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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

10 Themes of Storytelling

1. Mood - a state of quality or feeling at a particular time. In this particular photo, it seems to be a simple picture of the symbolic golden gate bridge, but it conveys much more that just that. The lighting shows rays of hope is closer within the frame whereas the darker undertone from the clouds are more in the distance. The effect of the bright yellow dominates the blues, causing the mood of hope to shine through the golden gateway.

2. Goal - the result or achievement toward which effort is directed. In this photo, a dog is static on a path that stretches along the Z-axis. The depth of field stretches all the way down the frame into what seems to be a forest. This photo exemplifies goal in the the road represents a long journey for the dog to enpart on. For me, I think this photo would have benefitted if it used a more selective focus because it would represent the obstacle aspect of goal a little more, but who am I to critique?


3. Backstory - a narrative provided a history or background context. This photo exemplifying backstory is very interesting because of its use of shadows. The shadows already represents something, that when framed right, can tell an entire story as this photo does. It shows a silhouetted person, slouched with multiple shadows gesturing at him. The shadows are perhaps disappointed with him or maybe the shadows are a manifestation of his own thoughts, revealing that he is disappointed in himself.

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