My intention for the project was to highlight the issue of mental health, and more specifically represent what it feels like to suffer with social anxiety. This is a topic that has run through my MA course as I have a personal connection to the issue. Suffering with social anxiety myself I wanted to use …
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Final Photo’s
Below are the ten final photos I have chosen for my project:
Final Project
Above is my finished video for the project. The intention for the video was to be displayed in a gallery setting along with the photos, with the audience not necessarily watching the whole video but a section and then moving on. For this reason the video can appear quite receptive when viewed on it’s own, …
Mounting Photos
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.
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. …
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 …
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 