Introduction
Seven to ten images meant that to create a narrative, it was going to be very linear, and this had to be borne in mind from the start. It enabled me to clear my mind of alternatives doomed to fail (trying to be Post Modern). My interpretation of this assignment is a bit of a blunt instrument, but it evolved and changed/was slightly modified over a number of reviews, and I am satisfied with the final edit.
The storyline started life, not only very linear, but very short too. It lacked a twist, it needed something to make it into a story that had an ending. By changing one image towards the end and adding a further image, I was able to do this.
One significant change which came about, was opting to turn it into the ‘comicstrip’ style ‘photo-story’, that you see in the ‘Redtop’ tabloids. This suited the storyline, as it was never going to be a complicated plot. So I was happy to embrace the ‘transparent plot’ and even augment it with words. Having found an online tutorial, it was still a time consuming process.
One of the keys to the success of this assignment lay in isolating certain aspects of the shirt (the star of the show) in each image. For this I decided to use my 50mm prime lens. With its f1.4 aperture, I knew I was going to be able to get good image quality and some very shallow DoF to put the subject matter in isolation. Image 5 in particular is a good example of this, because not only is the background out of focus, but the foreground too. This is highlighted in the original shot, but became less obvious when I moved across to the comicstrip format. Images 4 and 5 offer a little bit of humour, with the lady in the dress playing second fiddle in the photographers eye. As before, this is lost in the final set of images.
This assignment is not dissimilar to the exercise in Image and Text where I have used an object to enhance a poem (The difference being I have used an object to enhance a poem rather than be the story).
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