Triptych

Today commenced the first of 12 lectures for the Creative Media Practice module, held by Mark and Ian. We were introduced to the notion of Triptych which looks at an earlier form of screen narrative, also described as 'windows montage'. In basic terms, a Triptych is the mergence of two or more images/moving images shown on screen whether that be on television or online. In a sense, this allows audiences to focus on different narratives whilst still having a good idea of what else is going on on screen. The images to the left may give you a clearer understanding of what exactly a Triptych is.

It wasn't long before we were set our brief to complete over the next 2 days, which involved creating our own Triptych in groups of 3. After a short discussion with my fellow group members, it was decided that we would aim our focus on movement, with a simple narrative of 3 individuals moving around a building but emerging each individuals body parts within the triptych so it would show Person's 1 head, with the body of Person 2's upper body and the legs and feet of Person 3 in order to show a sense of creativity and common bond. All 3 individuals would be moving around the same place whilst we swapped the body parts at different points in the clip in order to keep the viewer interested and wondering how the Triptych would end. I will be posting images of our finished piece within the next 24 hours so stay tuned!