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The Constructed Photograph & The Series - taking form -

On Monday the 4/03/2019, we had one more occasion to practice the lighting and concept of our group project in the studio. This time we brought some props that we will be using during the actual shooting on the 16th of March. The location and the model are already booked, we have the list of what we need and all the props are ready.

This is an example of the lighting we will be using on the day of the shooting. We will use a Red filter on the actual flash that will fall on the side of the subject to give it a strong feeling.

In addition, on Monday I and my group sat down and wrote a draft of our Project Proposal, also we found a name for it. 

Rina - Rina is the name of the model, the reason why we decide to use her name is that in this image we telling her story, although it can be any other person. Moreover, we don't want to say much with the title but give more to the viewer to talk about.

Here is the DRAFT:

BA (Hons) Photography Year 1  

Module: 4IMAG003W The Constructed Photograph

PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM

Claudia,Misaki,Andzela,Max

Project Title (or working title)

Rina

Subject  

Explain your subject and the genre for your series.

The subject is a Japanese girl sitting at a table eating a burger with chopsticks.

The genre of the project is portraiture, tableau.

There will be extra background subjects, sitting at tables acting as the “norm”.

Aims, Objectives, Concept

Discuss your intentions with the project, your visual strategy and the form the series might take.

Physically

We will create a high-quality image, using three flashlights on tripods, to light the various subjects. The location will be a carefully chosen restaurant. The atmosphere will not only be set in the location but will be influenced by red lights and filters, that offer a range of emotions, feelings, and moods.

The subject's clothing will be a traditional Japanese Yukata. Her hair will be tied, as to not block any lighting. Her nails will be red and she will be holding her own chopsticks.

Conceptually

- As we are inspired by D&G, an advertising campaign, we are trying to convey the essence and feeling of alienation. The sense of feeling out of place. As she is eating a burger with the chopsticks, which is against the norm in the western world, she is knowingly or unknowingly drawing attention to her innocent actions, as will be seen using the background extras. The final image will leave a lot for the viewer to interpret (creating discussions).  

Research  

Discuss that artists, photographers, filmmakers, writers, etc that have influenced the development of your idea.

This photo is mainly inspired by the D&G advert. Which raise a lot of controversies, because it showed a Chinese girl eating western food with chopsticks while a voice condescendingly took the piss out of her.  One of the reasons why we were inspired by the photograph other than the meaning behind it, was the impressive lighting in the commercial.

We were also inspired by a lecture on post-war Japanese photography and the idea of americanization. an example is Shomei Tomatsu.

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After having our workshop on Monday the 4th of March, we also had the opportunity to have a one-to-one chat with our tutor Ochi regarding our personal project - The Series -

This is been extremely helpful as got to express all my ideas and questions while getting also advice from Ochi, who was extremely helpful and positive towards my concept. All I need to do is just go to the location and practice.

THE MODEL - SOPHIE

Despite I am still working on it, this is a DRAFT of my Project proposal

The subject of my project is a person. This person is a woman, this woman is an actress and the series is about her routinised absurdity ….

The project title will also be Sophie as it is the name of the subject in the images. The reason why I am choosing to use just her name is that what is happening in these photos is her life and it cannot be explained in any other world but only with her name. She is unique.

My aim in this series is to create a scene that captures or create an isolate “ironic” moment of a person’s life, ( in this case an actress- seen by anyone as a strong person with a strong personality and character)

I want to represent “solitude” in a funny, surreal and strange way, using the “black humor” to show the vulnerability that we carry when we are alone, therefore what the others don't see about us. What I am trying to point out with these images is the similarity between us humans and not the differences.

To do so I have chosen to construct the scenes through a “performance” ( Which is what actors do - but not when they are alone??)

I have decided to exaggerate, to make it surreal and bizarre rather than trying to reconstruct it, first of all, because I will lose a lot of details and second because it will be too realistic.

This Series is presented and examined in order to explore the characteristics of “Sophie’s life” such as… Uncertainty, Marginality, Singularity, Loneliness…

Qualities that reflect aspects of any human….

My main inspiration for this project was Juno Calypso. What inspired me the most in her series is the contrast between the funny use of delicate, sweet and cute colors such as pink, and the use of the strange, static and surreal subjects. Also, I like the femininity that she expresses in her images…

Another very important source of inspiration was Roy Andersson, a Swedish movie director …

[to be completed]...

MORE ideas for my project - Pictures of JUNO CALYPSO - below.

MORE ideas for my project - Pictures from ROY ANDERSONN MOVIES - below.