i understand where you were going with this, but i think you can improve on the execution. the bruises and marks were done in post, right? maybe try special fx makeup! the post work seems a bit obvious and it's a dusty brown color, looking almost like ash or soot. would like to see where you go with this.
I can see why Carrie thinks they were done in post, they look very strange and artificial. The image itself looks quite contrived/staged (which it obviously is). I think that hurts it because it is a recreation of what should be a very traumatic image....it's difficult to feel what one would feel when actually faced with an image of a woman that was just battered. In this case you know it is staged so those feelings do not exist.
interesting concept of the theme shame! I agree with what rbyn said with the feelings kind of not being there. Maybe instead you could focus on one thing, such as a bloody nose or a black eye or a bruised arm. That way you could still get your theme across yet you dont have to try to act it out!
Completely agree with Lyndsey. You could even make an abstract of a bunch of detail shots of black eye, nose, wrist bruises etc. In this way your effectively removing the personhood out of the injuries, and making the lack of a person or personality in our perception of these images a point of issue.
Yeah, the bruises do look a bit odd.. I thought they were done in post too. But I agree with the feelings not being there. I actually really like Tyler's suggestion of making this abstract.
i understand where you were going with this, but i think you can improve on the execution. the bruises and marks were done in post, right? maybe try special fx makeup! the post work seems a bit obvious and it's a dusty brown color, looking almost like ash or soot. would like to see where you go with this.
ReplyDelete- carrie cai.
No i actually did them on myself with makeup.
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Casey
ReplyDeleteI can see why Carrie thinks they were done in post, they look very strange and artificial. The image itself looks quite contrived/staged (which it obviously is). I think that hurts it because it is a recreation of what should be a very traumatic image....it's difficult to feel what one would feel when actually faced with an image of a woman that was just battered. In this case you know it is staged so those feelings do not exist.
-Robyn
interesting concept of the theme shame! I agree with what rbyn said with the feelings kind of not being there.
ReplyDeleteMaybe instead you could focus on one thing, such as a bloody nose or a black eye or a bruised arm.
That way you could still get your theme across yet you dont have to try to act it out!
- Lyndsey
Completely agree with Lyndsey. You could even make an abstract of a bunch of detail shots of black eye, nose, wrist bruises etc. In this way your effectively removing the personhood out of the injuries, and making the lack of a person or personality in our perception of these images a point of issue.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the bruises do look a bit odd.. I thought they were done in post too.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree with the feelings not being there. I actually really like Tyler's suggestion of making this abstract.
-Gina