{"id":58,"date":"2018-10-26T21:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2018-11-02T00:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T00:14:48","slug":"conceptual","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/conceptual\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceptual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Conceptual unit was the first project we worked on as juniors. Throughout my three classes, we were encouraged to challenge ourselves with assignments by trying to find new perspectives and different metaphors to convey a message.<\/p>\n<p>In this unit, we were taught the basic of how to use modern professional equipment and applications such as DSLR Cameras, Tascam Audio Recorders, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Poetry<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo Haiku<\/h3>\n<p>For our first assignment in English, we came up with concept statements by drawing an emotion and an action out of a bag. We then got to write a haiku that accurately expressed the statement through metaphors and chose a picture that matched. Later, in Digital Media, we recorded our haikus and used Adobe Premiere Pro to make the final product into a video format.<\/p>\n<p>My concept statement was &#8220;I am exploring the feeling of reluctance, through the experience of the desire to rebel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oas08evdi7s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-2.50.02-PM-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the Scenes\" width=\"960\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-2.50.02-PM-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-2.50.02-PM-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-2.50.02-PM-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-30-at-2.50.02-PM-1140x622.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot from Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Raised fists sway among<\/p>\n<p>the chaos of muffled chants<\/p>\n<p>echo in the heat<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ekphrastic Poem<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CameronS-SF-Moma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CameronS-SF-Moma.jpg 960w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CameronS-SF-Moma-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CameronS-SF-Moma-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obscured Plans<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confident colors <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bend across occupied space,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reaching out towards the edges, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smothering the white void behind,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with complete disregard to how they melt<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final product abstracts from the process;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ambitions blurring under the tension<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of limitations set by deadlines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slowly losing its meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slowly running brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Free Verse Poem<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">01 21 17<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you see such conflict<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and turn your back?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports flood in, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filming history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tradition that will carry on for years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movement of a pink field<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bounces across stations, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as soft light reflects off grey walls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their cries are projected, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but sound faint <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to ears hidden under cushioned covers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its weighted presence <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leaving you as solid as syrup; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unable to break through the humid haze <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and join the roar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intention Statement <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In \u201c01 21 17\u201d I am exploring the feeling of reluctance through the experience of the desire to rebel. I am the intended narrator in the poem. The voice is responding to the concept statement statement by talking about the regret I feel for not being able to go to the women\u2019s march 2 years ago because I was sick that day. The attitude in the poem starts out with a disapproving tone showing the annoyance that the speaker feels towards what is going on around them and changes into a tired, regretful tone in the second half because the speaker wishes that they could show their support but cannot. The poem is in free verse form. While writing, I mainly focused on poetic devices such as symbolism to suggest that the speaker was sick and could not function properly, \u201cTheir cries are projected,\u2019&#8230;\u2019unable to break through the humid haze\u201d, imagery to show the contrast between the crowded marches and the empty room, \u201cThe movement of a pink field bounces across stations, as soft light reflects off grey walls.\u201d and \u201cto ears hidden under cushioned covers.