Manipulation in Three Dimensions
The students in 3D Modeling and Sculpture learned about basic geometry creation and manipulation in 3D space. Using a 3D art program blender they each created a photo composition in 3D, including custom objects that they created themselves. Individual vertices are manually placed, and extrapolated into Three Dimensional forms.
Students also learned about using virtual lights to give their scenes unique moods and appearances.
Finn is very proud of how his students have gone above and beyond in these first projects, noting that the outcomes speak for themselves.
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- Derek
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- Katherine
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- Loic
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- Maddox
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- Nika
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- Olvia
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- Tristan
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ZineFest 2023
Members of our Zine Club traveled to Richmond with Olchar to attend ZineFest, where our students could sell or trade the zines they’ve created here at school.
Original Space Operas
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema developed screenplay treatments, character biographies, and advertisement campaigns for original space operafilms.
Paula S.’s space opera, As Above, So Below, follows a Venusian biologist who is sent to earth to observe and study the evolved differences in the Earth people versus the Venusians. Unfamiliar with the advanced technology and unadapted to Earth’s environment, this proves to be difficult for the protagonist. As the protagonist adjusts to planet Earth, she quickly realizes that being reliant on this technology isn’t sustainable and changes need to be made.
Xan W.’s space opera, On a Grassless Globe, features a future in which the mining of asteroids and colonization of other planets has been made possible and families run hereditary industries like feudal lords. The Earth is now uninhabitable by the standards of those living on other worlds, empty of human habitation by Omni-Industrial decree. The planet is allowed to return to its natural state before the expansion of civilization as the torch of humanity is passed to the stars. Now that decree is being challenged by fundamentalist movements that wish to return to their ancestral homelands.
In Tristan S.’s space opera, A Spore In Space, the ambitious leader of the city “Lyra Prime” ventures into space to discover what’s out there and become a pioneer for his people, only to discover the harsh reality that he is no longer at the top of everything, and then has to find his purpose in life. For his advertisement campaign, Tristan created this movie poster.
Daisy Art Parade 2023
CHS Humanities and art teacher, Brian Counihan, was the SE Artist in Residence who lead up the parade and weekly workshops for the Daisy Art Parade in 2023. Brian used to organize the Marginal Arts Festival, and the parade was what Roanokers looked forward to most.
Local community groups and individuals were invited to create art together, and parade their creations, or other performances through the streets of Roanoke.
What is the Daisy Art Parade?
As of July 1, 2022 Roanoke launched its “Year Of The Artist” initiative which it describes as being “aimed at brainstorming new ways to support creative types, meet community challenges and further integrate the arts into the city’s fabric”. Making art can bring purpose and healing when our lives are stressful. Making art can bring people together, build community and help communities have common purpose with their neighbors. We want to help the citizens of our city to start community art making groups that we call krewes.
Brian’s entry in the parade was a 14 foot Tall Lucy Addison puppet, and a gaggle of her students.
For more information about this event, enjoy these articles and news posts from Marcaroni KID, Cardinal News, Roanoke Arts Commission, Virginia’s Blue Ridge, WDBJ, WSAZ, and The Roanoker.
To enjoy more photos and videos from the day, please visit Daisy Art Parade.
Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners!
Congratulations to two of our seniors for receiving honors from Roanoke College’s High School Fiction and Poetry Contest! Chloe A. has won Second Place for her story “A Poison Tree in Munich” and Oliver H. earned an honorable mention for his story “Scarecrow.” Look for Chloe’s story in an upcoming special issue of the Roanoke Review online journal!
The Kuleshov Effect
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema replicated the Kuleshov Effect, an editing experiment developed by Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov in the early 20th century. In the absence of an establishing shot, early film viewers assumed that two-shot sequences, in isolation, were linked in space, time, and motivation. This is the so-called Kuleshov Effect. Does Xan W. look hungry to you, too?
The Kuleshov Effect
The Kuleshov Effect - Xan's recreation
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema retold the story of Georges Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) in the “cine-roman” style of Chris Marker’s short film La Jetée (1962).
Experimenting with a Photo-Novel
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema experimented with different camera orientations in a B&W “photo-novel” inspired by Chris Marker’s short film La Jetée (1962).
Poe Celebration Field Trip
Film students of the Horror & Comedy and Sci-Fi Cinema Film History classes travelled to Richmond for the Poe Museum’s Centennial Celebration. This field trip featured lectures and a panel discussion by writers R.L. Stine (Goosebumps) and Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Black Panther). In addition to exploring Edgar Allan Poe’s legacy through contemporary fiction, our current students had the pleasure of sharing a meal with Community High School alumni Da’Quan Saunders-McNear (’16) and Chantel Wilson (’16).
Spooky Photographs
Students in the Film Production: Horror & Comedy class experimented with on-screen space, off-screen space, and the rule of thirds to spook spectators in these photographs.
