Conversation of Letters First Photographic Attempt

From feedback I gained on previous storyboards/ ideas I wanted to now photograph a sequence with simplicity. In the sequence you are about to see I have documented a series of letters being posted between two flats opposite each other. I don’t want to show the written details on the letters as I want there to be an aspect of mystery. The audience will be able to read their own message from the sequence.

The sequence involves a repetition of some shots for example images of the closed door with the light from a open door onto it to show the repetition of letters being transferred from one door to the other.

 

 START

1. My version of the given photo. This first shot shows there is a door open opposite the closed door seen. Closed door= I will name this flat A, Open door= Flat B 
2. The owner to Flat B is putting a letter under Flat A’s door. 
3. It is now switched so the open door is Flat A and the closed door is flat B. This shows that the person living at Flat A is about to reply to letter delivered in shot 2. 
4. The owner to Flat A is putting a letter under Flat B’s door. 
5. Back at the same image used in Shot 1. Showing the conversation is continuing. 
6. The owner to Flat B is putting a second letter under Flat A’s door. 
7. Same image as shot 3. A is about to reply. 
8. The owner to Flat A is putting a second letter under Flat B’s door. 
9. Back at image same as shot 1 and 5. 
10. The owner to flat B puts third and final letter under Flat A’s door with a photo enclosed. 
11. Back at image same as shot 3 and 7. 
12. The owner to flat A puts third and final letter under Flat B’s door with a photo enclosed.

END

During photographing this sequence I found it hard to photograph the posting of the letters. I was playing around with angles and finally settled on the ones seen in the sequence. The elements of each letter cannot be seen but the hand of the person can. I didn’t want the actual writing of the letter to be read able yet the audience cannot see that a photo has been posted as well as a letter in shot 12 and 10, this is a flaw I will try to address in the next week before hand in, the coming feedback session may also help with this.

In the shots of the letters being posted light can be seen under each door. This works well as it reinforces the hallway is dark and inside each flat is quite light hence when a door is open, light is shown on the closed door opposite.