The Day After Sunshine Some thoughts: This assignment got me thinking really hard. When I first heard from Mr Reddy during class that we have to shoot many many many many many photos, I felt a pressure. Oh no! How am I supposed to do that? How to piece all the photographs together? Will they look weird after I join them together? How am I suppose to make the audience see the photographs from different perspectives? mmm....What should I take?
I initially had the ideas of taking a montage of a flight of long staircase near my neighbourhood and also the whole street of houses in teacher's estate. The second idea was a little too ambitious. Teacher's estate has too many houses. The whole street is too long. I can't even see the end of the street. The long flight of staircase didn't turn out the way I pictured it to be.
The process: This montage that I decided to create in the end was something that I did not even expect. I was just walking around aimlessly cause I was feeling quite tired after combing teacher's estate and climbing that long flight of stairs. Then, it started to rain. So I ran to seek shelter. I don't know how I managed to bump into this flight of stairs in one of the flats that actually leads to a garden.
The picture you see here is actually a view from the bottom of the stairs. I was actually standing below this flight of stairs. From the bottom of the stairs, I could see the black and cloudy sky and the opposite block of flats.
The reason why I named it "The Day After Sunshine" is because the day before that day was a sunny day. hehe.. I know it sounds a little cheesy...But there is often this saying whereby the day after a gloomy and cloudy day will be a better day, right? I was trying to show the reverse. The day after sunshine, although a cloudy day, can also bring new discoveries and adventures. Just like how I managed to find a secret garden above this flight of stairs.....
Comments: Celeste says that I made the flats look really modern. Both Mike and Celeste say that the montage provides a very different and interesting perspective. Paul and Mark says that the picture could be viewed in a landscape way. Hehe..if that is the case, the mop and bra hanging from the poles in the flats will look acting against the earth's gravity.. haha..but I'm glad they manage to see the montage in a different way cause it is always good to think out of the box!
Self assessment: I will give myself 90/100. 50 for effort and 45 for creativity. The perspective was unique and the comments were quite positive too. I like Zhen Qin's Will their "Day After" collide into mine?When I saw how the two roads are linked together and how the cars look as if they are going to collide really sets my mind drifting into the world of impossibilities. In my personal opinion, I feel that a montage should try to join things that are unique, new and almost impossible. He has managed to do that. Hence, he deserves a 90/100! Celeste's Chijmes really caught my attention. Not because her printout was huge, but because it was just simply magnificent! I really like it cause the colour makes the building looks really royal. I didn't think it was Chijmes in Singapore at first. From far, it looks like a majestic castle in some parts of the world. With that, I'll give her a 99/100! Actually I like Mei Mei's "Resurrection - Three Days After" compared to the back alley in Chinatown that she presented in class. However, after she had edited the montage for the back alley, I prefer her edited version 2 of the back alley in Chinatown. The back alleys of Chinatown always bring lots of surprises. I'll give her a 99/100!
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