Photoshopped creatures (Not finished)

I edited the pictures I took at the farm and edited them to look like the hippogriff as much as I could. I combined an image of a chicken, a larger chicken and a horse. I get the chicken on accuratly I had to alter it and curve it onto the body and copy and paste a little patch of mud from the background to hide the rest of the horses head as it was very large and would have made a massive issue. For the wing I just had to crop the wing and then swap it round as it was upside down to the way I needed it to be.  This was the hippogriff I needed to create as I wanted to do it, as stated in my proposal.

Proposal idea's

• Box Shape

1225 x 816

• Type of game

• Color scheme

• Design features

• Target audience

I am thinking the target audience would be a 7 after researching what the age ratings are online . I think it would be an average rating as I doubt a 3 year old would be playing a harry potter game.

• Background

I will be using the image I took at harry potter studio's of the hogwarts castle sculpture. I think it would be a good background and I have seen it on other board game covers so It is highly popular for the game design. I will be using the image below that was taken by me. As a back up cover design I could use the chamber of secrets that I taken which is below also.

• 4 creatures.

15/1/16 Memory test

Memory test

1. The Rule of Thirds refers to:

a1)      A rule that specifies the focal length differential in calculating depth of field.

b2)      A compositional rule that divides a shot into vertical and horizontal thirds.

c3)      A compositional rule that refers to certain times of the day for better results.

d4)     The rule that says your third shot will always be the most stable of three shot in rapid succession

2. In order to maintain consistent exposure, (while all else remains the same), what happens between shutter speed and aperture?

a1)      As the aperture widens, a slower shutter speed is required.

b2)      As the aperture widens, a faster shutter speed is required.

c3)      There is no relation between aperture and shutter speed.

d4)     None of the above.

3. The best way to reduce camera shake is to:

a1)      Increase your ISO

b2)      Decrease your shutter speed

c3)      Use a tripod

d4)     Increase (open) your aperture wider.

4. What color space should images be saved in if their intended output is a web gallery?

a1)      Adobe RGB

b2)      ProPhoto RGB

c3)      sRGB

d4)     LAB

5. What are the "Golden Hours"?

a1)      The hours where you can charge the most for your time.

b2)      The hour before sunrise and after sunset.

c3)      The hour after sunrise and before sunset

d4)     The hour when the sun is at its peak

6. When shooting landscapes, the best type of lens to use would be:

a1)      wide angle lens

b2)      telephoto lens

c3)      macro lens

d4)     supertelephoto lens

7. Depth of field refers to.

a1)      the range of sharpness from near to far

b2)      the closest point in the image that is sharp

c3)      the furthest point of the image that is sharp

d4)     the background portions of an image that are sharp

Harry potter photo's I taken

Research planning & Secondary Research

  Research for inspiration 

  1. This is the hippogriff from harry potter which I can see can be recreated. I could take a picture of a bird based animal at the farm and then preferably take a picture of a horse or a cow for the merge of the horse based legs into the bird creatures front legs and facial features.

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2. This is dobby the house elf which I could create by using an animal with big ears which could be a cow and I could use for the format of the face a tortoise face as they have a peculiar face that I can sort of see within dobby. 

3.  This is Hagrid's 3 headed dog from the film and I could instead of using a dog's head for the faces. Could use goats. They're not the best for trying to resemble a dog face but I think that 3 heads of a goat could look quite creepy.

4. This is Dumbledore's pet Phoenix  which I could recreate with a chicken body or a parrot just so it looks like the bird resemblance and for the wings, take a picture of a bigger bird as the wings are much larger so I could take a picture of the Geese wings. So i'd definitely need two bird based animals for this one.

5. For this background of the board game I have chosen a picture of hogwarts. This is because I think I took a really good photograph of the Hogwarts sculpture and I think it would work effectively on the creation of the board game. I dont think I took any other photograph of a location on the trip to the studio's apart from that one. The image above looks exactly like the one I taken on the trip and I think that it looks good for a location background.

