Media Studies Blog
My name is Zain Hussain aka zain terror. I consider myself to be an outcast, but I do it in such a fascinating manner that I am anything but an outcast. I have a passion for making films. As soon as I close my eyes my imagination puts me in the state of euphoria. I have always tried to describe this feelings through words but I realized that describing through words can never possibly replicate the scenario. But there’s a point, where your eye and the lens perfectly align, allowing you to bring your vision to life. This feeling brings meaning to my life and what I aim to achieve daily
Favorite Movies
Favorite TV Shows
Preliminary Work
Myself Poster
this is my myself poster
it was inspired by the idea I was discussing with my friend, that how would you describe a blind person how he looks, he would never what-so-ever, never in our wildest imagination could we ever imagine what a blind person thinks he looks like. So the basic idea was to create a picture where it gives the expression of “how can you see me when I cannot see myself”
i know that doesn’t make sense
my friend took this picture
we parked our car and started walking just exploring places with good backgrounds for really nice pictures, and we came across this abandoned building, and then we found the basement, then there was a stool, so I sat on it
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I started with two very similar photos of myself and layered them on top of one another. Then I erased the major differences because I wanted the “dispersed” face look. At first I tried to do it with overlays but then when I played around a little and did some research I discovered the smudge tool and it really could bring life to exactly what I had in mind. At first I did random patterns with the smudge tool but later on I figured out how to use it and keep the shape of my head. I really liked where things ended I originally planned on working on the sides but it really satisfied the artist in me I really think the background of the photo makes more colors than I ever could. Colors that really define my mood.
Magazine Cover
Mood Board
My mood board consists of my favorite magazine covers of my favorite celebrities
Hashir is one of my adventure buddies and this picture was taken on a trip to the mountains. Hashir was in his “model” form and you have to respect this moment even if the pictures don’t turn out to be good you have to at least take a photo. So I did and when I got home and reviewed it. It went really well with the Jaden Smith “ICON” magazine format so I went along with it and it really satisfied me
Proof and Progress
This is the photo I took, I basically then step by step tried to replicate the cover in my mood board. I first gave it a black and white look, then it was all Photoshop. I got the exact same font online, I obviously added some names but I replicated how the texts and the barcode where.
Content Page
Me and Hashir were wandering around while we came across this huge under construction plaza, on the top most floor there was amazing natural lighting and I just couldn’t let this chance slide, I tried dozens of angles and shots but nothing really satisfied me, when I went home and played around with the pictures in Lightroom this was the result and I could work with it
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