Assignment 1
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
98 points
Photo Quality: 4.5/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 10/10 Gothic Appeal: 9.5/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 10/10 Total: 49/50 Excellent first entry, Chell. I loved the thought behind this entry. Not only was your photo seriously stunning, but your story was breathtaking. I interpreted the story as someone dealing with mental illness. The story here reminds me of someone who might be dealing with PTSD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, or even Bi-Polar Disorder. All of those kind of seem like what your model could be dealing with here and it is very moving. I love the idea nonetheless. Your setting is also very pretty. I love the inclusion of the books and the violin – they make me think your model was once a creative and talented thinker and that passion has been diminished due to this internal battle. Great work overall! |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 4/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 10/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 10/10 Total: 47/50 Your story is very deep and thought provoking. I interpreted that she was talking about herself and the demons she is dealing with inside herself as she looked in the mirror. Absolutely loved reading this! Her pose is perfect and fits the story really well. |
Lovegab101 & Caramaline Brooks
81 points
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 4.5/5 Overall Composition: 4/5 Creativity/Originality: 7.5/10 Gothic Appeal: 7/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 7/10 Total: 39/50 I really like the look of your photo. It’s got a good eerie glow that makes sense with the confusion that Caramaline must be feeling. I think the story was a little confusing – written from a pretty formal and outside perspective that didn’t really connect me with the story much. Writing from 3rd person point of view is perfectly fine, but I feel like this was more like “let me tell you about a sim that I created” and less like an actual story. It picked up at the end, but left me a bit confused overall. |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 4/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 7/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 7/10 Total: 40/50 Love the lighting on her beautiful dress, it looks sateen and shiny and shows up beautifully against the dark background. The background really fits the story and it’s like she’s discovered a secret basement used by her nemesis. If you’d pulled the camera back just a touch and seen the full picture of her devil in disguise this would have added even more to the atmosphere of this shot. |
Movotti & Midori Movotti
93 points
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 4.5/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 8/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 43.5/50 Nicely done for the first round. I really liked the photo a lot – great use of a cityscape and great use of the color green. Don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the city looks polluted – as it would suggest in your mini story. I also like where you have Midori standing and the creative way to hide his face. I think the idea of the story was a little too borrowed from other stories (like Batman), but for the most part, your writing is excellent and it was entertaining. |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 10/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9.5/10 Total: 47.5/50 This whole shot is almost perfect for this round. The story is engaging and very relevant to the shot. I found I didn’t want the read to stop. If I was to say anything it would only be to have brightened up Midori just a touch so he contrasted a little more against the background, which wouldn’t have taken away from the dark feeling of the shot. |
NShipp & Jasmine Lopez
82 points
Photo Quality: 2.5/5
Model Appearance: 3/5 Background/Setting: 3/5 Overall Composition: 3.5/5 Creativity/Originality: 8/10 Gothic Appeal: 7/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 36/50 I’m going to focus primarily on critiquing your photo because I found your story to be very well-written. Your story was interesting, had a good sense of eeriness, and was written very nicely. I don’t have much to critique about it and it is what saved a lot of your scores. Your photo was a little off for me, however. It didn’t stand up to the quality of your story! I think it has to do with the real-life objects (background and bear) that you chose to go with. I would have left out the part about the bear or chosen a different pose that could be edited easier. As is, the bear is floating in mid-air because the hand that looks like it should be holding it…isn’t. The setting was not my favorite due to quality. It’s very dark and very poor quality compared to your model. An in game show of Jasmine by a lake would have been much better. I love your writing, though! So excited to read more of it. |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 4/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 8/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 44/50 The story with its unexpected twist at the end really added to this overall shot so well. The quality and setting is perfect for your story. Only thing I’d say is to try to have the teddy looking like it’s being held a bit more and making her a bit darker-looking even if just her clothes. But there again, her appearance did add to the surprise ending. Fantastic story and overall shot. |
Prettyprettyplumbob & Norah Apple
90 points
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 4/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 45/50 This is another great entry. I am very impressed with your writing and loved the story here. You gave us enough backstory to really sell the idea without going overboard. I love the idea of the final lines where people seek Norah’s guidance, but not her company – very Gothic and sad! I love it. I also love the background you chose. Her mask is a little odd, but it kind of looks like a fencer’s mask with a crown. It’s interesting. Great work overall. |
Photo Quality: 4/5
Model Appearance: 3/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 10/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 45/50 Your story is so engaging, I couldn’t stop reading to the end. Next time, though from one writer to another, don’t put in the title as it gave away a bit before reading the story. Let our imagination as readers work this out. As you mention “Soothsayer” right at the end if the reader didn’t pick that up whilst reading they would at the end. The shot is a little too dark as Norah blends in just a bit much with the background. If you’d brightened her up just a touch it would give her more contrast to the background, which I add, was perfect for the Gothic theme. This wouldn’t detract from the overall dark appeal of the shot. |
Vid & Sam Prince
95 points
Photo Quality: 4.5/5
Model Appearance: 5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9.5/10 Gothic Appeal: 9/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 9/10 Total: 47/50 This is an excellent start to the competition. I love your creativity with photos – you were made for these kinds of competitions!! I really enjoy the amount of detail you always put into your shots. Okay, enough about the photo…that story? OMG it was a great one! You wrote very well (again, no surprise), and you were SO creative. I was intrigued by the very mention of the man in a large black hat and he is posed so wonderfully in this shot. I will say this…he ordered whiskey…yet he’s holding a beer. Lol loved it anyway! |
Photo Quality: 5/5
Model Appearance: 4.5/5 Background/Setting: 5/5 Overall Composition: 5/5 Creativity/Originality: 9/10 Gothic Appeal: 9.5/10 Creativity of Mini Story: 8/10 Total: 46/50 The minute I’d read your story, I wanted to lift up his hat to see his eyes, which I know wasn’t in the brief, but the story was very engaging and I enjoyed reading it. The skeletal smoke was a clever touch and the heart with the knife really added to this shot along with the bodies strewn around the room. Well done! His bloody arm, however is just a touch overdone I felt. The quality and originality of his appearance is excellent. |