Project Brief

For this project we were allowed to chose our own brief so I decided to expand upon my last project in a way. With my last project I dabbled with face paint and found that I was quite good at it, and that also I really enjoyed it as it also involved me becoming more organised with preperation for shoots and I felt my shoots weremore constructed which I enjoyed. However within this project I am not just focusing on face paint but I am focusing on media make up so I wont just recreate characters, but I will focus on other aspects of make up, for example, natural make up, indian wedding inspired make up etc. Also within this project I intend to also use costume to bring a character of the media to life e.g. with indian wedding style make up I hope to also use bindis and saaris. The issue I face with this project is the funding factor however I have found that with face paints you can buy them in bulk for a much cheaper price, also concerning costume, you can buy them on online stores like ebay for a small price. What I will have to be careful of is that all my utensils already arrive in time.

For this brief I havent really researched photographers that influence me because even though I will have to find some during the contextual side of this unit, I am not bothered about being influenced or finding work like mine because it makes my work original.

I think the thing which people may think is that I am focusing too much on the preperation factor as opposed to the actual photography. However I anticipate that with the photos I take and the editing I will do that I will be able to create a character or represent someone in the media. With the images I take I hope not to just display the work I have done concerning face paint as that is not the goal I have intended, I intend to make a character with a setting a mood, their own story, however, I want to fray away from people thinking this is a project on story telling because that was my last project and that is not what this unit is about.
I have had a few ideas on what shoots I will do and I am very excited for all of them:

• The Joker and Harleyquinn - a shoot which shows them as love interests, both showed in their evil manner. Perhaps a location shoot as opposed to in th studio, maybe the location in the city
• The Black Swan- a shoot which will show her after she has completely turned crazy (during her show), this shoot will be completed in the studio as I will use form to show her darkness 
• Two Face- a shoot which will show his two different sides, in the studio as it will keep attention drawn to the face
• In Detail Tiger- a shoot I anticipate to do on a child as it shows how they hide behind the face of something else so often, a shoot for location, hopefully on streets
• Day of the Dead- a shoot which I hope to hae a few pepople of for to show it as an event, a shoot I will complete in the studio so I can use an appropriate backdrop that is plain and will draw attention to the detail of their face 
• Pop Art- a shoot that shows a woman in distress, also displaying popular figures from previous a previous culture, an on location shoot to demonstrate the setting of every day life 
• Indian Wedding- a shoot which shows a cultural version of a classic event, which demonstrates their traditions concerning the look which they have, a shoot for the studio to capture the essence properly as a location shoot which I can afford wont do it justice 
• Natural- a shoot which shows a person as a normal person, something which can be bypassed by the media often, this shoot I will do on location in the city and I will make all shoots seem candid to represent the natural vibe 

Im very excited to start this project and I am also happy with the fact that I have a plan, I am glad I have something to stick by and I will think of more ideas a long the way, using the media as an influence as opposed to a personal photographer.