Composition Techniques

In every good video or picture there are things called Composition Techniques. The main four composition techniques are, rule of thirds, framing, leading lines and unusual angles. Rule of thirds is a technique where the subject is not in the dead center. This adds more interest and creates a better shot. Framing is when you use things in the background or foreground of your shot to "frame" your subject. This draws the viewers eye to the subject and can create interest in the photo or video. Leading lines are lines or a line that lead to the subject of your photo. Like framing, this helps draw the viewers eyes to the subject of your image. Unusual angles is a technique where the photographer or person taking the video takes the shot in a way that you wouldn't usually see in everyday life. In order to get unusual angles you can get down on your knees, stand up on a stool, get extremely close to something etc. These are the four most important composition techniques. Now you can grab your camera and take some amazing photos!

Three Shot Sequences

In all great videos, there is a thing called three shot sequencing. Three shot sequencing is when you have three shots with different perspectives that show what is going on in an interesting way. Without sequencing people would either be completely lost with what was going on in the video or they'd be bored to death with one simple angle. The three shots in the sequencing consist of a wide angle that establishes the location and sets the scene, a medium shot that gets a bit more into detail such as what the focus looks like and what is happening in the scene, and a close up that makes you feel as if you were there by showing every little detail of the scene. If you want to make a great film, use sequencing.

Practice Story Reflection

In G.T., we recently started a project where we broke into teams and interviewed one teammate. In my team there were only two people counting myself. For our interview, my teammate (Kora Quintana) interviewed me about a project that we just finished in my art class. For the A roll portion of the video (the interview) we went to the library to film so that we wouldn't have any background noise interfering with our footage. My partner and I worked very well together and worked very quickly.

Instead of arguing and stressing over little details and things like that my partner and I discussed what we would do once we got to the library so when we got there it was easy to get started. I set up the tripod, she put the battery in the camera and attached the camera to the tripod and I put on the mic. After everything was set up, we found a chair and adjusted where I would sit until i was perfectly in the rule of thirds. Next, she started the camera and sat next to the camera to ask me the interview questions. the next day we filmed B roll which didn't go as smoothly...

To film B roll, we went to the art classroom and filmed people working on their projects, finishing up projects, the tools we used and the finished pieces. during the filming of the B roll we both wanted to film the B roll in completely different ways so... there was a bit of arguing. We also ran into troubles with how to adjust the tripod in a way that the footage would look it's best which only made us more stressed. At the end of our B roll filming our footage turned out great! The next day I went home sick before G.T. and Kora came to class to find that our B roll had somehow been deleted. So, Kora had to go back to the art room with only ten minutes to film and no tripod. The footage was shaky and not as nice as our original footage, but we got it done so it all worked out.

Polar Panoramas

These are two of my finished Polar panoramas. To create these we first researched the process of creating a polar panorama. Then, we each had to go home and find the location of our choice with an interesting horizon line. Afterwards, we took at least ten vertically oriented photos moving from left to right in a 360 degree rotation. Next, we merged the photos into a panorama and resized it into a square. Finally we flipped our image 180 degrees and added a polar coordinates filter. 

We then broke into partners and had a photo session. In this photo session, we had our partners stand on a stool above us to get a more three- dimensional look. Then we used the quick selection tool to cut ourselves out of that picture and paste ourselves onto one of our polar panoramas in a way that makes us look as if we are standing on top of the world. After that, we copied the cutout image of ourselves and brought the brightness completely down, lowered the opacity and warping the image to make it look like a shadow.

All About Me

Hanalei Elementary school. I went to Hanalei school for 7 years (k-6) I have always liked art but I think I began to really love it once I got into 7th grade at KMS. It was so different because I had gotten so used to doing simple paintings and little arts and crafts projects all through elementary but once I got to KMS we began doing very advanced art work.

Hi my name is Bailey Cooper. I am thirteen years old and attend Kapaa Middle School. I was born at Wilcox hospital on Nov. 5 2000 on the Island of kauai. This is my second and last year at KMS. Before I went to KMS I went to

Mrs. Sanderl, my art teacher, had us go onto the pottery wheel, make drawings in copper, create tiki sculptures out of clay and many other advanced projects. I hope to be able to continue taking art through all of high school and maybe even college. Another subject that I have really enjoyed in KMS is G.T. In this class we learn to use photoshop, create videos and so many other cool projects. My computer skills have improved so much since i have joined G.T. and I am going to continue improving.

When I am not at school i am usually at the beach or drawing. I have recently been really into reading and I have read tons of books this past year. I love photography and adventuring with my friends. I am going on a few trips this year and I am planning on taking plenty of pictures.

Spherical Panoramas

These are two of my finished spherical panoramas that I created in my 4th period GT class at Kapaa Middle School. First we each had to go home and take two sets of 10-15 images in a 360 degree rotation with a 10-15% overlap. The images were then edited in Adobe photoshop. Then, merged into a panorama and created into a Spherical pano in Photoshop.

Final Photomontages

These are Two of my finished photomontages inspired by the famous photographer David Hockney, who created images like this that he called "Joiners". We used digital cameras to take photos of the location of our choice from two different perspectives. Then we batch-edited our photos in Adobe Camera Raw. Finally , we created a finished image in Photoshop.