Second Task of Visual Storytelling

The time , we have to take a photo for the assignment and determine the emotion and feeling/mood of that picture.

This is the photo that i shoot in the Chinese new year , so I choose the good timing of it and shot it !. The photo look unbalance because the horizontal line is a bit  slanted ,it;s not in the middle . I want to show out the unbalance feeling of the person who is doing the homework during Chinese new year . The table look very messy and this give the feeling of stress and confused and the person who is siting infront are playing his cellphone game . Just imagine , when you are busy doing the homewrok during school holiday , then there is a person who is playing the game infront of you , does it make you angry and feel very annoying? So this is the feeling that i want to show to everyone ! The feeling of stress and confused. Just in common sense , every student doesn't  really like the holiday homework especially when they have to celebrate their festival!The black&white effect show the the feeling of stress too . In a nut shell, this is the photo I shot !

First task in Visual Storytelling

Analyzing the one of the movie/video/short film and create the plot .

Research from :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit:_The_Battle_of_the_Five_Armies



Plot :

First I analysed the movie > The hobbit- The battle of five armies

Exposition

Bilbo and the Dwarves watch from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug attacks Laketown. Bard the Bowman manages to break out of prison, fights Smaug, and eventually kills him with the black arrow given to him by his son Bain. Smaug's falling body crushes the fleeing Master of Laketown, along with his cronies, who were escaping Laketown on a boat with the town's gold. Bard becomes the new leader of the Laketown people as they seek refuge in the ruins of Dale, while Legolas travels to investigate Mount Gundabad with Tauriel. Thorin, now struck with "dragon sickness", searches obsessively for the Arkenstone, which was stolen by Bilbo,during his encounter with Smaug. Bilbo learns from Balin that it would be best if the Arkenstone remains hidden from Thorin, who orders the entrance of the Lonely Mountain to be sealed off.

Rising Action

While Bard and the Laketown survivors shelter in Dale, Thranduil arrives with an elf army, supplies and aid, and forms an alliance with Bard, wishing to claim an elven necklace of white gems from the Mountain. Bard attempts to negotiate and reason with Thorin to avoid war, but the dwarf refuses to cooperate. After Gandalf arrives at Dale to warn Bard and Thranduil of the Orc army who will take Erebor as part of a campaign to revive the kingdom of Angmar, Bilbo sneaks out of Erebor to hand the Arkenstone over to Thranduil and Bard. When Bard and Thranduil's armies gather at the gates of Erebor, offering to trade the Arkenstone for Thranduil's gems and Laketown's share of the gold, Thorin is shocked to learn of the Arkenstone in the Elves' hands and he nearly kills Bilbo in a furious rage. 


Conflict

After Gandalf forces Thorin to release Bilbo, the arrival of Thorin's cousin Dáin with his Dwarf army worsens matters. A battle of Dwarves against Elves and Men is on the verge of starting, when Wereworms emerge from the ground releasing Azog's army from their tunnels. With the Orcs outnumbering Dain's army, Thranduil and Bard's forces, along with Gandalf and Bilbo, join the battle as some of the Orcs attack Dale.



Climax

Inside Erebor, initially refusing to fight, Thorin suffers a hallucination before regaining his sanity and leading his company into battle. While the other dwarves of the company aid Dain's forces, Thorin rides towardsRavenhill with Dwalin, Fili and Kili to kill Azog and force the Orc army to retreat. Meanwhile, after being banished by Thranduil, despite her and Legolas warning him of Bolg's army, Tauriel leaves with Legolas to warn the dwarves of Bolg's approaching army, with Bilbo following them using the One Ring. Thorin sends Fíli and Kíli to scout, not knowing they are about to be overrun by a second army of Gundabad Orcs. Bilbo and the elves arrive too late as Fíli is captured by the Orcs and is executed by Azog. Kíli, who is hiding underneath the cliff, sees his brother's body dropping down and battles Orcs in a rage. As Thorin battles Azog to avenge Fili's death, Bolg knocks Bilbo unconscious, overpowers Tauriel and then kills Kili who had come to her aid. After Legolas kills Bolg, the Great Eagles arrive with Radagast and Beorn, and the Orc armies are finally destroyed.

Bilbo regains consciousness and finds that Azog has been killed by Thorin, who makes peace with him before succumbing to his own injuries. On Thranduil's suggestion, Legolas leaves to meet with a young Dunedain ranger going by the name Strider. As Tauriel mourns Kili, Thranduil tells her that her love for Kili was real. Grieved by the deaths of Thorin, Fili, and Kili, the people of Laketown, the elves, and the dwarves bury them inside the tombs of Erebor. As a result, Thorin's cousin Dain is crowned King Under the Mountain, the citizens of Laketown are given the riches promised to them by Thorin, and Dain restores to the elves the riches that King Thror had stolen from them years ago.

