Graphic Novel

I wanted to do something different for the graphic novel project. I am a photographer, not an illustrator, so I thought at first that the project would have been exceedingly difficult for me. However, after reading Scott McCloud's chapters in Understanding Comics - The Invisible Art, I realized that all the effects that could be achieved through comic illustrations could be done through photographs. Motion, action, and transitions in comics can easily be replicated with actual photographic imagery, as rules of composition are the same in photographs or in illustrations.

I wanted to an adaptation of a scene from Macbeth, specifically, Scene 2 in Act 2. Macbeth is one of my favorite works of literature, and I had wanted to do a modern adaptation of it, with Sin City style graphic novel effects. The end result turned out very similar to what I had in my mind, and I was satisfied with the overall aesthetic. I edited each photo uniquely in a filter to give it the cartoon look in Photoshop, and ended up with a fairly consistent selection of images that translated well to the graphic novel medium.

Time-Lapse

Our third project asked us to create a time-lapse video in Adobe Premiere composed of photographs taken in a location of our choice for an extended period of time. I chose to film the street directly outside of the Forever 21 store in Union Square. The images gradually fade to black-and-white throughout the video, and is set to an audio clip of the song 'Your Hand In Mine' by Explosions In The Sky. 

Long vs Short Time

Our second project asked us to create a piece that juxtaposed the concepts of long time and short time. I chose to create a certain type of image called a cinemagraph, in which only one selected portion of a photo is moving and seamlessly looped repeatedly. The short bit of motion, my reflection walking alongside a store window, is repeated infinitely. 

Time Map

Our first project assigned in our 'Time' class asked us to take twenty consecutive photographs of a single action, in order to create a time map. I chose to film one of my roommates playing the piano. My time map is linear, and reads from left to right than goes downwards and to the left. My time map is also designed to be a bookmark, with the two images on different sides.