Blog Prompt #26

Brainstorms! (In an effort to expand, improve, add complexity, and push your final projects further, please pick 10 of the following to discuss.)

1. Ideas sometimes grow out of irritation. What is a negative thought you are having about your project? What is the opposite of this negative thought? How could you implement a change in your project so that this negative thought will subside? A lot of times I find that it is annoying or distracting to reach into place and find things. This project comes directly out of that kind of bewilderment or difficulty of reaching into dark places and feeling frustrated. I've never considered the fact that the thing for which I am reaching, is probably just as frustrated! :)
   
2. What is the “opposite” of your final project? How can you rework your project to include the “opposite”?
   I could take pictures of the actual subjects... So instead of taking it from the milk's perspective, I could take a picture of the milk. I'm not sure that this would convey any personification of the items, or provide that much creativity?!
   
3. What is a consistent theme/visual element in your project? What would be the opposite of this? How can you implement that into your project?
   The visual theme that I am attempting to create is made by the framing of the project. The frame of photograph is supposed to provide context around what the scene is. For example from the perspective of a purse, the framing is the cloth that is inside the purse. This is almost the entirety of the project, because in a way it is showing what the object is, based on the frame.
   
4. Type twenty words or phrases that relate to your project.
   Tough, dark, light, square, interesting, dirty, expressionless, happy!, silent, cold, bright, ceiling, desk, library, HELP!, find me - pick me!, electronics, books, mailbox, beer, bottle, mice.
   
5. At the deepest core, describe why you like this project. Dig deep!
   For me, this is a huge stretch! I love trying new perspectives and things that make me feel a little "off" or weird. I think it pushes me to consider the perspective of nonhuman things, and put some expression or approach around them.
   
6. Expand your project. If time, money, materials, etc would not affect you, how would you expand your project?
   I think I would work a lot more with the objects I am interacting with... Id like to use different lenses to capture things like the inside of a cup or coming out of a sewer.... There are tons of options I'd like to use, but would be difficult to pull off without "special access".
   
7. Contract your project. What would it boil down to if squeezed and contracted to its simplest form?
   One guy with a wonderment for whats beyond 'normal'.
   
8. Look at one of your images. Redesign it entirely.
   I would like to zoom in on the face of the person more and lighten only the face. I'd like to push everything else into the back, but keep the framing provided by the object. For the refrigerator scene, this would mean darkening the fridge and putting more light on my face.
   
9. Divide your project into three components. Rearrange and reassemble them in your mind.
   1. Personification- Making objects have a human element
   2. Whats beyond? - Having a gaze into normal objects, but with an expression that something else is out there
   3. Frame- What provides context for each scene.
   
10. List your assumptions about your project. Reverse these.
    - I assume that the object has some personality... Make the object just that... without any personality or wonder.
    - I assume the person looking, is looking for something... Blank stare?
    - I assume that the scene is relatively normal (like a fridge).. SEWER! Find weird spots to take the new perspective.
    
11. What would your project look like 100 years ago? What would your project look like 100 years in the future?
    WOW... Different scenes... Different people... Different dress. I think that what makes this different in the past or the future is not the expression, but rather the things that give each photo context.
    
12. Remove something from your project. How does it change?
    Background - It makes the focus point between the subject and the perspective much more intense. This could be done by putting black in the back of the scene.
    
13. Persuade the reader that your project works well and is the most amazing project you have ever completed.
    By viewing this project, you will be transformed to a place that you dont recognize... a place where the normal is turned on its side. View the world from a different perspective... from the victim of your consumption.
    
14. Persuade the reader that your project stinks. Then, persuade the reader that you will make changes so that it no longer stinks. Boring... dont see this thing... Weird shots from normal spaces... Why waste your time? SEE ABOVE FOR EXCITMENT!!!