Saturday 28 August 2010

Train

A photographer is seen concentrating intently; they are taking a picture of the open face of a book. We can not see what the book is but we infer from the photographer's face that they want to bring out the beauty in the open page itself; the effect of the light hitting the paper. We consider that it may even be a 2 page short story that could be read on the photograph.

Further back in the scene we see a second photographer photographing the first. Their look is less studied than the initial photographer's but they seem alert none the less. From the second's body angle and camera position we assume that they are trying to trying to capture the whole of the first in their shot, allowing us to see the photographer's concentration and passion from their body and a sideshot of their face.

Just in front of the photographers are a film crew that are documenting the whole process. They are two people; one operating the camera and a second whispering quietly to them. The second is the director. The director is wearing a baseball cap. We see that the camera is moving slightly around the scene, but we do not know what it is focusing on. We think that this may or may not be in their finished film and that it will probably come together in editing.

A television news crew is reporting on this. There is a team of three people here. A presenter is standing in front of camera narrating what is occurring. The presenter smiles and their body language suggest they have just told a joke. We can see the words "Back to the Studio" being mouthed.

Far away a newspaper runs an article on this scene. A journalist tries to describe the events in a clear, precise manner as possible. They look to us to be slightly haggard. Their subeditor changes a few paragraphs, deletes a few, and then places it for publication in the paper.

In front of a glowing laptop a blogger reads this article in the digital equivalent of the newspaper. They write a little read piece critiquing the article's bias and style and also the whole situation described with in.

Elsewhere a writer types out this whole chain events and publishes it in a book. We assume that this is what is being photographed initially by the first photographer. But then we would wouldn't we?