The final submission (above and below) showed a view of the Goldstein courtyard which was heavily shaded by trees in the foreground. By adjusting the way you looked through the viewer, different objects were highlighted, such as cigarette butts, and building rubble, or rusty exterior finishes of the building. These objects were obscured in the frontal view by people in the foreground. The viewer forced you to examine the scene closely, and highlighted parts of the scenery which could easily be addressed and hopefully would make the space a more attractive place for people to use.
We received a D+ for the project which we were delighted with.
We received a D+ for the project which we were delighted with.
Weeks 2 and 3 saw us experimenting with the 3D compostition. We basically photoshopped a series of photographs into 8 layers, each of which stripped everything out of the shot except that which was to be highlighted in the slide. We toyed with the idea of allowing the viewer to mix and match their own slides, so that they could form whatever image they wanted. This proved to be dangerous, as it was possible to align them in such a way that almost completely blackened the view. In the end we opted to fix them together.
After week 1 we had no idea what this workshop was about. We spent the first workshop at the site (a small courtyard behind Goldstein College Dining Hall), and afterwards we had to tell the class about what was significant about it.
My Partner (Ana) and I were underwhelmed by the space. It was dark, wet, dirty, and felt abandoned. noone was sitting on the benches.
Our Idea for the first milestone (a 2d storyboard) was to portray the site with a series of layers, of images that struck us as symbolic of the darkness and decay that we felt in the site.
This story board is displayed above.
