Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Visual Narratives - final book ideas

After experimenting with the techniques I mentioned in the last blog I have now got a pretty solid view of my book will shape up. Initially I was going to simply use several of the collages and cut out images I have made and put them together in the book, but have since decided that I would rather narrow it down even more so the book can be seen to confidently represent one thing. I have subsequently decided to focus my images upon one space (where the corner of a table meets the floor and is accompanied by chairs) in my kitchen, and will produce cut paper representations of this one space, from different perspectives, at A5. My intention is to create a more cohesive book, which feels a little more thought out than perhaps it might have done.

 

 


I have decided on a bold colour scheme, with each object in the frame represented in the same colour for across all the images in the book. This is partly for aesthetic reasons, partly to simply delineate between the shapes and increase the clarity of the compositions, and also because I thought that if the viewer might be able to recognise the various objects, and track their movements within the book, that would help me illustrate how the spatial relationship between objects can be altered by perspective. I decided on flat colour instead of texture as I thought it might muddy the waters of what I want to represent with the book and would not allow the shapes the space they needed in the lens.




 







I did refine my cut out idea, and feel it gave some nice results (the one on the left in particular) although works better over flat colour. I did intend to use technique for the front cover, initially similar images to these two examples, sort of outdoor environments and buildings. 

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However, now that I have narrowed the content of the book down so much, it wouldn't make sense to me not to reflect that in the front and back cover. So, I think I will cut out a smaller image of one of the chairs from the front cover and the same from the back cover but inverted. The first page after the cover page will be a block cover, as will the last page before the back cover. I think I will invert the colours (which I have decided will be blue and yellow as this is my favourite combination i can make from the complete colour scheme) of the front cover on the back cover. 

So, to summarise a blue front cover with the shape of a chair cut out, letting the yellow of the inside first page show through, and a yellow back cover with the same chair shape, the other way round, cut out, letting the blue of the last back page show through.   
There will be 12 pages of content in between, each page displaying one image demonstrating the space from a certain perspective. 
Each image will be accommodated by the same size and shape lens (rectangular) and surrounded by a white border, necessary, I feel to give space to each composition and ensure the pages don't seem muddling and too in your face.       

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