I didn't realize how difficult the topic would be until I really started thinking about it. Separation seemed to be an easy choice...
For my self-portrait, the first idea was a bit depressing, and I'm sorry. I thought of all the loved ones I have lost and how I am separated from them. I thought of using imagery that includes the sky (heaven), or perhaps a graveyard. It would be metaphorical by me paying a visit to a couple of the loved ones.
Another idea I had is the re-union of separation. My girlfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship and I can focus on that. I would use imagery that illustrates love, travel, sadness, and happiness. By the end of the video, the re-union will be the focal point of how everything came together.
A third idea that I came up with is having the screen split. One side in color, the other in black and white. I don’t have a concrete idea for this, but I thought it could show a difference of the good and bad things in my life. This would be metaphorical using symbolic imagery.
I really like the first two ideas so far, but I'm still not sure of how I can incorporate everything into the video.
For our groups project we were given the theme of separation. This is a very interesting concept. Separation can mean anything, like emotional separation from loved ones, or possibly just the traits that everyone has that makes them different from everyone else. Discussing separation is a great chance to look at what makes everyone and everything unique.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of my own self-portrait I feel pulled toward emphasizing my displacement from the mainstream. First I had the idea of using black and white and color images to describe the two different worlds, the world perhaps as I see it, and the world as it might actually exist. The black and white would probably represent my perspective because I feel that back and white images tend to come off as more personal and deep.
My second idea is to use objects to represent separation. I want to use a “what doesn’t belong” approach. As I said before I am really drawn to this idea of interpreting separation as what it is that makes me different from other people so I thought of using clips or possibly still images to contrast norms from what I feel. Of course this would focus on me as a social deviant in minor respects.
My last idea is kind of a combination of the first two but with a musical element that demonstrates difference. Ideally I would show the world and my peers as they exist in the mainstream, probably using colored images and an appropriate and consistent song that represents the mainstream, every so often I would interrupt with a back and white clip of something that goes against the mainstream that I feel is important to me. Each black and white clip would be accompanied by a different piece of music that I feel is appropriate to the clip and this helps to demonstrate the always conflicting views I hold with those of the everyday person.
I hope that I am interpreting the theme of separation in a way that is compatible with what everyone else would like to show. I feel that there are a lot of artistic and unique ways to go about this and I am excited to see what we all come up with.
-Mia
I am also having a hard time coming up with compiling several ideas for the theme separation.
ReplyDeleteOne idea would be to use the thought of puzzle pieces sporadically throughout my video. The puzzle pieces would be a way to demonstrate my interpretation of separation. In the end my puzzle pieces would come together to pull back the idea of separation and make a whole happy ending. I would use the shoots of the puzzle pieces in black and white, with the puzzle pieces in color at the end to show happiness. However I am not sure how I would be able to use my image in the puzzle piece through the program we are using.
Another idea would be to use only half of myself portrait figures during my video as a way to show that I am incomplete. The end of the video would be speeding up to show my complete portrait figures to show my "whole" being. I would use a piece of myself, for example I would show half of my arm as my “human figure” to show my theme of separation. However this may be more of still photo during my portion of the video.
My last idea would be to show my self-portrait metaphorically by way of somehow shooting my video in a building block idea. This idea would be somewhat more difficult for the viewers to grasp and understand my elements of my self-portrait. This would be difficult because I would shoot half my elements and randomize them throughout my video and shoot the other half and randomize them as well. So the pieces would be placed random throughout my video and would never end up being put back together. This idea may not give the viewers a complete idea of who I am because the pieces would not be complete in the end which may confuse the viewers of which pieces went together. However if this video is being shoot metaphorically, then it may be up to the viewers to interpret myself in their own way.