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Lights, Camera.... ACTION

Most of the project ideas that I have been working on with Single Shot Cinema thus far have been dramatic: Images of people contemplating something, or stewing in some emotional state; the exact definition and reasons for these being largely ambiguous, and left up to the viewer to decide. The catalyst for these dramatic images was a photo in one of the text books I had while studying with the New York Institute of Photography. It was a black and white image that showed two people sitting at a table - one looking downward sheepishly while the other seemed to be glaring at him from the distance. It was within that simple, yet intriguing photograph that I realized the capacity of a single image to paint an entire dramatic "movie" in the mind's of viewers.
          However...  I am coming to the realization that these one-shot-movies need not be strictly limited to high human drama and nuanced emotional subjectivity. With Photoshop, a whole world of insanely action packed images can be achieved as well. Giant monsters attacking a city? Sure, why not? People being chased by helicopters as they leap over a bridge? Works for me! Intergalactic space station rocked by an alien attack? It can be done!!  The key idea is that ANY sort of movie concept can be displayed in Single Shot Cinema - and quite effectively! 
         So can we expect to see images of towering robots blasting away at one another in the midst of the city appearing on the seefranke.com website? Let's just say: Prepare for anything! I am already working on some pretty interesting projects!! Of course, I am waiting until I build up a sufficient number of these new shots to post an entirely new, Single Shot Cinema Gallery on the website. But it is on the way, so get ready..!

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