Week 14

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Week 13

Assignment: Create a webpage using iweb. It needs to consist of two pages, one page about oursleves and the other about the class.

Craft: First I selected a template and then I added my own information and images to make the webpage unique. I did so by rearranging the page, playing with the fonts and colors on the page. I also hyperlinked my blog to the page about the class. I exported my comic into the webpage and added a youtube video.

Compostion: I tried to control the viewers eye by making the photos pop out on the page and be the main focus. Another thing I did was create a similar color pattern, using red in the images and as a background for the fonts. One thing I need to change is so the different pages have a similar look so the viewer realizes it is the same webpage when flipping through the pages.

Concept: The webpage is supposed to give people an insight into the class and what we have created along with information about ourselves. We want our webpage to be unique and say something about ourselves.

Week 12

Assignment: Look at the critique that our classmates gave us on the back of our comic and fix it for the final critique.

Craft: For the final comic I had to make the layout clearer as to the order that the frames went in. I eliminated some of the issue by reducing the number of images per page. I also overlapped some of the slides with the one that comes first on top of the ones that followed.

Composition: By making different slides lie on top of other slides they draw the viewers eye first. Other than that I didn't change much of the composition.

Concept: To make my concept clearer I added a slide of the dad talking to the son telling him that he forgot the ring at home. This explains how the son knows and makes some of the other images make more sense. The rising action of the story involves that ring. The whole story is about love. That's why I choose those two pictures. I love that picture of my mom and dad. The fact that they got dressed up to take these pictures for me shows me that they love me.

Week 11

Assignment: Take the pictures that we created for the comic and place them into comic life. using comic life we were able to add talking bubbles, thought bubbles, and other words or narroration to improve our story.

Craft: Using comic life first we selected a template and dragged the pictures in chronological order into the boxes. Then using the program we were able to add a title, words, thought bubbles, and other things to improve our story and make it look more like a comic. We could add details by changing the color of the background and all of the words that we added. We could also pick the size and shape of the boxes and everything we added. By double clicking on the picture we could adjust the size to focus the viewers eyes. We would also drag the corners of the boxes to change the shape. For the frame I need to add I have to combine the two pictures to show that the dad figured out he forgot the ring. I need to replace the money with a different ring box. I like this picture because it shows his shocked face.

Compostition: I enlarged some of the pictures to cut out some of the background and focus in on some of the details. I could also shape the boxes to draw attention to certain aspects of my pictures. By adding the white quote bubbles or thought bubbles it drew the viewers eyes to them. I need to change the layout so that it is clear to the eye as to which frame comes next. Right now the order of the frames might be confusing to the reader.

Concept: The story is about a boy who wants to get married so he calls his dad to bring him a ring. However, the dad forgets the ring at home so the boy ends up buying a ring-pop and in the end everything works out. I need to add a picture showing that the mom called the dad telling him he forgot it or an encounter between the son and the dad where he realizes he doesn't have it. Right now there is a gap in the story and it is unclear as to how the boy knew that his dad forgot the ring.