Component 2 Final Pieces - Russell James Attempt 2.

Following my first attempt at trying to emulate Russell James, I will be taking the idea of our social media environment but putting both happy and sad emotions into one photograph, instead of creating a series oh photographs that just have one emotion on show.  For this next idea, I shall be editing the person within the shot to make it look as if they have a twin with the complete opposite emotion.  This will have more of an impact on a viewer as both emotions are juxtaposing each other tremendously.  I have also come up with the idea of putting my photographs into a mini flip book, so when you flip the book, the mini clip shows the girl taking a selfie, but as the book goes on, we see her lower the phone and look at the photograph she's taken with a sad expression.

The photograph below shows how people show themselves off to others via social media, but if you saw that same person face to face and not through a screen, you'd be able to see their true feelings.

This photograph shows how we feel about our bodies, and how we act around others;  On one side you have the confident persona where you aren't afraid to be yourself in your own skin and not care what others think, and on the other you have the persona of secrecy and unwillingness to show your body to others, and so you keep it to yourself 

Below is the flip book I made;  It shows the small journey from happy to sad.  She begins by taking a 'selfie', looking all happy and showing her smile off to others, but as you flip the book on and progress to the end,  you see her lower her phone and look at the photograph she has just taken with a sullen, melancholy look.

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