\u2019&#8230;, and also some assonance to put emphasis on some phrases like \u2018cushioned covers\u2019, \u2018as solid as syrup\u2019 and \u2018humid haze\u2019. Some other devices that I used were allusions to the women\u2019s march in the title, \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">01 21 17\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and throughout the poem, \u2018The movement of a pink field\u2019, similes, \u201cleaving you as solid as syrup;\u201d, and a few onomatopoeias like \u2018roar\u2019 or \u2018cries\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Exquisite Corpse<\/h3>\n<p>In our English class, we split into 2 groups to write a poem for our first group project. An exquisite corpse poem is a collaborative piece wherein multiple people each write a line that goes along with the line written before it, the top line is then folded over so that only the last line written is visible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZbngfQHvcI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exquisite-Corpse-After-Effects-Screenshot-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exquisite-Corpse-After-Effects-Screenshot-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exquisite-Corpse-After-Effects-Screenshot-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exquisite-Corpse-After-Effects-Screenshot-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Exquisite-Corpse-After-Effects-Screenshot-1140x622.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">#9<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Jagged cliffs reach for the horizon<\/p>\n<p>These arms of earth, impaling sky&#8217;s belly.<\/p>\n<p>The raindrop gushes from the belly of the sky<\/p>\n<p>A belly as big as Peter Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>2 number 9 a number nine large<\/p>\n<p>The bigger they are, the harder they fall<\/p>\n<p>the more you have, the more there is to lose<\/p>\n<p>the less you own, the more you crave.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only natural.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Design<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Macro Photography<\/h3>\n<p>In early September, everyone in the design class received a macro lens to use on our DSLR cameras.<\/p>\n<p>We used Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 to edit our final photos by cropping, adjusting saturation and contrast, and adding filters to enhance certain elements of our photos and apply our knowledge of the Principles of Design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.48.20-PM-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.48.20-PM-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.48.20-PM-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.48.20-PM-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.48.20-PM-1140x851.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.48.20-PM.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Conceptual Photography<\/h3>\n<p>Using the concept statements that we were given in English, we were tasked with coming up with 2 objects that represented the emotion and action in the statement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.51.21-PM-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.51.21-PM-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.51.21-PM-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.51.21-PM-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.51.21-PM-1140x785.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-01-at-1.51.21-PM.jpg 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am exploring the feeling of reluctance through the experience of the desire to rebel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objects pictured are a small tea set with broken pieces and a protest sign. The sign is positioned behind the tea set, partially out of frame, so as to not draw the viewer&#8217;s attention immediately. The objects were photographed surrounded by muted colors, in low light, with the speedlight pointing away, to create a soft tone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tea set and dish soap represents a person\u2019s reluctance to do simple, expected tasks, such as washing dishes. The sign represents wanting to protest current events but feeling reluctant to stand out. Protest signs are commonly written in red because it is an intense color that evokes strong emotions. This sign is painted in light pink acrylics to show a hesitation to do so. Another aspect that shows reluctance is the vague message written on the sign: \u201cFIGHT BACK\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I learned multiple techniques while editing my photo. I cropped the photo using the rule of thirds, added adjustment layers for brightness\/contrast and worked with hue\/saturation. I learned to use Photoshop to select objects, save selections, and spot heal the image to remove small hairs and other specks on the objects. I also discovered that by using a vignette, I was able to bring attention to the center of the photo rather than the outer edges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I began editing my photo by cropping out part of the background to tighten the focus the objects. To bring further emphasis to the objects, I edited the sign by selecting the letters, adding a filter, and increasing saturation to make the words stand out against the paper. I also increased contrast across the entire photo to allow the tea cups to stand out more. Through these edits, the photo has a more precise focal point.