the following lesson.

Good luck

Mr. Hewett

FRIDAY OCT. 7 EXTRA CREDIT

As usual Friday is "catch up" day for any student who might be behind in a project or two.  But for those of you who aren't behind, here is a chance to make extra credit.  I suggest all students work until I tell you that time is up.  Yesterday was a prime example of what happens when students want to play instead of working.  They get into trouble.  So once you finish this assignment, do it over with another photograph.  Double extra credit.

Here is a photograph of Ms. Jocelyn Wildenstein who has become quiet famous for being known as the ugliest woman.  She also has probably had more plastic surgeries than any other person.  She has spent over four million dollars on facial reconstruction.  Wouldn't you agree that her surgeries went terribly wrong?  Just look at what she looks like now..

Your assignment today is to find a photo of a person online and then manipulate it to show us what he/she looked like after plastic surgeries gone bad.  Do a before and after so I can see the photo you started with and the finished product.  You may include the words "Before" and "After" in your project.  Start with someone rather attractive and do your magic.
Upload these projects to your blog as "Plastic Surgery Gone Bad".  Have fun and be creative.  Good luck.

Mr. Hewett

LESSON SEVEN

Some of you did very well with yesterday's assignment involving the Lasso tool, Blending tool and the Clone tool while others had difficulties.  I'll admit most of the problems were technical coming from saving photos from Google Docs where I store my lessons.  Well today we're not using Google Docs.  Go to Google Images and import the picture of the cup and saucer into PhotoImpact.
Fill the cup with coffee, tea, milk, etc. using the Path Drawing Tools.  Click on the Oval.  You may need to unlock the padlock on the top tool bar in order to elongate the liquid so it will fit the cup.  Once finished, be sure to lock the pad lock back as it was.  Then go online and begin to import images into PhotoImpact that you want to include with the cup and saucer.  You can use the Lasso tool or the Clone tool or a combination of both.  Try to make these items look as natural as possible.  This may include using shadows or reflections.
Here is a quick picture I made.  Put as many things into the picture in order to make it top notch.

Good luck

Mr. Hewett

LESSON SIX

Now that you know how to use the Lasso Tool and the Blur Tool, here is a wonderful lesson for you to prove to me exactly how well you can use them together.  You're going to cut out a little girl from one photograph and paste her into another one with, of all things, a lion.  And when you finish you should not be able to tell that two photos were put together.  Sound interesting?  Well click on the link below and see what it's all about.

Blended Images Lesson

Good luck.
Mr. Hewett

LESSON FIVE

There were some awesome logos created yesterday.  If you didn't have time to complete yours, you need to do so before starting this lesson.

So many of you wanted to create your own business in yesterday's assignment but I wanted you to experience what it is like to be a real graphic artist having to work with only the information that the client furnishes.  Well today you can create your own business.  Be creative!  If you want to use one of the names from yesterday and change it into another business, that's fine. Just don't use the name of a real business.  I'll take points off for that.

Click on this link for today's lesson.

Good luck.

Mr. Hewett