Still Shots by Jessica Guatney

After watching Into The Abyss, this picture stood out the most to me. This is the father of one of the murderers, putting the blame on not his son's shoulders but his own. This shot is very powerful because it shows a mournful father reflecting on his own actions, while being framed with prison walls to display his bad life choices and burdens. He appears trapped behind the wall from the audience and you can only view part of his body. The leading lines are those of the white frame encasing the window that the subject sits behind, drawing your eye into the center. The wall separating the interviewer from interviewee is a black mesh wall, again drawing focus inward which making a distinct separation from the viewers and subject. It did not display the rule of thirds because the subject is perfectly centered. The facial expression and serious nature of this still shot are truly worth a thousand words.

My filming experience was located outside ASU's Farmers Education Building on the West side of campus. The landscape still shot is of a grass and tree lined street running through campus. The close up shot is of a bicycle among the racks of bikes outside the school. My filming material was a smartphone.