AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

  

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features	Y		I have completed this skill just by using a camera at home. I am able to zoom and focus on an object or person.
Shutter Speed		N
Aperture control		N
A tripod		N
External flash		N
Self timer facility	Y		I have completed this by just using a camera at home. There is a setting to choose how long you want the camera to wait before taking the photograph.
Light meter		N
Composition grids		N

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Have you ever used Photoshop ever before?	Y		I have used photoshop at  secondary school, when doing my media work and graphics.
Text control	Y		Again I did this when I was at secondary school. I know you have to click on the ‘T’ button at the side.
Filters		N
Brushes		N
Layers		N
Opacity control		N
Shape creation		N
Brightness and contrast control		N
Dodge/Burn		N
Clone stamp tool		N
Colour curves adjustment		N
Resolution setting control		N
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		N
Cropping tool	Y		I used this at secondary school. There is a button down the side that when you go over it, it shows that it is a crop tool. When using this you just need to select what part you want and double click.
Retouch tool		N

In Design Skills

Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Have you ever used In design ever before?		N
Margin and column guide creation		N
Inserting text in ID		N
Inserting images in ID		N
Resizing images in ID		N
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		N
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		N
Text flow creation		N
Text effects – drop shadow		N
Drop cap insert		N
Using transparent imagery in ID		N
Shape creation In design		N
Text wrapping		N
Exporting to PDF from In-design		N

Composition Photos

 We used composition photos to show the subject of the photo too have attitude and emotion. Different ways of taking the photo adds different meaning to the photo, it can add power, innocence's and even authority. It gives the audience identification towards the subject and their feelings and emotions. Some examples of composition photos are;

This photo is an example of a tilt up in a medium close-up. Tilt ups are used to give the subject of the photo authority and power. It is too make the person in the photo look higher than than everyone else and to give them more power. However tilt ups also make the subject look less glamourous. This photo is also a medium close-up as it is only of the top half of the subject. This also gives the subject look to have more authority and also makes the audience concentrate soley on the person on the photo. The eye level of this photo is not in the top third, which would make the photo have more of an effect of power.

 This photo is an example of a big close up. Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. This shot magnifies the object and are often from a more distant shot to show detail, such as characters' emotions. They are used to show a major character or subject and makes it clear that the audience should be focused on this subject. This means that all we can see is the subjects face and nothing else. Big close ups are rarely used as they can be unflattering towards the model. However  on this photo we have the eye level in the top third of the page which is the correct level for a magazine. The subjects face is also not straight on, it is turned to one side. This is too show the subject to be innocent, as if it had been straight on this would have made her look confident.

This photo is an example of a tilt down. Tilt downs are used to make the subject look innocent and vulnerable to the audience. High angles make the subject seem smaller, and less significant and normally becomes part of the background of the picture. This photo is also a medium shot.Medium shots are to show some detail of action and also tries to make the audience focus on the main subject and not the background. Therefore the background of the shot is normally very minimalistic and has not got much going on, as this may take the audiencess attention away from the main subject. In this photo that subject is too one side, which again breaks the rule of third. This gives an opportunity to add more into the background if they wish; however most of the time they do not.