In this week’s workshop, I learnt how to chroma key which is something I had no previous knowledge of. I realise that it’s easy to complete. Following my lecturer Cat, I found some stock footage of a bunny on a green screen then pasted it on a background. I then learnt through editing to apply an effect called Ultra Key on my bunny greenscreen layer. Then I simply select key colour and used the dropper to get the exact shade of green and it isolates the colour from the bunny making it look as though the bunny is moving in the background. Moving in the future, I have confidence on how to chroma key and will easily remember the process. During class we were introduced to the Sony FX3 Cinema Cameras and how to use them. Following my lecturer Cat was very useful as she goes through every function needed in terms that are understandable for someone who isn’t familiar with cameras. I felt confident using the settings we were taught to set the camera on. From the reading this week I particularly enlightened my previous understanding on symmetry by focusing on key purposes. I understood how symmetry is used for aesthetics and stylistic purposes that are often linked to elegance from its well-proportioned and balanced visual imagery (Suchan et al. 2018). The analysis further explains how symmetry is divided into four points, physical, mathematical, psychological, and aesthetic points of view.

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Suchan, J., Bhatt, M., Varadarajan, S. and Amirshahi, S. (2018). SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF (REFLECTIONAL) VISUAL SYMMETRY A Human-Centred Computational Model for Declarative Explainability. [online] Accessed 18 March 2024 https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~stellayu/publication/doc/2018symmetryACSJ.pdf.