4.2 Redoing the Photoshoot

Editing our Ideas through a Photo shoot

Empathy / Define / Test

After discussing the previous photo shoot with Sayydah, we decided these new photos didn't make sense relating to our idea. Instead of having the woman's face pulled back by an unknown persons hands we decided to re-shoot for her pulling her own face back, looking stressed and in pain etc. 

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Wk 4.2 Final Photoshoot

Gathering Extra shots:

Prototype

We decided to take more photos to develop the category "Issue" further. This is the series of photos I took for this category. 

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Wk 4.2 IND Developing Style

Experimentation of Style:
Empathy / Define/ Prototype 

I edited these photos to suit the brief. I was trying to figure out a style that would compliment the topic and all the different categories following it. The first photograph was edited to have strong blacks and a grey tone over all. The second photo was edited to have less contrast and have a more monotone feel. 

These styles work well with our brief idea and also work together. From this we discovered our desired style.

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Wk 4.2 IND PHOTOGRAPHING OUR SUBJECT

CREATING OUR IMAGERY

Ideate / Prototype

We decided to only have one model for our project to create more of a personal feel and make it feel like this is a reflection of one woman's experience. We also thought using photography had a more personal feel to it. We decided to do photography over ink illustration.

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Wk 4.1 Developing Style

Developing Styles and Imagery:

Empathy / Ideate / Prototype 

I started experimenting with some different styles and imagery. Sayydah and I are looking into ink and water colour styles so I tried to stick with this atheistic.

Creating these concepts helped us figure out what styles do work and what styles don't.

This concept looks more successful when in colour over black and white because the contrast is low and doesn't create much impact. 

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Wk 3.1 IND: 2x THUMBNAILS

Empathy / Ideate / Prototype

For my independent study I had to complete two spreads from our project brief. I chose to redo Issue and Desired Outcome. 

Because we had decided to change the audience to business women with depression, It changed my focus and view on the topic.I aimed to keep the "corporate" feel but without the masculinity so I stayed away from suits and ties.

ISSUE: Business workplaces are still masculine in that men generally earn more money and have higher roles than women. The message I wanted to portray was how women can feel small and insecure in this type of environment. 

DESIRED OUTCOME: Awareness, support, helping sufferers and their families, education, understanding. For this image I wanted to communicate Awareness, help and support.
Awareness and understanding is shown through the ribbon tattoo (it would be coloured green for depression but has to be black and white for this). Support is shown through the written tattoos saying "they need you" and "they love you". The cuts on the bottom of the arm start to disappear and fade as they get closer to the positives further up the arm. This is to show that this person has/is receiving help and its making a difference. 

Wk 3.1 STORY BOARDING CONCEPTS

Ideate / Prototype 

In class we started brainstorming and story boarding concepts for our visual brief. We planned and drew this thumbnail together. Our thumbnail consists of a business person suffering from major depression is sitting at the furthest end of the table while at the other end of the table on the left is their family trying to welcome him to dinner and handing him food etc, while on the right side is people from his workplace not noticing him and one even facing away from him. We wanted to communicate 'Audience' (business person suffering depression, family and work) with this imagery. The family wants to help the person suffering but don't know how while the workplace does not even notice the person has depression. This also communicates how distant they feel from others.

Planning and drawing this up in class helped us think more deeply about how we could show our ideas.