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Exploratory Media Handling Evaluation.

This unit i found quite challenging. I did not know what i wanted to create and i felt a big pool towards working with film initially in this unit. I had a lot of stuff going on personally at the time of working on this unit and at times i wanted to quit. But i didn't. I pushed on and ended up having a lot of fun with this unit.

I found a huge passion for working digitally, i have always loved making collages and found making a digital collage really fun!

I would have liked to do more of these collages but i did not know how time consuming they are, some took hours some took days. I think after doing these i understand how to communicate what i am trying to say in a visual way.

I took inspiration from blog posts on artists i have looked at over the last 2 years. I took inspiration from artists like Hannah Hoch and William Hogarth.

My final image i decided to do a small series of 3 ...

Emily Dickinson


Lucy Stone
Sigmund Freud


I wanted to use historical figures for a few reasons. One of the things i wanted to highlight was comments i have heard and read from 'older generations'. One that stood out to me was that not enough history is known and that the internet is making people less intelligent.  Another reason i wanted to use historical figures is because i thought it would be good to have it as people who in a way paved the way to what we have now. To highlight both as what is now has been paved  by before.

I thought using Emily Dickinson, the American poet. How language has changed how communication and what we see as a thoughtful comment.  I used colours that are currently in for beauty, hair, web sights, Instagram pages and fashion currently...

I used Sigmund Freud to express the idea of ego, sex and praise. on social media. To symbolize how it effects our mental state.

I used Lucy Stone, she is a historical figure who fought for woman's rights, paving the way for all the rights we have now. I wanted to comment on that idea all the rights we have been given and what we do with it. 

I tried to be kind of neutral is what i was making a comment on. not negative or positive. I wanted to go over all the points i had made in my investigation stage of this unit. 

Overall i did enjoy this unit towards the end, and it made me realize how much a love working digitally. 
 






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