1. (Wide-angle) Shot of the outside of the house. This used to be full of students going to school before virus epidemic.
2. (Zoom Shot) The part of the road from picture 1. Normally, the bus station is full of people.
3. (Aerial shots / Serial Shots) The state of the parking lot + road nearby.
4. (Perspective) After the situation got worse in Korea, all people needed to lock themselves in their own habitat. As a university student, I only could get a temporary one.
5. (First Person View) The room is fine, but isn’t too big.
6. (First person view) The outside is blocked by any means to be safe from the virus.
7. (View frame) Since the interior and exterior is completely blocked, it feels like living in a trapped room.
8. (Worm’s eye) Currently the only means of communicating with the world is through my laptop.
9. (Skewed angle/ wide-angle) The general mood of the outside is very depressing. No people, no car.
10. (Cropped photo) The playground is empty, at least for months now.
11. (Focus) It is essential for us to wear the mask before leaving the door. Also the chance of leaving the house is extremely rare.
12. (Contrast) Inside of the room is darker compared to outside. The life in the room is dull as the room looks.
Analysis on picture 3:
The picture 3 effectively shows the effect that the crisis has given to people. The perspective of the photo is placed high, so the room looks a bit small. The reduction in size of the habitat shows how physically limited the life has become. The room itself is messy and not ordered, showing that the situation didn’t get better for quite long time. This also reflects the chaotic state of the country after the widespread infection of the virus. The room is blocked in all 4 sides by curtain and door, representing the lack of connection / relation with nearby environment. This also represents the doubt and fear that people have due to unclear situation; they are afraid that the situation might get worse due to different events in the future.
Taeyeon Lee, (3035718096)
Collectively, the color tones of the photographs convey a sense of melancholy. You demonstrate a good grasp of each technique, situating yourself as the first person point of view as well as the subject. The sense of being “trapped” as you have described is also visibly present – through the closed doors, drawn drapes and piles of artefacts in the room. For the worm’s eye view, try to bring the camera much lower than the subject matter you are focusing on and point the camera lens upwards so you really get a more vertical direct view upwards. For Contrast, increase the contrasts between light and dark and saturated and unsaturated colors. Overall, you have responded to the task adequately. Looking forward to seeing further insights and innovative thinking through these subjects and techniques.