Visual Storytelling Niyati Thakkar
M.Arch. C.E.P.T. University B. Arch. Sir J.J. College of Architecture
Contents Visual Storytelling
Maison Kochi, Content Storyboarding and Video Editing for Buildofy, India (2021)
Publication
Soul Garden House, Digital Project Book Design for Buildofy, India (2021)
City Reel
Basic Photography (2019-2021)
Reclamation
Photo Collage (2020)
Utsav
Invitation Design for Guru G. V. Ramani Natya Kala Foundation (2019- 2020)
Visual Storytelling
Maison Kochi, Content Storyboarding and Video Editing for Buildofy, India (2021) The process of storyboarding a project begins with collaborative discussions on the spoken and visual content, with the designer and videograper. This is followed by the enhancing the defined intent in post-production. Link: Maison Kochi
Publication
Soul Garden House, Digital Project Book Design for Buildofy, India (2021) Layout design for eBooks published alongside project videos, communicating design in a tangible format.
City Reel
Basic Photography (2019-2021) An attempt at momentarily freezing the multiplicity of this vast city. Link: Transient / Instagram
I was raised by the television article for PROBE, Faculty of Architecture Newsletter, CEPT University (Monsoon 2018) A recent interview about the loved-by-all-Indians-because-of-the-Netflix-adaptation book Sacred Games found author Vikram Chandra articulating an idea worth dwelling upon. He said ‘Read what gives you pleasure. Write about what disturbs you’. To me this is beautiful. This means a matter that really bothers someone resonates within me and gives me great pleasure. I think that pretty much sums up our existence. Taking the word of our latest fad’s author for it, at the cost of sounding extremely petty in the eyes of my fellow architects, and accepting wholeheartedly this pettiness that lies at the bottom of my being, I would like to use this important space, a space that deals with everyday issues via intellectual sounding rants, to rant about an issue that truly disturbs me- why do we not talk about The Simpsons enough? A show that has been around for longer than I have, The Simpsons is, or at least was up until it hit puberty, witty and smart, and maybe a little messed up. OK, quite
Reclamation
Photo Collage (2020) This series is a multimedia exploration of a friendly “takeover”of animals, as they reclaim the urban. Link: The Animal Farm/ Instagram
Utsav
Invitation Design for Guru G. V. Ramani Natya Kala Foundation (2019- 2020) Social Media Invites and Posters deisgned for Classical Dance and Music Festivals, organized by an established Bharatnatyam instititution in Navi Mumbai. Link: Utsav 2020
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