I wanted to convey how space changed as my mood changed, and how my emotional association with the space changed the feeling of the space.

When the assignment was given, the space my mind automatically pictured was my dorm bed. It was a space I spent the most time in.

The first picture represents when I first moved in. I was the first to move in on the 20th, far before my suitemates or my roommate. In away, I really was alone in the vast sea of parents and freshmen. I used two cardigans and a $9 pillow because I didn’t have sheets, but I was happy to just have a space I could relax in. Especially after orientation. Which is why picture looks more relaxed. The tint used is green to convey comfort, and the pose is laid back. To the left of the photo, the cardigan almost makes me look like I’m melting into the bed.

The second picture is about the middle of the week, I had spent the week or two, trying to stay connected with a friend. After writing an email or text to them, there was always a lag. Of course, they were busy but that wait for me was agonizing. Which is why I am sitting and look deep in thought. The color tone of the picture changes, it becomes a cooler green. The blanket also looks like a blab rather than something to cozy into.

The third picture is showing the end of the week, when I started feeling more agitated. How I felt more alone but also weary of waiting and writing to my friend. I am laying back down to show the decline and the tiredness.

The last picture is of the end of the week. I had given up on trying to stay friends with this person and to represent that my back is turned from the viewer. The color is completely in cool tones.

And the size of the pictures are steadily decreasing, this was to represent how I started to feel more and more frustrated in the exchange, and how that affected how I perceived the space of the bed. It made the bed feel smaller, and less welcoming, and a stressful place to be in.

The video narrative uses photos takes during the shoot that was cut from the final product. I used different length clips and moments of black out to help the rhythm of the story. I had to go into photoshop and make sure all the photos were the same size and not upside down, while editing the narrative.

Learning Photoshop and Premiere, that be it at the most basic level, was a challenge in itself. There were times I panicked, and thought I had to start from the beginning, and there were times I actually had to start from scratch.