Stylish Students was a project to get your confidence up talking to people as you were tasked to go out and look for students that you think have good style and ask them for a photo.

For this project we had to seek out a specific location with good lighting and harsh shadows where we had to wait for someone to walk into the frame at the right time creating the image.

We were assigned to capture 8 images that described the following, 

1) A student with the backdrop of the college building for an article about how exciting Freshers week is.

2) Congested traffic for an article about roadworks.

3) Glasgow shoppers- an article about how quiet the retail sector is.

4) Restaurants- article asks ‘Are there too many restaurants in Glasgow?’

5) Autumn fashion article on boots and scarves.

6) Cycle Lanes- article asks 'Are they good or bad for Glasgow?’

7) Glasgow voted friendliest city top ten. Find an image which portrays this.

8) Article about problem with inconsiderate parking in Glasgow.

As a photojournalist I had the task of capturing images showing the problems being caused by the bin strike. I think I have achieved this as my images clearly show the problems in a creative way as I thought about my composition and lighting for each image I took.

After batch renaming my files I uploaded them into iMovie where I edited them all together, I used the exposure tool to take the exposure down on some of my files as I felt they were too bright. I also added a copy right free song to my moving image that was soft to fit into the subject matter of my moving image.

The most common frame rates are 60, 50, 48, 30, 25 and 24 frames per second. Depending on what you want to film the frame rates are different for different atmospheres.  

Panning is a technique that moves the camera around showing the scenes surrounding it and can even be used when using a tilt.

Zooming is a technique normally using a longer focal length. This technique is where you can change the shot from a wide shot to a close up shot.

Tilting is a technique where the camera stays put but slowly moves down. The shot is normally used when the current shot is blocking what has been talked about and makes a smooth transition to the next shot.  

Tracking is usually longer shots where the camera is following the subject. It is normally shot using a dolly so that it creates a smooth shot.  

A dolly is a cart with wheels that makes sure the shot is smooth. The dolly is controlled by the camera man and the focus puller.  

A focus puller is an assistant who has the responsibility of focusing on the subject the they are filming.  

Long shots are shots that are taken from quite far away showing the scenery around and is normally used for location shots.

Medium shots are used to show both the character and everything around them.

Close up shots are filmed with a long lens and mainly used to highlight the characters emotions.

A point of view shot is a shot that is filmed from the characters point of view, showing everything from their perspective.  

Birds eye view shots are shots that is filmed directly above the character normally about 90 degrees.  

A shoulder mount is a substitute for a tripod that creates a smooth shot when on location.

A Steadicam is used to keep the camera steady when filming when moving with the camera. This is commonly used for filming music videos.

The dolly is also another piece of Equipment used to help film steady footage as it keeps the camera steady when moving along when using the tracking method.

The wait is a short moving image video that has been uploaded onto YouTube. This video consists of many shots using many different camera techniques like close ups, wide angle shots and extreme close ups. The camera techniques used are zooming in, tracking and tilt. This is a successful moving image as it is humorous and is demonstrating the characters dream.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7OQHIpDlvA

Suitcase is made up of wide-angle shots and has used the tracking technique through the entire moving image. This is a moving image made for a school assignment that has been uploaded onto YouTube which main focuses was to create suspense.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0HoMaaQj9I

Homemade is a moving image about a girl making her mum a cake to say thank you for working for the NHS through the pandemic. I really like the warm tones throughout the moving image. Homemade consists of wide-angle shots, close up and extreme close ups and using's the tracking technique throughout.  

This image colour be a creative way of advertising these shoes as it catches peoples eyes because its not supposed to be there, this project that we are doing has to be something like this where you must capture an object in a location that it shouldn’t be in a humorous way. I like this image as it has warm tones and has an interesting subject matter.

This image caught my eye because I recognise the Gherkin financial building in London. This image has a sense of humour as the building in London where it is always raining has a shower cap on it. The image of the Gherkin building itself is enough for me to be drawn in as it is a excellent image of it.  

This image also has a sense of humour as the photographer has decided to photoshop a basket ball hoop on a building with tones of glass windows that would not last if a basketball was thrown at it. I like the way the Photographer has photographed this image of the building with the basketball hoop on it and also included the other buildings to show you how high up the main building is almost like a basketball hoop should be.  

I really like the focal length photographer as chosen for this image as it allows you to see everything else around and the colour of the dart board match the colours in the window on the building the dart board is on along with other colours. I also light the hight this image was taken at as it clear lines your eyes up to the focal point of this image.  

This image caught my eye as I really like the warm tones of the sparkling lights on the building. I think this photographer has picked a perfect object to place on top of this building as the warm light of the flame matches the warm tones of the light in each window of the building. I also like how the Photographer has chosen to make the water soft and calm looking matching the colour tones and the subject matter.      

Each of these images have been carefully selected as my favourite images that I have taken for this projects and the ones I hope to develop further.