In this session, there was not much work done. So, this is going to be a pretty short post. Probably the shortest I have posted in my life because I am so used to CRAM that I do so much work. However, this did not happen today. Anyway, today we were supposed to be doing our test shoots, some picture research and to finish off some work (optional).
All I did today was planning what I should do for my final piece, photography wise. For my 'First 
Impression' concept, I wanted to have two people just meeting each other. However, they are hiding there true selves and their personalities. To do this, one person should be wearing loads of make up to cover their 'true selves' and one person could be wearing a boy wig and boy clothes to again, cover their 'true selves'. This links to the main topic 'Believe' because when you meet somebody for the first time, you expect to believe what they are just from their looks or the way they act. However, do not judge a book by its cover because people are not what they seem to be.
Last week, I had a bit of a struggle with 'Impossible Things' 
because there are so many 'Impossible Things' out there. Although I was still struggling today, I had a brief idea. I found some sticky gloves which reminded me about 'superpowers'. Then I found out that 'Impossible Things' and 'Superpowers' have a link with each other. Meanwhile, I thought of having some sort of 'gooey superpower' added to my test shoot by using my gloves that I have found and I could buy some goo or putty for my goo superpower. But for some reason, I do not like this idea. I do not think it is 
going to work. I would rather not do a test shoot for 'Impossible Things' because I really like my idea from 'First Impressions' and I think it is possible to do. Plus, taking the 'Government' idea to account, I do not think it will be possible to do the idea because I need loads of people, loads of costumes and loads of money to do the idea. I do not think this concept should be test shooted. It would not work and I am comfortable with my 'First Impressions' concept. I think I will be using this for my final work.Next, I did minimal picture research. I used a website called 'Alamy' to find pictures for my main topic 'Believe'. That was all. Sorry.
My targets for this session is again to finish off work when you have nothing to do. I need to get out of the zone when I just chill when I have nothing to do.
Unfortunately, I did not do my photo shoot for 'First Impressions' because all of the cameras were taken. On the other hand, Mr Hind let me sign out one camera so I can do the test shoots at home or another location. I will need to find models this week.
Next week, well. I do not now what I am doing next week. Possibly showing my test shoots to Mr Hind and, that's it I think.
- Impossible Things
- First Impressions
- Government
I had to create ideas for these three concepts by thinking about 
how it is going to be presented, what sort of art shall I use and how I should photograph it. I knew this was going to be easy for me as I am a creative thinker. Other people such as James Calling are not so creative so I tend to help them. I knew this task was supposed to be 'independent', however I am willing to take the risk because James helped me with some things such as being my partner in photography, etc. One idea I gave him was to do a big book for one of his concepts (storytelling). This means that he will be using 3D art.
For my three concepts, I got straight to work with them by thinking of different ideas for them. I wanted to use different pieces of art, so I have a wide range to choose from. First of all, I started with First Impressions. I had an idea of having a photo album saying "When We First Met" or something like that, and inside the photo album is photos of two people just meeting each other for the first time. On the album paper could have writings on the edge that could relate or symbolise their relationship and the topic 'Believe'. This piece includes 3D art. Secondly, I began with Government. For the photography, I wanted to do something metaphorical. Usually, the government tell you things that you believe and then they sort of 'stab you in the back' or lie to you. So, taking the 'stab you in the back' point, the photography could 
include the government talking to a few people or persuading them. The setting could be a posh or professional party. The people who are persuaded by the government have a knife stabbed in their back. They are completely fine, its just a metaphorical thing. I do no really know how it will be presented though. I thought of a table (could be an office table) with a massive knife stabbed into the table so the knife will be standing on its tip. Under the knife will be the photos and in the draws will be the photos as well. I do not know what to do for impossible things because there are so many impossible things to choose from. I will focus on that concept next week.
My final task of the day was picture research for my three concepts. I have three pictures of reach concept and annotated these in my 
sketchbook. I found out that two of my concepts do not have that much art related to them (Government and First Impressions). These means that a lot of my ideas on these concepts will not have been done. I need to come up with something never done before on Impossible Things because there is a lot of things done in that concept.
My target would be not to get lost in track of my work if I have nothing to do. There is always something to do such as add to your annotations, etc.
Next week, I will not be here for half of the session because of a Science Exam. Apart from that, I think I will be developing my ideas again. Possibly some test shoots for the concepts.
I was nervous in today's session because I was going to receive my project brief for this unit. Plus, I did not think I was ready photographic wise because I only used the manual cameras once and everybody else in the group used it twice. In previous units I was not afraid of receiving my brief because I was prepared. Anyway, in the beginning of the session, we got told our brief. We did not receive it on paper, we had to make notes on it and write it in our sketchbooks. Our project brief was to create a piece of art. However, it has to be a specific type of art. The art has to be:
- Photographs
- Black and white (negative)
- A mixture of things
- 3D/Instillation
- Suspended from the air/Mounted
- Different shapes
- A book (optional)
- Something out of the box
- Personal to you
- Can give a meaning/Gives an impact to audience/Gives a story/etc. (optional)
I knew this was going to be hard because I have no idea what to do! Our teacher gave us a topic to help us (or confuse us in this case). This topic is called 'Believe'. To help us, I and the rest of the class did a brainstorm about 'Believe' (what comes to our head when you think of 'Believe'). In the end of the brainstorm, I had to come up with three different topics which relate to 'Believe'. My three topics are:
- Impossible Things
- Government
- First Impressions
water again for our photographs because it is one of the main things in 'Dali Atomicus'. We were so carried away with water, that we used water in every photo we took (except the self-portrait of me with a surreal face). I actually used the camera again. Unfortunately, it was not a manual camera. 'Dali Atomicus' is surreal and I wanted my photos to be surreal as well. I found the most unusual thing in the most unexpected place you can find. I found a used condom on the school fence and I thought that would be a great idea to use this because it is surreal. I had the idea of pouring water all over it as well to emphisise the surreal-ness. People thought it was quite disturbing in a good way which is good because I wanted to practice making an impact on people when it comes to photography. Even Mr Hind had an impact when he saw the image that I took. One artist called Franceca Woodman took disturbing negative photographs such as naked woman, women being hanged and more women being crushed by doors. These created some kind of impact. Fortunately, people loved the sense of impact, but they were still disturbing. This made Woodman a very famous photographer. However, she commited suicide at the age of 22. The best image that me and James ended up with was the water being thrown into the air. I actually took this image and I got the timing right. The water created a pattern and it captured every individual water droplet. I am proud of this and I and James have worked exeptionaly hard today to get these images. In addition, it showed the concept of 'Dali Atomicus'.
My target again is to control my 'temper' if things do not come right (if I cannot think of an idea for the project). The brainstorm helped me a lot. 
Next week, I will be focusing on mainly what I could do for my project. Plus, I could try to develop my ideas from my three topics that I have chose by creating drafts of some sort. It has been fun actually taking photographs and making the best one for my group. I am pleased with myself.
