NARRATIVE IMAGES Relating Painting, Film and Photography
FOCUS on compositional strategies used by painters, photographers and filmmakers to intensify the drama, tension, excitement, and /or human interest in a picture. IDENTIFY the strategies used in the images in the presentation to follow.
Edgar Degas, Interior, , Philadelphia Museum of Art
Eric Fischl, The Dining Room, 2002 Fischl, The Dining Room, photograph
Eric Fischl, The Krefeld Project, Digital Photographs for the series of paintings
Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago
Edward Hopper, Woman In The Sun, 1961, oil on canvas, Whitney Museum of American Art
Gregory Crewdson, Ophelia, from Beneath the Roses series, , c-print
Shirin Neshat, Zarin series, 2005 Shirin Neshat, video still from Passage
EDGAR DEGAS Compositions such as this one show the influence of “new” (late 19th century) technology, such as the portable camera, in terms of angle of view and framing.
PHOTOJOURNALISM Photojournalism refers to images that tell a story, such as those seen in news media and periodicals. It may include documentary, advertising, spot news, sports, human interest, humor and the portrayal of contemporary life.
Robert Capa,
Robert Capa, Omaha Beach, June 6,1944, gelatin silver print
Paolo Pellegrin, 2006, photographed during conflict in Lebanon, winner of the Robert Capa Award
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #14, 1978, gelatin silver print
Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, CITY OF GOD, FILM STILLS Quentin Tarantino, JACKIE BROWN, 1997
Orson Welles, A Touch Of Evil, 1958
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Sam Mendes, AMERICAN BEAUTY, 1999
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Alfred Hitchcock, PSYCHO, Look at Saul Bass’s storyboards for this scene
Hitchcock, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, 1959