Visual Literacy: Projects

Final Group Project

Group Roster

	Sense	Project(s)
Jennifer	Sight	Life & Death, Multiframes
Micaela	Smell	Point of View, Metaphor
Orlando	Touch	Notice What You Notice
Stevie	Taste	Double Entendre
Jeslin	Sound	Sound Recording

Process

In our first meeting we began to brainstorm ideas for what we wanted to do in our group of five. We came up with the idea of using the five senses as an aspect for our project. Jennifer is sight, Micaela is smell, Jeslin is sound, Stevie is taste, and Orlando is touch. We decided to have our five senses focus on a cup of tea. All five of us went to Oxford Exchange on our own time, and the restaurant which is across the street from the University of Tampa campus. We each ordered a cup of tea and observed what we needed to in order to complete our individual part of the project.

Synopsis

Jennifer McElroy: I show life and death by placing three photos in a row of the cup of tea full, half full, and empty. I use lighting to also present the theme of life and death. The bright light used in the top picture of the full cup of tea presents that life is bright and full when we are first young and learning. The middle picture is when the cup is half full and the light is a bit dimmer, this symbolizes when we are middle aged and half of our life is already over. The bottom picture is an empty cup of tea and there is not much lighting. This represents that the end of our life brings us our darkest and scariest moment, death.

Orlando Rivera: I represented touch with the 50 things to notice. In the first picture I use a gentle touch and sort of a bright lighting to basically show as if it were day time and that the tea is still a little hot which doesn't allow me to follow grip the cup as you can also see the yea still bubbling from it's hear. On the second picture I made it a little bit darker to make it seem as it if it were night time so the tea a little cooler and allows me to fully grip the cup and as you can see the tea is a lot calmer and no longer bubbling.

Micaela Figueroa: We wanted to show the point of view of a cup of steaming hot tea and decided to add the smoke and the individual consuming the delicious beverage. Also, the flowers in the air is a metaphor for the aroma of the cup of London Fog Tea at Oxford exchange.

Stevie Ruzich: The musical notes as the steam of the tea symbolize the emotional correlation between two seemingly unrelated activities. For many people, drinking tea and listening to music are de-stressors. Incorporating flowers into the cup juxtaposes the refreshing nature of drinking the tea (e.g. the stimulation) against the calming effect of it (e.g. the relaxation).

Catalogue

This process occurred on our own time when we were available to make it to Oxford Exchange.

Jennifer McElroy:

Micaela Figueroa:

Stevie Ruzich:

Jeslin Ritz

1. Frank and Tara – Sandwich

I really liked all the viewpoints from you, the sandwich and an on looker. It’s really creative and in-depth.

2. Berkley and Jeslin – Being Kidnapped

I like the angles where you see the hands and looks like you are really looking from the eyes of someone being kidnapped

3. Stevie and Megan – Break Up

Very interesting to see what happened. It would be nice to see the boy friend’s side of the story, not just the girl friend.

4. Ben and Spencer – Cake’s Perspective

I really like how you really got involved in the picture by dressed up Ben to look like a real baker. Also, the view of the inside of the oven really adds to the picture.

5. Wendy and Elizabeth – Cigarette

I liked how you could tell that it was a cigarette with all of the irregular circle and ring of fire. Also you had smoke coming out of her mouth with the lighter in her hand, which really added to the project.

6. Peter and Andrea – View of Pandini’s

Nice lighting. Interesting to see the perspective of a worker who helps us on a day-to-day basis.

7. Kofi and Liz – Trippy

I like the technique you used with the fish lens and all the colors.

8. Dominic, Michael L and Connor - Goalie

Very nice to see the perspective of the goalie for once. Everyone uses just the on field players, you all really thought outside the box.

9. Alex and Erin – Student Studying in Library

It’s interesting but not unique. It seemed like you just took a picture of yourself studying rather than putting some thought into it.

“5, 6, 7, 8 DANCE!”

The first point of view for this piece is what the audience sees on stage, a dancer. In the gleaming lights they can view and define the figure of the dancer’s body and her facial expression. The second point of view is what the dancer views from the stage. The dancer cannot see as much because the stage lights blur out most of audience. There is a reason why they use such bright lights so the dancers cannot see the viewers. They do not want them to be nervous if they see someone in the audience that they know, so the lights make the dancer’s vision fuzzy.

Time for an Exam

For our second project, the idea is based on an eye exam at the doctor’s office. In the image, we are representing two ideas. Someone has the eye machine right up to their face and they are attempting to read the eye chart to check their vision. The one side is blurry vision, while the other side is crystal clear. This picture represents the fact that one person can have two perspectives; one is perfect while the other is hazy.