Anti-Bullying
For my bullying campaign I decided to focus on children as my models. The images were set in a playground as I felt that this was the most obvious location for the crimes of bullying. During artist research I found that many of her images were focused on school children or children who were experiencing being bullied at school. The images show children who have been bullied or a sad due to the fact that they experience being bullied. I wanted to focus on the victims and how they can be perceived rather than the aftermath of bullying. I however also took one image showing a subtle physical interaction between a bully and their victim. I felt that i portrayed the "present" side of being bullied as opposed to the aftermath.
I decided to make two of my images black and white almost giving the pictures a case study effect. These portrait images help to convey specific emotions in the faces of my models. In the background of the image you can see a
playground. I liked this background as it shows a child being sad in a place where you would expect them to be happy while enjoying their time away from lessons and teachers. Focusing on children helped to show emotions and tell a
story as some times objects only tell stories but don’t express emotions.
One of my images was taken from behind my model. This image was my favourite as it was distant from my subject. There was a sense of a barrier between myself, the viewer and the child in the image. Even though we are looking at the model from behind we sense that they are lonely and maybe sad without showing an infliction we are shown a child who may be a victim of bullying.
playground. I liked this background as it shows a child being sad in a place where you would expect them to be happy while enjoying their time away from lessons and teachers. Focusing on children helped to show emotions and tell a
story as some times objects only tell stories but don’t express emotions.
One of my images was taken from behind my model. This image was my favourite as it was distant from my subject. There was a sense of a barrier between myself, the viewer and the child in the image. Even though we are looking at the model from behind we sense that they are lonely and maybe sad without showing an infliction we are shown a child who may be a victim of bullying.
I decided to focus on my images that were less busy in the backgrounds as this made for perfect foundation for my text. I incorporated my image with the text from the first Alicia Kathryn image that I looked at an analysed. As it was directing the issue of bullying in a school environment which is what my images reflected.
I started the process by cropping the text out of Kathryn's image I then removed the background using the magic wand tool. I then transformed the image and pasted the layer onto my images.
It doesn’t end at school recreation was a concept of bullying that I decided to focus on. I took images in a school focusing on the isolation of children I then decided to use a direct quote from one of Kathryn’s images. The images
focal points are the model however as the text is so large it also plays a big part. The viewer is made to see the image and then read the text to understand more about the message it is portraying.
I can describe the artwork as though provoking. Using children is a common technique for campaigns as I feel they evoke more emotion from viewers which are mainly adults hence why I decided to use models as opposed to objects as Kathryn did. The idea of taking the image from behind the model helped to create the illusion of a very lonely and distant child emphasising on the way that they could feel as a result of being bullied.
Looking at the images made me feel sad and sorry for the children in the pictures and that’s the sort of emotion that I wanted my viewers to have when they exhibit my work. The tone of the images is mainly soft there aren’t any harsh colours and the lighting is not bright however it is also not dull. Everything about these images is perceived as normal reinforcing how common bullying is in schools and society. One image has a very busy background which made the close up of the model the perfect angle for the image however the subtle contrast between the little boy in the second image and his background also helps for his figure to stand out in the image. The images seem to have diagonal leading lines and so I felt that it was best to also have diagonal text to fit in with the images.
The children in the background of the first image are out of focus and in blur which I feel adds to the theme of separation from others. It strengthens the idea of being all alone as a victim of bullying. The angles of the images support the messages of the photograph almost giving the viewer an abstract distance, you cannot look at these two boys from a face to face perspective because they may have barriers which are put up, they can only be looked at from a distance, representing the notion of victims of bullying not being able to talk to anyone and others not being able to figure out their problem and help them.
The image provokes distance between the viewer and the children in these photographs although you understand it is about bullying and want to help them you are in no position to do so you can merely watch them from a distance…this will hopefully provoke viewers to be aware of the issue and feel more passionate about wanting to actively play a part in “stopping the bully”
focal points are the model however as the text is so large it also plays a big part. The viewer is made to see the image and then read the text to understand more about the message it is portraying.
I can describe the artwork as though provoking. Using children is a common technique for campaigns as I feel they evoke more emotion from viewers which are mainly adults hence why I decided to use models as opposed to objects as Kathryn did. The idea of taking the image from behind the model helped to create the illusion of a very lonely and distant child emphasising on the way that they could feel as a result of being bullied.
Looking at the images made me feel sad and sorry for the children in the pictures and that’s the sort of emotion that I wanted my viewers to have when they exhibit my work. The tone of the images is mainly soft there aren’t any harsh colours and the lighting is not bright however it is also not dull. Everything about these images is perceived as normal reinforcing how common bullying is in schools and society. One image has a very busy background which made the close up of the model the perfect angle for the image however the subtle contrast between the little boy in the second image and his background also helps for his figure to stand out in the image. The images seem to have diagonal leading lines and so I felt that it was best to also have diagonal text to fit in with the images.
The children in the background of the first image are out of focus and in blur which I feel adds to the theme of separation from others. It strengthens the idea of being all alone as a victim of bullying. The angles of the images support the messages of the photograph almost giving the viewer an abstract distance, you cannot look at these two boys from a face to face perspective because they may have barriers which are put up, they can only be looked at from a distance, representing the notion of victims of bullying not being able to talk to anyone and others not being able to figure out their problem and help them.
The image provokes distance between the viewer and the children in these photographs although you understand it is about bullying and want to help them you are in no position to do so you can merely watch them from a distance…this will hopefully provoke viewers to be aware of the issue and feel more passionate about wanting to actively play a part in “stopping the bully”