My name is Nick, I am currently attending Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School. Out of all the things we've done here at com tech I'd have to say my favourite thing would be video editing, I can very much explain why but it's the time that I find I have the most fun in com tech class. Unlike some of the other students in the class my future career aspirations are not related to com tech, I wish to go on in the field of music as a Composer or a Performer. For Collage/University I have plans to go on to a performing arts school to further my music knowledge and talent.
These are examples of our posters to promote the PH Classic, however for this project we were only required to photograph and Photoshop the model, we were all given the same basic template to put them in to. We each were first required to pick a pose, we were to find a pose that spoke to use. The pose I chose was the pose displayed of the left. The program we used was of coarse, Adobe Photoshop.
Digital Art
"SELF
REQUIEM”
Photography and Design by Nicholas Robidoux
For this project we were instructed to create a design with photography and photoshop to express our Muse; what inspires us. My
Muse is the desire to find my true self, and end my loneliness by
finding love with another. For starters the person in the picture is
not me, but my companion Scott Varley. This depiction of my inner
self is supposed to suggest uncertainty to the viewer, uncertainty in
ones self. This is the cause for the fog and obscure floating
question marks. The question marks represent the question of “who
am I?” and the fog is meant to suggest the mysteriousness of the
man (a.k.a my inner self). The symbols in the eyes are in fact
constructed from 8 question marks each, therefore they also further
the questioning theme of the photo. The split of light and shadow on
the man contributes to the theme of uncertainty being neither in the
light or the shadow. The expression of the man projects his
loneliness, being lost in the fog which is a metaphor on the man
keeping his true self hidden, but not by choice, this is only because
he has lost/not yet found his true self. The is an addition to the
theme of loneliness, for even thought the moon is accompanied by
millions of stars, in reality they are ever so out of it's reach. The
ball of light suggest his desperation to find someone, this man
offers the only light he has for even a small chance to find love, to
end the loneliness.
This was the result of a project assigned to the grade 12 class every year. The assignment is to create the video shown to the elementary schools in the area to attempt to attract more student to Holy Cross. The video is a compilation of grade 9 students answering questions to give the grade 8 kids an idea of how their first year was. Each group is assigned a question to do the video for, my group was assigned the question: "What is your opinion of the School Uniform?". In each group there were three jobs to be done, there was the producer, the camera operator/video editor, and audio editor. I was assigned the jobs of camera operator/video editor, and audio editor; this was due to the fact that our group had two people instead of 3. Two pieces of software were used for the creation of this video, Final Cut Pro for video editing and Soundtrack Pro for audio editing. The process was a simple one; we filmed the grade 9 students answering the questions, we then filmed a show that best fit their answer, and used blue screen to place the shot behind the student.
Introduction Video
This is an example of one of the many HCTV introduction videos, this one being done by me; Nicholas Robidoux. This was an individual project using three pieces of software; Final Cut Pro for video, Soundtrack Pro for audio, and Motion for the animations. With this the primary concept was to introduce the logo with as much impact as possible, that's why is had the fast pace approach with the eruption effect of the logo. Then after the the impact the idea was to calmly ease in the coming video, to do this I dropped the busy background and slowly faded each layer out one by one.
“Vlad” is more then just a
photo, it is an idea and much like any idea it consists of parts. Vlad can be
broken down into three photographic elements: Perspective, Light & Shadow,
and finally detail. All of these elements important for different reason but
all simply means to the same end.
Out of all the parts the perspective is the most obvious. For
this work the perspective was taken at a lower angle to express the dominance
and presence of the building. The perspective that was used was meant to
pronounce the height of the building in relation to the rest of the area.
The second of Vlads characteristics is the play of light
& shadow. When light & shadow is normally used it’s more prominent and
noticeable. Vlads usage of light & shadow is minor, and it’s meant to be.
Vlads light & shadow is meant to draw the viewers attention from the bottom
up. It draws their eyes up to the light.
Vlads final characteristic is detail. The use of detail is
different from the conventional kind. The use of detail can be seen in the
rocky bottom parts of the photo. It’s meant to express the gritty and rough
texture of this old building, unlike newer fresher buildings that are smooth.
The
idea complete and thus Vlad is born. Through the usage of perspective, light
& shadow, and detail the idea of Vlad is created. Vlad is a proclamation of
on the beauty of old buildings. Vlad is more then just a photo Vlad is an idea.
It is for this reason that the work was named Vlad, by giving it a “identity”
instead of just a name, it has given the idea not only presence, but life.
An example of Man interacting with architecture.
Photograph "The Dreamer's Path" by Nicholas Robidoux.
I went on a magical adventure through the hallowed streets of downtown Kingston. While there I saw the majesty of architecture. During this trip I captured many moments, but the moment I most enjoyed was one I called "The Dreamer's Path". This photo was taken behind the historic Grand Theatre and was meant to be used as my "Man and Architecture" themed photo. This photo contains three architectural photo techniques: Texture, Contrast, and Symbolism.
Symbolism is a major element in this image. It's a metaphor of the struggle one goes through to keep their dreams. To explain, Scott (The Model in the picture) has the aspiration to become an actor. In the image the path behind him represents his journey to his dream. Much like
the path, his journey is a basic one with it's share of hardships,
the closed doors representing the false paths he must avoid. The
simplicity of this path is meant to contrast the opposite path. The
path in front of Scott represent the journey after obtaining his
dream. Much like the path, keeping his dream of acting is a challenging task, filled with danger, uncertainty, and sometimes
sadness. In comparison this shows use that although his path to
obtain his dream is a hard and long one it is nothing compared to the
struggle and hardship of keeping this dream, but that's where the
sign comes in. The sign being a friendly yellow colour is a symbol, a
symbol that at the end of his long arduous journey there is
happiness. At the end of his journey if he pushes through the
hardship and fights on, he will gain ultimate happiness and sense of
accomplishment.
Texture, Contrast, and Symbolism. The three bases of this moment, with these this mere image becomes an insight into the soul. The Soul of the dreamer, the actor, the individual. With this image, even if you have never met him, you to can walk along side this man, on the Dreamer's Path.
