Evaluation

I think the overall project went well but there were areas that could be improved. There was a lot of problems and barriers while completing this. The first of the barriers was I feel we didn't get enough warning of the brief to sort out models, therefore I had problems with models ditching me late notice after I had only asked them in a week in advance. The second one is that there was no flash triggers then when they came they didn't work. And the third was the makeup artists I couldn't do my cinderella shoot because my model could only do that day and the makeup artist walked out before even starting the makeup. I met my ideas by doing everything I intended to do I had all the props and locations and everything turned out how I planned. My ideas first started to change when at first I just decided to do modern day princesses, but as I got further into my research I decided to think about how people look at disney and want that life, but it never happens. So thinking about that I looked up on a lot of things that are effecting the world and people and decided to show it through disney, to show people that there life isn't going to be like a disney film. I also had to not do some of the princess because the models bailed on me last minute. I think the strong points of this whole project was working with the theatrical makeup and working to make the princesses look like princesses. Another strong point was my Pocahontas photo shoot because the model I picked was perfect for the job, also where I set it suited it really well, the shoot and exactly how I wanted it to apart from a few errors. For my final images I think they're strong and fit with what I have done, one of the images a traditional disney photo and the other showing how the world is actually like. I chose these images as my final image because I think they where all the best images for the message I was trying to get across. The frozen one its obvious elsa has frozen anna's face on purpose, which shows they hate each other and this puts across the idea of family arguments and problems that are always going on. The other photo is what they would normally be like if they was in a disney movie all lovely and happy. The alice in wonderland photograph where it is set in the pub I have got the message across about her being on drugs by making her look confused about why is there a cat stood in front of her. The other photo shows what its really like just a crazy land with crazy creatures. The Pocahontas shoot shows online relationships and how you don't find love at first sight these days, so I took the photo with her looking down at her photo to show you normally meet people online. The other photo just shows her for who she actually is in the books and movies a proud confident south american.

Shoot 3

I really enjoyed this shoot. The light outside was very good and not raining. I had the makeup done by a makeup artist and it is absolutely amazing, I'm so glad the person who did it, did it for me. The main shoot was outside and that went really well the only problem is that a couple of them the background is in focus and she isn't. There also was a lot of litter around that I had to remove apart from that it all went fine. Then I went into the studio again the flash trigger wasn't working so the pictures looked yellow but I worked with what I had and the outcome wasn't too bad in the end. The theme I was going for this was true love and how you never find love at first sight anymore. So I had her with a phone trying to show that most of it is digital. I think I got this across well because a native american in the time the movie/story was set there would not have been mobile phones and mobile phones are associated we texting, social network and dating sites.

These are the images I have edited. I have made the one that shows the story bright and warm and the one to do with the mobile phone looking more old as it shows what time it is originally meant to be it effect thing.

Shoot 2

 I think the actual idea its self was really good, the idea of alice in wonderland and drugs I thinks fits in with the theme quite well. I was unfortunately unable to take a studio light to the pub I was shooting the main photographs in so they are very grainy because I had to use a ISO of 1600, a shutter speed of 1/60 of a second and a aperture of 4f. If i had had the light i would of been really happy with the outcome of the pictures, the pictures themselves are good with the composition and the way I have made my model pose. I was just let down by the lighting and the settings I had to use. The models I picked where right for the shoot they did everything exactly how I had asked them. The theme I was going for was drug use. With these kind of pictures they could be used on a poster or in a magazine to campaign the effects on drugs and why not to use them. 

These are the photographs I have edited. I made the one with the cat in the tree just like the movie when the cat is talking to alice in the tree. On the other photo its in a club so it gives the effect of it being a real situation.

