Montage It! Submission

Model:

My wire model presented a new, exciting and interesting challenge due to the different material used and the adjustments I made after the first week due to the poor communication quality of the balsa wood. The model created the basis of the design and final submission. Through developing this model I was able to explore the idea of the design falling off the cliff-face, continuing the downward rock formation. However, in the final montage submissions the model could not portray the ideas it enveloped, and therefore the sketches that were superimposed over the top were of the upmost important.

Montages:
In general I am very very happy with my improvement throughout the workshop in terms of my montaging and photshop skills. However, I believe that my main problem in terms of making these montages effective is that I tried to explore too many ideas, leading to overcluttering and a lack of effective communication. I aimed to explore the fear and danger of the homeless character within, the discovery of finding the design, the unsuspecting public enjoying the space, the foreboding and intense feeling of the cemetery at night and finally the connection of the space to the water below. 

Day

I had lots of problems throughout this work shop in integrating my model into this angle shot. This was particularly due to a lack of distinction within the model when taking a photograph from this angle, and also a lot of issues I had with effectively photoshopping these two images together. I managed to overcome these issues to a reasonable degree through overlaying my model and picture with my tracing paper sketches. Unfortunately, the opacity of the tracing paper was too high so it doesn't integrate well with the overall image. I should have changed this image to highlight the relationship between the homeless man living inside and the unsuspecting public on the outside. Through trying to integrate too many of the ideas I wanted to explore, I lost the impact of each of these themes.

Night:

My night time montage aimed to highlight the dangerous and foreboding nature of both the site, Waverley Cemetery, at night time and also the dangerous homeless man. The montage caused many issues as trying to take a night time photo of the rock landscape was very ineffective. The way I resolved this issue was to take a day time photo of the landscape and to superimpose over the top of this image firstly the model and then many layers of photographs of the graveyard at night. This process seemed to be effective on the computer screen, however when printing this image off it did not effectively communicate the ideas I wanted to explore as it was too dark without the backlight of the computer. To counter this I stripped back the layers of the image and replaced it with simply two images of the same angel gravestone, from two different angles, with two varying light qualities to portray the battle within the homeless man between 'good' and 'bad'. Furthermore, the sign in the bottom left hand corner of the image highlights the spooky or intimidating nature of the cemetery at night and aims to communicate the danger that the homeless man presents to society.

Flipbook:

The flipbook hoped to highlight 3 main ideas in general. It could have been increased on the whole through creating more effective collages that explore light quality in a more communicative manner.

Discovery:
I attempted to portray this idea through the first several pages of the flipbook that detail the journey along the coastal path, out onto the rock platform and down into the space below.

Development of the Character:
The second idea I wanted to explore was the living conditions within the form and this was highlighted through the placement of a few personal items within the space in the middle pages of the flipbook.

Connection between the space and the water below:
The final few slides highlight the reflective nature of the space as they highlight the ledge facing towards the outward stretching sea.