Time Map [1] – Linear Map (All Iterations)

Class – Time: Metropolis | Instructor – Nina Cooke John

[NOTE: This is the first part to a two part submission, for part two click here]

The assignment was to write a narrative about a single day in my life in NYC, and create a linear progression in time based on the narrative.

My narrative conveyed a certain endless cycle of depression, difficulty adapting to NYC, as well as tolerating activities that aren’t as interesting (click here for the narrative)

Here is the first iteration of my linear map time assignment:

Linear Progression in Time (Iteration #1)

 

The feedback I got brought to my attention that I haven’t actually achieved the goal I set out to achieve, hence the piece didn’t work.

I agreed with most of the feedback I received; the photos breaking out here aren’t as effective as I first imagined because it seems unplanned and all over the place (not what I had expressed in my narrative).

In addition to that, I mentioned classes being boring in my narrative, yet I had no photos of class, so I had to take another photo or two of a boring classroom scenario.

With the second iteration, I decided to make it cleaner. I had a regular structured progression in time, and then broke out of it only at certain points.

I also added a photo of a selfie I took in class, under the desk, in order to portray a boring class.

Here is the second iteration of my linear map assignment:

Linear Progression in TIme (Iteration #2) (2)

I strongly believe the second iteration turned out best (perhaps because there was a lack of planning with my first iteration); the spacing is considered carefully (all the photographs in the same location are overlapping, while there are spaces where the location is different); there is a photo of the class aspect of my narrative (the selfie in the middle, cleverly isolated from the rest of the tasks to hint at boredom); I also reused the first photo of my bed at the end (the first one conveys getting out of bed, while the second on conveys going to bed), I used repetition to convey a looping cycle.