Recreation of a Famous Image
Points
10% of your grade
Grading is based on:
*Photography Skills
*Photoshop Skills
*Difficulty of Image Recreated
*Creativity
Past Final Recreation
What is considered a famous image
With billions of image avalible to view, what makes some of them just photos and others famous?
- Instantly recognizeable
- Many people have seen it and be familiar with it
- Captures a historic person, place, thing, or time period
- Images that are seared into our consciousness as a society
- Magazine, Newspaper, Movies, Advertisments, TV
What is NOT considered a famous image
- Photos very few people have seen or can access easily
- Family photographs
- Friends photographs
- Yearbook photos
- Posts on Instagram or other social media sites
- Photos taken by a Family or Friend even if they are a “professional photographer”
Famous Image Vs Famous Person
Sports Photos
- YES
- Iconic Sports Momement
- Olympics, winning game moment, etc.
- Magazine photos of athlete
- Wheates Box
- Iconic Sports Momement
YES: Iconic Sports moments examples
NO: Random Sports photos
Musician/Band Photos
- YES
- Album Cover
- Magazine photo of band/musician
- Historical Concert Image
- Still images from music videos
- Mug Shot
- News Worthy Moment
YES: Music
No: Random Musican Photos
Actor/Actress/Movie
Famous image vs famous person
- YES
- Cover of Movie
- Still Image from Movie
- Magazine photos
NO: Paparazzi or random photo of the person
Fashion
- Magazine Cover
- Magazine Layout
- Iconic Fashion Photo
- Advertiment photo
Yes:
No:
- Instagram/ social media
You May NOT pick images that are inappropriate for school
- Nudity/Sexual
- Cartoon characters
- Paintings
- Drug Use
- Culturally Insensitive
- Violent
- Instagram, Snapchat, twitter or other Social Media site
- Your brother, uncle, friend, etc. that is a “professional photographer”
Requirments
- MUST be taken by YOU! This is a photography class not a modeling class!
- MUST be taken with a DSLR camera. NO Cell Phones Photos
- MUST show a lot of TIME and EFFORT (studying for a final test should take you between 2-3 hours. You must show that your final took this kind of time)
- Must be edited in a similar manner from the original. (ex: Origianl photo that is black and white must edit the remake in black and white)
- YOU MUST Combine the famous photo next to your remake photo in Photoshop before you submit it.
- Complete the Q and A about your final. Research your photograph by answering the questions found on the Q and A worksheet. This must be completed in order for you to get credit for your final. Q and A Worksheet
Ways to Recreate Famous Image
Straight Recreation vs Parody
Recreation is a piece of writing, art or music that copies the original in a similar manner with minor changes.
The artistic feeling/mode/look is similar to the original. Credit is given to the original work of art/music/photograph.
Parody
is a piece of writing, art or music that deliberately copies another work in a comic or satirical way.
Toys
Grading of Projects
A +
These projects show quality, thought, time, effort
D and Below:
-Shows little effort or time spend on the final.
– To easy of subject
– Not edited correctly
