Assignment #5 Space and Narrative

This week our assignment is to design a full panoramic space with the possibility of a narrative through photo-montage. Beginning with the basic form of the panoramic image and the automate - photomerge tool built into Photoshop, we can explore the creation of extended spaces through photography.

Panoramas can also be created with the use of a single image by mirroring it on itself. Symmetry is often found in arranged spaces. To make it more comfortable though details are changed while the balence is kept. This is sometimes known as "French symmetry." When mirroring images we have to be careful about the new abstractions formed. The human mind has a habit of seeing creatures created in foliage and clouds.

The panoramic form has also often been combined with narative imagery, whereas a story unfolds as the viewers travels from one end of the image to the other. In this case multiple perspecitves can be combined with the idea of expressing time visually. Early scrolls and tapastries are good examples to look at.

Take this opportunity to explore all of the possibilites of creating your own emersive space. Go ahead and break the traditional rules of panoramic imagery, and feel free to use the tools discussed in class in new ways.