See if you can recognize this

one…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0

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Silhouettes

The History and use of silhouettes.

Silhouettes

What is a silhouette?

Definition: a line that traces the outer

limits of an object or surface

(cartoonists often try to give their

characters recognizable silhouettes).

The term silhouette is well understood

now, though this was not always the

case. Early designations included

"shade," and "profile." Silhouettes were

made freehand and with tracing

devices, by amateurs and professional

artists alike.

Courtesy of: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/silhouette.html

Silhouettes

What was a silhouette used for?

Usually for medals and antique coins, but the first silhouettes may have been the profiles made of King William and Queen Mary, produced about 1700.

The medium of early silhouettes was lamp black (soot) on plaster or glass.

Famous Silhouettes What silhouette can you find on a daily basis that

is recognizable?

Some Recognizable

Silhouettes

Even some you may

see everyday

This is in a graphic on a building

A t-shirt design.

Some in a logo

Let’s see if you can

recognize these…

•He was born on July 23rd in 1989.

•He played the young David

Copperfield on TV in 1999.

•His debut film was ' The

pleasure garden '

•He directed Psycho .

Dan Radcliffe

Alfred Hitchcock

…continued

•She broke her nose surfing in 2003.

•Her first film was 'The Mask'

Cameron Diaz

•His debut album was ‘Greetings from

Asbury Park, New Jersey’

•His backing band is the E Street Band.

Bruce Springsteen

…one more

•This movie came out in 1982

•He was always “phoning home”

Movie: E.T.

Sunrise/Sunsets - silhouettes

Taking pictures at certain time of the day.

--6:51am Sunrise -Taking pictures between 7:00-7:10am

OR

--6:46pm Sunset - Taking pictures between 7:10-7:20pm

You also use your judgment.

sunrisesunset

Then there is also…..

Man Made silhouettes

Man Made silhouettes

Student examples

One correction: put the sheet in front of

the hands then take a picture.

Student Examples

You can get creative

Silhouettes of

Landscapes

I just took this picture

(Sept. 23 at 7:00pm)

Then I took this picture just 15

minutes later (Sept. 23 at 7:15pm)

Then I took this last picture just 10

minutes later (Sept. 23 at 7:25pm)

Which one looks the best to

represent a silhouette?

Homework Checklist

Take 3 different pics at either:

sunrise or sunset (i.e. shape of tress or outline of a building etc.)

Find one used in a Logo or a graphic

3 - “mock up/man made” silhouettes

get out approx. 20 mins. after/before

sunrise: 6:51am sunset: 6:46pm

DUE Thursday-October 6th

Too Dark

Too Light

Taken to another level on

www.youtube.com

America’s Got Talent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInQ2jzUmXI