Mock Exhibition Layout

Below is a mock of a layout I made from my set of photographs, I have decided to use this layout because it works the best for my amount of images, 10. The viewer is made to read the images starting at the top left and going from left to right and then down, this looks professional enough.

Exhibition Layouts

I am interested in how I could layout my set of photographs in an exhibition space. I want to look at different layout and decide which layout would most suit my set of images.
I know that I have 10 final images, this is a major issue when choosing a layout for an exhibition space because odd numbers can often look out of place.
We have been given a number of examples of similar works which have been displayed in different ways, they are shown below.

Below is a photograph that I came across whilst researching into the photographer Eadweard Muybridge, an innovative photographer who looked into motion picture projection. It is a perfect example of a layout that suites the topic because the reader is led to read the images from left to right up then down. Muybridges layout being similar to the above example that we were given by our tutor.

  

Second Shoot Photographs

Below are the final chosen set of photographs, to be read first at the top. I am happy with the overall look of the photographs as a collective and the vintage look, the colours, decor and furniture makes for an old feel. The vintage look works with the idea that Alzheimers tends to affect older people.

I decided to reshoot all but one of the photographs that I took on the first shoot, as well as adding some new scenes. I have tried to show a flow throughout the photographs and have also made a scale of severity in the scenes. With the least life threatening scenes at the beginning, gradually getting worse to more life threatening and serious scenes towards the end.

  

First Shoot Photographs

Below are an edit of the 200 photographs that I took on the first shoot. This assignment has helped me to see how important the editing down process is because although two images may look similar, it can be little things which make one photograph more suitable than another. This is even more apparent to me when practising documentary photography because the viewer reads into each image.

After showing these initial images to the group, I took on their advice and criticism and am going to re-shoot some of the photographs.

Todorov Narrative

Todorov suggested that conventional narratives are structured in five stages:
1. a state of equilibrium at the outset; 
2. a disruption of the equilibrium by some action; 
3. a recognition that there has been a disruption; 
4. an attempt to repair the disruption; 
5. a reinstatement of the equilibrium 

This type of narrative structure is very familiar to us and can be applied to many 
‘mainstream’ film narratives.

Barthes' Five Codes

The Hermeneutic Code (HER)

The Hermeneutic code refers to any element of the story that is not fully explained and hence becomes a mystery to the reader.

The full truth is often avoided, for example in:

• Snares: deliberately avoiding the truth.
• Equivocations: partial or incomplete answers.
• Jammings: openly acknowledge that there is no answer to a problem.

The purpose of the author in this is typically to keep the audience guessing, arresting the enigma, until the final scenes when all is revealed and all loose ends are tied off and closure is achieved.

The Proairetic Code (ACT)

The Proairetic Code also builds tension, referring to any other action or event that indicates something else is going to happen, and which hence gets the reader guessing as to what will happen next.

The Hermeneutic and Proairetic Codes work as a pair to develop the story's tensions and keep the reader interested. 

The Semantic Code (SEM)

This code refers to connotation within the story that gives additional meaning over the basic denotative meaning of the word.

It is by the use of extended meaning that can be applied to words that authors can paint rich pictures with relatively limited text and the way they do this is a common indication of their writing skills.

The Symbolic Code (SYM)

This is very similar to the Semantic Code, but acts at a wider level, organizing semantic meanings into broader and deeper sets of meaning.

This is typically done in the use of antithesis, where new meaning arises out of opposing and conflict ideas.

The Cultural Code (REF)

This code refers to anything that is founded on some kind of canonical works that cannot be challenged and is assumed to be a foundation for truth.

Typically this involves either science or religion, although other canons such as magical truths may be used in fantasy stories. The Gnomic Code is a cultural code that particularly refers to sayings, proverbs, clichés and other common meaning-giving word sets.

The Use Of Storyboards

I have used storyboards throughout this assignment and it has been very worthwhile, I am able to visualise my idea through sketches which makes it easier to photograph.