Assignment 2
You will see a slideshow below - it will reveal your final placement.
Comments are below.
Remember, they are posted in alphabetical order based on your Simming Username. You will have to watch the slideshow to know your actual placement.
Remember, they are posted in alphabetical order based on your Simming Username. You will have to watch the slideshow to know your actual placement.
Chell & Ginger Farro
96 points
Photo Quality: 5/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 10/10 Total: 48/50 Amazing entry, Chell. Your writing is phenomenal and I could see/feel the ballerina and her emotions come through your writing. I really enjoyed the sense of loss that you went with. Losing one’s innocence and coming to the realization that people lie, cheat, and manipulate to get ahead is so scary. I don’t think that I could dictate the moment I felt that happen, but I am terrified to watch it happen to my daughters. Your photo was just as equally amazing. Great job! |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 10/10 Total: 46/50 This story of an aging ballerina is engaging and I’m sure many that have reached that prima ballerina status feel this way as they age and this story reflects that but also the dark side comes out. I get the feeling that she has done things to perhaps other ballerinas that threatened her status and as a result, her life is becoming darker and the light is leaving her. Loved the setting and the outfit reflected the dark part of her that has now taken over. |
Lovegab101 & Caramline Brooks
84 points
Photo Quality: 2/5
Model Appearance: 3/5 Background/Setting: 3/5 Overall Composition: 3.5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9.5/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 39/50 Your poem is great and very meaningful. The thing I love about Goth is that you do not have to go mysterious or horror with your shots. You can (and most often should) go emotional and meaningful. I really liked the idea you had – losing youth and/or a loved one can be devastating, yet the memories could keep them and their youthfulness alive. At least that’s how I interpreted your poem. Your photo…well, I think I interpreted it as the loss of youthful innocence because of all the blood splatter cast across memories of childhood (toys). I like how Caramaline looks sad and lonely here, but I do wish you hadn’t gone so physically dark with the lighting. It’s so hard to see any detail and see much of anything really. A brighter photo with dark shades of blue, green, and black would have still maintained that gothic appeal. |
Photo Quality: 3/5
Model Appearance: 3/5 Background/Setting: 5 /5 Overall Composition: 4/5 Creativity/Originality: 10/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 43/50 I really like your poem. It reminds me of the Forever Young song, but it has that deep and meaningful feeling of emptiness when someone we love passes and is lost to us in body but never from our memory. I also like that you took a different angle to the usual “Gothic” theme, which doesn’t have to be all dark and evil. According to one definition a “Goth is someone who finds beauty in things others consider dark,” and that seems to be the case here, your loss hurts but the memories are beautiful. I really wish you’d lightened up the whole shot though, so that we could see her face more clearly and contrasted to the background. The whole shot is quite dark and if you used Imgur or some other photo server, that can make the shots even darker as they are compressed when stored on the photo site. Couple of errors but didn’t detract too much from the overall meaning. “fried” should be friend. In the 3rd to last line was “or” meant to be our? |
Movotti & Midori Movotti
85 points
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 4.5/5 Background/Setting: 3/5 Overall Composition: 4/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 8/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 8/10 Total: 39.5/50 Interesting story. I like that you went a different route than most with this one. It is verging more on fantasy and less on Gothic, but it still has its moments. Your photo is nicely lit for a nighttime shot and Midori looks good, but the setting itself leaves a bit to be desired. It’s not very clear what’s being burned in the background and there’s a lot of black space. Your story reminds me of Dark Shadows (the movie) and that’s why some of the creativity lacked for me. Overall, though, this is a good entry. |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 4/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 8/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9.5/10 Total: 43.5/50 Love the outfit and your take on loss, not only does it reflect the feelings of anger and shame for falling for the wrong person, but Midori, not only devastated by losing what he thought was real love, but also all that was precious to him as well, his kingdom and his ability to live a normal life. Love the expression on his face and the setting is perfect for the story. His sister in the background shows that loss by her pose even though we can’t see her face, I am sure tears would be streaming if we could. It still has some Goth appeal but it is probably more like a snapshot of an epic medieval story, which I might add, I am very partial to. If you had pulled the camera back just enough to see his knees or just below, it would have improved the overall composition. |
NShipp & Jasmine Lopez
80 points
Photo Quality: 3/5
Model Appearance: 3/5 Background/Setting: 3/5 Overall Composition: 3/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 8/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 8/10 Total: 36/50 Once again, your story was a good one, but your background choice killed the photo for me. I love the idea of a fallen angel for this assignment – it’s an assignment topic I’ve used before. I really enjoyed the story and while I could tell it was a little rushed, it was nicely written. Unfortunately, the photo lacked the power that your story held. The background choice wasn’t the best quality and it’s actually really difficult to pick out what exactly is going on behind Jasmine. You styled Jasmine beautifully for her fallen-angel-look, but the pose was a little odd. Overall, your stories are killing it, but your photos are not stepping up to par! I know you can do it, though! |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 4/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 4/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story:9/10 Total: 44/50 Your stories are always engaging. Love reading them especially when they have those wonderful twists you are so good at creating. She appears to be floating there, it would have been even more effective to the overall composition, if you had Jasmine standing on fiery rock or actually falling into the pits of h-ell. Her outfit and appearance really shows the dark angel she has become, and her pose shows that darkness but also her helplessness from a Machiavellian ruse that cost her everything including her normal life. |
Prettyprettyplumbob & Norah Apple
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Vid & Sam Prince
90 points
Photo Quality: 5/5
Model Appearance: 4/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 7.5/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 8.5/10 Total: 44/50 You have such an amazing knack for creating full photos with so much detail. I love that about you! Your story is also a nice idea. I like the thought process behind this and I really like that you wrote it from a ghost’s perspective. It made for a fun read. Great job. |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 4/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9.5/10 Gothic Appeal: 8/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 8.5/10 Total: 44/50 Your story was engaging and I found the confusion of Sam so well written. The ending was a bit predictable but it was so well written. The layers you must have used for this would have been many and you made a great effort to really set the scene up beautifully. The two cops chatting at the back, the forensic officer, the police taking the shot and your own body both on the floor and the doorway with death tapping on your shoulder in black and white really set up the composition well. The black mist swirling around his feet really added to the ghostly effect. I noticed the border of the shot you added in the doorway. Next time perhaps use the cloning tool and continue the misty background right to the top so it doesn’t look quite as placed. |