Monday 1 November 2010

MEDI 263: Group Work Photos

For our group work we decided to actually make a very loose narrative in order to structure our shots a bit better. We were using colour film on a Hasselblad which is a medium format camera.

We shot all our photographs around the new park near the uni and the pub in order to get a nice contrast in settings and fully utilize the colour film.

The story was about a teddy bear and his lover, played by a stuffed dog. There are several romantic shots as we tried to get very a-typical romance shots such as the two stuffed toys kissing, having a picnic, gazing at the sky and so fort. Then there is a shot of the bear looking sad all alone. Thus begins his decent into a binge drinking session. The shots that follow are of the teddy drinking lots of alcohol, pole dancing, throwing up in an ashtray, having a 'kebab' and so on.  He finally ends up face first in the bushes.

Photos in Narrative Order: 













I think the image quality is stunning and I do think we worked well as a group. Everyone double checked that they were happy with the shots and everyone had a hand in directing the shots. I think we made the narrative flow well although some of the story is left to the imagination such as why the bear was left alone. I think it was fun and playful narrative and I really like the Hasselblads. I am thinking of using one for my final project as the image quality they produce is staggering.

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