Photo Sequence

The task was about teaching us how to create a story by using photos. The importance of that is to think about different aspects as we take them such as the composition, framing, light, location, shape/ form, texture/ line, colour, (a)symmetry, narrative, depth of field and the reveal.

All in one it is necessary to know how to convey the story to the viewer so they would get affected by it.

My story is about a girl which is bored and does not know what to do at first. After a while she has the idea to turn on some music so she could dance and jump on her bed. Suddenly she loses the control of her body and falls down to the floor. The story ends with her laying on the ground and not moving.

The setting is a bedroom.

In the picture is seen a bed, door, bedside table with a lamp on it, a music speaker and a picture in a frame hanging on the wall.

I choose the room because it should look like an average room for a teenager. Furthermore should the room be clean so it would not distract the story.

The framing shows the bedroom from one angle during the course of the story. That is because the focus should be on the actions of the girl.

To bring out the girl and have a happy atmosphere at first I used the light which points to the girl and her bed.

In the end the last shot should express sadness and ignorance because the girl´s condition is unsure. Therefore I used the light to create a shadow on the right side of the photo where the girl is going to lay down.

The last aspect I thought of is the rule of thirds. I used it to highlight the actress in the story as I located her on the sides of the photograph and not just in the centre.

After discussing the different photo sequences in groups I got some good critic on my thoughts. However, next time I have to consider to use also colour to express the mood and not just light.

I also could have used shallow instead of depth of field so the girl would be more focused and the wall texture in the back would not distract from the main story.