Architecture in Motion - Final Submission (Week 4)

For the final submission in week 4 I worked on the drawing element of my spatial narrative. I found that while the watercolour gave a nice effect in the context of the space, did not work over prints of my model I had photographed. Therefore, I found it challenging to combine the model and drawing elements of my stop motion film. I decided to create a separate watercolour wash that I could overlay onto my photographs using Photoshop. This lead to the creation of several watercolour washes that had a roughness, partly in order to add a noticeable difference when overlaid on the photographs and partly to be able to produce several for submission. The beginning of my stop motion film starts with a purely watercolour 2D relief that opens up to my model beyond. I tried to incorporate subtraction in my film through the flickering of the light on the floor, using a washed out black acrylic paint and white acrylic paint for subtraction. I used this paint again at the end of my film to add darkness to the space beyond the window discovered in the column.

My final 3 sentence narrative was:
“At sunset you discover a room of endless pillars submerged in translucent water. The shadows flicker across the water, as the light leads to discover columns hidden mystery. You travel deeper along the unfolding path to find yourself back at the start.”