I decided to mount the photos onto foam board, which for me provided the physical support to make the photos look more sturdy and professional, whilst still being in budget. Each image was placed onto the board and then trimmed to remove the white boarders, which enhanced the images and made them pop.
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Final Photos – Print
I decided to print ten photos at A1. I settled on printing ten photos as I felt that this represented the idea of mental health well enough without the work getting repetitive. I didn’t want to weaken the work by producing to many images as I felt with this project it was about what each …
Mock up
I have began to mock up what I imagine my images to look like in a gallery space. For me, my strongest image at the moment is the centre one of scratching. The marks on my skin as well as the chipped nail varnish is not what we usually see when looking at portrait images. …
Reflection
After looking back over the work I have produced I felt that it wan’t very coherent, with a mix of video and photo as well of different styles of shooting. I felt like I was trying to do to many different things, and therefore decided to cut the videos down to just one instead of …
Test Photos
Another idea I wanted to focus on was the physical and emotion symptoms of a mental health disorder. These photos especially link with the video I am creating on body parts, however are not directly stills from the shoot. When producing these images I imagined them large scale within a studio space. The images would …
Test Photos
After recently visiting the doctors and being told I am showing signs of depersonalisation disorder I decided to photograph how it feels suffer from this. ‘Depersonalization disorder (DPD), also known as depersonalization/derealization disorder (DPDR), is a mental disorder in which the person has persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization or derealization. Depersonalization is described as feeling disconnected or detached from one’s self.’ For me the …
Combining video and photography
I see my final project being displayed in a gallery space with the video/videos I am creating being projected onto a wall with the sounds filling the room. However, I feel that the videos alone do not portray my message strong enough. Because of this I am considering combing both video and photos together. the …
Overlaying text
Originally I started to place the text separate to the actual video clips, so the words would flash up and then you would see the footage. However, I felt that the text looked out of place and the video didn’t flow well. I therefore started overlaying the text onto the video clips, and felt that …
Previous project + speech
I have decided against recording a speech to go over my video. I feel that I would not be able to get anyone to do it and therefore it would weaken the project overall. I also felt that because the project is such a person piece of work, it felt wrong to get somebody else …
Test Videos
Below shows the progress of my videos so far:
Final Major Project Kirsty Powell 