Layne Renfrow

          This semester in graphic design, I learned about the importance of taking your time while working in photoshop in illustrator through three main projects. First, we worked on creating a panorama in photoshop. We were to create a theme using ten images. It took a lot of time and my layers menu was chaotic, I couldn't even navigate it myself. I used adjustment layers to change the colors and white balance so that the image would highlight the pinks and blues. I used layer masks, and then the brush tool to get rid of things I didn't need. I used clipping masks when I needed to get rid of a larger area. In total, it took me about a week and a half to think of the idea and put it into photoshop. I didn't receive very much feedback during this project, but I was told by others that they liked how it was coming along. After this project, I took away a new understanding of photoshop that I later applied to work ou...

Sophomore Edition of ONW Now: The Fall Play           For our sophomore edition of ONW Now, I was assigned to create a News Piece. My group and I quickly decided on the fall play, And Then There Were None because two of us were involved in it, making it easy to film. We went out to film on the day we selected the topic out of convenience, also knowing that we would be ahead in editing. It was a challenge learning to work with the darker lighting but by the end of filming, I definitely think I know how to work the camera better after pushing a lot of buttons trying to get the camera in focus with the right coloring and lighting. I also got a ton of b-roll this time around so that I wouldn't be in the same position as I was for the last project.           The editing for this assignment was probably the most fun I've had in post-production. It was cool getting to watch b-roll of all of the behind the scenes stuff that goes into putt...

Diversity at ONW   For this assignment, my group decided to do our video about Diversity at Olathe Northwest. We thought that it may stick out and leave more of an impact than other feature stories. My group never really assigned certain roles for each other, but I think I was more of a cinematographer. We took one block day to film all of the interviews and another class period to do the b-roll. We didn't get enough b-roll, which would later make me struggle to complete it on time.            Editing is where I really struggled in this project. We didn't have enough b-roll so it was a process trying to figure out how to fill the empty space. It was all about making some clips longer and working with the clips that weren't necessarily the best in terms of lighting and focus. I turned this project in much later than the due date because of this, and it was definitely a learning experience because for my current project that I'm working on, I got...

" Olathe Northwest Student Uses Dance to Display Individuality Olathe Northwest sophomore Ella Hiebert has a talent that sets her apart from many other students: dance. Ella’s mother placed her into dance classes when she was younger, and she has continued to pursue her passion of dance ever since. Ella continues to follow a path in dance because she can see herself having a career in the field. Hiebert conveys,“I think it would be really interesting...if I could be a professional dancer, and then go to college and do physical therapy or something in that field.” Now, she can be found practicing up to 20 hours a week at American Dance Center. The majority of her style consists of ballet, she is also able to demonstrate her talents in modern and contemporary dance. Ella shows promise and excitement about her skill in dance, and is eager to share with others." First, I had to take into consideration my previous assignments. It was between Ella Hiebert and Diversity a...

ONW 1 in 2000: An Interview with Ella           At the beginning of the project, we went through many different ideas. We eventually landed on Ella Hiebert, a dancer, after we were given a suggestion by the teacher. I was the writer of all the interview questions and I finished them quickly because I pretty much wrote down things I wanted to know about dance and Ella's experience with it.           Filming took a few days because our first shot at interviewing had bad lighting and the sound didn't end up working. We were lucky enough to get a mic on the second attempt which allowed the video to have better quality later on. Then on the third day of filming, we shot B-Roll throughout the school.            Getting the perfect voice over was definitely a struggle. I would either talk too fast, or start laughing with the other person in the room with me. Eventually, I just had to redo it at hom...

Watercolor Transfer Print          First, I created a new project in Photoshop that had measurements of 8x11. Then, I chose the two projects that I wanted to use. I chose my second photoshop challenge, and my panorama. One had to be in black and white, so I chose the panorama since I knew that it had more white accents, which would allow the watercolors to bleed through later on. I changed the sizes of the images to be 4x6 and placed them on the document with a decent amount of white border around them. Once I finished, I printed them.           Watercoloring was my favorite part of the process, since we were able to talk to others while we painted. There were no constraints to what we painted, which made it more fun since we weren't following a tutorial. I tried to match the color scheme to my photoshop challenge image, but on my panorama I just started to experiment with different colors.  ...

          For this assignment, my group members and I chose to create our video about where you shouldn't eat during Power 50.  After someone randomly pitched an idea to walk into carpet, hit an invisible barrier, and their food flew everywhere while they fell over. We worked around that idea, and our video continued to reflect the idea throughout the project.       While storyboarding, we planned from the start to film in the events entrance. We built our idea around the area where the tile turns into carpet, and having our subject step over the line. I was the director, and I learned that a project isn't always going to run smoothly. Our major setback was the fact that some of our actors couldn't return for reshoots, leading to continuity errors so we re-filmed the entire video.       Editing went well and I actually finished in one class period. The time constraints were a bit di...