Concept Development
After reading the Telegraph’s article regarding the elite British educationers talking down on the arts subjects, we have started to push this as our key conceptual idea for the assignment.
The proposed idea for the shoot is to use our models in a somewhat tentative and vulnerable looking state. We want the idea of ‘thought and dilemma’ to be a key theme within the shoot, showing subjects which are portrayed in their comfort zones, using bedroom type scenarios and minimal comfortable clothing such as vests and underwear to try and portray that sense of absolute independency, and the idea of uninterrupted thought.
We want to create a very bright, clean looking aesthetic within the shoot as something of a visual metaphor for the untainted mind of a young creative individual dictating how they want to progress with their life within the field of the arts. By using the format of diptychs as I had previously mentioned, we want to convey the types of objects and tools that concern the subjects that the concept revolves around. Using other visual metaphors such as cameras being hung up on a wall, almost unused and forgotten, being somewhat similar to the concept of “throwing in the towel”.
We also discussed the idea of using inspirational quotes (intentionally delivered to the viewer with an anonymous nature) within the layout format of the publication, perhaps representational of the kinds of thoughts that the subjects could have running through their minds.
