Friday, October 12, 2012

MAS110: Everyday Aesthetic: Advertising by Night


MAS110: Everyday Aesthetic: 'Advertising by Night'

Nicholas Olive and James Ditchfield

The everyday aesthetic that we have encaptured throughout our YouTube video is ‘advertising by night’. This is a hugely interesting as well as significant component of our lives in contemporary society, which ultimately conveys the notion that Sydney embodies a wider community that ‘never sleeps’. As the consumers of a prospering society we are all subject to such compelling advertising that seeks to establish its product with colour that contrasts the natural by night. Therefore, as witnesses to these amazingly sophisticated displays, we are all intrinsically affected and whether conscious of the fact or not, we develop a specific connection to their product; leading to their success as an enterprise. Our photographs capture noteworthy examples of this effect and attempt to develop a distinct contrast between the focal point and the natural surrounding. Furthermore, the music that complements the video works parallel to the notion of ‘night’, especially when portraying scenes of the city and widely recognized nightlife. A more profound and intense tone is used to bring life to the still images that appropriately inaugurate the distinction between darkness and the light attained by advertising. 

Theme: Advertising
Sub-theme: Night
Music: 'Dirty Night' by Dexter Britain (2012); available at (http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=creative+commons), Published under a creative commons - Non commercial - Licence type: ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).



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