Alex’s Time Based Communication 2

When me and my partner, Sarah, first approach this exercise we didn’t really know what we were looking for, and there wasn’t really a lot of time either. We walked to Seneca @ york and found some pretty nice windows with some light going through them, but we knew since it was kinda cloudy that we won’t be able to capture much of a change in light, or any change at all for that matter. We walked a bit and as soon as we saw the bridge that separated the tel building and the Seneca @ York building we knew it was the spot. It had perspective, it had lots and lots of shadows that made the composition very interesting. The composition was so good I doubted that we had to crop it later. During the exercise we didn’t really think much or observe much because we were busy checking the timer and getting to know each other a bit. However, we did notice that since it was cloudy, the lighting had a dramatic change. From a high contrast composition with highly defined shadows and bright light, to a less contrast composition with dim and fading light and shadows.

Once back in the studio, the change in light was apparent to our observations. We also noticed the light moving more and more towards the camera. This is interesting, because although it was only 60 mins, we captured the movement of the sun that creates the effects that light is moving due to the positioning of the sun behind the windows. But what was almost immediately noticed once we put together the frames are the capture of motion. Not the motion in light, but the motion and the possibility of a narrative of certain people who were in the frames. This certainly added a more dramatic effect to the change in each frame. We also noticed that it is not so much of complete change in each frame that made it interesting, instead, it is the relationship from one from to another. The narrative seems to be the main point of interest. If the shots were taken at maybe 30 secs per shot, it would have created an even more obvious relation between the frames that would help the narrative even more.