Viktoriia Journals

  Since my free project is mobile photography, I decided to do a study on technical tips for improving shooting. In this post, I will share my results. For the project I will use my phone iPhone 11, so here will be the results associated with this type of phone. - Usage of gridlines to balance shot To turn on this function I opened my Settings, clicked Camera, and switched 'Grid' on. This is a really useful tip, as it helps with building the frame. With Grid I can make my composition more interesting by using the rule of thirds, golden ratio, or lead room composition.  - HDR Mode 'High dynamic range or HDR, is a camera app feature that helps balance the light and dark elements in a high-contrast photo'. (Cox, 2022) Regarding this advice, I will try to experiment. After all, shooting without this feature can make my picture pretentious and disformed color, which is what I need. However, I will also take pictures using this mode. -Mobile tripod  I have two tripods at home

In today’s post, I would like to share with you the work of Ira Cohen, which is a source of inspiration for me and my free project. Ira Cohen’s most iconic works are his Mylar images which he created in the late '60s in his loft on the Lower East Side, New York City. (October Gallery, no date) What I love most is the way the photographer works with shapes, light, and color. Ira Cohen's artistic practice involved capturing images using a polyester film surface technique called mylar. This technique produced photographs that showcased distorted figures and mirrored shapes, creating an illusionary effect within his art. (Cara, no date)   I think this is quite a useful technique for my project because I want to play with the shapes of the objects and the composition in general.  His work Alien Intelligent, in my opinion, reveals a deep study of the human psyche and a deep understanding of the power of images. The blue color scheme of the photo radiates cold and at the same time a s

 

This semester I have a free project. For a free project, I chose a photograph, which I will carry out with my phone. When I was thinking about the idea of this project, I couldn’t think of a red/orange color palette. However, I found it boring to do the idea of some color. Next, I looked for inspiration on Pinterest and came across these images.  I was so impressed with these images that I had the idea to do a Vertigo photo shoot.  In order to achieve the result I’m going to work with different equipment. Since I want to achieve bright and unusual colors in my photos, I decided to use bright, colorful light. For this, I have a special lamp. Also, I will use the ring lamp to achieve additional light. I guess I’ll need a tripod. I also want to show more professional Photoshop skills.  I want my photos to have the Motion Blur Effect.   Album cover  Gost - Vinilo This photo is an album cover of Gost-Vinilo. I really like the color palette of this picture, because it consists of literally t

 In this post, I am going to pick image for my book's front cover. However, firstly, I want to search for few pictures which are related to my book genre. As my book is written in horror genre I looked at picture with terrifying atmosphere. In addition, I was thinking about composition of my cover. I was using Unsplash and Pixabay .  I really like this photo below. Probably, I am going to use it. As I have one story connected to mirrors this picture is going to work. Also, I already have an idea how to place the text with this photo. I want to use black backgroung which I will pich in Photoshop. So, this picture will perfectly match with the plot and topic of my book.  The second image has occult atmosphere. I wrote some dark story linked with occultism. However, I do not like this photo for horizontal orientation. I could place it below and write the text abobe, but it is not the thing I want as my final result.   I quite like this photo as it shows some way without the end. It

  My decision for my book was to make a series of horror stories. However, when I started writing the first story, I got so carried away that I realized I could make a whole book based on that story. Although I had no previous experience in writing, I started my lyrics in class. Below you can see what it looked like initially.  After analyzing the story I started, I realized I’d made a big mistake. I started writing right out of my head, without thinking about how I would develop my story. However, I made research on the structure of the text, and I realized I had to write a plan. Below you can see the plan I made and now I am following it.  Flashback  The main character and his description Friendship and mental connection with a friend Flashback  Conflict with a friend. Fight Outside assistance Forest familiarity  Physical forest testing  Emotional bonding Mental forest test  Revealing the truth The internal conflict of the protagonist Resisting  Realization of the truth. Acceptance L

 In this post, I want to share with you my research that I made to understand how to write a horror book right. As it is my first experience in creative writing I decided first of all to look at the structure that I have to follow in my piece of writing. To do this I want to compare Western and Japanese story grammars. Firstly, I want to look at the Western model of storytelling. This model was invented by Thorndyke in 1977 and shows and separated into 4 different categories, which you can see below. This scheme is quite simple and fits the style of Western and European writers. The fact is that one of the distinctive features of their writing is the directness of the writing, which can be seen in the scheme below.  The whole plot is built on direct movement to the goal without any large number of sub-items. On the way to the target, the protagonist encounters a number of obstacles that help the reader determine the end result. In the Western structure, there is no such point as the re

  Junji Ito, is probably, one of the most famous people in horror mangas history during all the time. Many of his manga films have produced anime films that are now quite popular. An example of such success is the Collection of Junji Ito. To be honest, I am the owner of two books that contain his manga. In this post, I want to analyze his work and the writing process itself, as it can help me to write a real horror book.  First of all, I want to say that our work with him will be different in the genre of writing because he is a manga artist, which suggests visual novels. I’m going to write a usual horror book. However, his works are filled with the atmosphere that I would like to achieve in my work. A very great role in the creation of his stories is his drawings. Analyzing his work not only in writing but also in design is important enough for me because I want to include in my book some drawings made by me. Junji Ito Collection   "Ito has been painstakingly rendering the enviro

  His name was Nik. Nik was a high school leader. Everyone liked him or made a view that he did. Every girl wanted to be his girlfriend. However, he was not interested in any relationships. He remembered only one thing. ‘He should stay’. These words belonged to his mother. She said them four years ago when he was 14. Then, no one knew what happened that day. She did not say a word anymore. She was gone. No one else had seen her. She was such a beauty with black hair and green-as-moss eyes. It was the only thing Nik remembered about his mother. He did not even remember if he loved her at all. But he knew he would never forget those eyes. They went right into his brain and stayed there forever. Many legends surrounded the disappearance of the missing woman, but Nik did not believe in any of them. Someone was spreading gossip that his mother was a loose woman and ran away with her a young lover to another country. Someone began to spread whole mystical stories. This type of person claimed

His name was Nik. Nik was a high school leader. Everyone liked him or made a view that he did. Every girl wanted to be his girlfriend. However, he was not interested in any relationships. He remembered only one thing. ‘He should stay’. These words belonged to his mother. She said them four years ago when he was 14. Then, no one knew what happened that day. She did not say a word anymore. She was gone. No one else had seen her. She was such a beauty with black hair and green-as-moss eyes. It was the only thing Nik remembered about his mother. He did not even remember if he loved her at all. But he knew he would never forget those eyes. They went right into his brain and stayed there forever. There were many legends surrounding the disappearance of the missing woman, but Nik did not believe in any of them. Someone was spreading gossip that his mother was a loose woman and ran away with her a young lover to another country. Someone began to spread whole mystical stories. It was this type

 In today's lesson, we were talking about our future writing project. We will create Chapbook.  ''Chapbooks are small paper-covered booklets, usually printed on a single sheet or portion of a sheet, folded into books of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts.''(National Library of Scotland)  ChapBooks Idea It was hard to create an idea for my writing project. By thinking about what I want to write, I remembered that I am really a fan of horror films and stories. Especially, I like psychological horrors, which can make you scared not because of the screamers, but because of the atmosphere, conversations, and just the whole situation. So, that is why I decided to write my book in the horror genre.  Generating this idea I was inspired by Junji Ito, who is a Japanese horror manga artist .  Please, look at the example from his manga 'Collection of Junji Ito' below. I like how he explains and shows the whole horror in his stories. He masterf