Almost there

233 and 231 papers are very similar in terms of the way we are supposed to think this semester, and because of this I keep labelling my posts with the wrong paper! So it might be out of order now but ohwell!

So tonight I put together my slides, and have got all that ready for presentation. I am aiming to write my rationale tomorrow, so I am all ready for Thursday ahead of time.

I have another assignment due on Friday after Thursdays presentation, and also another Tuesday ( for some reason my three design papers this semester are doomed to make my life stressful!) so getting ahead of the game is necessary.  I hope that they don't give us a gem of knowledge last minute which makes me feel like I need to change something!!

I'll upload final images, but not the slides as I tried to get that on here last time and I wasted about half a day and it didn't work! The images are the important things anyway.

The first image below is the first of the first experiment. I LOVE the emotion and conflict coming through her face in this shot. She is very uncertain as she is being asked to break the rules of the paper, and doesn't want to because 'someone' told her she's not to use it. The awkward smile just adds to the facials, but her conflicted eyes tell a great story. Once she picks up the lipstick and the siren starts, she gets a fast determination to complete her task and the rebellious part of the emotion kicked in for her.

 The above shot is all about the moment of rebellious, or in this case disobedience and rule breaking. you can see the "do not touch" and also the reflection of her hand slowly coming down to grasp the lipstick and break the rules. The red gritty nature of the image is representing the heat of the moment, and the gritty/dirty connotations that come with the word rebellion.

 This is the first image for the second experiment, which was focusing on power. The look on her face is what I wanted to stand out here, as well as the markings she is making with the lipstick. The comments she made regarding control and power were great. She is purple as it is a colour that historically is associated with royalty and with royalty comes great power.

 This one is one of my favourites. I again love the look in her eyes, and the illusion, for me I wanted to try and visually show what she may have felt like inside after being given the task. Almost like her power growing, but as feeling powerful is an emotion I wanted to keep her opacity lower - also - it looks awesome.

 I also love this image. I couldn't leave it out, even though 2 is all that is asked of us. The markings she made on his face, when given all power with the lipstick is very interesting to me, and to her as well and it could be that given power what we do with that surprises us. (perhaps she is wanting a cat?)

This shot is the first of the 'tagging' rebellion experiment. She is a teacher and has chosen to portray her view on the current education minister. She really believes in this statement, and that power to say what she thinks, coupled with breaking the rules by tagging, embodies exactly what I wanted. I wanted to highlight the ACT of tagging especially in this image.

 This image is the last, and again, her face says it all. She is determined to show what she thinks by acting rebellious, and it is all done using lipstick in a different way. The context is completely changed and this alters everything about the act of using lipstick.