Greatness

For the Mini-Project 1 assignment, I opted to construct an image based on what I know best: film. After making it in to AP Images, I searched many terms related to film, like "cinema," "Hollywood," "motion picture" and "movies." For one, there wasn't a diverse range of images. Instead, there was a collection of random film events or people in the film industry. There wasn't a pattern of sorts that I could piece together in my collage as a representation of film as a whole. After striking out, I almost abandoned the film theme for the project. Though before I did, I typed in "filmmaker" to see what would show up. It was then that I came across multiple images of well known and widely recognized film directors. These are individuals that I have great respect for--not only for their films, but for their contribution to the art of cinema along the years. 

With that said, the above collage includes images of Ava DuVernay (Selma), Robert Redford (Sundance Film Festival), JJ Abrams (Lost), George Lucas (Star Wars), Steven Spielberg (Jaws), and Nicholas Winding Refn (Drive). I arranged the images in a manner that is simple, yet unique. To make the collage appear uniform, I applied a black and white filter. Each of the images has a drop shadow to separate it from the background. The images are also positioned over and under one another to illustrate their interconnectedness. Other features such as the size and orientation of the images are largely unchanged from the original downloads.

More than anything, this collage serves as a collection and representation of greatness. It is my hope for my own image to be included in a depiction of cinema greats in the future.