MichaelaNiesenMediaArts
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Friday, 1 May 2015
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Culture Jam Ad Questions
Alcohol
2. What kind of
product(s) is being advertised?
Absolute Vodka
3. What imagery
is used in the advertisement to subvert?
The company is using a morgue with a dead body to show
that alcohol is related to deaths, especially fatalities linked to automobiles.
It also shows how alcohol ads reach out thousands of times to teens before they
hit the legal drinking age.
4. What message
(text, copy) is used in the advertisement?
In this ad, they used “Absolute on Ice” to imply being
in a morgue, and being killed. They spoof the actual Absolute ad, about
drinking vodka on ice, yet they imply it more as a fatality, and
dangerous.
5. How are the
elements and principles of design used to convey a message?
In this ad, they use colours to make this more
intense, that they wanted to make sure the viewer wasn’t happy when they see
it. They wanted to make sure it was unpleasant, to make more of an impact. They
also use the age 18 on the name tag, to signify it was a young person who was
killed, by the use of alcohol. They put the foot in the center of the page,
since it is the focus of the ad.
6. Who is the
target audience of the advertisement?
The target audience for this advertisement is young
people, especially teens. They wanted to convey the message of underage
drinking, and the consequences.
7. Does the ad
jam convey a clear and successful message?
I think this ad conveys a successful message, that
excessive drinking, can be very dangerous, especially to underage drinkers.
8. How could
the ad jam be improved?
I feel like the ad could be improved by using
something more to imply drinking and driving, since it has a fact on the bottom
of the ad referring to underage intoxicated drivers.
Fast food products
2. What kind of
product(s) is being advertised?
McDonald’s food products
3. What imagery
is used in the advertisement to subvert?
In this ad, Adbusters uses the head of a skinned cow,
to show the cruelty and the type of meat that goes into their fast food
products. They wanted to show the inhumane treatment these animals go through
in order for us to eat one burger.
4. What message
(text, copy) is used in the advertisement?
The ad says “Do you want fries with that”, to portray
that people are buying their food without realising what is put into it. They
want people to know what is going into their food.
5. How are the
elements and principles of design used to convey a message?
With this ad, they didn’t want it to be a positive
message, and they wanted the viewer to be disturbed by the image they provided.
They used a dead cow’s head to show what really the food is made of.
6. Who is the
target audience of the advertisement?
Anyone who purchases McDonald’s fast food products.
7. Doe the ad
jam convey a clear and successful message?
Yes, I think this ad is successful because it shows
that people are ignorant to what is going into their food, and Adbusters wants
more people to understand what goes into McDonald’s food, and what animals go
through to just for us to have a cheap meal.
8. How could
the ad jam be improved?
This ad could be improved maybe by adding a few facts
to the bottom of it, to make it more believable and impressionable.
Culture Jammer Brainstorming
For this project, i want to use an ad from Estee Lauder, and attempt to convey the viewer to understand their inhumane acts towards animals. This company tests does test their cosmetics, fragrances, and other products on animals. On their website, they stated that they do not test on animals, unless mandated by law. Yet even though they are against animal testing, and work with Peta, they still continue to sell their products to countries where animal testing is mandatory. Even though they say they are advocates against animal cruelty and testing, they still continue to supply to companies who test solely on animals. I want to use one of their original ads, showing the model with many infections, scars and bruises from the testing. I want to convey to the viewer that we have many people who are in prison for life, for murder, etc. We should be testing on them, not innocent animals. I also want to ad facts and sayings from Estee Lauder's website, to get the message to the viewer that they are not free of animal testing, that they are still the mother company of suppliers that do.
Culture Jam
What aspect of your cultural jam do you find most
successful and why?
In my culture jam ad, I find
the photo shopped model the most successful because it shows what animals go
through in order for us just to wear makeup. I feel that the different burises,
cuts, and other wounds create a more dramatic effect. By changing the emotion
on her face, it makes us feel more sympathetic, and understand what animal
testing really is, that animal testing isn’t simply putting lipstick and
mascara on rats and rabbits.
What aspect of your culture jam do you find least
successful and why?
I find the text the least
successful, because I could have made it more impactful, and a little more
motivating to the viewer to understand the effects of animal testing. I feel
that the quotes I used do have an impact, but not sure if those facts and
sayings would continue to run through the viewers mind. If I chose different
sayings or facts, it may have had a greater impact to the viewer.
If you could do this project again, what changes would
you make to improve it?
If I were to do this project
again, or re-complete it, I would have changed the texts on the side of the ad,
some of the wounds on the models face, and made it blend more evenly, and more
realisticly. I would have changed the light tones, to make it more of a
negative feel, rather than positive lighting. The biggest thing would be to add
more impactful texts to the culture jam ad.
Thursday, 2 April 2015
3D Glasses Imagery Apocalypse Assignment
Michaela Niesen, Zombie Apocalypse, Photoshop, April 2, 2015.
Technical
When creating this piece, I used the elements of Photoshop
to help bring the art together, make it flow smoothly, and attempt to tell a
story. I found images online, than used the quick selection, crop, and lasso
tools to select the parts of the images I want. I used adjustment layers to put
overlays on each image, to make it work with the 3D imagery colour
combinations. I changed the opacity and the intensity of the colours of each
image to help keep the eye moving around the piece. I used the burning tool to
help make areas darker, to help layers stand out, and avoid being ‘fuzzy’. I used
a lot of different brushes, to help make repetitive images, and create a large
amount of layers, showing depth, and making the 3D more intense.
Idea or Concept
When creating this piece, I started off the idea of the cliché
zombie apocalypse, but also using the mostly the idea of what it would look
like, more than focusing on the zombies themselves. My idea did change as I progressed,
but not too significantly. I added things that I did not originally plan, such
as rain and clouds, but I feel they help the art tie together.
Influences
There was no artist that influenced my art significantly.
Composition
When creating this piece, I used symmetrical techniques to
help balance out the images, so it’s not to content heavy on one side compared
to the other. For example I have the man with the shotgun on the left, and a
large building on the top right. To keep the image flowing, I left images out
of the center, to keep the eye moving around the piece, so you don’t get caught
up in one image. I also made the images large and small, opaque and transparent,
to help keep the eye moving. It keeps interest in the piece, so the viewer
doesn’t look at one corner and get bored of it. I used the colour combinations
for 3D to help make it intense, keeping the important at the front, and
compliments in the back. These concepts work together as a whole to keep the
piece interesting, and not bore the viewer after looking at it once.
Motivation
When creating this piece, I had the personal motivation to
show the viewer what could possibly happen. I wanted to get the viewer to
understand the outcome of an apocalypse of this degree, how it would destroy
our world, and what any survivor would have to live with, and share the new
world with. I wanted the viewer to understand everything would be started from scratch,
which people would now have to appreciate what they have, and be grateful for
what is available to them. I feel that people don’t appreciate what they have
today, and everyone would be in a big change if something like this was to
occur.
Critical Assessment
I feel that the most interesting and successful parts of
this piece are the rain and cloud layers. I like how these layers stand out on
top, and show the distance and depth in the piece. I feel the way it sits on
top of the piece helps it flow, and showing depth, that the rain is close, and
other images sit in the distance. I was surprised with how the art came
together, how it flows, even with the somewhat distracting smoke in the front. With
additional time, I would have attempted to fix the smoke layers, and made more
black sections to help things pop.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
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