I've spent the last two weeks trying out the photography elective. It was so much fun and I really got excited about it ! Our brief was inspired by the film '' La Jetée'' .'La Jetée' is '' a 1962 French science fiction featurette by Chris Marker. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel. The film runs for 28 minutes and is in black and white. It won the Prix Jean Vigo for short film.'' I really enjoyed this film though it was rather dark . It was a sci fi film but was primarily a love story, which I liked !!
'La Jetée'
So we had assessments today and there was loads of really good films from the rest of the class. They were amazing. My final film was based on identity and the idea that while some of us struggle to discover our own identity we may wear a mask in public or in different situations. I used my beautiful sister to model for me last weekend. I literally owe her so much because she strolled around town with a paper bag over her head while I took photos...... we got a crazy amount of awkward looks from people passing in cars and on the street.... :-D She's a star !
For whatever reason I cannot upload the final film here...I'll keep trying to work around this though... but here are some of the still images .....
There were many more but here are just a few which give a general gist of the storyline... I also had a lovely slow piano version of ' Moon River ' playing over the images...
Photography was so much fun and something I was always interested in .... however graphic design is definitely the discipline I want to be in. I've finally made this decision ! I'll always love fashion and photography so there will probably be elements of both that I'll bring into my art in some ways for the rest of my career. :-)
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