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conceptual unit was the first project we worked on as juniors. Throughout my three classes, we were encouraged to challenge ourselves with assignments by trying to find new perspectives and different metaphors to convey a message. In this unit, we were taught the basic of how to use modern professional equipment and applications such as DSLR Cameras, Tascam Audio Recorders, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and WordPress. &nbsp; Poetry &nbsp; Photo Haiku For our first assignment in English, we came up with concept statements by drawing an emotion and an action out of a bag. We then got to write a haiku that accurately expressed the statement through metaphors and chose a picture that matched. Later, in Digital Media, we recorded our haikus and used Adobe Premiere Pro to make the final product into a video format. My concept statement was &#8220;I am exploring the feeling of reluctance, through the experience of the desire to rebel&#8221;. Raised fists sway among the chaos of muffled chants echo in the heat Ekphrastic Poem &nbsp; Obscured Plans Confident colors bend across occupied space, reaching out towards the edges, smothering the white void behind, with complete disregard to how they melt into one another. The final product abstracts from the process; ambitions blurring under the tension of limitations set by deadlines. Slowly losing its meaning. Slowly running brown. &nbsp; Free Verse Poem 01 21 17 &nbsp; How can you see such conflict and turn your back? &nbsp; Reports flood in, filming history. A tradition that will carry on for years. &nbsp; The movement of a pink field bounces across stations, as soft light reflects off grey walls. &nbsp; Their cries are projected, but sound faint to ears hidden under cushioned covers. &nbsp; Its weighted presence leaving you as solid as syrup; unable to break through the humid haze &nbsp; and join the roar. &nbsp; Intention Statement In \u201c01 21 17\u201d I am exploring the feeling of reluctance through the experience of the desire to rebel. I am the intended narrator in the poem. The voice is responding to the concept statement statement by talking about the regret I feel for not being able to go to the women\u2019s march 2 years ago because I was sick that day. The attitude in the poem starts out with a disapproving tone showing the annoyance that the speaker feels towards what is going on around them and changes into a tired, regretful tone in the second half because the speaker wishes that they could show their support but cannot. The poem is in free verse form. While writing, I mainly focused on poetic devices such as symbolism to suggest that the speaker was sick and could not function properly, \u201cTheir cries are projected,\u2019&#8230;\u2019unable to break through the humid haze\u201d, imagery to show the contrast between the crowded marches and the empty room, \u201cThe movement of a pink field bounces across stations, as soft light reflects off grey walls.\u201d and \u201cto ears hidden under cushioned covers.\u2019&#8230;, and also some assonance to put emphasis on some phrases like \u2018cushioned covers\u2019, \u2018as solid as syrup\u2019 and \u2018humid haze\u2019. Some other devices that I used were allusions to the women\u2019s march in the title, \u201801 21 17\u2019, and throughout the poem, \u2018The movement of a pink field\u2019, similes, \u201cleaving you as solid as syrup;\u201d, and a few onomatopoeias like \u2018roar\u2019 or \u2018cries\u2019. &nbsp; Exquisite Corpse In our English class, we split into 2 groups to write a poem for our first group project. An exquisite corpse poem is a collaborative piece wherein multiple people each write a line that goes along with the line written before it, the top line is then folded over so that only the last line written is visible. #9 Jagged cliffs reach for the horizon These arms of earth, impaling sky&#8217;s belly. The raindrop gushes from the belly of the sky A belly as big as Peter Griffin. 2 number 9 a number nine large The bigger they are, the harder they fall the more you have, the more there is to lose the less you own, the more you crave. It&#8217;s only natural. &nbsp; Design &nbsp; Macro Photography In early September, everyone in the design class received a macro lens to use on our DSLR cameras. We used Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 to edit our final photos by cropping, adjusting saturation and contrast, and adding filters to enhance certain elements of our photos and apply our knowledge of the Principles of Design. &nbsp; Conceptual Photography Using the concept statements that we were given in English, we were tasked with coming up with 2 objects that represented the emotion and action in the statement. I am exploring the feeling of reluctance through the experience of the desire to rebel. The objects pictured are a small tea set with broken pieces and a protest sign. The sign is positioned behind the tea set, partially out of frame, so as to not draw the viewer&#8217;s attention immediately. The objects were photographed surrounded by muted colors, in low light, with the speedlight pointing away, to create a soft tone. The tea set and dish soap represents a person\u2019s reluctance to do simple, expected tasks, such as washing dishes. The sign represents wanting to protest current events but feeling reluctant to stand out. Protest signs are commonly written in red because it is an intense color that evokes strong emotions. This sign is painted in light pink acrylics to show a hesitation to do so. Another aspect that shows reluctance is the vague message written on the sign: \u201cFIGHT BACK\u201d. I learned multiple techniques while editing my photo. I cropped the photo using the rule of thirds, added adjustment layers for brightness\/contrast and worked with hue\/saturation. I learned to use Photoshop to select objects, save selections, and spot heal the image to remove small hairs and other specks on the objects. I also discovered that by using a vignette, I was able to bring attention to the center of the photo rather than the outer edges. I began editing my photo by cropping out part of the background to tighten the focus the objects. To bring further emphasis to the objects, I edited the sign by selecting the letters, adding a filter, and increasing saturation to make the words stand out against the paper. I also increased contrast across the entire photo to allow the tea cups to stand out more. Through these edits, the photo has a more precise focal point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~CameronS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}