Digital Photography and Imaging - FINAL PROJECT

29/06/18 - 13/07/18 (Week 14 - Week 16)

Mohamad Irfan Mohamad Zaim (0326620)

Digital Photography and Imaging
Final Project - Surrealistic Parallax

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INSTRUCTIONS

For this final project I decided to recreate a surrealistic image by Rafal Olbinski. I looked through a lot of his work and like most surrealistic artwork, made use of a lot of nature, people, and random objects. I wanted to add myself into the composition in some way or form but also bring the artwork by Olbinsksi to life by animation.

Fig 1.1 - Reference Image

I particularly liked this image, as the meaning behind the artwork (if there even is any) can be interpreted in many ways. For me it represented loneliness and just watching time and the world pass by. The birds don't worry about anything and have that freedom. As the birds fly further and further away the more the person longs for that freedom, ultimately leaving the person who is stuck to the ground to fall into an endless pit. This is a feeling I and many people around my age feel as a millennial.

I used some of my own photographs to create the composition:

Fig 1.2 - Photos and images used in compostion

Fig 1.3 - Layers in Photoshop

Fig 1.4 - Final Still Image

Fig 1.5  - Side by Side Comparison

I then imported my layers into Photoshop to start the animation. I decided to animate the birds pulling the zipper and then really bring the image to life by adding a waterfall effect.

Fig 1.5 - Keyframing

Fig 1.6 - Adding FX

Fig 1.7 -  Final GIF