The original image by Ben Goosens portrays a bizarre image of a house floating, with a person standing nearby and a skyline far in the distance. I was not drawn to this particular image individually, but rather the entire collection of works by Goosens. They are unique and interesting and dark and twisted, and this particular image seemed like it would have been a good fit for this one assignment. I chose to frame it the way I did to eliminate certain visual topics for this assignemnt.
First of all, the original image is a great example of space in artwork. There are the objects like the house and bird in the foreground, and then very far away is the skyline, and the picture possibly continues even deeper than that. In the re-framed image, I have eliminated this space, by putting all of the focus on just the floating house. The re-framed image is much more flat, less deep than the original image, it is just a solid shot of the floating house, no skyline or clouds in the distance to give us any idea of the world around the house.
Secondly, the shot type changed in the re-framed image. Originally, the image was an extremely wide shot, showing a huge vast scope of the entire world portrayed. In the re-framed image, which in comparison is a close up of the house, it could still possibly be considered a wide shot, or a medium shot, we don't know though, since we have no idea of the house's surroundings.
Finally, re-framing the shot takes away from the original's visual intensity. The original image the house was very ominous, and carried a lot of weight in the entire picture. The re-framed image, however, the house seems a lot less intimidating, because it is compared to nothing. Sure, it is still an intense looking house, but we don't see the spooky skyline, or the dark character, or the city in the background, or the great shadow that it casts.
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