Secondary Research for the animals
http://www.stonebridgecityfarm.com/the_farm/animals
Looking at the stone bridge website and researching on what animals are at the farm. I have chosen to take pictures of A chicken and geese for the recreation of the Phoenix. The geese would be needed for the big wings as they would be bigger than a chicken's wings. I am also taking a picture of a golden orange looking chicken so that I can get it for the shape of the head and body of the phoenix and when I put them together I can give the bird bigger wings and I think it would be the best thing to do. For this photo I would need to get the geese whilst it's wings are out on display so I can get the best shot. I would need to get the shot from the front so that It would make it easier to photoshop later on. For the chicken I would need a front or a side shot of the whole chicken so I would need a long shot of the animal.
 
2. For the recreation of the 3 headed dog I am going to take a picture of a goats head. I have read that there is goats at the farm so I think thats what im going to do to recreate the 3 headed dog from Harry Potter. I would need to take into mind that I need a clear image of a goats face so I would need an image from the front.

3. For the recreation of Dobby I was thinking to take a picture of an animal with floppy ears as dobby has dangly ears that can be added onto the shape of another body. For the head shape I was thinking to take a picture of a tortoise. As dobby has a long neck with crinkles in and lines so I think that it would be the best animal to use for that. For this image I would need the tortoise's neck to be expanded out and not in the shell. I would ideally need a front shot of the animal. For the ears I would need the animal's ears to be down and not up and alert so hopefully there is a rabbit relaxing.


4. For the recreation of the Phoenix I researched that there are ponies at the farm so I would be taking an image of the pony's body. I could take a picture of a chicken's foot so I can add the feet onto the Phoenix. I would then take a picture of a Parrot I think for the head shape and If not id take a picture of the chickens head. For these image shots I would need a image of both the chicken's feet at a side angle so I can either get them both or just get one from the side so I could photo shop them onto the pony body. For the shot of the chicken's face I would need it to face sideway's so I can add that onto the ponys body again. For the pony shot I would need the pony to be facing sideway's so I can get its body from the side and I would need to get it's leg's in the shot also so it makes it easier for me to photoshop later on.

Harry Potter Merchandise Research
On the Harry potter studio tour website for merchandise all they have for board games was this game named destination.  For this design they have split it in half and placed the good characters on one side and then bad characters on the other side so you can straight away see its a competition game. I think this is a good example of inspiration and it could be included with all the house crests together in the middle of the box design,
Link to board game: http://shop.wbstudiotour.co.uk/product-categories/toys/info/destination%AE-hogwarts%99/10000254599.html
Link to website: http://shop.wbstudiotour.co.uk/

The second website I looked at was the official website for the harry potter merchandise. I found 2 board games on here too look at the first one i saw was a Harry Potter trivia game which  has the image of the main character on the front which I cannot include. It's also got the harry potter right in the middle similar to the first one I found but I think I like the idea of the crests all together.











For the second one I found was a Hogwarts great hall puzzle. It is different from the others I had seen so far. It has a massive image of the hogwarts which I like and I wrote down before I researched that I want the image of the hogwarts on the first. I also like how it has all the Harry Potter house crests. I have the inspiration to include this with my game cover design. 
Link to website: http://www.harrypottershop.com/
Link to board game one : http://www.harrypottershop.com/product/trivial+pursuit%26reg--+world+of+harry+potter%26trade-+edition+hpusgame01.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=Search
Link to board game 2: http://www.harrypottershop.com/product/harry+potter+hogwarts+1000+piece+puzzle+hpnmpuzz02.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=Search

I then went onto google images and found a image of another harry potter board game. I found this one which had the idea of the good characters separate from the bad ones. The hogwarts is included with the cover of this board game. I could take from this to side the creatures for example I could put both of my bird creatures on one side and then on the other include the other 2. Or I could put a bird creature on both to even it out.