Shoot 1

I had a problem with this shoot it was all going to be based in the studio but the flash triggers where not working so the photos turned out quite yellow and not very sharp because I had to use a high ISO, so the picture look grainy. I had to also model for myself which i didn't want to do because that meant i had to have my camera on self timer and had to do the poses. They didn't look as good because if i had a model i could place them and look if the image would actually look right. I think the images themselves are strong its just the white balance and the composition in a lot of the photos. I got the makeup artists to do the makeup i like the way that the anna makeup was done but the elsa makeup was done so orange when i told them to do her very white. I think that ruins the pictures a little bit. The theme of this shoot was family problems and sisters hating each other. It is a contrast between the film as that is about them loving each other. I have got it across by the violence in the photographs.  

These are the images I have shot and edited. I am going to use these images in my final thing as part as a book one with a proper image the other one them hating and being frozen.

Exhibition Poster

The layout on this poster is very simple, it has the photograph in the middle, the title at the top and the rest of the information below. I like how the whole poster is black and white apart from certain words that are important. I think this makes it very eye catching and this also makes the important information stand out. The colour that is on the poster is also very balanced. This poster represents the exhibition well by the title standing out and showing you which photographers work it is that is being exhibited. Also the photo is one of his well known images. This is a good photograph to use on the poster because it is a well known celebrity who people look up to, another resin its a good photo is because of its composition and the fact she looks like she's gazing write at you, to the viewers this is visually appealing. It is obvious that the designer has put a lot of thought into it. On the poster some of the text is larger then others, it is obvious that the designer has done this on purpose, the larger text is the most important it draw the people to the poster its normally the title, date, where it is held and the cost. The smaller text is normally about websites and stuff also sponsors.

This poster is very simple but also not at the same time. The designer has used two of the images and sandwiched the title in between them both and then added the extra information to the bottom. I like the colours he has used in this he has used a black background with red and white writing. I think he may have used the red writing as the title because it makes it stand out as the rest of the poster is in black and white. I think they have done the other text in white and a lot smaller for it still to stand out but for the people looking at the poster to maybe think oh i wonder what that says and get closer to it. I think the poster relates to the exhibition well because the designer has included a image from each of the photographers. The images are quite weird so that sort of makes you want to see more they're not the type of standard portraits you see.  

First attempt at poster. 

This was my first attempt at the poster. I added a image I might potentially be using, then I added a crystallize effect to the image so the people can't see what the actual image looks like. I added the names down the left hand side and the picture on the right so then it was balanced. There was a lot of space under and about the photo so it didn't look quite balanced so I added the title on top and the date and the place below. I did everything in black and white and the picture in color so people would be attracted to it. When I was adding the text I thought a lot about what font I was doing it I didn't want it to be a font people couldn't read so I went with 'Geneva'. I then dragged a picture of their logo onto the image and made it the size I wanted it. I think I have challenged the perspective of this poster by distorting the image so they're not to sure what its actually about and it makes them think about it.

Second attempt at poster.

This was my second attempt at the poster. I didn't like the fact the image was surrounded with writing I think it needed to be more isolated, this is why I have placed everything how I have. I didn't want the image to be really obvious so I cut certain bits out to create loads of boxes with a little bit of the photo in it. I have used the same font as last time apart from on the title I have made it bold so it stand out, so it will catch peoples eye. I didn't think it worked listing the names so I decided to just put them in a paragraph and I think it worked a lot better it filled the space more so there was less gaps. I added the logo in the same place. I think this challenges the perspective because it will make people wonder about the image and isn't obvious as I could have cut out a important part of it. 

Third attempt at poster.  

The first attempt on my final poster I decided to do it all black and white instead of the important information. At first I chose green then I changed my mind.

This was my second attempt at my final poster. I didn't really like the way that the poster was portrait so I decided to do it landscape instead. I liked that in my last poster the image was on its own so i decided to do that again on the left side. I have added the fresco effect on the image to make it look more like a painting and it would make you think about what is install in the actual exhibition. I thought if everything was in black and white and the main information in a bold colour to draw peoples attention in. 

