Silent Actress

Hollywood movies offer a glimpse into the fashions and styles of the times. In the early days of Hollywood, movies were silent and featured actresses and actors who would mime and gesture their parts in order to create dialogue in the story, also, title cards had written dialog to show the audience what was being said. Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular in France during the 1920s. She also devoted much of her life to fighting racism. She was born on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker spent her youth in poverty before learning to dance and finding success on Broadway. In the 1920s she moved to France and soon became one of Europe’s most popular and highest-paid performers.

Learning Targets

I can construct a digital collage and express a central theme in a work of art by combining various symbols and motifs that share a relationship within the scene’s context.
I can extract/take out an image from a white background by using the Magic Wand Selection Tool(w)Shortcut in Adobe Photoshop and deleting the background.
 I can extract take out objects from complex backgrounds by using the Magnetic Lasso Selection tool to surround and select the object.
I can refine and modify my selections to improve the accuracy of the object’s edges by using the Eraser and the Brush Tool in the Quick Mask Mode to refine the Mask and meet the object’s edge.
I can modify my selections by selecting Select > Modify menu features in AP to Feather, Constrict, or Expand my selections.
I can show the principle of unity in a composition by using very similar and analogous colors in a design.
 I can construct a background scene by extracting only parts of three or more other images so as not to plagiarize other’s work.’
I can create a variety of effects using the Filter Gallery in AP and adjusting the settings within the filter and customize the effect.
I can create blend layers together and create dynamic effects by exploring the Blending Modes in the Layers Panel as well as adjusting the Transparency/Opacity settings in the Layer Panel.
I can modify the color of an image by creating a new the Adjustment Layer in the layers panel, selecting Color Balance or Hue/Saturation and adjusting the color adjustment sliders.
I can feature my completed artwork on a digital portfolio by taking a picture of the artwork, and inserting it on a new slide on the Google Slides portfolio document I shared with Mr. Fatta’s email address.

Use this link and this link or this link to get familiar with some of the other most well-known names in early Hollywood. Search online for images that depict your star in various outfits and settings and save them to your drive. Use the Photoshop skills developed in the previous collage project to create a collage in a similar vein to the images featured below.

https://pixlr.com/x/ free online software that you can use as a substitute for photoshop. If you have photoshop use that instead.

Kathrin Kuhn | Collage Artist

Featured collage artist Kathrin Kuhn works as a graphic designer and illustrator in Berlin, Germany. She creates vibrant feelings in her work by applying and juxtaposing enticing patterns and rich textures that create a lush colorful feeling in her work. Kathrin creates and energetic expression in her collages by clashing colors and patterns to create contrast and tension.

Tutorial | Silent Actress Collage

Learn More | The National Core Arts Standards

Creating
VA:Cr1.1.HSI Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
VA:Cr1.2.HSI Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
VA:Cr2.1.HSI Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
VA:Cr3.1.HSI Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.
Presenting
VA:Pr.4.1.HSI Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.
VA:Pr5.1.HSI Analyze and evaluate the reasons and ways an exhibition is presented.
Responding
VA:Re7.1.HSI Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
VA:Re7.2.HSI Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.
VA:Re9.1.HSI Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.
Connecting
VA:Cn10.1.HSI Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
VA:Cn11.1.HSI Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

National Core Arts Standards Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.

2. Images: Kathrin Kuhn, Collage Artist, http://www.kathrinkuhn.com

1. Josephine Baker Biography, Biography.com, https://www.biography.com/people/josephine-baker-9195959, retrieved 3/6/2018

National Core Arts Standards Matrix