Picturing Time
Student Work
1: STRANGER
You can create this project in two ways, pick one. #1 — Find one stranger and photograph them ten times using ten different shutter speeds. #2–Find ten strangers and photograph each one time using the same shutter speed.
Consider these questions as you create your project:
- How does the shutter speed or interval you choose change the way you see the person?
- How visible is time in your image? How does the visibility change with extremely slow or fast shutter speeds?
2: TERRITORY
Find a space you have not explored on campus. Choose a duration and film the space in one long shot.
Consider these questions as you create your project:
- How does the duration of the video change the way we experience the space?
- How does the continuous shot change the way our perspective of the space? How do the choices of camera angle and focus become parts of the film?
3: HAPPENING
Find an event that is advertised on campus and record the event. Create a narrative of the event using nonlinear editing.
Consider these questions as you create your project:
- How does your editing change the narrative?
- How does the timeline of your film compare to the timeline of the recorded footage?
4: STAGE
Choose a space on campus that creates an interesting frame. Choose a prop to bring into the space and photograph it 100 times.
Consider these questions as you create your project:
- How does the amount of props you chose to include in the edited image change how we see the stage?
- How does your choice of prop and stage create a narrative ?
5: RITUAL
Create a photograph, film or animation about a future imagined ritual.
Consider these questions as you create your project:
- Why did you choose your medium?
- How does the materiality of time manifest itself in your piece?
