Tuesday, November 3, 2015

AP psych pd. 3 Blazey

Kara Blazey
Closure: The illusions of seeing an incomplete stimulus as though it were a whole; humans tend to look for recognizable objects or patterns and are able to perceive them from incomplete pictures.
Ex: in the picture, the entire plane is not drawn but you still know that it is a plane.




Continuity: the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to the next; continuous lines or patterns that don’t break and are seen as a whole.
                Ex: or mind leads us to believe the lines in the picture flow in one direction






Similarity: a person can normally recognize stimuli that have physical resemblance at the same degree as part of the same object.
Ex:  together, the squares and circles make one large square but they are each individually squares and circles.   






Proximity: people perceive that stimuli are close to one another by grouping them and recognizing them as part of the same object; stimuli that are placed far apart are recognized as different objects.
Ex: the eagle head as shown in the picture, has a similar base to the sun that is on top of it, this gives off the impression that they are a part of the same image/shape, but if they were not placed as close together we would see them as two different pictures.

Grayson Kinsey
Figure: ground organization is a perceptual law, that is known as identifying a figure from the background. It is a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background. For example, you see words on a printed paper as the "figure" and the white sheet as the "background”, the perception part is which you see first, or what your eyes are first drawn to.
Another Example:
This works as an example because some viewers might be drawn to the white potion of the picture, which looks like the background, making them see the vase figure. Where as, others might be attracted to the black portion of the picture appearing more frontward, making them more likely to see two faces.





                                                                                                                             
Stroboscopic motion: is a visual phenomenon caused by aliasing that occurs when continuous motion is represented by a series of short samples. Stroboscopic motion is an illusion when lights or images are flashed quickly and the brain perceives them as moving. A great example of stroboscopic motion would be a flip book.


Example:
One image is quickly replaced by another image with slight alteration to the original, resulting is a “motion” picture. The brain perceives these flashing images as a whole rather than seeing the pictures as separate images.





Phi Phenomenon: is motion perceived by a subject, especially the illusion of movement produced when stationary stimuli, as pictures or lights, are presented in rapid succession and are sometimes in slightly different positions.

Example: The brain perceives the lights that are hanging off the tree as moving, when it is really the flash of light traveling down the rod. The rod is not moving at all, even though your brain makes you think that.  





 A reversible figure: is an ambiguous two-dimensional drawing that represents a three-dimensional object in such a way that it can be seen from two different perspectives.

Example:
A reversible cube, consists of two squares that represent the front and back side of the cube. The figure is reversible because the front and back squares appear to switch places creating two possible perspectives, the perspective of viewing the cube from beneath or the perspective of viewing the cube from above.






Rachael Barrick

Depth Perception: There are two types of cues that go along with depth perception. One of these is Monocular Cues. This kind of cue uses one eye, and it is all about size shape, how tall something is and the motion it performs. The second cue is called Binocular. This cue is when you are using two eyes to create two viewpoints. There is also a cue for when you are using a mix of both. Movement in depth perception is when the observer can notice that an object is moving, for example closer to them by seeing that the object is getting bigger which would mean that it is moving closer. With this the size of something along with height will vary because of how far away something is to change how you perceive it. Along with Monocular Cues comes interposition. This is when two objects overlap to make us perceive that there is depth with an object. For example with a cube it is really just a bunch of overlapping squares. Texture Gradient in Monocular cues is when something is further and further away so we perceive it as being more soft and smoother when it is far but rougher when it is more near to us.

Example: This train track is an example of monocular cues because as the track gets further and further away it slowly starts to disappear into the distance.


Size Constancy: The perception of an object will not change regardless of what may appear as the change in size on the retina.


Glynnis Carter
Brightness Constancy:
The color black only reflects 10% of light that falls on it, while white reflects 90%. In other words, a white object with a shadow cast on it may be the exact same color as a black object in full sunlight, but the white object will always appear to be lighter. For example, my friend and I are going on a hike. She is wearing a dark gray shirt, and I am wearing a white shirt. My friend climbs to a point where there is full sunlight, while I stay under the shady trees. The shadow makes my white shirt appear darker, ultimately making our shirts identical in color, but because of brightness constancy, my shirt will still appear lighter.

Shape Constancy:
When looking at an object from a certain angle, we see a shape. Sometimes, as we change our angle of vision, the shape of the object appears to be different, but we still see it as its original shape. An example of this could be looking at a billboard. When looking straight on at the billboard, we see a rectangle. When walking 45 degrees, the shape of the billboard appears to be different, but we know a billboard is supposed to be rectangular, so that’s how we see it.


Visual Illusions:
Visual Illusions are pictures strategically set up to alter the way we use our senses. The brain will see the picture and process it one way, but it may miss another meaning. The way a picture is drawn can make the picture appear to be moving, that is an illusion because the picture is still







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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Rear Window

Rear Window analysis:

In the famous pan scene in Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock, many of the characters are introduced to the audience. We find out a little bit about the background of these characters. The viewer gets too peak into the lives of each of these characters. The audio plays a part in discovering the characters such as hearing a few lines that they say, or just the sound of their activities. 








I thought the movie was very well done and entertaining as the entire movie is shot through the window of Jeffery's apartment.The element of sound was always present through out the film which helped to add interest and have the shots flow together. I would recommend this film to anyone because the panning shots, acting, and audio are all done extremely well.











Monday, March 9, 2015

fixing audio

To change the audio you need to adjust the volume of each track specifically the second and third track. You cannot fully fix the the second audio because it is too quite, and the third is poor quality. The audio level that you should want to use is -12 db.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Avant Garde

Avant Garde: inspiration 




resolution: the detail an image holds. The term applies to raster digital images, film images, and other types of images. Higher resolution means more image detail.
aspect ratio: describes the width and height of a cinema or television screen, or the size in which a film has been shot and should be projected.


Review: I believe that as a group we did a really good job shooting this film and creating the story board. We followed rule of thirds, experimented with white balance, used different shot angles, and incorporated shots and techniques we learned in class. When I edited the film by myself, I learned how to used new effects, layer clips, and change speeds to create a more interesting film. I also used garage band to create audio for the film. Next time I want to be more comfortable when using effects on video clips and to spend more time creating a better audio for the film. Overall I think I have improved on my editing skills and have more of an idea of how I want my film to look like and I have put together a film I am proud of. 








Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Dada Film


How does Dada film do it's job of taking art into the 20th century by moving images?

The beginnings of Dada correspond to the outbreak of World War I, and the movement itself could be seen as a reaction to the catastrophe. While most of the European poets and painters joined the war propaganda and glorified the war as the climax of European culture, Dadaists attempted to undermine the cultural values and social myths that WWI promoted. The Dadaists tried to emancipate their audience from cultural idols, taboos, and norms by creating and participating in art that worked to become public manifestations that provoked the audience to become “Dadists” for a brief moment in time. 

most of the dada films seem to have moving inanimate objects,repetition of objets and people, formal and informal balance, and forms of variety along with unity.    

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

kuleshov effect

Kuleshov effect:

a film editing (montage) effect demonstrated by Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov in the 1910s and 1920s.It is a mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation.

(close up of actor, then cuts to a shot of something the actor is thinking about, or looking at. then show them one after another so the audience assumes thats what the actor is looking at or desiring.)