Final Piece Ideas

I wrote down my ideas for how I will present my final work, and the elements that I will use. The first thing I wanted to include were various broken clocks. I have collected a few old clocks that people were not using any more, I will then smash the and break the clocks. These will be placed into the composition over the Photograph of how I look now. The reason behind this as I have annotated in the sketch, is that it symbolizes the time wasted on being in this battle with myself and not also that it represents how if I could I would go back and change how I view myself and fix the events that lead me on to feeling this way, however due to the clocks being broken, I physically can't go back and change everything and it is almost as if time is stuck in this period of struggle and that it is too broken to be fixed.
The next element will be the use of a selected Photograph of me in the bikini, the 'present' me. This element is very important to use in my final piece as it is all meant to be contrasting to the other elements that will be placed around it. It portrays the idea of in my head, being thin would make me happy, therefore I wanted to show this through my work. This Photograph is what I aspired to be like when I first started out wanting to loose weight. Not only is this about loosing weight, it covers up all the other struggles that were going on at that time also.
The illustrated Photographs are the next part of my final piece. These (which can be seen in my development) will be placed over the 'perfect' Photograph of me. These illustrated Photographs are the main source of the whole idea of this project as it will contrast the Photograph they are placed over and will help tell the story of my struggle. These show different emotions and events that happened and displays the emotions I was feeling that I could never express at that time.

The next element is the past Photograph of me when I was younger and most likely at my biggest size. This Photograph will be a normal album Photograph which gives it a more casual feel. In this Photograph I will be happy. This, along with the casual mood will show that even though now I view how I looked then as disgusting, I clearly was not bothered at that time and I never had a major issue with how I looked. This Photograph will be placed by itself to contrast the difference in the amount of problems I en counted at the different times which for this Photograph will be none, compared to the Photograph of me now to many.
The last element that I thought of was to use the main focus of Illustration and Photography and produce a piece of work that will be a Photograph of me with a sad expression cut in half and the other half I will illustrate. As annotated in the sketch, this is to emphasize the emotions amongst the other illustrated photographs. This, then will be placed over the present photograph of me along with the other illustrated photographs.

I produced a quick drawing of the final composition of what I think it will look like in the end. There will be 2 clocks that will be attached/hung on the wall over the Photograph. I then want 2 other clocks hung from the ceiling and placed over the Photograph at different heights so that they swing in front of it. For the background present Photograph of me, I had the idea of illustrating or using mixed media over the top/around the subject that is me. I would use ripped newspaper, ripped coffee stained paper with words written on it and the use of paint splatters and scribbles. The illustrated photographs will then be placed over the top of the Photograph. Overall, I want this section to look busy, uneven and edgy to represent how I felt inside. The old Photograph of me will then be placed beside it, preferably in a fancy photo frame as if it takes pride of place there. It will just be this Photograph, plain, simple and nothing around it contrasting what is next to it. In the sketch I drew the present Photograph on the left side, however I think it may make more sense to swap the two around so that the old Photograph is on the left and the present one on the right to show the how it lead up to this. 

Below are some Photographs that I found in my photo albums at home from previous holidays etc. I picked out a few that, when I looked at them I really disliked the way I looked. I picked ones of me on my own so that it is similar to the present photo of me. In all these Photographs, I look completely happy and relaxed with myself. For the final outcome I will now need to choose one of these to use.