Color is something we see every day and pay little to no attention. Seeing color is a powerful tool used by marketing to manipulate our mind into feeling emotions. Red to feel pasión, danger and tension. Yellow is usually caution or energy even joy. Green is freshness, money or healing. Cinematographers usually portray main characters with primary color to relate their importance. The contrast between characters and even scenery are taken into consideration. Using these theories the kids at Linden SDA started producing their work with more intent. Our tool was a Canon DSLR; the assignment was to target three object at different depths. They had to demonstrate distance and understanding of color theory through photography.
DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy and cultural awareness along with a vast understanding of technology to encourage young women in under served communities to pursue careers in computer science and new media.