Falling Action

Bilbo bids farewell to the remaining members of Thorin's company and journeys home to the Shire with Gandalf. As the two part on the outskirts of the Shire, Gandalf admits his knowledge of Bilbo's ring and cautions him against using it. Bilbo returns to Bag End to find his belongings being auctioned off by relatives' family because he was presumed dead. He aborts the sale and tells the other hobbits to leave but finds his home has been almost totally pillaged.

Sixty years later, Bilbo receives a visit from Gandalf and runs out to greet him, thus setting in motion the events of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Introduction of Perspective

Introduction to Perspective Drawing


Linear Perspective is a geometric method of representing on paper the way that objects appear to get smaller and closer together, the further away they are. Imagine driving along a very straight desert on a grassy plain - the road, the fences and power-poles all diminishing towards a single spot far ahead of you. That's single-point perspective. Single- or one-point perspective is a simplest method of making objects look three-dimensional. Objects must be placed to that the front sides are parallel to the picture plane, with the side edges receding to a single point. Take a look at Da Vinci's Study for Adoration of the Magi to see the effect. (notice how the building is placed so that it faces the viewer, with the stairs and side walls diminishing towards a single point in the center.)

Two-point perspective is slightly more complex, as both the front and back edges, and side edges, of an object must be diminished towards vanishing points. Two-point perspective is often used when drawing buildings in the landscape. The effect can be carried even further, with three-point perspective used to create impressive visual effects, such as a view from a skyscraper.

Perspective

Perspective drawing is a technique of drawing that allows the artist to show objects in three dimensions.  Artists invented linear perspective in the 1500's and helped begin the Renaissance period of history.  Before perspective was invented, many artists tried to represent depth and space in their artworks using common techniques such as overlapping shaped to show that objects can exist in front of each other.  They also placed small objects in the distance and large objects in the foreground.  However, sometimes these techniques did not accurately represent space as we are used to see it today in art. We hope you will explore our site to see some historical examples of perspective development, to learn how  one and two point perspective drawing techniques are used, to see what we did in class to explore perspective around our school, and check out additional links related to perspective drawing. How to Draw Perspective Draw a Box Using One-Point Perspective Let's draw a box using one-point perspective. First, draw a horizon line about one-third down your page. Mark a spot roughly in the middle of the line. That's your vanishing point. Now, draw a rectangle about two-thirds down the page, roughly in the middle. Lightly draw lines from the top two corners to the vanishing point. Draw a horizontal line between these two orthogonals ('vanishing lines'). This is the back of the box. Darken the lines between this horizontal and the box, and erase the rest of the vanishing lines up to the horizon. There! A 3-D box. If you draw a box to the side of the vanishing point, you will need to also draw a vanishing line from the bottom corner, as show in the example. When you draw the horizontal to make the back of the box, just drop a vertical line from where it meets the top orthogonal down to the bottom one, to give you the rear edge of the box. Experiment drawing boxes in different places in relation to the vanishing point and horizon.

Horizon Line

Definition: The horizon line in perspective drawing is a horizontal line across the picture. It is always at eye level - its placement determines where we seem to be a high place, or from close to the ground. The actual horizon might not be visible, but you need to draw a 'virtual' horizon to construct a picture in perspective.

Vanishing Point

Definition: In Linear Perspective drawing, the point(s) on the horizon line to which the receding parallel lines diminish.

Orthogonals: In Linear Perspective drawing, the diagonal lines that can be drawn along receding parallel lines (or rows of objects) to the vanishing point.

Also Known As: Convergence lines, vanishing lines

Alternate Spellings: orthogonal 

How to Draw Perspective Draw a Box Using Two-Point Perspective
Here's how to draw a box using simple two-point perspective. If you haven't tried it before it might look complicated, so just draw one step at a time. First, draw your horizon line across the top of the page. Mark two vanishing points, as far apart as possible. Draw a short vertical line for the front corner of your box (the black line in the picture) and then draw a construction line ('orthogonal') from the top and bottom of the line, to each vanishing point (the dark blue lines). Next draw a vertical line to the left of your 'front corner', between the top and bottom construction lines (the magenta line). From the top and bottom points of this line, draw construction lines back to the RIGHT vanishing point (VP2). Next, draw a similar vertical line to the right of your 'front corner', and from the top and bottom points of this line, draw construction lines back to the LEFT vanishing point (VP1). Where the top construction lines intersect, drop a vertical line to the intersection of the bottom construction lines - this will give you the back corner of the box (the green line). Erase the construction lines and any interior lines Try this exercise using a horizon line at different heights, and placing the box in different places in relation to the vanishing points. Note that 'realistic' perspective requires vanishing points that are very far apart - try using a large piece of scrap paper under your drawing paper, and making your vanishing points as far apart as the table (and your ruler) will allow.

Here is some of the link that teach us about the linear perspective .

Online tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GSn5r49F4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYhzrZ8G_Y