Lens Based Media

Images Representing Words

The week of lens based media we did a lot of experimentation with how you can make an image represent a word. This involved thinking about composition, use of colour, where on the image the subject matter is etc. We were given six different words and told to take images representing these words. The words were 'crush, fall, jump, echo, sad, and happy.'

Authors own: (Crush). 

When taking this picture I tried to think about where on the image the subject matter (the crouched person) was. Having her crouched down as though she was being pushed over creates that sense of crush. Also as its a portrait image where she is at the bottom this helps to add to the sense of crush. 

Authors own: (Echo).

In this image I tried to capture the sense of echo through symmetry. In order to make this photo resemble echo I wanted to make sure that there was a constant colour scheme. I first had the model stand without his red bag to keep the colour scheme monochromatic, but then decided to get him to wear the bag as it created a focal point centrally. This central focal point therefore allows there to be an echo on either side. 

Authors own: (sad)

This I felt represented sad as the image makes you feel lonely. At first the image involved more floor space but I decided to crop it in order to make the image become more morbid.

Story Board

In the next part of lens based media we were asked to come up with a storyboard. This was done by us working in groups of four and then each having to draw distinctive people in our memory and then certain places. We had to draw for example a place which we would like to go to but couldn't. For this I drew inside an ants nest. Moreover we where asked to draw places which we would hate to go to but couldn't. For this I drew a sewer. Once we had all drawn a combination of five places, and five people we then had to merge the places and people in order to create a story. 

The story our group came up with was about a buddha who lived a lonely hostile life up in the mountains. He wants to make friends with the tourists but ironically ends up causing mass destruction.

Authors own: Lonely

The first image shows how the buddha is being watched every day by tourists but never interacts with them. He wishes they would either talk to him or leave him alone.

Authors own: Making friends

Being a buddha he come's down from the mountains to the villagers town in order to try and make friends. However he has already tried to pick someone up and ended up squashing them.

Authors own: Destruction

Having tried to make friends the buddha then ends up causing mass destruction and tearing down the village. He has managed to break all the buildings and set some of them on fire. It can also be seem that he has squashed many of the tourists and villagers.

Authors own: Regret

Back on a rock looking over the village the buddha realises what he has done. Even with good intentions he has ended up destroying the whole village. A sense of sorrow and regret hopefully can be seem in this slide.

Authors own: Helicopter

Once news reaches what has happened to the village the buddha gets helicoptered away in order to stop him destroying any more of the world.

Authors own: Resolution

Finally the buddha is content. He is back on the mountain where he belongs. But this time there is no one there to annoy him and he lives a happy life again.