Film Still
“Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills is a suite of 70 black-and-white photographs made over the course of three years in which the artist posed in the guises of various generic female film characters, among them, ingénue, working girl, vamp, and lonely housewife. Staged to resemble scenes from 1950s and 60s Hollywood, film noir, B movies, and European art-house films, the printed images mimic in format, scale, and quality the often-staged “stills” used to promote films. By photographing herself in such roles, Sherman inserts herself into a dialogue about stereotypical portrayals of women.” Moma.org source. For this assignment you will have to create a film still. Please see the instructions below. Instructions:
- Create a film still like Cindy Sherman. Use a familiar theme from popular media and create a single image that seems to capture a moment from the story. Strive to make the scene so clear that viewers will immediately know the type of story being told.
- You can be in the image, or you can take a picture of a friend. It does not matter if the person is male or female
- Please write in the comment section what your image is illustrating.
- Upload your image
Graded on:
- Create a film still as stated in the instructions
- Creativity
- Effort
- stating what your image illustrates
