Final Sequence

For my final set of images I've added U.V. paint to a glass of water. That significant line in the story, 'light is like water' is really interesting and I wanted to get the light to move like water.

I think all four ideas could do with some work but I'm interested to see what the next part of the brief is and how we can work with this theme in motion.

'Light is like Water' - Motion

Over the summer I started a folder containing any interesting images that I thought might be useful one day. When I read the phrase: 'light is like water' and started to think of ways I could work with it, I remembered I had filmed sunlight reflecting off the pool water while on holiday.

I imported the video into Adobe After Effects and decided to try and highlight the light from the background. What I ended up with was this short clip which shows how light can move like water.

As far as the 5 sequential images go, I think I might just take screen shots at 5 intervals. I think in the next part of the brief we are going to be dealing with motion a lot more so its a good starting point.

- After uploading the video I noticed at 0:05 I've missed a bit of the pool edge while rotoscoping! Good job I'm only handing in the screen shots.

Sequence Experimentation

I spent most of today in the studio, working on the 4 sequences for Advanced Digital Communication. I brainstormed a few ideas last night and looked into the 'magical realism' genre a bit more.

One idea was to try and portray deep water as a sequence. The further down you go, the darker it gets as light doesn't travel to the deepest parts of the sea. The photo has come out quite dark, I'll try get a better quality version later.

Next I tried to manipulate the text from the short story. I printed out my chosen paragraph and placed it into a dish full of water. I then took a 'burst' shot with the SLR while flicking the water to cause ripples.

I'm very happy with the way this one turned out, I've inverted the image to make the type wight and resemble light a bit more.