In my head - Mental Illness Campaign
For my shadow play images I decided to create my own shadows to do so I used a projector and silhouettes of many different objects to do with feeling alone and isolated. I wanted to also show mental health looking at the idea of a monster in your head and even thought to do a few on her considering suicide.
The silhouettes in the image were a different way for me to represent emotions feelings and voice in the head of a person undergoing mental illness.
The silhouettes in the image were a different way for me to represent emotions feelings and voice in the head of a person undergoing mental illness.
Having wanted to use shadows to portray those dark thoughts inside of us I felt that this saying “We stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realised they were inside of us” fit my selection of images perfectly.
Having being told that font plays a big part in text it took me a long while to come up with a choice for font for this image. I felt this was my best and favourite text selection due to the story that the font tells. In the photographs we focus on a girl who is being tormented by her monsters which are inside her, one grabbing her, the other a big ball of mess and lastly a rope symbolising thoughts of suicide. My other much loved element of this image is the background; it is as scruffy as the text and the thoughts that are a symbol of the whole image.
I felt these images were a work of art as every element works together effortlessly to create the final outcome.
The main visual elements of the image are the model and her shadows which create the illusion that these
shadows are just all in her head with the blank space representing her mind. The image portrays itself as all thought almost being a surreal piece.
The image is mainly in black and white however the use of text and shadows really show a contrast of light and dark areas. Keeping the figure of the model in slight colour also emphasises on the blurred lines between reality and the mind. How far will her dark thoughts take her physical actions is the question I pondered on. The image is lighter towards the centre of the picture which is also the central focus around the model this however creates more shadows around her body.
The sketchiness of the image is supposed to give if a very uneasy feel, a confused state of mind, as if this image was a picture scribbled on. Its text gives reference to an element of life that we can all relate to, the idea of having monsters under our beds. This effect draws the viewer’s emotions in allowing them to sympathise with the model that is a character for someone suffering from mental illness. This way of bringing out emotions allows each viewer to build their own story and fantasy of how scary the monster they were afraid of was and how scary being a victim of mental illness is. In many ways I feel provoking this childlike nature helps to make an image more powerful in evoking reactions.
Having being told that font plays a big part in text it took me a long while to come up with a choice for font for this image. I felt this was my best and favourite text selection due to the story that the font tells. In the photographs we focus on a girl who is being tormented by her monsters which are inside her, one grabbing her, the other a big ball of mess and lastly a rope symbolising thoughts of suicide. My other much loved element of this image is the background; it is as scruffy as the text and the thoughts that are a symbol of the whole image.
I felt these images were a work of art as every element works together effortlessly to create the final outcome.
The main visual elements of the image are the model and her shadows which create the illusion that these
shadows are just all in her head with the blank space representing her mind. The image portrays itself as all thought almost being a surreal piece.
The image is mainly in black and white however the use of text and shadows really show a contrast of light and dark areas. Keeping the figure of the model in slight colour also emphasises on the blurred lines between reality and the mind. How far will her dark thoughts take her physical actions is the question I pondered on. The image is lighter towards the centre of the picture which is also the central focus around the model this however creates more shadows around her body.
The sketchiness of the image is supposed to give if a very uneasy feel, a confused state of mind, as if this image was a picture scribbled on. Its text gives reference to an element of life that we can all relate to, the idea of having monsters under our beds. This effect draws the viewer’s emotions in allowing them to sympathise with the model that is a character for someone suffering from mental illness. This way of bringing out emotions allows each viewer to build their own story and fantasy of how scary the monster they were afraid of was and how scary being a victim of mental illness is. In many ways I feel provoking this childlike nature helps to make an image more powerful in evoking reactions.