The colour effect is an effecting way of using colour without dominating the photo; this technique is done in Photoshop you firstly create a new layer, then select soft light this is done so you can see through the colours and make it able to still see the picture, then select the brush tool and then a colour of your choice in this photo, red, blue and yellow have been used I then select sections to colour in one it is all done to merge the colours all together and make it blend in, to do this you go to filter blur Gaussian blur .

Cloning Image

Future on in my course we went on to learn about cloning image which is a technique used on Photoshop, To clone an image on Photoshop you have to select the clone stamp tool which allows you to duplicate part of an image.
Select the Clone Stamp tool , and then check the settings in the options bar, Make sure you have a brush size appropriate for the job by using this I was able to cut out or cover things that I didn’t want to be in the picture, the main intention for this was to remove corporate branding Dior, Zara and Nike from bags of the students from the image so that it could be used in the school prospectus. We also used the clone tool to cover out a lower body on the stairs to make it look more professional; once this was done we also used the crop tool.

Image analysis

At the beginning of the course we started analysis images using terms of denotation and connotation.
Denotation is Identification and definition of elements of a text on a basic, dictionary level, in terms of this picture the denotation is a young man holding a knife in an aggressive manner and the picture is focusing on the knife as the man is slightly blurred. A connotation is when you link an object with other signs and meanings, in this image the knife clearly links to violence, the fact that the young man is wearing sports clothes suggest adolescence, it also means that you can not see his face clearly or his eyes suggesting it could be anybody but again puts the main focus of the image on the knife, that looks used and unclean clearly not something being used to cut up carrots. Mise en scene is a term that concerns the design and arrangement of the image. The mise en scene in this picture is that the young man is wearing a hoody and baseball cap suggesting adolescence and making the audience who are looking at the image associate crime and gangs, the knife also looks as if it has been used and had marks on it.
Organisation is considering the whole organisation of the composition and framing this shot is taken as a close up as it shows head down and upper chest the main focus is on the knife as the man is blurred out, there is a relationship between the knife and the man but due to the arrangement we only focus on the knife.

Introduction

The following media blog is about the skills and prosesses that i have learnt in my media AS lessons. I was unable to create a blog to begin with because the school was unable to access the blog internet sites so the blogs that will be posted will be back dated, instead of posting blogs i have been keeping a diary on mircosoft word to keep track of what i have learnt.