"SHADOWS AND MIRRORS" IS A SMALL PROJECT WHERE THE SHOTS TAKEN WERE ALL TAKEN OUTSIDE OF MY SCHOOL FOR THE SHADOWS, AND THE JOURNEY BACK HOME WAS THE MIRROR.
ESSENTIALLY IT REPRESENTS THE IDEA THAT WE MOVE AS SHADOWS THROUGH MIRRORS EVERYDAY, IN A LITERAL REPRESENTATION USING THE JOURNEY FROM SCHOOL TO HOME AS THE SETTING.
THE ORIGINAL SHOTS WERE TAKEN BY A NIKON D90 AS NIKON RAW FILES (NEF) AND LATER EDITED INTO TIFFS BEFORE THEY WERE PUT INTO VIDEO OR THE STILLS FOR SHADOWS.
LOCATION: QATAR, OUTSIDE DOHA COLLEGE, BY DOHA RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB.
SO HERE IS THE VIDEO FOR "MIRROR", COMPILED FROM 300 NIKON RAW FILES:
"MIRRORS" TOOK 3 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN COMPOSITION:
1) THE BACKGROUND FRAMED BY THE WINDOW CONSISTENTLY CHANGES TO SHOW MOVEMENT FROM WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING TO WHEN IT IS IN TRAFFIC TO MOVING AGAIN,
I.E. MOVE>STILL>MOVE.
2) THE MIDDLEGROUND IS THE SUPPOSED MAIN FOCUS OF THE VIDEO: THE LEFT SIDE MIRROR OF THE CAR WHICH SHOWS THE BACKGROUND IN AN EVEN SMALLER FRAME ONLY THE OTHER SIDE, I.E. WHEN A CAR DRIVES PAST, YOU SEE THE FRONT IN THE BACKGROUND AND A LITTLE LATER YOU SEE ITS BACK IN THE MIDDLEGROUND.
3) THE FOREGROUND IS MY MOTHERS HANDS AT THE WHEEL, DRIVING THE CAR. THE MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS EXHIBITS WHERE THE CAR IS MOVING AS WELL AS HOW THE CAR IS DRIVEN ACCORDING TO THE CONTENT IN THE BACKGROUND AND MIDDLE GROUND.
THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FOCUS IN ALL THREE LEVELS ALSO GIVES A SENSE OF MOVEMENT TO THE JOURNEY.
