computer experiment

London

mixing up stereotypes

image within image

framing

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stereotypes

stereotypes

stereotypes

plan for the next half of my project

Stereotypes;
my first shoot will consist of outlining different stereo types that the media has created, for example, girls are weak, boys are strong. subcultures; Punks, chavs, mobs, goths, geeks, 'normal', hippy.
In my second shoot I will be experimenting with age within stereotypes and having older people dress up as young people and vice versa. i will then edit the photos and merge them too make it more interesting.
My third/fourth shoot will be experimenting with location, I will be dressing models up smart in a prom dress and placing them in obscure locations. I will then dress people in other clothing, more casual, and put them in a smart place.
My fifth shoot will be based on behaviour, the stereotype of expected behaviour of different ages, i will stage a murder and have the convict as an old person with a young child arresting them.
i will hopefully do my sixth shoot on fashion and the ideas of 'perfection' in the media. using airbrushing skills to do so.

Evaluation

To evaluate this project on the media so far, I think the effects of the media have been used up. I like the pictures that I have taken so far, however, the ideas have run dry. Also the shoots that i have done, some of them had little planning and may of not had the desired outcome. I will now be focusing on how the media perceive people, for example stereotypes and mixing up the stereotypes in different locations and with the people. For example an old person wearing 'young peoples clothing'. Firstly i will be outlining stereotypes though, EG, young people on street corners, smoking and causing chaos. Then i will be putting smart clothing in strange places and vice versa.

personal work so far

Agenda

history
1 personal shoot
work diary slow sync
2 work records
physical experiment

Personal shoot 4 - How do you perceive yourself?

Personal shoot 3 - Cyber bullying

fine art

Personal shoot 2

Personal shoot - Effects of the Media

blur

Techniques page - overlay

• shoot two types of pictures, eg patterns and portraits
• choose 2 or more pictures to overlay on photoshop
• drag over the first and play with opacity
• rub out with a soft edged 

Overlay

This was the manual over lay shoot. I preferred this shoot to the automatic camera overlays because it allowed you to vary the pictures and experiment more with the photos as well as use them twice. My favourite photo is definitely the middle one of Jamie. I like it because it is unique to every other edit I have completed.

Multiple flash

These two pictures were only an experimentation with Multiple Flash. They essentially show the basics of what you can achieve in a short amount of time. My favourite is the one of kate pictured on a black background, with the 3 arms, I think this shot would be good for serialism. Multiple flash would be useful with that sort of genre of photography, but i'm still not sure how i would apply it to media.

Multiple Flash - Techniques page

In order to achieve Multiple flash;

• In the studio, set up a light that can be controlled by a hand held controller. If you are using a black background, make sure it is covered so it isn't lit when the flash goes off.
• Set your camera to the shutter speed 'B' standing for bulb which allows you to control the shutter speed by the length of time you hold the shoot button down.
• before shooting, turn on a modelling light and focus the camera into the subject.
• turn the modelling light off
• hold the shooting button down and set the flash off 1-5 times
• if on a white background make sure your model overlapped the previous frame otherwise it will burn out
• do not do too many exposures, otherwise it will burn out.

Example on black background

Example on white background