Extended Diploma in Art & Design

Unit 8 Project Proposal

Candidate Brooke
Name
Candidate 00025089
Number
Pathway Photography

Project Title FMP

Section 1: Review (Approx 100 words)

In the past year, we have been doing many projects to help us learn about
photography and help us in our FMP. The projects we have done are; face the
place, freezing a moment in time, after dark, deadpan, dark room work, climate
change, photostory, moving music image. My favourite project that we have done
is freezing a moment in time. This is because I could use all of the skills I had learnt
about the camera and put it into my own piece of work. My least favourite project
was face the place. This was because I thought that the photos that I was
producing were too forced and staged. I could have worked on this but it wasn’t my
favourite one to do.
Section 2: Project Concept (approx 200 words)
For my fmp I have chosen the theme natural form. I picked this theme because I
like to photograph nature in its natural look and the beauty of it. Out of all of the
projects before my favourite has been the ‘in the dark’ photoshoot. I wanted to take
some photos that linked to the dark as people view nature and anything in general
different depending on whether it is night and day. The night can be mysterious
and can often give off a strange feeling. In the dark, your vision is impaired and it
can often lead you to imagine things that could be around. Rabbit holes are very
mysterious and are often related to the dark. A book related to rabbit holes and the
mystery in the darkness is the ‘Weird and Eerie’ by Mark Fisher. In this book he
writes about portals, doors and entrances. All of these relate back to the mystery
and not knowing what’s around you all of the time. Two photographers that focus
on taking images in the night, adding a mysterious vibe to them, are; Elena
Helfrecht and Teri Varhol. I want to focus my project on the mystery and the
curiosity that not only I have, but many other people have on certain passages and
rabbit holes.
Section 3: Evaluation (approx 50 words)
The first thing I will do when evaluating my work will be to look over the images I
have taken and make sure that they all link up to what I am focusing on and that
they have a meaning to them without being uninteresting. I will also get opinions
from my friends and family and ask them what they think about my images and
how I can improve on them.