Our idea is pairing everyday food items with monochromatic outfits. We want to incorporate a 90s aesthetic with music and editing techniques. Our goal is to encourage people to not be afraid to stand out and not be afraid of other’s opinions. Our intended length is a minute to a minute and a half. Each of us are going to model 2-3 outfits. We plan to shoot the lookbook in a household, and the food items in a studio environment. We plan to shoot the food items in the first few days. Then, do the outfits over the weekend. We’re all going to use our cameras to shoot. For the lookbook portion, one camera will be on a tripod, and the other will be handheld.

REFERENCES: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGzCFcx_90A&t=105s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGOTVne2Tkw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3YGaHTkZM4

We have a different approach because we’re doing an abstracted version of these fashion videos. Plus, we’re pairing the lookbook aesthetic with the simple food item shots. For style, we want to be a little on the hectic side with editing like the Calvin Klein Spring 2016 video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb–k_Xv2MQ), but we want to stay still stay intact and calm like the A-Z of New York Style. We will have music, and we already have songs in mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qiTIW38DuM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXy-yHkULw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv7u3yEIObo.

The roles for the movie will be the following: 

Main editor: Milo

DP: Madeline & Davis

Creative Directors: Madeline, Davis & Milo

Producer: Milo

Models: Madeline, Davis & Milo

Styling: Madeline

These two animatronic heads from the MOMI Jim Henson exhibit is actually the two heads for the two main elf like characters. I thought this was very cool because it really made me look at the process of the movie differently. I realized that okay more work that I thought was put into making The Dark Crystal. Also I just never thought that they would use something like this for some puppets.

This is a picture of a Skeksis from the Dark Crystal. I found it so fascinating to be looking at one of the actual puppets from a movie I grew up with. The amount of detail and care put into making this puppet must of been out of this world. It almost looks real, to me this is one of Jim Henson’s best works.

This is a picture of the fake body of Linda Blair, and if I’m correct they used this exact body to rotate her head around 360 degrees and projectile vomit all over the set they were on. This part of the MOMI really fascinated me because beside this were set pieces from blade runner & Freddy Krueger. Aside from this one the blade runner set piece was astonishing because the opening scene of blade runner looked as tho it was taking place in a life size stronghold on a completely different sci fi world. When in fact it was a “huge” miniature that was then closely shot and modified with special effects.

The thing that stuck with me in this photo is the location itself. It looks like its a baron wasteland on some other planet with only rocks. The blue of the house stands out and catches the eye along with the smoke. Even though the house is so small it still stands out in this large landscape picture.

The thing about this photo that interested me is the play on perspective. The trees around the woman look so big but I was interested if the tree on the right is just a tiny plant taken up close and made to look huge. Sorry for reflection.

This photo stuck with me because of how this is taken from an earlier time but still is very relevant to what is happening today. The vote on the mans forehead I feel is the main point of focus in this photograph, that paired with the american flag makes this picture powerful.

I never really liked Coney Island very much, even though I’m a native New Yorker. I always thought the place was riddled with tourists and that drove me away from there. Amusement parks aren’t my favorite either, neither are beaches. The only thing about Coney Island that I ever liked were the Nathan’s hot dogs. Until I realized something very important. I realized there was a strong everlasting open community that riddled every crack in the boardwalk. From the man fishing on the far stretching pier, to the lady whom was born and raised in Brooklyn, sitting on a bench open to any conversation to be had. A community so strong and open that the second you step foot on that boardwalk, your apart of it.

I took this shot to test out a wide framed but also close up landscape shot. Which to my surprise turned out well with a lens flare to complement it. I took it because I liked the lime green and rusty look of these old worn chairs in Union Square that have gone thru a history of weather and use.

For this photo I was playing with the mix of sunlight and shadows. No crazy method was used to get this shot just a simple adjustment of aperture and shutter speed.

For this shot I used manual focus to try to create a depth of field shot. I focused in on one of these lime green chairs and tried to blur out all of the other ones in the background and well as the people walking by.

For this shot I used a high shutter speed to capture this guy on a skateboard in motion while zoomed in. It worked out better than I thought. I took the picture of this guy because beforehand I was taking stills and saw him pass by so I quickly adjusted my shutter speed and aperture to get the shot.

In this photo I used the bokah technique with these blue light Christmas tree lights. I did it by basically manually making the focus kinda of bad until I got this blurry but also sharp shot of the lights in a circular soft form. I took this picture because the lighting in my friend’s room was soft and cold and I wanted to capture that via bokah, because I think without using bokah the lights would just be lights and nothing more.

Same Idea as the first picture of the lights except this time I liked the way it was all tangled up

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Quality ain’t too nice :/

The Tony Hiss essay was an interesting read. Hiss’ constant talk of wonder and “deep travel” made me wonder why he was writing on this. Then I realized it was a sort of message to tell us that we should never lose the constant interest we have when we are a kid. Everything we see especially in New York City has a story behind it, and that you should be in a sense grateful and wonder what that story is, and take it in and ponder over what it could of been.

My interpretation of why you made us read this was that you wanted to make sure we are aware. So that when we go on our field trips or when we are out in the field we don’t forget or lose our sense of wonder.

Through these two essays by Tony Hiss and R.Murray Schafer, I think I will learn how to appreciate and wonder more about what I’m taking a photo of, and how sound can lead me to interesting places. All in all I will start to pay attention to the detail of my surroundings and be more aware in general. Hopefully these two things will further benefit and hone my photography skills.