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Location research: Monton Walks.
Why I picked this location: I picked this location because of how deserted it usually is. There
is a long pathway and on either side the surroundings are just trees and gravel. I feel if I was
to use this location, I could make my project a story of somebody who has
This also fits my theme perfectly. Seeing as its empty the majority of the time, my model
could be stood in the middle of the pathway looking round with a distressed look on her face.
As my theme revolves around
schizophrenia and mental
illness, while doing location
research I wanted to try
incorporating the theme in my
research as a way of
experimenting and getting an
idea of what sort of shots and
angles to use, and effects if any.
This is probably my favourite
picture from the location
research as I used slow shutter
speed to see if I could use this in
my final shoot. I like how it’s
turned out and I feel that it
would go with the theme well. My idea is for the model to just be stood staring straight at the
camera. The picture and everything in it looks disorientated and rather than me representing
the theme through the model, I tried to do it through the background instead. I want to show
muddled feelings and a sense of disorientation. I want it to be as though it’s showing the
feelings and emotions in the person’s mind, confused, unable to get their thoughts together.
Which are some of the side effects of schizophrenia and depression.