Night I

     This is a triptych of images of the featured attraction at the Roman Theater in Red Lodge.  I was most struck by the red of the doors of the theater and by the vintage feeling evoked by the sign.  The triptych format emphasizes the repetition of the doors and each photograph reveals a slightly different image and a slightly different feeling is evoked in each frame (the first frame and the last frame are actually the same photograph; the shadows of the legs in front of the movie poster in the third frame are pasted in from yet another photograph).  Additionally, I wanted the strong horizontal composition in each individual frame to be balanced out by the overall strong vertical composition of the image as a whole.  The shadow legs in the third frame and the double image effect in the second frame adds a surreal quality to the theater and helps to develop a sense of mystery and intrigue.