LESSON 2:

21 CENTURY
ST

TECHNOLOGY
-BASED ART
 TECHNOLOGY-
BASED ART

-greatest worldwide
transformation in the realm of
art
 Nam June Paik
-first artist to devote time and
work with the new technology
-fascinated by tv sets-their
styles and designs as by their
impact on people
 -his best
work is TV
Buddha
 Computer/
Digital Art
-art that makes use of a computer
-morphing
-pixel size
 Morphing
-can show the interspaced
steps between two images
 Pixel size
-can be manipulated as well,
creating effects similar to
weaving and mosaics.
 Computer/Digital Art used
1. Mobile phones
2. Digital photography (Point-and-Shoot and
DSLR camera)
3. Digital Painting/imaging
4. Computer-generated images
5. videos
1. Mobile phones
-pocket size, light, and compact
-one of the most sought-after gadgets
of the digital camera in the market
2. Computer-Generated Images
(CGI)
-any images that is created with the
use of a computer-based processor or
program
3. Point-and-Shoot and Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera
Photography

Point-and-Shoot

-compacts
-designed for a very simple operations
-includes autofocus, other automatic functions and settings,
and a built in flash
Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR)
-normally used in professional photography
-produce more artistic and technically correct
pictures
-however, it is bulkier, more complex to operate and
still expensive
 Difference between Point-and Shoot and
DSLR Camera
Point-and-Shoot DSLR
1. Controls are all automatic, for 1. Manual or automatic control
example AUTOFOCUS options
2. Single permanent lens 2. removable, interchangeable
lenses
3. Lower resolution 3. Higher resolution
4. compact; easily slip into one’s 4. Bulkier
pocket
5. affordable; a lot cheaper 5. Expensive
CAPTURED
PHOTOS
FROM
UNIQUE
ANGLES
1. TILT SHOT

A shot where the camera angle is

deliberately slanted to one side.
2. SOFT FOCUS SHOT

It is a lens flaw, in which lens from images

that are blurred due to spherical aberration.
3. FRAMING SHOT

A shot focuses on the image where you, the

photographer want it.
4. BACKLIGHT SHOT

A shot where the source of the light is

used to exposed the film from behind the
subject.
5. EYE-LEVEL SHOT

A shot where the viewpoint is the

apparent distance and angle from which the
camera views and records the subject
6. PANNING SHOT

A shot that keeps an object in the

picture or secure a panoramic effect.
7. HIGH ANGLE SHOT

A shot in which the camera is physically

higher that the subject and is looking down
upon the subject.
8. Bird’s eye shot

A shot of an elevated view on an object

from above with the perspective as though
the observer were a bird.
9. CLOSE UP OR MICRO SHOT

A shot which tightly frames a person or

an object.
10. WIDE-ANGLE OR PANORAMIC
SHOT
A shot whose focal length is
substantially smaller that the focal length of
a normal lens for a given film plane.