Cinematography Scenes
A series of built model scenes and their photographic reproduction, based on the visual and stylistic characteristics of selected film stills.
In the first part of the course, the students examined the visual aesthetics of selected film stills. The aim was to note the stylistic attributes and visual composition elements, and to subsequently transfer the gained insights to a series of newly imagined scenes by means of model making and photography. On the basis of the film stills’ typical visual characteristics, the participants were asked to build a number of physical models and to produce convincing images of these with a still camera. For the visual implementation, the decisive factors were not only the choice of scale, materials and decor for the models, but also the realisation of consistent lighting design, camera-related criteria (such as the camera’s position and angle, the aspect ratio and the framing) and the translation and incorporation of attributes of the chosen film stills’ visual composition. The intention was to show that expressive images can be created via model making and photography, and that this approach to generating visual haptics and atmosphere is still a valuable alternative to purely computer-generated 3D images.
Selected Films:
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wiene, Germany 1920
- Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder. USA, 1944
- Pierrot le Fou, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1965
- A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1968
- The Holy Mountain, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexico, 1973
- Suspiria, directed by Dario Argento, Italy, 1977
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, directed by Peter Greenaway, UK/France, 1989
- Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, USA/Hong Kong, 1982
- Fallen Angels, directed by Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 1995
- In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 2000
- Sin City, directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez. USA, 2005
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wiene, Germany 1920
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Anaïs Berthod
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Anaïs Berthod
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Anaïs Berthod
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Anaïs Berthod
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Anaïs Berthod
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: Suspiria, directed by Dario Argento, Italy, 1977
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kelly Babbar
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kelly Babbar
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kelly Babbar
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kelly Babbar
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kelly Babbar
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kelly Babbar
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Camilla Sofia Morelli
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Camilla Sofia Morelli
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Camilla Sofia Morelli
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Camilla Sofia Morelli
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: The Holy Mountain, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexico, 1973
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raphaël Bitzi
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: Fallen Angels, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 1995
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Noé Bugnon
Film: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1968
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kevin Volet
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Kevin Volet
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Farrah Chekhab
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Yar Taher
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Yar Taher
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raoul Vallat
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Raoul Vallat
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Technique: PhotographyMaking-of: Imagined model scene
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Dominique-Julian Göttel
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Dominique-Julian Göttel
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Dominique-Julian Göttel
Technique: Physical Mode
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Dominique-Julian Göttel
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Dominique-Julian Göttel
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Dominique-Julian Göttel
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: Pierrot le Fou, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1965
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Maria Catarina Morais
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Maria Catarina Morais
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Maria Catarina Morais
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Maria Catarina Morais
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Maria Catarina Morais
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Maria Catarina Morais
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Violaine-Ophélie Coen
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Violaine-Ophélie Coen
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 2000
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Fjolla Dakaj
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Fjolla Dakaj
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Fjolla Dakaj
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Fjolla Dakaj
Stylistic Reference: Selected Film (Stills)
Film: Sin City, directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez. USA, 2005
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Lencha Shan
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Lencha Shan
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Simon Eloy
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Simon Eloy
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Simon Eloy
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Simon Eloy
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Lucas Pellegrini
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Lucas Pellegrini
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Lucas Pellegrini
Technique: Physical Model
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Lucas Pellegrini
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Marin Perret
Technique: Physical Mode
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Marin Perret
Technique: Photography
Course: Image & Architecture I, JMA Fribourg
Semester: Autumn 2020
Student: Marin Perret