Each one of these views shows how the shows creators have facilitated the conflict that is necessary for the show to be entertaining. I wonder if the characters within have noticed the conflicts in the space design, and could they learn to use different rooms to their advantage?
The inherent collision between the rectangular peninsula counter top and the huge round table is undeniable. Place these items on a red field, and space the main part of the counter away from the wall as if the motion towards the table is not only implied, but in progress, and sit back and watch the fireworks.. Notice how the characters have arranged themselves in the space between these two objects as if they are waiting around for the big crash, or taking part in it themselves.
An interesting thing came up as I was tracing these images. While the counters mass changed size quite dramatically from each view... the table remained generally the same. Round objects seem to lose perspective much more than rectangular ones.
Finally, the 4th image that I would like to analyze is the image of the Head of Household room. I don’t think that there is an absence of conflict in this room, but between the colors of the room and similarity of the shapes, this room is designed, just as you would assume to illicit a sense of calmness. Does the design of this room create a sense of calmness for the winner of the HOH. Does this create more conflict because they can let their guard down and relax? YES… awesome.
The juxtaposition of the calming colors of this room, vs. the intense colors of most of the other rooms in just another example of how the shows creators are using color to inform not only the participants of the show, but the viewers as well, the potential activity of each of these spaces.
(This room is for fighting)_______(This room is for sumpin' else)
3 comments:
I think taking a single room or area and dissecting it via a series of different perspectives is a very compelling one. However, I am not sure that your diagramming technique is providing you with any "feedback". Your diagrams are progressive simplifications of the initial perspective. Your text alludes to the importance of size but the diagram does not attempt to exploit this (i.e. it could have compared the size of all of the objects in the space or the size of the table in this room compared to the size of the table in the backyard or the HOH room, etc.). The points you raise (as important to study) are strong ones, but I do not think that you diagrams actually provide you with anything that you did not know prior to producing them. If they simply convey what you started with, (and I am not sure that they even provide that), then they are not worth doing. The need to be constructed/approached in a way where 1+1=3.
For me, your distortion of the two perspectives into simple color "blobs" enabled me to see past the focal points in the room and realize the magnitude that the color plays in setting the tone.... I knew it was there before, but this definitely overexagerates it and really drives the point home..... a potentially valuable tool in analyzing the underlying mood in any view...
I would agree with Peter and Chris here. You hint at the geometry and placement of the counter and table to cause conflict. A simple line diagram could have been used to show that conflict versus a tracing of the original screen shot... just an idea.
I really like the last diagram as color studies. It is definitely a good analysis of the overall mood/tone set by each space. It would be interesting to see what your blurring process would generate in the larger 'outdoor' room (the one with pool, hot tub, and grill) would produce... conflict or peace?
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