Hello!
For this project I wanted to focus on the passage of time in one of my all time favorite television shows How I met Your Mother. This show has been an influential force in my life, teaching me about friendship, love, and bars. (For the record, I've never actually been in a bar). I've always wanted the group of friends they've had on the show and the relationship Marshall and Lily have. They are second on my list of favorite couples just below my parents. In short, I love the show and I wanted to pay homage in some way given that the show ended earlier this year.
The first piece is called "The One", based on the fact that the main character, Ted Mosby, is in constant pursuit to find the love of his life. Throughout the series ted dates approximately 40 girl friends, give or take a few one-night-stands. I compiled pictures from the internet of all of the girls (at least those who had a good picture), and layered them on top of each other. I set the opacity low so it's possible for traces of each girl to be visible, and I lined their jawbones and eyes up. It was important to find pictures where they were all facing a certain way, slightly to the left, and nothing was obstructing view of their face. Things I didn't really care about were if they were smiling or whether they were stacked in chronological order. However, I did put Victoria, ted's first girlfriend of the series, on bottom and the mother, Tracy, on top. Overall, Ted's "perfect woman" is blonde, white, and has great eyebrows.
The second piece is titled "The Big Moments", because during season nine the gang starts to drift apart and Lily makes them all promise to get together for the big moments. The two images are from the first and last season, shot the same way. The yellowish tinted photo is actually from the title sequence, and the blueish photo on top is from season nine during the last episode when ted finally gets married. I wanted to show how the group's "big moments" have evolved sense they were younger. Instead of hitting the bar every weekend just to celebrate nothing, they make deliberate time to celebrate only things of importance. These photos are also one of the coolest aspects of the show; their persistent continuity and attention to detail.
Finally, the third piece is simply titled "MacClaren's", named after the bar they always go to and featured in all the pictures used. For this one I was still trying to show the passage of time for the characters and the show itself. The background image is a still from the first episode were the toast to the future and each of the sections are from each season beginning with season two. The lighting changes, you can see christmas lights, and Victoria in a wedding dress (long story). I picked out episodes that encompassed a turning point for the show, and made sure certain things stuck out. I wish I could say they lined up perfectly but because nothing is perfect, they did not.
For this assignment I really let my nerd flag fly and spent a lot of time watching the show and taking screenshots. But really I don't mind at all. I hope fans of the show can admire it and not-yet-fans will look at these and spark interest.
-Avery Violet
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