1. Explain what the phrase Formal Elements means in photography.

Formal elements are things used to create a piece of artwork. Which includes line, shape, space, focus, tone, texture, pattern, color, and composition. They are frequently used together, and the way the photographer organizes them determines what the final piece would look like.

2. Describe each of the 6 elements discussed so far (line, shape, pattern, texture, tone, focus)

• line: lines could be straight, curved, or a combination of the two. They are also used vertically, horizontally, or anywhere between. Having lines could sometimes give the picture better formatting, to create visual interest and powerful effects.
• shape:  Shapes can create contrast between the subject and their environment. Therefore, shapes is something used often in photography.
• pattern: Pattern can always be used in photography, and it includes shapes, colors, or textures.  Patterns tend to draw a viewer’s attention more to the picture.
• texture: Texture could create depth in a photo and make the object or image feel like it is popping/standing out(3d).
• tone: Tone is essential to better present your feelings and emotions to viewers. For instants, having a dark tone would show viewers something more lowkey, while something that is highkey would be, bright. Therefore, controlling the tone of a picture would be very important.
• focus: Focus can be used to highlight your object and grab the viewer’s attention, helping viewers focus on the main object and eliminate other less important elements in the picture.  Give an example that emphasizes each element
• 3. Can an image show just one element at a time? Justify your answer.

There may be images with just one element, however, most of the time it could be pretty difficult to find a picture with only one element.

For example, the picture on the right. Looking at this picture the first element that I see is a pattern. However, in most circumstances when there are patterns there are also lines, besides that in this image shapes, colors, and textures are all included. After first noticing the pattern we expand the details of the image and observe further elements in the photo. Therefore, I believe that most image shows more than one element.

4. Give an example that emphasizes each element.

• line: line of thirds? horizontal lines? verticle lines?
• shape: what can the shape represent? if there is more than one shape, how can each shape relate to the other?
• pattern: what is the use of pattern in a photo. Why should patterns be used?
• texture: how could you best present the texture? how can you make the texture look just the way you feel it.(touch it)
• value/tone: how does the tone of the picture present emotions?
• focus: what objects are in focus? why are they focused? if something or some object is blured, why?

How do theatre-makers think like designers?

• I think that they should really get to know the characters, by knowing the characters more it would be much easier for a designer to design their costume, even more, they should try thinking like the characters and actually getting into the role.

For our last design project this year, we were given one piece of leather to make something that will fix our problem.

My problem was that I don’t have a place to put my lunch card, and has constantly been losing my lunch card. So to fix my problem I decided to make a wallet, that could hold my lunch card and others like cash. Throughout this unit, I learned how to sew, however, the struggles this unit was also sewing, it was really hard sewing the leather because it was really thick and took me a long time to sew it, but next time I feel like if I had more practice sewing my wallet would look neater and better to use.

my problem is that I always lose my lunch because I don’t really have a place to put my lunch card.  To fix my problem, I chose to make a small wallet, so that I could the lunch card in the wallet, and not only the lunch card sometimes if you want to charge your lunch card you could also put some money in the wallet which is very useful.

For our second unit project, we were told to make a smell detector that could identify any kind of smell around. I got my inspiration from the remote control,  and the satellite tower. The shape was similar to the remote control however it was a lot more round than the remote because I thought that having a cylinder-shaped object would be easier to hold on to.  Also at the top of my design I got my ispriration from the satellite tower, the satellite tower was were I wanted my smell detector to collect the smell, and later it traps the smell inside the cylinder, after a while the smell would then ocme out form the display screen.  Overall I really liked my design, however it was not really detailed and if it was me I wont use the smell detector, becasue I feel like that it could of been improved more if we had more time, if I would be changing one thing I really want to change and add is to the shape, I might want to make it a little more wide and have a handle on the side of the smell detectore, so also it would be easier to hold and have more smell to trap inside. And one thing that I would keep is the satellite tower, I think it really worked well by shwoing that its where it collects the smell, and when people looked at the smell detector, many said that the first thing they noticed is the satellite tower so I would want to keep that part of my design.

reflect:

After my fourth trial, I think it was a lot better, it wasn’t as soft as my recent lip balms, however, it did not fill the tube as much. Through my peers’ feedback, they really liked my scent, and they also said that it was a lot better than last time because it wasn’t as soft.  Overall for my fourth trial, I really liked it but I would change the amount of beeswax from 1g of beeswax to 1.3g of beeswax. Because for my fourth trial it didn’t really fill up the tube and beeswax helps make the lip balm moisturizing so it won’t be that soft and wouldn’t break from the middle.  I also changed my scent, because I didn’t really like the vanilla smell as much as the lemon smell so I changed the 4drops of vanilla back to 4drops of lemon.

old recipe(first trial):

• 1.5 g coconut oil
• 3 drops of mandarin
• 1 g beeswax
• 0.75 g shea butter
• 0.75 almond oil

new recipe(second trial):

• 1.5g coconut oil
• 4drops of mandarin (changed)
• 1g beeswax
• 0.75g shea butter
• 0.70g almond oil  (changed)

new recipe(third trial):

• 1.5g coconut oil
• 4drops of lemon (changed)
• 1g beeswax
• 0.75 shea butter
• 0.70 almond oil

new recipe ( fourth trial )

• 1g coconut oil (changed)
• 4drops of vanilla (changed)
• 1g beeswax
• 0.75 shea butter
• 0.70 almond oil

new recipe ( fifth trial )

• 1g coconut oil
• 4drops of lemon (changed)
• 1.5g beeswax changed
• 0.75 shea butter
• 0.70 almond oil

what I changed:

before: 4drops vanilla After: 4drops of lemon

before: 1g beeswax After : 1.3g beeswax

Procedure:

1. Gather ingredients
2. melt 1.3g beeswax, 1g coconut oil, 0.75g almond oil, and 0.75g shea butter over low heat until dissolved while stirring.
3. take beaker off the heater
4. stir with a spoon and let cool for 20 seconds
5. add 4 drops of lemon essential oil
6. pour into lip balm containers.
7. let cool in the refrigerator for 15 minutes
8. take it out and enjoy it!!!

Peer feedback:

• ” I liked the texture “
• ” It really filled the tube”
• ” I like the smell”
• ”It was a lot better not as soft”