Somewhere



Time: 1 hour

For this project, we had to photoshop ourselves into a movie or tv scene. I chose The Dick Van Dyke Show as it is one of my favorite tv shows and to challenge myself to focus more on lighting. I liked this particular scene because it's in the Petrie's living room, which is one of the main settings in the show. It also has the whole family which I thought would be cool to put myself into. The tone is somewhat serious so I took a picture of myself with the same feelings. The masking aspect of the project was much easier than it was at the beginning of this unit, but I found the lighting to be more difficult than I was expecting. For one thing, I didn't have any lighter clothing that might have fit into the time period which absorbed almost all of the light I was working with. I was able to lighten up my skin tones to look similar to that in the tv scene, but I couldn't quite get my clothes to match. I think wearing all black takes a lot of the focus of the scene to me, even though I'm in the back, due to my clothing choice. Other than this challenge, I think I was able to successfully and believably implement myself into the scene.

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  1. Melanie DePasqualeNovember 17, 2020 at 2:19 PM

    This was really well done! You blend in really well with the original photo, it looks really natural. You did a great job with the lighting too - lighting is always super tricky but you matched both the lighting and the black and white perfectly. I honestly don't have any suggestions - well done.

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  2. Gabe NonkenNovember 18, 2020 at 11:04 AM

    I think this came out so good. I especially like how you added in your shadow behind the chair to match the lighting and fit right in with the other characters who also have shadows behind them. I think it really looks seamless and if I had not known this was your project I would have assumed you were actually in the scene.

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