Launching the Imagination CH 14: Narrative and Non-Narrative

Story telling is one of the oldest forms of sharing information. Stories communicate understanding, provide inspiration and can increase self-awareness. Multiple image structures can be used to express complex ideas in both narrative and non-narrative videos. The 3 most common multiple image structures are group, series and sequence. Filmmakers use the beat, scene, sequence and act to create a screenplay. Non-narrative approaches are categorical, rhetorical and abstract. Establishing boundaries develops effective stories. Boundaries like deciding on the beginning and when the story ends, who the story is about, what is the underlying theme and the setting. A change in style can really affect communication. Ideas and emotions can be communicated through a straightforward series of causes and effects or through a series of seemingly unrelated images. The opening and closing, personal perspective and characters used can make or break a story. TV advertisements can present ideas in less than 15 seconds 8 different approaches!!
In my final project I will be using the group multiple image structure. I will group by shape and subject matter. In the end it will be narrative like. It is the battle between order and disorder.

Explanation for final project

This piece is a combination of the Norman Installation sound piece and the concept Ritual in Transfigured time. My ritual is cleaning while humming the same mindless tune over and over again. These acts take my ind to a far away place, transfiguring me states of chaos to calm chaos to calm etc. i want this video to be surreal and dreamlike/nightmarish. To create that effect I am going to have several layers of video that come in and out of focus depending on which layer is most dominant at a particular moment. In the beginning is the calm state and the scenes flow in and out of each other in slow fading transitions. In the second half is the anxious state where transitions are more abrupt. I want the video to be cyclical. If successful the end should flow right back to the beginning.

TBM Final Project