SUMMARY & REFLECTION

MASTERS OF ILLUSION – VIDEO

The film covers the origins of illusion techniques used to create naturalistic art. The tricks and science used to create these illusions date all the way back to Renaissance masters such as Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, and Da Vinci. The main section of the video that we watched covered the development of visual perspective. I found this extremely helpful information for the collage project when creating and distorting this visual principle. Part of the video focused on the work of Leonardo da Vinci. His work was impressive on how to use light and shadow to truly display a form. The process of creating visual perspective through line, light, and shadow is convincing in forming naturalistic images. These concept can be applied to how I arrange my photographs in the collage. I enjoyed the parts of the movie that acted as the attention getter. They tried to apply the principles of illusion being discussed to the field of cinematic special effects. I really enjoyed the attention-grabbing computer graphics that offered a clear explanation of the development of perspective in Renaissance art. While the movie is dated I enjoyed the amount of information that they were able to compact into a half hour video. I hope to use the concept of receding perspective lines when creating my collage.