Revisit the concept, anyone?

After perusing Ms. Nestvogel's most recent blog post, I've done some thinking about my own group's concept, transmetamorph[an evolving transition]. Originally, our concepts from the beginning housed the idea of bridging/connecting various items: Community <-> Campus, UNCG <-> Other Colleges/Universities, Greensboro <-> Other cities, Everyone <-> Views. Within the past few weeks, we've gone through the "perfect storm" (perhaps we're still in it) with the overall building design. I feel the concept has not evolved with the changes we have made and it needs to be addressed ASAP. Reading through some of the words on Debbie's post, it occurred to me that the ideas they are trying to convey are not unlike our own.

"Showing constantly changing moments" is not so different from the "evolving transitions" we've alluded to in our designs. At any rate, it made me think of 35 mm film and 8mm film (35mm being the film used by photographers and 8mm being the video reel film).

With the 35mm, the photographer can choose to take different pictures. There doesn't have to be a visual connection from one negative to the next. He is in complete control of light, shadow, framing, mood, and content of each picture taken. With the 8mm video film, the camera man is recording a series of images that are connected, one negative being the past tense of the next. It is what it is because of the relationship of each negative to the next. Of course the camera man has control of light, shadow, framing, mood, and content as well but instead of just singular moments being captured, the moments can be viewed in such a way that conveys a narrative. Photography can do this too but not to the smooth and streamlined extent that video recording does.

Below are some images of 8mm film and the change from negative to negative that occurs.