Some initial thumbnails. I'm looking at how human life survives in adverse conditions, in this case some sort of social upheaval or apocalypse. My favourites on here are #2, #5 and #7 - #2 because the very idea of a kitchen jury-rigged into a field hospital is awesome (though it will need polishing to actually read properly), #5 because it reminds me of a scene in Threads where, in the midst of a ruined city, a single billboard still stands intact, and #7 because I wanted to take a very safe, idyllic theme and twist it into a 'what the hell happened here?' image. In hindsight it could probably use more booby-traps and sniper nests, but it's a thumbnail.
good to see you coming up with ideas :) however, try going into photo shop with it and making it clearer as I am really struggling to see your images. But still good to see you getting your hands on this unit finally :)
ReplyDeleteOGR 13/12/2011
ReplyDeleteHey Meg,
Okay - not quite an OGR, but it's reassuring to see some Unit 3 activity on here - albeit very provisional. Not a huge amount to react to, so I'm hoping that your blog will burst into unheimlich life over Christmas (which, by the way, is a season that lends itself perfectly to uncanny inversions!), as I genuinely looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the various films we've watched together for Unit 3. Okay - in regard to these embryonic thumbnails, the idea of the billboard is potent, because it offers up opportunities for juxtaposition - i.e. the content of the advertisement is at odds with its surroundings. If you haven't seen it yet, you should watch The Road, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy - a wonderful, spare book turned into an okay film that looks fabulous. I think there are opportunities here to play saturated colour off against desaturated environment etc - to play utopias (as expressed through advertising imagery) against dystopias etc.
I don't know if you're familiar with this place?
http://www.neonmuseum.org/
Also - for some great examples of 'imagined' utopian views of society etc - especially 'the American Dream' - check out the work of Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker...
Anyway - get your Unit 3 stuff updated soon and I'll pass by for a nose in the coming days. I hope that your Unit 2 work is nearly there and your frustrations regarding your foot are subsiding and 2012 will be less about your staggering about the place and clogging up the lift... :)