Three months ago, I had the opportunity to join a master degree in Art direction. Because of the organization and the educational system of it, I'm not fully enjoying the experience but, at least, I try my best in developing the projects that are assigned to us.
The first project I'm going to share consists of the adaptation of a film murder scene into another space created by us. In this exercise we must apply film theory, AutoCAD and Photoshop techniques to recreate the new scene.
My intention of sharing this type of projects on Steemit is to receive feedback. I mean, I bet there's a lot of people here with a lot more knowledge of all of these techniques here. Also, every person who wants to contribute, give opinion or help me to develop my skills on this in any way, will be completely welcomed. Lastly, this post contains a little big spoiler of Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960), very important for the understanding of the project. If you haven't seen the film and want to continue, please go and watch the movie.
Psycho and the shower scene
Alfred Hitchcock has been one of my favourite directors since I started to love cinema. So, I decided to go for a classic, the shower murder scene from Psycho, directed in 1960. For the ones who don't know, Psycho was a great impact impact when it was released, and still is today, for its capacity to surprise the viewer in ways that hadn't been seen so far.
In the course of the scene, Marion Crane, the short but intense first protagonist of the film, gets murdered by a, for what it seems to be, a very strong old woman.
The Japanese bathroom
For the adaptation of this scene, I wanted to keep the space of the bathroom but adapt it to another culture, which I decided to be the Japanese. I hadn't much time to investigate about the Japanese bathrooms, but I tried to take all of its details and references to build a new design, also incorporating western ones.
The space is usually divided in two, the wash area and the bathtub. If I'm not wrong, you should wash yourself in the shower before getting into the bathtub, so other people can use the same water to bath too. Parting of this idea, I wanted it to be a very wide, cozy and relaxing space, situated in a big apartment on any lost mountain around Japan. I'm going to show some of the references I took before start creating the plan.
The AutoCAD design
As you see in the plant, I divided the space in 2. The more external area, where the sinks and the toilet are. Then, separated by a glass wall, there are the wash area and the giant bathtub. The ground on this area is a bit below from the other one, so all the water goes to it and then leaves by several strategically placed drains on it. That's why there's a corridor between the two areas. The two external walls are entirely made by glass to have the most hours of natural light and because of the amazing views and the privacy of the place.
I tried to design the wash area as comfortable as possible and complemented by all the accessories a traditional Japanese bathroom has.
Photoshop textures
For the better perception of the space I was creating, I had to give some textures to the space with photoshop. These are the results.
Final thoughts
It was my first time using AutoCAD and Photoshop for a project like this. At first it was a bit frustrating, as everything is when you're learning. All goes very slow and sometimes not as you want it to. But at the end I was satisfied with the work I did. I hope next time it gets better (and cooler).
Lastly, I want to say a very big thank you to 