{"id":5577,"date":"2024-01-30T14:52:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:52:33","slug":"shift-in-focus-shift-in-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/30\/shift-in-focus-shift-in-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"Shift in Focus, Shift in Genre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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“Shakespeare at Coughton Court 2<\/a>” by Tony Hisgett<\/a> is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Deed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I discovered this image on a journey that started with concerts and the idea of zooming in on a well-focused individual in a band or even in the entourage or crowd. I filtered by size and copyright leniency in order to make the search easier, but so many of them were still blurry (or large, but not large enough to be large and usable after a substantial crop). Many times, it was the fog machine\u2019s fault, not the photographer\u2019s. Then I decided to try theaters and plays! These results had a tendency to be much more in focus than results in music venues. This particular play is of The Merchant of Venice. To me, this picture has vibes reminiscent of folk horror (much unlike The Merchant of Venice), and folk horror is a subgenre I\u2019ve always enjoyed. The artwork of the backdrop is simple, almost innocent, and it\u2019s juxtaposed with an eerie figure in a red robe. It reminds me of mythological tales of transcending boundaries, such as the tale of Persephone and Hades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Shift in Genre” by Paul Griffith is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Deed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In cropping, I attempted to isolate the theatrical backdrop of the cloaked individual\u2019s setting and contrast it with the entirely urban background of the woman carrying the gilded vessel. In the full image, the viewer sees immediately that this is a performance on the street, with the third player\u2019s playful mood even contrasting from the serious demeanor of the two cropped players. I was undecided about including or omitting the plant on the left, for symmetry, but this would have turned the rule of thirds into a rule of one quarter. Omitting the plant and cropping the image neatly on the cabinet door brings the focus down to the most necessary parts, the individuals representing their two worlds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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