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Professional Project Review

      In this video a young High school student, named Micheala Gertner is being interviewed about weight lifting.  In her family weight lifting is very common, her sisters and he father compete. Although, she wieght lifts she is still your typical teenager. (CNN Montano)       The video is primarily close ups with other shots to fill in the time.  A lot of shots are repeated to show the full action. Most of these shots are very well framed and everything flows together. For example, when she was lifting weights the action started with a close up and ended with the exact same close up.       The story told was the story of a teenage girl who participates in an unusual sport, it was told through an interview. One element from this video I would apply to my own work is the amount of close up there in comparison to the other shots. One thing that is applied in this video that I already learned is framing.        ...

What is Graphic Design

What is Graphic Design  Graphic design is conveying a message through images and typography. It is used everywhere from books to bridges. When graphic design is done well it makes you feel a certain way. Personally I judge books by its cover and when a book has a great cover it makes me love the book even more. Graphic design can even be land marks, from bridges, to statues, and signs. Graphic design is supposed to make you feel something, the graphic is supposed to tap into your emotion and make you feel or experience something. Every time I se graphic design it makes me wonder who is the person behind that.  The way things look changes how you feel. For example how do you feel when you see a stop sign or a bill board? Those are examples of graphic design that is executed well. Graphic design is even on your phone. I make connections with graphic design and what I most connect with is logo design, when I see a design I know how much work goes into that and i wonder how th...