a) what is the feeling you wanted yourgum package to potray? How did you achieve this?
-i wanted it to potray excitement(sort of entertaining and eye catching), and the way i achieved that is i put time
in researching a good slogann good ways to design it
b)who are you targeting your gum to? how did you achieve this?
-im targeting teens and the way i achieved this is how i chose my colours
and stylized it.
c)what areain your design did you use photoshop?
-i used photoshop to create my background colours and to do drop shadow on my letters.
d)more marks are given to designs that are custom created and not just taken
from free vectors or free stock photography. What part of your gum package did you custom design?

1) How did you enjoy the film? What stood out for you?
- i enjoyed the film alot it was really interesting. the kids stood out alot because of where there living in the “red light district”

2) Did you learn anything new about photography, life, people? What.

- i learnt that anybody can learn the art of photography and master it as long as you put your heart in it because is doesnt matter where you live and your status, everyone has a gift that they can apply to help them learm new things.

3) How do you think the world needs to change?
How important is this?

- i think the world needs to change in the way they look at other people, they automaticlly judge and insinuate that they know what your all about just because of where you live (example red light disrict, it was really hard to get these kids into a school because of where they live and what there parents may have done or do). i will end this question on this saying “DONT JUDGE A BOOK BUY ITS COVER”

4) What are you willing to do TODAY to be a part
of that change?

- im willing to stop doing it myself because everything starts with one person it takes one person to stand up and implement a change hoping that others will follow.

5) Do you know a good song/rap/poem with
good lyrics about change in the world?
Post a link or lyrics to share it with us.

- i have so mant song buy so many artist but heres keep ya head up by the great tupac shakur:

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care
And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up
And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him
And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don’t need him
And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that)
When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a pappy
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it’s time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
And since a man can’t make one
He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
So will the real men get up
I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up[Chorus]Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
ooooo child things are
get brighter [2x] [Verse Two:]

Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough
And though we had it rough, we always had enough
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
And I realize momma really paid the price
She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen
I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
It seems tha rain’ll never let up
I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor
Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is
it ain’t no hope for tha future
And then they wonder why we crazy
I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup
And even though you’re fed up
Huh, ya got to keep your head up

[Chorus]

[Verse Three:]

And uhh
To all the ladies havin babies on they own
I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone
Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em
Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure
And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son
wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
You can’t complain you was dealt this
hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
Because there’s too many things for you to deal with
Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless
While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks
Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week
Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me
I was given this world I didn’t make it
And now my son’s getten older and older and cold
From havin the world on his shoulders
While the rich kids is drivin Benz
I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends
And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but
please… you got to keep your head up

6) Pick a non-profit organization that is
important to you.
Why is this important to you?
Do they have a website?
- i chose the WWF(World Wildlife Foundation) its a charity that protects the future of nature. WWF insures the conservation of nature. it is important to me because we as humans are killing our wildlife with our pollution and it sadens me to hear to mammals even went instinct because of our careless actions.

7) What ideas do you have for media
arts projects that we could do individually
or as a class to help contribute to these
organizations that are important to us?

- we could possibly design ads for them.

1) Will a 300 dpi image or a 72 dpi image be clearer when printed out at the same size? How come?

- i think that the 300 dpi would have a clearer image because the 300 dpi image has more dots per inchg whick equals the more dots there are the more detialed and clearer the picture is.

2) What would a picture created at 1 dpi look like?

- it would look blurry

a) What qualities of your magazine cover make it effective? (eg. What makes it eye catching?, What about it promotes curiosity?, How is it visually pleasing?, What makes it easy to understand?)

- the qualities that make my magazine effective is the way i put it 2gether. how i creatively chose a picture that will go well with my background color. my magazine was inspired my Time Magazine. i think my title promotes curiositty in to because the title of my magazine is The Truth so gives you a sense of wonder when you like at the cover on of my magazine like (“the truth about who…am i getting a inside scoop…who is adjo…what am i learning more about black history that i never heard before is that really adjo). i think my magazine is very visually pleasing because it attracts the eye when i turn it black and white alot of things stand out.

b) What was the order of hierarchy you were trying to achieve for the elements on your magazine cover? (About Hierarchy

i wanted my veiwer to see the title of my magazine first then the picture, then the sub headlines.

 I found the magnetic lasso tool the most easy to use.  It was easy because the tool does all the work i really dont even need tp pay attention.  I just had to isolate the picture from its background.

1. What combination of tools did you use to isolate the fruit in “fruit_combo.jpg” and where in the image did you use which tool?

The combination of tools that I used to isolate the fruit in the “fruit_combo.jpg” was the magnetic lasso tool and the wand. I used the lasso tool to get rid of the bigger area, and i used the majic wand to get rid of the parts of the area that was left.3. Experiment with the following:
After you make a selection in the menu and go to
     a) Select > Modify > Expand
     b) Select > Modify > Contract
     c) Select > Feather

     a)select > modify > ExpandIt makes the picture bigger. It expands the picture by how many pixels there are.     b) Select > Modify > ContractIt makes the picture smaller. It contracts the picture by however many pixels.
                
      c) Select > Feather  The feather, gives the picture a soft look, even around the edges.