MEDIA-BASED ARTS & DESIGN > PH

• media-based arts

  • photography

  • film

  • print media

  • digital media

  • product or industrial design
• photography - art of capturing light with camera, it is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light.
• photography (origin)

  • photos (light)

  • graphos (writing)
• original meaning > photography

  • photos

  • graphos
• first camera - camera obscura
• aperture - inverted glass
• camera obscura - projecting the images
• joseph nicephore niepce - french pioneer who captured 1st permanent photography > 1829.
• artist named Joseph Nicephore Niepce

  
• the first photographic portrait ever taken was a self-portrait or a “selfie”. Captured in 1839 by Robert Cornelius from philadelphia
• captured by Robert Cornelius (selfie)

  
• digital photography

  • point and shoot

  • dslr
• POINT AND SHOOT - It automatically makes all the adjustments in lighting, focus, zoom-in and zoom-out, even removal of “red eye” with the user being given some leeway for slight adjustments
• photo and shoot - It offers image enhancement features like adjusting color and brightness imbalances
• photo and shoot - may even offer unique effects like “fish eye” or filters
• photo and shoot - allows the user to immediately review the photos taken
• DSLR - More artistic freedom and control to select
• George Tapan - won two Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PETA) Gold awards, as ASEAN Tourism Association award, and first place in the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest.
• GEORGE TAPAN who has won two (PETA) Gold awards, as ASEAN Tourism Association award

  
• captured by GEORGE TAPAN

  
• John K. Chua - best known as an advertising and commercial photographer, with over 40 years of experience
• captured by John K. Chua

  
• Film or Cinema - an art of moving images that tells stories
• cinema - word itself derives from the ancient Greek, kinema, meaning movement.
• Roles in stage production

  • producer

  • director

  • playwright

  • Set Designer

  • Lightning Designer

  • Costume Designer

  • Sound Designer

  • Production Manager

  • Technical Director

  • Choreographer

  • Make up Designer
• film genres:

  • thriller

  • documentary

  • horror & fantasy

  • classic
• producer - person who takes the play from a mere concept to an actual finished presentation. He or she chooses all the team members and assigns them their functions
• director - the overall artistic coordinator of the entire production. Like a conductor of an orchestra, he or she has a vision of the desired total effect and impact of the performance.
• the writer of the script is more specifically called a playwright.
• The concept and creation of the physical stage setup is the task of the set designer. He or she builds the set (or sets) that will simulate the world that the play’s characters are supposed to live in.
• Coordinating closely with the set designer is the lighting designer. Lighting is critical in creating the mood of each scene in the play, highlighting a dramatic moment,
• Costume Designer - He or she then decides what attire will not only give the audience a clear sense of the setting, but will also express each character’s personality and distinct qualities.
• Similar to the lighting designer, the sound designer serves a vital role in creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the performance. Sound, in this case, includes music both on stage and as background,
• Coordinating all the complex behind-the scenes details of staging a play is the production manager. He or she is tasked with overseeing the crews for the sets and props, the sound and music, the lighting, and the costumes.
• Technical Director - shadows the play’s director throughout the entire production process, carefully notes how each actor and every member of the stage, sound, lighting.
• choreographer - He or she not only plans out all the dance steps to suit the music, but also rehearses the actors until they are able to perform the dance skilfully—while remaining “in character” on stage.
• make up designer - brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup to complement the costumes.
• three basic camera settings are : aperture, shutter speed and ISO
• Color photography started to become popular and accessible with the release of Eastman Kodak’s “Kodachrome” film in the 1930s.
• Before 1930s, almost all photos were monochromatic