Dealing with Images.

After my look at cycles yesterday, I decided to talk to someone about my ideas and in doing so try to generate something more solid. It became evident to me that I need to think carefully about how I execute the idea and how long it will take me to accomplish.

I looked at a few more Triptych's, and found a comment on one of them that got me thinking.

I found this on a page that wasn't written in very good English, but something I picked up from the article was:

'three images interacting dramatically, thematically, rhythmically, in beautiful ways'

This gave me a pretty good idea of how an audience might respond to a triptych. I already mentioned that I feel the images need to acknowledge each other in some way, and I think this puts it into perspective. Looking at the piece, you can see how things line up, and how you can see different perspectives of the same thing.

Similarly, another one I looked at:

This one in particular focused on the emptiness of a space, the singing in the tunnel was the opening of a new water system, and using the three screens meant you could show many aspects of the emptiness at once, to gain a full understanding of why the singing is so contrasting, and thus making it more powerful. The conjunction of the images creates the meaning as is with editing in general.

Lastly, this one I looked at to try to understand how I could execute an idea digitally, as well as using footage. As this project is so open, I have the option to create something entirely in a digital environment, or by using footage as well. I found that by looking at this piece, I can see how I could create something digitally, yet focusing in on small areas much more to make it more doable in the time I have.

After my look today I want to look more at rhythms and timing, and also I may want to play with colour and style of my piece as well, I want this to be something visually dynamic so that you would be made to stop and look at it, even for a moment.

You must answer me these questions three.

Even though I have a rough idea of what I could do for my piece, I still feel like the idea hasn't been fully considered. I'm unsure as to how I could transfer my idea to three screens. To get an idea of how I could use the three screens effectively, I looked at some film triptych's online.

The one above was something I found on vimeo, and I thought it was really interesting as it uses symmetry between the screens for effect, yet also doesn't use them all at once at times, flashing them on and off. I like this because it shows how I can use the three screens to interact with each other in a subtle way, and also how to use them not necessarily in time with one another.

This next one is more of an example of how a triptych can be used to show multiple perspectives of the same thing, in this sense it is for more of a commercial aspect. However, the placement of the screens is also interesting, it gives an idea of levels and it helps us gain further perspective of what we are trying to view; cars in this case. The triptych also at points gives a sense of rhythm and acknowledging the fact that this is on three screens. This then creates a more aesthetic appeal. It shows the audience that the company are using as much of the space as they have in as much of an effective way as possible.

This video art triptych shows different aspects of a supermarket. The music and the sound scape creates a sense of the day to day, and the fast paced atmosphere of these places. Using different speeds at points further emphasizes this and showing multiple repeating scenes as well as sounds does this also. 

Overall it seems rhythm and timing is very important when using three screens. It feels to me as if acknowledging that you are using three screens in some form to use them to full effect.