NOIR | Character vs Light

Utilizing their research and development in the visual/compositional techniques of Lighting, Atmosphere, and Mood, students were split up into groups of two and tasked with creating their own original farmer and pig characters and develop a short story that utilizes light as an active narrative device unto itself. Each group’s original characters had to have an established Want (misbelief), Need (what their character discovered, earned or truly needed), and a Core Discipline (a defining motivation or limitation/fault that must be overcome). Each character had to be designed with a specific silhouette that would reinforce each character’s personality traits and scale. Each short story was given a specific dramatic theme and had to also establish a unique Story Point, relative to their character and their character traits (Wants, Needs, Discipline), and each group then had to pit their original character (the protagonist) against some form of light and visualize it all within the genre of Noir.

The results of this collaborative project are presented in the following original Noir: Character Vs. Light short stories below.

Exhibition

MFA Visual Narrative Open Studios

SVA Online Gallery