Week 6

Monocular Vision:

Intent: the use and effectiveness of monocular viewpoint on a narrative
Content: Real life drawings of people using a singular viewpoint
Reference

'The Order of Release' John Everett Millais

 Analysis: The medium long shot viewpoint shows the whole group of characters which gives a good sense of their individual reactions.

 

The frame of the painting is shaped like a door which makes us feel included and like we have just walked in on the scene. It gives an insight into the people's lives.

The figures are grouped with their bodies tilting the same way this allows the eye to flow quickly over the grouping, from the doorway where the message is received to the wife's reaction. This lets us experience how the message is received as though we were there at the time. The drama of the scene is shown in the face of the injured man he is sobbing on the wife's shoulder from relief at the message. The dog adds a simple way of showing the emotion of the scene jumping up at his returning master.

          

I did some observational drawings around town using a small paper tube to look through so that I could emulate monocular vision. I liked the circular composition of this and quickly sketched up one of my drawings of shoppers from the Regent's Arcadeto figure out how to maximise this composition. I would add more perspective to the corridor on the left to have a better contrast between the up close female figure and the shoppers in the background.