My Photo Essay

 My aim is to create a photo essay of things I see every day, related to the theme of frustration. I hope achieve clarity in terms of the scenario and how the viewer mentally interacts with the essay. before achieving this goal I first had to storyboard my photo essay, as is shown in th image on the left.

The shots I decided on where firstly, the establishing shot which was just a bit bigger than a long shot. this would come into a long shot, followed by a high angle shot, followed by an over the shoulder shot ending with a low angle shot.

 Once I had my storyboard sorted I decided I would start my photo essay, with the orginal location which was the common room. however, my initial plan changed as i found a more suitable scene location. where frustration was the number one energy flow, this was the art room. the shot itself continued as planed however with the character starting in the frame.

 The second shot took a different turn as I decided to have a detail shot whereby the other characters in the frame are captured at eye level, whilst the main character's lower half takes up half of the frame and the scene objective is captured as the paper. this proved much more effective, than the primary idea. as it built the sense of rising emotion following the sense of judgment as the grips the paper vigorously.

 For the third shot I found myself taking the photo from a high angle however making the main charcter more inclusive in the frame, this also further establishes the scenario.

 For the fourth frame, I stuck to the initial plan, creating a sense of interactivity with the character and his task simultaneously making the task obvious to the viewer.

 For the final frame I decided to change the dynamics of the character in terms of how he takes out his frustration. rather than sliding the work on the floor, he would be caught in a decisive moment in which he is about to smack the paper onto the desk. This foretell of event becomes obvious to the viewer via the characters expression and the way in which he is gripping the paper, as though to scrunch it up.

I personally this my photo essay is quite good, as is gets the story across which was my main aim. furthermore, it has a certain sense of suspensive thrill during the mid section.