Fabric Shoot 2 17/11/2010

During the 2nd shoot I tried documenting as much as I could by taking videos on my iPhone. This was inspired by behind the scenes footage that I have included in my research into photographers such as Mert and Marcus http://www.amyreaddesigns.com/mablog/?page_id=1499. This has really helped us to reflect on our process, as I have included a lot of images in the video that didn’t make the final edit. This is important as all of those images lead up to the images that we did pick. You can see the flow of the models, you can hear direction from Vaida and myself, and you can see the difference between the on set action, the screen image and the edited image. Its quite a surreal process and its great to watch it back and appreciate what we achieved. Its not a completely accurate representation as I’m concentrating on the video rather than giving feedback from the computer, so it would be worth considering using another person to video the shoot process next time.

The 2nd Model:

We pushed our collaboration one step further by adding a 2nd model to our 2nd shoot. This was a very different experience to shooting with Justina alone. It was harder to direct the two models and get a result. Sometimes just because its hard to get the timing between everyone right. Also the contrast in body shape became quite a focus of the images, so we had to move away from our original ideas of, long, stretched bodies in fabric and try some different, abstract poses.

We did get some interesting shots, where it looks as if there is one person with 4 legs, but we felt this had moved too far from our original intention.

This reminds me of Peter Pan, when he tries to step on his own shadow but can’t. This has caught our attention and might be something to consider as a theme for another shoot. The model in the background looks like the shadow, even though she is a different height and shape.

The tension present in this shoot is different from the 1st shoot. Here the fabric fills in the space between the limbs creating a cocoon that the model is struggling in. The fabric looks as if it is trying to suffocate and enclose the body but you can still see the form of the body fighting through.