Final, for real ;D

After last week's feedback I was in a little bit of a funk, but once I sat down and really stared at my last attempt, I couldn't have agreed more with your comments. It just felt like I was trying to say too much with too much. I took a slightly more simplistic approach this time around, and honestly, the message is just as strong, if not stronger in my opinion. I hope you like this one better, because I certainly do! :)

 

 American Sins/Stereotypes

A little explanation for the design choices made.

Even though I have already explained my reasoning and purpose for my execution of this assignment, since we won't be meeting in class until we present, I thought I would explain some of my design choices in advanced. I chose the font specifically because it reminded me of old type writers that were commonly used through out the 19th and 20th centuries. Faith, morals, and the overall outlooks on life back then were so different than they are now. While all of the above subjects/topics existed back then, they weren't nearly as common, important, or accepted as they are by our society today. However, even though faith and morals seem to be slowly fading out of our society (represented by small font size), our country is still a united country, people are still fighting for their rights, and as a country we are always changing and growing. So while we are certainly not perfect, and while it definitely wouldn't hurt to change these particular aspects about our country, we are still all united (represented by the circle).

Nearing Completion!

Hello! Alrighty, so I have made my layout with the images I took over Thanksgiving break, however I have three different variations which I need help deciding from. Below are my three different variations. What do you think? The text going around the images is the quote from the movie Se7en that I've included in the last few posts. I wasn't sure if I should include what each picture represents, but I figured with the additional elements of the piece that the topics would be fairly obvious.

I would love all thoughts and comments!

Thanks!

Update! :D

Hello! So I did my photo shoot over Thanksgiving break, and I just want to keep shooting this theme forever!! Haha, I had SO much fun and am loving how this is going so far! 

Here are my finalized images for each of my "American Stereotypes/Sins"

Frivolous Spending

 Promiscuity

 Ignorance

 Vices

 Gluttony

 Vanity

Like I said, I had a blast shooting these.

From this point, I will be playing around with the quote from the movie, Se7en that I referred to in my last post;

"A woman... so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever."

 

I was also thinking about using an overlay of the American flag over these images, just to keep playing with my concept. 

Interesting story:

I was talking to my friend Marjuan, who is an immigrant from the Middle East, and I was discussing my project with him. I didn't realize at the time how great it was to discuss this with someone who had originally lived in another country that saw and heard these stereotypes about Americans all the time. He shared with me that those were ALL things that were joked about Americans. He told me that when people in the Middle East imitate what Americans look like, they pull on their ear lobes and puff our their cheeks, AKA playing on the idea that we're all fat and over indulge. I have to say, after speaking to him, it made me even more motivated and love this project even more! Hopefully by viewing these images, people who are desensitized to all of the above can take a step back and look at themselves, any perhaps change some of their habits? Who knows, but I love thinking it could happen. :)

 

 

Thanks! I hope you enjoy!