Final Images.

For my final images, I decided to use a different model and a different location, a location that made it more natural and real.

I think the mask adds humour to the images, and the robe works well with the other colours in the image. I also couldn’t decide whether to have my images in colour or black amd white.

However because the images are quite dark I had t0 lighten them on photoshop, this made the images go grainy, so I decided to re edit them taking a different approach. I also made a survey asking about the images, and found people prefered the coloureed images so I will have my images in colour.

Re-edited images:

These images are in colour as that’s what people thought looked best, I have also chosen the 5 best images to be a series. The images are still a little dark however they are not as grainy as previously.

 

Draft Images.

Before doing my final images, I did some draft images using a friend to gain an idea of what the final images will look like.

I took images of the model doing chores and everyday things. In my final images the model will be wearing a robe and a queen mask, and will be doing similar things.

After taking these images I decided to add type onto them, as I thought this would help people understand the images better. I tried a range of colours to see which looked best.

I used colours I would associate with the royal family, and writing I think would make people understand the images better.

After a crit, I was told that having the typography on the images made them seem like a campaign which isn’t what approach I wanted to take, so I decided against using the type.

Breif, Context & Initail Ideas.

Brief: Visually communicate what the country would be like without a monarchy.

Context: Three-quarters of the population want Britain to remain a monarchy, however does this statistic support the monarchy or The Queen? It is an outdated institution that isn’t appropriate for the 21st century. There are many for and against arguments, including things to do with tax, the church and tourism. I personally think the monarchy is irrelevant and that The Queen has no real power.

 

IDEAS:

Queen shopping.

Queen washing up.

Queen smoking.

I would create these using photography and a model dressed up as the queen, i could do many more of this sort with different activities.

After showing my initial sketches to peers, I gained feedback that they liked the idea and thought it would be effective but at the same time humorous. They preferred this idea to the ideas I had involving stamps and bank notes.

Experience.

For the experience part of the project, I decided to go against my opinion and spend the day pretending to like The Queen. I did this by buying a t-shirt that says ‘Long Live The Queen’. I then wore the t-shirt to my local pub hoping it would attract attention, with most of the locals being older it did just that. People would ask about the t-shirt which I then took the opportunity to talk to them about their opinions on The Queen and the monarchy. Most of them agreed with having the institution, I think this is because they are older so like the tradition of having a monarchy.

Object.

We were set a task to experiment with an object related to our subject. I decided to experiment using coins, writing words with them on a wall.

I went with the words: monarchy, tax, tourism, queen and church.

Visual Doodling.

I am looking at the monarchy for this module, and the debate around the Queen. These images below are a few images I created on photoshop.

These notes contain the Prime Ministers’ face rather than the Queen’s, I have done this to look at what things would be like if we didn’t have a monarchy and essentially the Queen wasn’t ‘important’. The Prime Ministers’ are the ones who, with others, run the country and make the decisions. I could also do this sort of thing with stamps and try to print/draw directly onto a note/stamp.

This is an image I created with inspiration from Jamie Reid, in the background it shows a group of people from the ‘Skinhead’ subculture, and I have collaged the Queen on top. I have photoshopped a black rectangle over the Queen’s eyes like Jamie Reid does in his collages, and used a quote from The Sex Pistol’s song ‘God Save The Queen’.