Visualising

Using the mindmap I created I have pulled together some images that I have found in photography books (The Photo Book, 21st Century Photography) and online (www.photobucket.com) to create a visual mindmap, this demonstrates the kind of things that I want my video to present.
This mindmap shows a series of images presenting relationships in different forms. Some of them show the relationship between couples, such as 'V-J Day in Times Square' by Alfred Eisenstaedt (bottom left corner). I have also taken some images from some film noir (right hand corner) because of the dark contrast in the frames that emphasises the emotion on the actors faces. The majority of these images are in black and white, this is something I plan on experimenting with when it comes to making my own video. This may be more relevant if I chose to include different times in my video i.e. a person looking back at memories, this would make it clear that the person is looking back as the grey scale presents quite old, rustic images.

After looking at these images, I decided to use some of my own images from Photography to get some ideas from. The following images show a couple together, however the dramatic light makes the mood so much more intense, emphasising every surface and physical contact that the two have.










I also took some portraits to experiment with different angles, and lighting. These images, show the same emotion, but in some cases I have edited them to look more dramatic, or present a different mood.



For the top image I have edited it to make it a sepia tone, and the angle from which it is taken makes the model look scared, this is particularly emphasised by the light, which is coming from below. This light makes the shadows rest on the models face in such a way as he might look scared.
The image below, the colour image, I made very little changes to, I simply cropped this image to make the focus more on the model. The atmosphere presented by this image is calm and peaceful as the lighting creates no shadow and bounces off the models face in a to make the image brighter.
The image on the right, in black and white, I have added more contrast to, to make it really dramatic. The angle from which the photo is taken, makes it seem as though the model is almost being engulfed by the darkness, as the high angle makes him look vulnerable.