Photogamer Challenge #15 Superhero - The Beginning!
This is the first of a three part challenge to tell a story in photos. For this week and the two weeks following, photogamers will experiment with creating a narrative photographic superhero story.
Stay with me, this is going to be super awesome rad and it won’t even be that hard!
So this week. You’re going to take 5 pictures that will begin the story.
You’ll need a hero. Think this out. It can be you, or a stuffed animal, or a real animal or a friend. The thing is, you’re going to need the hero for the next three weeks of challenges so it should be you or someone you live with or a co-worker. Your hero is going to transform from being a seemingly normal person to someone with some sort of super power… and costume! Go as crazy as you want here or keep it cool and subtle. if you’re into red tights or if you’re into the superpower of using paperclips as throwing stars, hey, it’s all cool. What super hero is inside you? What costume elements do you have lying around? You’ll need a mask, or at least a snazzy hat! Why not be a ninja superhero? Here’s a link to making a ninja mask! - Link
1. Establishing Shot: Show a photo of the outside of the house/apartment/barn/missile silo where you’re story will take place. This is straight forward, it’s like when they show the cafe in Seinfeld.
2. Meet the Hero: Your hero is in civilian disguise. This is a photo of the hero eating breakfast in an ordinary place.. This is like when Superman is Clark Kent or Spiderman is Peter Parker. This is an ordinary photo of an ordinary person doing something ordinary… eating breakfast! (unless your hero is a stuffed animal or lizard or something)
3. Close up detail: In this photo take a close up that includes the eyes. Give a hint that the hero senses something wrong by showing the forehead all crinkled and the eyes looking to the side as if sensing something.
4. The call: Take a photo of your hero on a phone call with news of an upcoing catastrophe. You should decide now what catastrophe your hero faces. Is a super villain on the loose? Is a cat stuck in a tree? Did someone lose their glasses? Has the hero’s significant other been kidnapped? Make the face of your hero reflect the severity of the situation!
5. Get Ready: Clark Kent would go into a phone booth. Spider man puts on his spidey costume. Your hero needs to get ready for the upcoming facedown with danger. If you are going to be a ninja, this would be the moment to show your hero putting on the nina mask.
Heads up: The first photo of next week is going to be of your hero arriving on the scene of catastrophe in costume!
Super Bonus: Use a program like Comic Life or photoshop and make your photos into a page of a comic book with thought bubbles and everything!
You can do it, the world needs you to do it… or else! When you’ve got your pictures up, post them to the photogamer flickr pool. Tag all of these photos with photogamer and superhero.
Once you’ve got all five post a note so we can go see them! - Link
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inspired idea! I love it.
Trés cool.
I’m in.