Final blog - media product - video diary

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If the link doesn't work, them I have embedded the video here (It seems as though the full widescreen video image doesn't appear here, only a part of the screen, so follow the link above)

Post 22

This is the final image in a series of images of an old mill in Bradford which I took originally for the 30 images project last semester, which I am having to re-use instead of taking new photographs due to unforeseen circumstances.

Finally, the final image is of the site as it would appear to look at night. This is probably the most powerful image of the mill and its cooling tower, silhouetted against the (nearly) night sky, with the moon in the background. The psychological effect of the moon and using a little light in night-time scenes can also be applied here as well. I described what I mean by this in my previous blog.

The framing of this image is to make the mill, cooling tower and moon in the night sky all immediately noticeable to the viewer, while practically ignoring the edges of the image, as again they aren't important except to help "frame" the image, otherwise the image would be zoomed in and wouldn't look as good.

Post 21

Now I'm starting to come to the end of the photos I have chosen to upload here from my collection of photos I took last semester as part of the "30 images" coursework.

This photo was actually shot at sunset and it was not yet night-time, but as it was still winter at the time, the moon decided to come out and make its presence known anyway. The building where the moon is seen shining through has its top floor burnt out, as apparently the top floor caught fire a few months back.

Even though this image was not photographed at night-time, I suppose it does give the impression of being photographed at night-time because of the psychological effect of the moon and the fact that the human mind isn't infallible when it comes to recognising night-time scenes, which is why in TV shows in scenes that are supposedly "totally dark", there is always a small studio lamp switched on so that the camera can see something. Not many people seem to acknowledge that.

The framing of this image is done in such a way that the moon shining through the burnt-out windows and the top of the burnt-out building are the things which immediately grab the audience's attention, with the night sky being noticed next, with the rest of the building being noticed last as that has absolutely no importance at all to the rest of the picture. the only reason i included some more of the building in this photo than was originally needed is because the image would look rather bad if it didn't. there are certain requirements for a photo like this, and if there is too much headroom or the camera (which was a non-SLR Panasonic Lumix digital camera) will start to take blurry images if zoomed in too much.

Post 20

This image is another in my series of images relating to an old disused mill here in Bradford.

This image is a rather conventional photo turned into art, probably usually seen in the average person's photo album when they have decided to photograph something very tall, such s a statue or a skyscraper or something.

Again, this photo really doesn't have much in it to comment on, really, while it definetly isn't a boring photo.

The only thing I can really think of to say about this photo is that if you put your imagination to it, the chimney could be thought of as a road in the Grand Canyon, the road in the middle of nowhere being seen from the driver's point of view.

Once again, this is another photo of mine revolving around an old, disused mill here in Bradford, these images forming the part of my blog where I have to post my own images.

Unlike the previous picture, this has so much more going for it, and so much more to write about.

For a start, you can evidently see the new in the foreground, old in the background, as seen in the last photograph i discussed, however there are so many more things to interest the viewer in this photo.

First of all is the rather interesting angle which the photo was taken from, which makes the chimney in the background look like it is adjoining the old people's home in the foreground, rather than being placed much further away than the viewer would probably think. This gives the viewer a false sense of depth in the image, because the chimney tower is actually a lot further away than it seems.

And then there is the horizon in the background, making me think back to the very basic scientific principles, that if i can see locations over there, then, supposedly, people in those locations can see the mill and its tower. I can certainly see the mill and tower from my flat in Dennis Bellamy Halls, on the other side of Bradford!

The way that the image is framed is to still make the chimney be the first eye-catching thing to the viewer, but still making the houses in the foreground instantly noticeable to the viewer, while they don't necessarily pay attention to them first, preferring to look at the chimney or cooling tower first.

Post 19

This is the nineteenth of my own images which I am using for these blog posts. Once again, as with all of these photos, the image is based around an old mill in Bradford.

This image is another image to do with regeneration, because of the old in the background and the new in the foreground. All in all, though this image really doesn't have that many interesting features, which is why it is difficult to write a post about this one.

Post 18

This image is the 18th in a series of blog posts using images I took last November for University coursework as their theme.

This image, like all of the images of the old mill in Bradford, is a silhouette. Silhouettes, to me, can show a stark contrast between two different things, let it be the past or the present, two different industries, or the difference between black and white.

This image has rather a Coronation Street-style element to it. What I mean by that is the shots of rooftops, lamp-posts, chimney post and television aerials, which looks impressive silhouetted against the sunset.

Another good effect I like about this photo is the angle at which it was taken from. The aerials look as though they are pointing roughly towards the cooling tower for reception, which can give the photo a sort of abstract feeling about it. It almost has an impossible art feeling about it, because the chimney also acts as a television transmitter, as the aerials look as though they are pointing towards it.

The way this photo is framed is to fill the photo with everything that the photographer wants to be in it, instead of everything that's important in the photo being clustered up in the centre of the image while the edges of the image give less important details about the photo to the viewer.