Modern Society

Cinderella: 
I am basing this line of work on divorce and relationships. So therefore I have been looking up some statistics for this field. I have found out that 40-50% of people get divorced. It is said that 1 in 5 people cheat when in a relationship. Estimating that 44% of men and 36% of women who are married have been unfaithful at some point. 

http://www.apa.org/topics/divorce/

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17951664/ns/health-sexual_health/t/many-cheat-thrill-more-stay-true-love/

Frozen:
I am basing this line of work on family issues. So i have been researching how many families have issues. I haven't found a certain website that talks about the figures but from what i have read near enough every family has their issues. Whether it be them hating each other, money, food, clean water or illness etc. 

Alice in Wonderland:
I am basing this work on drugs and the effects it can have. Because of this i have looked into some research about it. It is said that in america alone there is about 9.4% of there population that abuse them. 

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Drug_Usage#sthash.exrJQvhV.dpbs





Pocahontas:

I am basing this work on social media and that it isn't just bumping into someone and falling
in love like disney tell us it is. We rely a lot on social media and technology to get to know the people we fall in love with. I have done some research on this and i have found out that, some 22% of 25-34 year olds and 17% of 35-44 year olds have used an online dating site or mobile dating app. 8% of 45-54 year olds and 10% of 18-24 year olds are online daters. This shows how much has changed through the years. 

Percent of people who use online dating

What people think 

Project Plan

Fairytales

The Photograph

For my photograph I'm going to take a series of models and make them get into costumes to do with Disney charters. But there is a twist, I am not going to use the traditional makeup or clothing I'm going to make it a lot more modern. For example if I was to take cinderella and the prince instead of picturing the shoe on a stair case or something it would be her taking it off because she couldn't walk in it or something. I think this is challenging the perspective by taking something so traditional and changing it. Its sort of like making it a comedy version but still dreamy. I am going to base the photographs on the Disney films:

• Cinderella
• Pocahontas
• Alice in Wonderland 
• Frozen 

The models I am using are mainly acting and musical theatre students. Im going to take my models to different places to take the photographs. Depending on the story and the scenes I come up with i will go to different places, but for all of them I am going to go into the studio or theatre and use a smoke machine to create a more dreamy effect. The photos in the studio would be more like advertising photographs. For some like cinderella I am going to go into a council estate as if cinderella has just broke up with someone and everything is wrong with her like then she comes across this boy that she ends up falling in love with but he also has connections and isn't just any boy.  Alice in wonderland will be trying to show a message about abusing drugs but in a comedy sort of way. Pocahontas I'm not sure what story to do with that yet. And frozen instead of the sisters loving each other them hating each other. I am going to hopefully use a ISO 100, aperture of around 4 and the shutter speed will vary. I am buying the costumes from charity shops and borrowing things off people. I am going to try and keep my budget at about £30. The makeup os going to be quite abstract like from below. I have been influenced by Rankin to do the over the top big makeup. The whole work is based on the photographer Annie Leibovitz and her work for disney. The places I'm going to take the photos include:

• Woods
• Studio 
• A council estate 
• bar
• field

I am going to need to bring certain equipment including a tripod, extra batteries, extra memory card and my models. I am going to be using various props for my shoots for example:

Cinderella I'm going to be using shoes and probably a bag.

Frozen I'm not going to use any props from what i know. 

Alice in wonderland I'm going to use a deck of cards, dice and a lamp tern with a candle thing. And for Pocahontas i don't think I'm going to use any. The message I'm going to try portray is that not everything ends with a happy ending. 

The charity shops.

My target audience for this is young adults and even maybe adults with problems. I am trying to get a point across through all of the pictures and through princesses. I used princesses because everyone looks up to them and if they saw a poster relating to issues within their lives it might potentially make them want to sort it out. I can see these images being made into awareness posters or magazines trying to influence people to see to the problems they have. They could be used for a charity or something like that. If I got employed doing something like this it could be good money because if people see you're work about they might ask you to do things like it etc.