Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Silent Film Project

For a class assignment, I had to develop and create a silent film based off of a painting. The painting chosen was 

"On the Steps of a Venetian Palazzo" 
Our log line was simply : Murderous businessman relaxing after throwing a young woman off a balcony.

After an arduous process of shooting and editing this video, it is my pleasure to present it for viewing. Additionally, I'd like to thank my group for making this process a successful and fun experience. Enjoy the show!


https://vimeo.com/54423490


Wednesday, October 31, 2012

From Paint to Film



Painting: The Scream by Edvard Munch






Logline: While heading back to her dorm from the library on a hazy day, a young woman faces her doom when she encounters a mysterious stranger.








Treatment:
It is dusk and the American University quad is stranded. All that fills the wide shot is billowing trees, lifeless buildings, and haze. Suddenly in a corner of the frame, two diagonally juxtaposed vignette blurs appear. As the photo’s clarity is sharpened, it can be deduced that these blobs are people. One is a girl in a long sleeve shirt and the other a boy, following strangely behind her. A medium close-up is taken of each subject. The girl has just left the library due to the darkening sky and brisk walk she has to take to her dorm room in this chilly weather. Unexpectedly, the sound of a broken branch interrupts any movement. The girl is aware someone is behind her and starts running, but the mysterious figure has almost caught up to her. The man calls after her. She runs to a lighted area in the distance, forcing her asthmatic lungs to propel her just a bit further. It is too late however; the distance between her and this man is shortening and the bright light has lead her nowhere. She shrieks for help in this lighted zone, knowing she has met her doom. *


*If the photograph can be inserted within the middle of the silent film, extend film to include an ending where the young woman realizes the man is one of her good friends and her fright was false.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Photography


Activity 


 Diagonal


Horizontal


 Rule of Thirds


 Vanishing Point 


Vertical


Portrait- Telephoto; Wide-angle

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Purpose



Visual Literacy class is a communications-based course that I am taking this fall semester.
It focuses on the roles mediums such as images, sounds, videos, and texts play in society.
These silent objects have a distinct way of being objectively understood and share a loud existence.
They are relatable, empathetic, hilarious, stupid, and partly human for the juxtaposition through which they were composed comes from some human's mind and creativity.