FMP - ILA Idea

Unable to make my mind up over what to shoot for my final, as I was struggling to finalise it, even though I had the ‘before and after’ idea, I was still reverting back to the concept of shooting ‘through the decades’, which I’d done for my Minor. I went to speak to my tutor to ask his advice, to see what he thought I should do and to air my concerns and thoughts over my dilemma. He said to think of my market and who I want to work for and what would work best for potential clients, what will show off and advertise my skills best. He pointed me in the right direction by asking this and I can now start my search by looking within my hometown for potential clients, he also cited that it could be a range of skills which may get me a job within the industry and to focus on these as well, things such as enhancing and retouching skills, not just being a photographer. We discussed some ideas for my brief, which we both seemed pleased with the outcome and after which I felt motivated and glad I went to speak to him as I’d mentioned first that I wanted to finalise my idea before I went for Christmas and now knowing my lecturer knows my idea and likes it, at least think it has potential then I know I can get working on it as I have five months to get this in motion and completed for my deadline. As I told him I really liked the idea of shooting through the decades and enjoyed it for my last project I asked him whether I would be able to do this again as long as I brought something new to it and made it fresh compared with what I had done. We talked about changing/ mixing the image up and playing around with it by using two images to create one or having a person dressed as one decade but placing her in another decade’s setting and vice versa. There were a few ideas going around and with great potential too. I asked if I did any shoots on location just as something I’d try and talked about it whether this would help and maybe increase my grade, to show I’d experimented and worked with natural light however he suggested to stick to the studio, as it wouldn’t help my grade, to practice my skills and because the studio can be controlled and so this shows off more skills as everything is controlled, from the lights to the model and camera, by me.