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CONTACT SHEET 1:

I shot this with my DSLR in, Ealing Common. This shoot was to purely meet with the model and make sure she was comfortable with my ideas and her flexibility. I also asked her to bring a red item to see if it would stand out.

I also wanted to test the lighting, however this was shot without a lighting Kit. If this shoot was done differently I would of brought a kit to make the most of the lighting and space. 

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PRINT IDEA PILOT PROJECT:

Even though these are not not my final images. I hope to create something like this with 1 print for each character so, Red Riding Hood, Pennywise, Karen( Red Shoes).

After testing the paper types I feel that Satin works well with my project where gloss creates reflection and matte takes the details away, I decided to go for satin and mount on foam boards. 

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PROPOSAL

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TIME SCHEDULE- FEB-MAY

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PILOT PROJECT/MP1 REPORT

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BUDGETING PLAN

Plan for current expenses and future expenses 

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MIMI HADDON - 2017 FEMALE GAZE

Like Cindy Sherman I got inspiration from Mimi Haddon as she takes models and creates characterisation in a theoretical way to fit the period. 

Like my project with locations, I will use the locations to help characterise as well as, the use of red, like MIMI with the costume to suit the era they were representing.

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CINDY SHERMAN

Cindy Sherman is an American photographer who photographs self portraits of gender and identity. her most famous pieces are of her ‘Untitled Film Stills’ 1977-1980. They are black an white photographs where they feature the artist herself as the model in various costumes and poses to portray female stereotypes found in film television and advertising. 

I took inspiration from her as she uses the idea of identity and characterisation to produce images. I hope to pursue this with my characters and presenting through the dance and red.

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SHOOT THREE EDITS

These are some of my favourite images from the location shoot. I was happy with i achieved as well as the movement of the Hood. I found location better for aesthetics also for the characterisation. 

The movement of the hood and the red enhances the characterisation and also gives a focal point to the image.

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CONTACT SHEET 3- LOCATION

This shoot was to experiment with location lighting and a battery powered kit set. These are some of my favourites 20/240

With this shoot I had the hood portray the character which also gave more identification. However with this shoot, I had help with the kit, the assistant did arrive until 2-3 ours late with delayed sun time for the shoot. We then had an hour to shoot with but within that 40 minutes was to set up and sync lighting. 

With this obstacles I was still happy with the images I gained and managed to achieve with the time I was given. 

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NASTASHA CARUNA:

this was a project called ‘Love Bomb’. This project was a response to a break-up and portrayed the two emotions of love and hate. She shows this through still life photographs by chemistry and psychotherapy. 

The project title off Love Bomb came from the pairing points and the ingredients in concoctions within bombs and potion (play on word)

I chose this image as the red has the association with love and hate and also shows that red has binary opposites such as love and hate. Which have two very different meanings. 

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CAIO BOREM;

This is a photographer I found on instagram, his feed is purely based with the idea that red is the focal point. Whether it is the majority of a small amount in the composition. 

I find the images really effective and the red really captures the eye/focal point as well as, the contemporary fine art feel to the images.   

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SHOOT 2 EDITS 

These are some of my favourites from a 470 image shoot. I am happy with these images if they were a dance project. However you can see the movement but not the characterisation of red riding hood. I also didn't have the props but I prefer these images as stills. 

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CONTACT SHEET SHOOT 2- STUDIO:

These are my favourites from the studio shoot. 21/470

For my second shoot it was to experiment with studio lighting. But I wanted to created images where dance and red were still visible. I am happy with the shots that I took however they look like dance stills as there is no character Identification. 

However at this stage during my project I had order a hood to portray red riding hood, but it did not arrive in time for the shoot.

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SHUTTER SPEED- 250 FSTOP-5.6

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CHERLY BLOSSOM- 2017, RIVERDALE CHARACTER:

Cheryl Blossom is one of the main protagonists in the Netlflix series ‘Riverdale’. The Blossoms themselves all have red/ginger hair so its in their heritage to bring red into the family. 

Each character has their own colour scheme, with Cheryl hers is red. She portrays the red through determination, desire and power as well as passion. 

From research Cheryl was supposedly based on “red Riding Hood’ this fits Cheryl as she slowly starts to progress away from her controlling mother and starts to show mature and ‘womanhood’

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RED RIDING HOOD 2006

With Red Riding there have been a lot of adaptations and different connotations of the use of red. The original or close to the original is that the red was to serve the idea of menstruation, women hood or the hymen. 

The images above are from the adaptation in 2006. The red could symbolises the theory of womanhood from the original, as in this 2006 adaptation, when receiving her hood she is to be betrothed. However it could also represent the sexual desire Valerie ( Red Riding Hood) has for another male character. it could also connote danger and evil (wolf). 

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WIZARD OF OZ-1939;

Alongside the ‘Red Shoes’, the symbolism could portray power. In the wizard of OZ Dorthy relies on the wizard to take her home. However, in the end its the shoes (three taps).

There is also discussion that the shoes represent the idea of Dorothy ‘coming of age’ When Glenda places the shoes on her feet, it shows the first stage of self discovery and finding the path (yellow brick road) once finding it you then learn how to wield that power in yourself (Dorothy uses the shoes to go home)