For this project we had to take a photo that can be used for the cover of the book we read over the summer. I read The Picture of Dorian Gray which is about a man named Dorian who lives his life obsessed with youth and beauty. I chose to use a yellow book because in the story because Dorian follows the ideals in this book. In the beginning of the story Dorian gets a portrait painted of him and though he stays young and beautiful, the portrait does not. At the end, Dorian stabs the painting and ends up lying on the floor looking old and ugly while the painting looks youthful and lovely. It was hard for me to think of an idea but i wanted to use the yellow book from the beginning because that was what caused Dorian to live the way he did. I used Marina's hands and blended in rinkles to make the hand look old and ugly. I also used a photo filter to make the picture less sharp. I think that my picture could have come out way better but overall, it has meaning and looks interesting. <3

Stop Motion Video

This was an extremely difficult project to do because we had to learn how to work with others. Its hard enough on your own but having someone disagree with you makes things harder. I liked the story idea that was thought of by Claressa and Sarah i just wish the product came out better. I felt as though we didn't have enough time to complete the video even though we did. It was hard for some people to get their voice heard but i think they just need to speak up. I liked the drawings in the stop motion video and the ending is nice. Im not too fond of the blurriness in the beginning but i suppose it works okay with the video. I feel like if my group had more time and were more structured, we could have made a very nice film. Overall, this wasn't my favorite project, but it for sure helped me realize what it is like to work with others.