Journal 4 Assignment: What Did You Take A Picture Of?
1. Read the collected excerpts on the use of color in art (found under the 'Documents' tab) and read/ listen to the ‘Razzle Dazzle' episode of 99 Percent Invisible(clickhere). https://99percentinvisible(dot)org/episode/episode-65-razzle-dazzle/
2. Find an example of color or pattern being used to alter our perception of space. Take a picture of this example. (Think of examples shown in class, also listen to the Razzle Dazzle episode).
3. Answer the following questions:
What did you take a picture of?
How does this example alter the way you perceive space?
What are three color related terms you can apply to this example? (Read the collected excerpts on the use of color in art for specific vocabulary words.)
What is disruptive camouflage and how was it used in the First World War?
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Journal Entry General Instructions:
Students will be given journal entry prompts every week based on the readings and multimedia materials (videos, podcasts) that they are required to read/ watch that week. Each journal entry will have a visual component and a written component. For each journal entry, you will need to:
Read/watch the required materials
Take a picture based on the specified prompt, put into they journal your wrote.
Write a 300-500 word reflection based on the specified prompt (1-2 pages double spaced)
While 13 journal entry prompts will be provided throughout the semester, only 10 journal entry responses are required.
Journal entries must be turned as .doc, .docx, or .pdf format (the picture and the written reflection should be in the same file).
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Dazzle Camouflage
Camouflage has for quite some time been used in the military. However, it is important to note that, this is concept that is borrowed from nature. In an example, when looking a herd of zebras, it is really hard to tell how many they are in the group, much less tell one zebra from the other. This is strategy that is already implemented in nature and one that indicates the effectiveness of the same when it comes to the zebra being hunted down by their predators such as lions. In the military, the element of camouflage has been use where it was applied from the point of creating phase of invisibility. However, the most interesting approach with camouflage is one referred to as disruptive camouflage. This is much like the case used by the zebras. Disruptive camouflage relies in confusing the enemy about form and telling apart the objet they are looking at. The enemy could be aiming their telescope down on a warship and could not tell apart the front from the real.
The picture of the zebras changes the way space can be perceived. It is not easy to where one zebra starts and where they end. This is a rather interesting camouflage given that the zebras are not hiding they are simply changing the perception of space. It is not easy to tell how many zebras are in the thicket.
The most common of the disruptive camouflage is the dazzle. Like the zebra approach, the warships of the First World War, would painted with the disruptive camouflage using white and black str...
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