Prepare a 10 - 15 min presentation using powerpoint or google slides. Please prepare and have a script ready. Usually 1 slide/minute. Submit file [here].
In the presentation, please share process, observations, and findings. Slide can be structured as:

• Slide part 1: Outline your motivation, hypothesis, goals, and agenda. What initially sparked your interest? Include your preliminary research findings.
• Slide part 2: Detail your process, including any difficulties or failures you encountered, as well as any unexpected discoveries
• Slide part 3: Present your analysis and lessons learned. What do you think about the results? How do they align or conflict with your initial expectations?

To critically analyze how color perception is influenced by perceptual, cultural, social, and technological factors.

The colors you get from any device should not be taken as natural/neutral.

Research historical and contemporary examples where color perception has been influenced or manipulated, like the color film's bias towards lighter skin tones.




Goes over different color presets for Lightroom/Photoshop that simulate various Kodachrome film from 1934 - 1970s

Our goal was to think about how color is technically reproduced in media by recreating it (from bw) and manipulating it.

Create a color photograph using a three-color process. Take three black-and-white photographs, each recording red, green, and blue light. Combine them to create a base color image (Let's call this Color Ground Zero) without any systematic color correction or bias. The resulting color might appear unfamiliar or color-casted. This is fine as we want to spend time thiking about color by changing them.

Conduct additional experiments or spend more time with the experiments we discussed in class. For example, provide a critical analysis of how color is reproduced in media and perceived or present developed examples/results of your experiments. Alternatively, you can create art works that considers color.

Some Ideas:

• Create the most aesthetically compelling photograph using the b/w to color process
  
  
• Recreate the "look" (eg. color profile) from a specific film brand or era. For instance, replicate a color film profile biased toward lighter skin tones, then adjust it to be more inclusive. Analyze the implications: Discuss the historical and cultural impact of biased color film technology on representation in media, particularly its effects on skin tones.
  
  
• Recreate the 'look' of advertisements from different eras (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s), analyzing the privileges and limitations of each era. Consider the societal and cultural values and histories of these periods. Reflect on what elements contribute to a nostalgic feel in an image.
  
  
  
  • Advertisement from the 60s
    
  • For instance, explore what aspects of Norman Rockwell's use of color evoke a sense of nostalgia and periodize the time.
  
  
• Compare Kodak and Fujifilm color profiles to explore cultural differences and commercial differentiation between American and Japanese film companies.
  
  
  • Create two versions of the same image emulating the color profile of Kodak and Fuji (does not have to be current film but historical film). Kodak is an American film maker while Fuji is Japanese film maker. Can you see the kinds of cultural differences, commercial differenciation that the filmmakers were achiving?
  
  
  
• Investigate color in the use of world building in film and animation. Make an art work (aesthetic or otherwise) or a study/prototype that can lead to further investigation/studio work/activity.
  
  
  • A photographic project that depics life at Reed in the color grading of the film "The Queen's Gambit"
    
  • Recreate the world in Japanese anime color scheme. Explore what the medium privileges or overlooks, and identify any cultural significance.
    
    • [video - Photo into Anime Style Effect - Anime Effect in Photoshop - Photoshop Tutorials - Photoshop Effects]
    • [ANIME STYLE - MAKOTO SHINKAI PHOTO EFFECT]
    
    
    
  • Use a machine learning program to colorize your black and white photographs. Compare with your colorized photos. Observe how the program interprets and handles the subjects in your images. Then, critically analyze its limitations, biases, and tendencies. Reflect on how the AI's colorization approach compares with human perception and historical color techniques.

• Kodachrome@Wikipedia
  
  
• Color Correction with Easy "4-Point" Technique! - Photoshop Tutorial
  
  
  
  
• Steal the Color Grading from Any Image with Photoshop!
  
  
  
  
• Copy Color Grading from Paintings with Photoshop!
  
  
  
  
• @colorpalette.cinema
  
  Social media account and website with color palette from various films
  
  
  
• Colorize Black and White with Realism in Photoshop
  
  
  
  
• COLOR THEORY BASICS: Use the Color Wheel & Color Harmonies to Choose Colors that Work Well Together
  
  Description of complementary (opposite), split complementary (triangle), triadic colors, ttetradic colors, and analogous colors on color wheel
  
  
  
  
• Secrets of color-grading in photography
  
  Photoshop demo from approx. 1:03:00 mark
  
  
  
• Color Wheel Magic: Transforming Images with Photoshop and Color Theory
  
  
  
  
• Tools to generate color palette based on color harmonies: Adobe Color, Paletton