Further Thoughts and Ideas: Major Project: Leaving Home

Thinking further on this project I will use the same model as Calle's in the sense that I will start with my own story of leaving home and add images that are related/representative.

I will be using my Olympus E3 DSLR to take the images - I may use a variety of lenses (wide angle/telephoto/pancake) to get the shots I want.  I will shoot all images in black and white.  I will do minimal editing as I aim to get the shots I want in-camera.  All post-production will be carried out on Photoshop - this will mainly be layout related and designing pages like a book.

I will ask students/people I know to tell me their stories about leaving home and I will use a iGearPro Voice Activated Audio Recorder to record their stories - I can then transcribe these into a book page or I could digitally add the sound over the images - I will try both versions for the project.

The images must reflect the personal of the story and add a new dimension and feeling to the piece.

I like these Gillian Wearing videos as the voice-switching of the children with the Mother is quite disturbing - I like the stories being told the telling on video in this way does add a new dimension to the piece.

Gillian Wearing 2 in 1

I also really like the beauty and poignant nature of the Chris Marker film Sans Soleil here is the opening scene:

Sans Soleil; Opening

I am interested here in how the narrative is overlaid over the images, how the sound and image work together to create feeling and a sense of time.