After thinking about what I thought worked and didn’t work from my previous art work I decided to try and work with layering images to see how this looked before I put it into a video formation. The image I used to create the over lapping was the photograph of me looking at myself with and without my makeup one. I have choice to call this image “self-reflection”.
I think the over lapping of the images worked really well and created a 3d effect which is something I wanted to produce from this work. I also flipped the image so that the top layer is not the same reflection as the bottom images, meaning that my head and face is in a different place and my face is not overlapping with the same image of me with and without my makeup on. This did work well however this may not be what I want to achieve from my videos. Another idea is that I overlap the images so much of my face that it becomes some kind of blur in the videos as if you cannon recognise me. This would symbolise the makeup mask that I apply every day, in which I hide behind.
I think my next task would be to work with a projector and see how the images come out of my face. To have a play around and see what works and what don’t. A video my not work for me from a projector and I may resort to using a TV screen so I need to play with a projector and see if it works for me.
I spent some time in my studio today looking and my work in more detail and where I really want my work to be by the time it is the degree show and what I really want it to say. I also thought about different way I can achieve this, by looking back at my other blog posts and previous work.
After having my tutorial it made me really want to push my work further. I have looked back over my blog and really thought about what worked and what didn’t.
What worked and didn’t work for me where…The images of my face worked well where I am looking at myself. As for me this represent self-reflection and that is what I wanted to achieved. Also the images of my face which I sowed over, I liked the way they distorted my face which is what I wanted to achieve, as I think I distort my face day by day by wearing makeup. However this is something I feel I achieve in previous work and I want to step away from that. The blurry images I created digitally worked well I liked the lapping side of them and how they were a little unclear, however I wish I had used other images instead of the ones I did use.
I really enjoyed making the video piece, however I think it need improving in some ways I don’t think it is quite what I wanted to say. One I am looking at the audience which I don’t need to be this work is about self-reflection so I think I need to be looking at myself. Also the music doesn’t particularly link well with the video and I need to think harder about what music to use when making my next video. I think my removing of the makeup works well and I would use that idea again in another video piece. Also colour works well as it make it less film like and more realistic.
The next thing I thought about was the over lapping of video and images, maybe playing the videos backwards so you get this lapping effect. This could also be achieved in images as well, by over lapping a range of images together and possibly playing them as if they were a video piece as such. I think what would work well, would be reversing the videos so they play backwards. I then thought about expanding that idea and maybe making a piece that was a performance piece, maybe something like me standing in a room in my underwear and having a projection of me putting on my makeup onto my face. Then again I think I need to display the idea of me self-reflection so therefore having myself facing myself. Like I did in my first photos as I think that works really well, me looking at myself with and without my makeup on.
