I'm waiting to get my film photos developed, hopefully have those by this weekend and will post them over the weekend ; from there I will decide which medium I prefer the best ; here are just two of my favorite ones so far

WEEk 1 *music*

WEEK 1

FINAL PROPOSAL

Design 4 Media FALL 2011 ; Outline


When given this project the first thought that came to mind was the idea of making my own kaleidoscope lens. I had come across a variety of images that have had this kaleidoscope effect on them and had been wondering how one could produce those kind of images without the help of photo shop. Since I love creating and working with my hands, I feel like this would be the perfect series to explore with in class.

I want this series to be of 5 or more different models to play with the idea of dressing up ; I want it to be fashion inspired and that's whether it is with costume (wigs, face paint, costume props) or going out for the night to dance and party. I want to use a lot of color, purple, pink, teal, yellow etc. I want my models to wear a lot of make-up or jewels ; I want it to be an exciting piece and maybe even have a new years feel to it ; Because of the kaleidoscope effect you will have a skewed perception like one is a little tipsy which would go perfectly for the theme.




Week 1 ; Nov. 14th - 18th
gathering music and image inspiration through ; mood trying to convey, color, theme, idea, what I'm hoping to achieve. As well as gathering prisms and different colored diamonds to create my own kaleidoscope lens


Week 2 ; Nov.  21 - 25th
Have kaleidoscope lens or lenses made ; already out shooting with models with several different cameras ; 35 mm film cameras and digital ; explore with different types of color film to see which works best for what i'm trying to explore upon ; post what I have and where I need to improve or do differently


Week 3 ; Nov. 28th - Dec 2
Still experimenting but hopefully have already decided what camera works best between film examples and digital ; setting up more photo shoots ; explaining where I'm at and where I'm headed ; editing


Week 4 ; Dec. 5th - 9th
Post a preview of final images ; editing ;



Week 5 ; FINAL WEEK ; Dec. 12th - 15th 
Post all final images on blog

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I struggled a lot with this assignment ; this would be my epic failure

I found it hard to meet with my models a second time but I tried to work with
what I had already taken, I think I needed more obvious clues that could relate
to the song or that the colors were more similar in the photos. I also think this
could have used a third or fourth panel...

03

I'm unsure if my pictures and the song go together or even tell a story ; I think I lost myself in this project a little bit. The pictures I did take helped me create an actual character, someone bold, tough, and elusive & secondary character meant to be "Tom Waits" longing for this girl ; Anyways, here is what I have:

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"Black Market Baby " Tom Waits Lyrics

She lives in a house
That's way back off the road   

There's a man with a lantern
And he carries her soul
 

A coal stove and a bed
A skillet and a hound
She drove a camel through a needle
In this sinking board walk town
She's my black market baby
She's my black market baby
She's a diamond that
Wants to stay coal
Wants to stay coal

I swang out wide with her
On hells iron gate
Anything that you wanted
You could have
My eyes say their prayers to her
Sailors ring her bell
Like a moth mistakes a light bulb
For the moon and goes to hell

She's my black market baby
She's my black market baby
She's a diamond that
Wants to stay coal
Wants to stay coal

There's no prayer like desire
There's amnesia in her kiss
She's a swan and a pistol
And she will follow you like this
In Moberly, Missouri at the
Iroquois Hotel
She checked in with the President
And she ran up quite a bill

She's my black market baby
She's my black market baby
She's a diamond that
Wants to stay coal
Wants to stay coal

She's whiskey in a teacup
She gives blondes a lousy name
She's a bonzai Aphrodite
And a ticket back to Spain
She's a hard way to go
And there ain't no way to stop
Every time you play the red
The black is coming up

She's my black market baby
She's my black market baby
She's a diamond that
Wants to stay coal
She wants to stay coal
My baby wants to stay coal
Coal
Coal
My baby wants to stay coal 

;; I highlighted the important parts of the song I wanted to try and convey with

the photos I'm to take, I have a few location spots in mind as well that would

help with the feel/mood of this song and the character.