Our phrases were:
"she yelled"
"Saffren Walden"
At the end, they were assembled into a slideshow and displayed in sync with a reading of the whole story. The whole thing was interesting and great fun. I would definitely do it again. The participative aspect of it worked, but overall I don't think the end product works as art for anyone other than those involved. The photos themselves don't tell a story. Nor do they really illustrate the story. The lack of context is part of the problem, but that's what makes it fun when doing it and surprising when revealed. (The downside is that this can encourage people to go for cheap laughs, as with bad improv.) Trying to have every word of the story covered by one picture or another is a problem. And even for participants, there were too many photos. Something around 500 -- fatigue set in after the first 100 or so even for the most attentive of viewers. This was the first time they'd done this "story" format, so it will be interesting to see it evolve. I would go with half the number of photos -- same number of teams, 2 photos each, and not try to cover every word.
4 comments:
Fergus has really shot up!
"this hard economic climate" looks... unbearable. Ba-dum-pish!
Saffron Walden? Seriously? Why?
I don't know. The "saffren" [sic] was their spelling as well.
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