Month: November 2022

Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a_C-8-WfQzP6zmlCtR2rsVL0BOUQGPsx/view?usp=share_link

Project name: The Shawshank Redemption

Response

The significance of authenticity and representation of the media that I consume on a daily basis plays a big role in changing my perception of things. The article mentions that sometimes documentary forms create false intimacy and even false presence, which reminds me of one of the marketing tools we learned about in marketing. Bloggers who are closer to users through apps like Little Red Book write product feedback from the user’s perspective. But in reality, these bloggers are marketers paid by the company. But as an audience, there is no way to distinguish whether these “user feedback” is real.

I Compared to a photograph, a live broadcast is more credible to the viewer. Because there is no way to edit the live broadcast, except for the limitations of the camera, the live broadcast can show almost all the content to the audience. But the conditions are limited, it is still difficult to show the audience the whole “truth”. Name 

I will redo my project and update the final one later.

Concept:

About the diptych, my idea is that I want to show that in the process of socializing, everyone is different from what they appear to be. Some people look very lively, but inside they are an introvert. Some people seem to be very enthusiastic, but in fact, she likes to talk badly about others. And for my project this time, I wanted to mainly show those people who are not noticed in society but want to be friends with everyone. I represented different characters with different dolls by shooting Popmart. I wanted to show the doll that has been unnoticed by others by using focus to bokeh her when I took the first photo. The bokeh doll represents the marginalized people in society, while the “key people” in society, who are noticed by everyone, are in the center of the picture.

Process

When I took the first photo, I kept adjusting each doll’s position to give each of them a different character. The two in the middle are the center of everyone’s attention and are good at socializing. On the other hand, some of the people on either side were excluded because they like to talk badly about others, and everyone turned their backs on her. Some stood by the “key people” represent the people who like to follow those who are good at socializing. And the person I wanted to show who had been out of everyone’s attention was hiding behind everyone. I bokeh him by adjusting the focus. As for the light, I kept adjusting the indoor light first, and secondly, I changed the aperture to give the picture a suitable light.

When I did the second one, I adjusted the focus to make the people around him bokeh, and I wanted to show his inner world through here. I first added the photo I took of him alone to the original photo, then distorted the people around him through Photoshop to show that he was in his inner world at this time and that he was only concerned with his own feelings. At the same time, a hand was added behind him to show that he wanted to integrate himself into society and did not want to be a marginal figure. A black border is added around him to show that he wants the viewer to focus on the center of the picture instead of the surroundings.

I don’t think my current work is a good representation of my ideas. I didn’t change the introvert’s appearance through Photoshop to show his desire to get attention from people. So I would like to redesign my project, this time I will redesign my project to really show how he wants to be noticed inside through Photoshop by distorting some of his features.

The piece of memory I decided to choose is a typical day in my childhood. When I was a kid, the happiest moment every day was the sound of the door opening. It represents that my mom or dad came back home from work. I used to be at home by myself every day, watching TV and playing with my toys. It was not until more than five o ‘clock in the afternoon that Mom and Dad came home from work. I would be happy to sit at the door and wait for them to open. The sounds associated with this memory need to be the sound of a door opening, the sound of a clock, the sound of toys, the sound of water dripping from the toilet inside the house, the sound of the wind outside the window, and the sound of people talking in the street. Composing these sounds together is a typical day in my childhood.