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4D Project 3 Final

GROUP MEMBERS: FELICIA, ZHENG FEI, YI JIE

How often do we stop and realise the love and effort of our loved ones?

In this story, the tortoise is an imagery of the main character’s mother. We see how her mother is always doing things for the main character without making herself known- when the mother is doing things for her child, we will not see the tortoise and vice versa, when the main character is around, we only see the tortoise and not her mother. With the picking up of the tortoise on her way home, this suggests the start of the main character’s realisation of all the things that her mother has done for her. This proceeds on to one point where her mother isn’t at home one day, that she finally realised the importance and real existence of her mother.

 

4D Project 2: Sequentially – Impossibilities of Being

 

For this project, I have 3 transitions:

There is a forlorn person trapped in her mental state. I used a darker shade of black and white to represent her current emotional state – dark and eerie.

Then, we proceed on to her flashback, where she view herself as a chirpy and happy girl. Here, I still used black and white to represent a flashback, however, in a lighter tone to represent a lighter and brighter emotion.

Finally, we see this girl moving out to nature. Here, I wanted to express a blurred line between reality and dream. Is this a dream? Did the girl really get out of her depression? The surrounding of a forested area also further enhance this. I also used a signifier like the white heels to express freedom. When she took off her shoes, this represents that she has come out of what was restricting her previously.

 

Lessons to note:

  • There were too many similar photos used
  • Planning every detail when shooting might be a better idea
  • More contrast between first transition and second transition
  • Can explore more techniques

Project 1: Picture Story – Curating Self

I always believe that everyone has a side that no one knows of. This may not always be a bad case as I feel that we should have a comfort zone that we enjoy our solitude in.

Hence, I often ponder over this question.

How much do you really know about the people around you?

Task 1: Me

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As a single child (hence the bear which (kind-of) represents me), it is normal for me to spend most of my time myself. I used a low angle to show that I am viewing myself as a third party here and it spreads out to how I view myself below.

_DSC7766_DSC7826In this task, I feel that sharing my hobbies will create more common grounds with new people. Hence, I placed a few objects to signify some of my daily routine and hobbies. Also,I used the bed as my medium to represent my reliance in my own comfort zone. In which, I enjoy doing the things I like (eating, drawing, making coffee, sleeping etc.) and here’s a small bad habit of mine, I am a heavy sleeper(no number of alarms can wake me up :O).

Task 2: Object and Representation of Self

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“I am not alone”

The object that I have chosen here is my bear. Its a common gift that me and my close friends got for each other in 2014. This bear is a representation of our 5-years friendship milestone. Mentioned in task 1, as a single child, it is inevitable for me to feel lonely at times. However, I am grateful for the friends that stick by my side and this has become a part of who I am. I have arranged the photos according to the gradual change of the term “friends” in my life. From when I’m used to being alone and my first interaction with my acquaintances to getting to know them, and finally embracing them into my life and they have became irreplaceable to me since then.

Task 3: My World

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I have chosen Changi Airport as its a place that holds many remembrance for me. I used to frequent the place for family dinners, to study with my friends (some of which we lost contact) and even sending some friends who are migrating off. The first photo represents a walk down a memory lane. Life is a bittersweet story, there are some ups and downs. Along the way, we have many snapshots of the wonderful memories (second photo) of different people in our life.  However, through the years I have come to this hard truth- people come and go. Instead of dwelling in the past, we should move on and keep these memories close to our hearts because when the time comes, we are all gone and all thats left is our footprints (third photo). Also, the photos are in a sequence according to their focal point. From the first photo whereby there is a clear focal point to the last one whereby the focal point is dispersed and the displaces person, this emphasised again the people com and go in life.

 

Final Presentation

IMG_3941I have arranged my photos (left to right), task 2, task 1 and finally task 3. In all my photos, I have applied a layer of filter that is common in most phones and computers called Fade and toggled the brightness and saturations with the same system. This is to suggest that I do not have the necessary preowned skills before coming to ADM, however, I will make do with what I have and create what I have with it.

The reason why I chose to display task 2 first is to introduce the origin of my bear and therefore, explain the frequent appearance of the bear in my photos and the importance of it in my life. I have placed the photos in a sequence of bottom up to highlight my emotion deposition. From the loneliness before getting to know my close friends (you need to look down to view this) to the getting-to-know-each-other stage (eye level) and finally the gratitude and happiness to have them in my life (look up).

Whereas, for task 3, I have position the photos from top down to reenact the process of recalling those past memories (look up to suggest recall movement) and finally coming to that we are all moving on from the past now.

And hence, this concludes my project 1 of Curating Self.

 

TAKEAWAYS:

  • every photo lies a story behind it regardless big or small
  • we can use several photography techniques like changing the shuttle speed to express our stories too