Wed Oct 1

REVIEW PHOTOSHOP

Review how to bring a photo into Photoshop and do basic editing

1.Go to photo on the Mdrive, right click, open with Photoshop

2.Go into Photoshop and go to file open then go to the Mdrive, find your photo and click open

3. To edit use the crop tool or IMAGE/ ADJUSTMENTS

4. When saving, use SAVE AS COPY and save as a jpeg

PHOTO ASSIGNMENT 1: Scavenger Hunt:

• something red
• something round
• sunflower
• a piece of trash 
• something that blows in the wind. (10 marks)

NEW PHOTO ASSIGNMENT 2: Nature Shots  ( May not be able to do right away due to weather) You are to take 5 well  composed and interesting shots with a focus on nature. In order to do this you should take at least 10-15 shots minimum and then choose your best shots. Think about the shots before you take them. These could also be taken at home and uploaded and edited at school. (10 marks)

NEW PHOTO ASSIGNMENT 3: Headshots Take 4 headshots and get someone to take one of you. So you should have 5 in total. Edit on your phone first. CROP top of head and to the side of each shoulder

Headshot Criteria: 5 shots                            

        

• background clean
• good eye contact with camera
• edited head and shoulders
• pleasing to the eye
• in focus
• all headshots should be consistent and cropped

Steps for uploading:

1. get a phone cable from the teacher

2. Plug the usb into the computer

3. Plug the other end into your phone

4. an allow button should pop up on your phone, click allow

5. Then look for your phone on the left side of the screen where all of the drives are located. (This PC)

6. Click on and you will be brought to a folder called INTERNAL STORAGE click on this, and a lot of folders will be brought up. Move all the way down to the last folder which will be the most recent. You should see the photos you just took.

7. Select the 5 photos and right click COPY, go to M Drive folder, Chase Media Arts8/your name, then click EDIT /PASTE.

See teacher if you have any problems.

Mon Sept 28

Assignments so far need to be completed by Friday

• Folder decorated with 3 images and your name on it: 10 marks
• 4 Stick figures : you, a friend, a parent or other adult, and a celebrity: inked out and colored in your booklet 10 marks
• 4-6 stick figure movements: please take your time and do this properly, make sure you have hands and feet an your stick figures have joints. Also ink the figures out. 10 marks
• a final stick figure greeting card : 10 marks
• Intro to Photoshop: Bring in a photo of a celebrity, turn to black and white, crop and save on M drive label TEST1  5 marks
• mini photo scavenger hunt on your phone, upload to the M drive create a folder called Hunt 1: 10 marks

Scavenger Hunt:

• something red
• something round
• sunflower
• a piece of trash 
• something that blows in the wind.

NEW:  Teach the students how to upload photos from their phones.

Steps: 

1. Get a phone cable for your phone at the front
2. plug  it into your phone, into the usb in the computer
3. Go to your phone login and allow
4. Then you will go to this PC and you should see your phone, may say Apple phone, click on this and go to internal storage, a bunch of folders will appear
5. go to the folder that has 2025 09 which is photos you have taken in Sept
6. .find the photos you have taken copy/paste
7. go to your mdrive folder under Chase Media Arts and right click create a new folder, call this folder hunt 1, create another called Nature. In the nature folder open and paste in your photos.

Understanding Composition in Photography: show video

Rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, pattern, symmetry angles.

 Each person needs to compose and takes their own photos!

NEW PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: You are to take 5 well composed and interesting shots with a focus on nature. In order to do this you should take at least 10-15 shots minimum and then choose your best shots. Think about the shots before you take them. (10 marks)

Fri Sept 26

  The animation GLUED

For discussion

The video is called Glued, why do you think they named it this?

What issue is this film trying to address?

Do you think the filmmakers got their idea across well?

See post  from Wed, have students finish up any unfinished work. If there are students who are finished everything, have them do some free drawing of their choice and put in the folder…. This can work towards the extending level when grading.

Wed Sept 24

In honour of Truth and Reconciliation week, we will watch a short video on how orange shirt day came about. Take a moment to put yourself in the shoes of a young indigenous child and imagine what it might have been like having to go off to school away from family at such a young age.

Video 2: Prior to watching this video, ask students to take a moment to think about how they define creativity?

Post video: What is the lesson or moral in this short animation?

Students can continue to work on the following assignments: 

• Folder decorated with 3 images and your name on it: 10 marks
• 4 Stick figures : you, a friend, a parent or other adult, and a celebrity: inked out and coloured in your booklet 10 marks
• 4-6 stick figure movements: please take your time and do this properly, make sure you have hands and feet an your stick figures have joints. Also ink the figures out. 10 marks
• a final stick figure greeting card : 10 marks
• Intro to Photoshop: Bring in a photo of a celebrity, turn to black and white, crop and save 5 marks
• This assignment should only be done if all other assignments have been completed. mini photo scavenger hunt (see last days post) keep on your phone
• If finished all of this, do some independent drawings of an object of your choice and put into your folder

Mon Sept 22

 Intro to Photoshop

1. Bringing in a photo from the internet

2. Turn to Black and White

3. Crop photo

4. Save a copy in your folder on the M drive.

5. Scavenger Hunt:

• something red
• something round
• sunflower
• a piece of trash 
• something that blows in the wind.

Tues Sept 17

 We are looking to try to finish up stick figures by Friday.

Assignments so far: 

• Folder decorated with 3 images and your name on it: 10 marks
• Stick figures :4 you, a friend, a parent or other adult, and a celebrity: 10 marks
• 4-6 stick figure movements: 10 marks
• a final stick figure greeting card : 10 marks

Snoop Dog by Noah Rosner

Friday Sept 12

                                                 

Stick figure assignment #1: Try to add details like: hair, shoes, hats, clothing, glasses and even some colour to your stick figures. You do not have to have fingers and feet. We will be doing a good copy of your best stick figure.

Steps:

1. Practice drawing stick figures on a scrap piece of paper

2. Get a white sheet of paper cut into 4 equal squares

3. Use pencil first, show teacher

4. Ink out your figures and add colour

• you
• a friend
• a parent or other adult
• fav celebrity

                                                A Look at Claymation and Behind the Scenes

Wed Sept 10

 Watch animated video and ask the students when it is completed:

1. What made the video funny?

2. Did they think the ending worked?

3. Were they routing for the sea creature?

4. What makes animation so enjoyable to watch?

Mon Sept 8

 

 Folder Criteria:

• first and last name
• Media Arts 8
• minimum 3 or more images/drawings
• add some colour 
• front and back cover both covered