7. Aesthetic

The pocket watch I have is rather jagged looking and extremely detailed. I don't want to draw away from that detail and I'm wanting to match the jagged look of the pocket watch to my dancer. Her makeup may be jagged looking with harsh lines and eye makeup. I'm thinking I want her in black high waisted hot pants and a black tight crop top .... her costume won't take away from the pocket watch - she'll wear what a dancer wears pretty much. 

I'm not wanting the image in entirely black and white, i'll want it a little closer to colour, a musty grey look almost but with the black lines of the dancers make up and the pocket watch outlined and emphasised. 

I'm really pushing for nothing to let my work down this year. Last year I had done too much editing so this year i'm going to make sure it's really clean and minimal (to the eye). 

I've been thinking about how I want the dancer to look. She is quite petite and has big hair, so i'm wanting to match that but juxtapose that at the same time with bold makeup. I've emailed a few local makeup artists to see what they can do and whether they are available. The pocket watch is jagged and bold and i'm wanting those dark, bold, jagged lines to match on the face of my dancer.

e.g:
I really like this look because the lines match the look of the pocket watch and the sharp, jagged decor on the pocket watch itself. 

One girl I am particularly interested in for doing the makeup is Anna Stephenson. I have had a look at her Creative Faces page and she shows her versatility so i'm hoping she can achieve the look i'm after, for a reasonable price. 

Other images i'm looking at for inspiration are :

The boldness and darkness would stand out.

The shadowing could look really effective.

The pattern and jagged lines would compliment the pocket watch.

The darkness is intriguing with the little bit of highlight underneath, above and coming out the side. (not the chanel symbol).

6. My idea

I have come up with and chosen my final idea. 

Dance is intrinsically linked to time. I want to portray dance and time together in my set of 5 images. The way i'm thinking of doing it is by taking one picture of my pocket watch and using that in each image, generally the pocket watch will be in the bottom left hand corner of my image but blown up to look much bigger. 

It will look like a heavy weight. 

I will only take one picture of it to ensure that my final image won't look too complicated. 

I will have the time ticking throughout each picture to show progression in time and therefore dance. 

The chain of the pocket watch will be edited more in post production to make it look bulkier and more thick as it grabs and ties around my dancer - either her leg, waist, arm etc. 

The dancer will be dancing in each image, again to work with the concept of time moving. By dancing and moving in each image - motion blur - it will again show the progression in time. The dancer will be held down by the pocket watch showing you can't break free from time when you're dancing. 

My final thought, was to make a comment about reversing time and the potentiality of it if we were to reach the speed of light - then we could travel back in time. By reversing my images i could show this and what it would look like to reverse movement and time in space.