This project was challenging at first. I wanted my topic to be fear but I wasn’t sure how to narrow it down. I decided to do trauma and how it affects your mind because it seemed very interesting to me.
I had a lot of fun taking the pictures, it was the first time I had done anything like this. I had to take pictures of my friend in a bathtub for some of the images I wanted to create. That was a fun photo shoot because a bunch of people came to watch because they thought it was funny. The audience gave me a lot of energy while I was shooting and I think it made my pictures better. When I was shooting pictures with Keeton, he encouraged me and helped me brainstorm. I realized that working along side of at least one person can really enhance your creative process.
I think I put too much time and energy into a few select photos because I felt like I captured everything I wanted to say about trauma, but then I didn’t have enough 20 pictures. You can tell which pictures I spent the most time on, but I think thats k...I still filled the requirement.
I decided to make my pictures into a movie because I wanted to add music. I thought the piano would add another layer of pathos to my idea. I was also use the timing of the song to give the images more of a punch when they appear. I had a lot of fun making the movie because it was another thing I had never done before.
Since I am a visual artist, visual rhetoric came naturally to me. I am used to using images to express myself, so I was able to go deeper with this assignment then I would have with a music or dance piece for example. I loved this project....we should do it again some time.
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ReplyDeleteYou are such a fanatic photographer! Your pictures were absolutely astonishing! I really liked how you used the photo shop to get the message across stronger and I like how you put it into a video for your presentation! Amazingg!
Clara (:
Hey Bronte,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your idea. I loved how all of the pictures are so abstractly expressive. They really put the viewer into each of those scenarios. I really thought back to times in my life when I was feeling what the photos were portraying. Very good work! I look forward to seeing more.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed looking at your photo stream while i was looking at it i did get that feeling of scared and traumatized. Great job.
Nice comments Clara, Danica, n' Rocio!
ReplyDeleteBronte:
Really glad that you dug the assignment! I think you took a lot of risks with subject matter and translating that subject matter into two different mediums. Real art comes from risk, comes from the strife we incur with our medium--this was a fab project. Nice adaptation of the assignment. Nice exploration!