What kinds of images do you as a viewer want to see?
or What kinds of shots do you feel should be included?
since in class everyone has a different opinion and maybe if you all let me know in this space i can take bits from everyone's suggestions so that i can create a body of work that speaks to different viewers.
ok so that's my questions so far, sorry if it seems like a big ramble, but i really could use some more feedback. i'm taking amanda's advice and trying everything this weekend, i have the whole weekend off from work, so i'm just going to shoot shoot shoot. i'll try to have some prints but i may just upload it all onto my computer and make a slide show for you guys since school is closed monday.
ok good luck all of you guys on your own work.
- Asha
2 comments:
I am hesitant to respond because I feel as though this isn't about what pictures we want to see but about what pictures you want to make and what you find interesting about your project thus far.
If it is your relationship that you are interested in I would like you to question your motives. What about your relationship do you want to know more about or better still what do you not want to know about?
Lots of people do work concerning relationships. What I need to know as a viewer is why is what you have to say about relationships different than what everyone else has said? What is different about your life that we all don't know and would be interested in finding out? You've got to approach this project aiming to say or show something new.
That said, I think you probably know what you want your work to really be about but are not letting us in on it. A word of advice: The jury will not like a project that you cannot explain and it will seem arbitrary to viewers. We need to know your motivations and we need to see them visually!!
Concerning your approach, it doesn't make sense to me to "stage" surveillance. That is negating the meaning of the term. I think you need to go about this in one of two ways- 1. Really survey yourself and your boyfriend. Plant cameras. Unearth things you didn't know. or 2. If you're going to construct scenes you cannot do so at random. I don't think it will be interesting to simply look at shots we know are fake. You need to have a reason to set these shots up! Again, what are you trying to tell the viewer about yourself and your relationship we would want to know??
Think in terms of universals and relationships in general. I know this project is personal for you but your viewer needs to connect to something they can relate to or you need to give them insight they hadn't noticed before. Do a lot of thinking before you shoot this weekend, you need to have a concrete motive.
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