Narrative: What is your story?
Describe in:

• 3 words

Documenting utopian girlhood

• A sentence

Documenting this idea of feminine utopian through the idea of girlhood, and friendship.

• A paragraph

Through the documentation of feminine utopia, I will be exploring this stereotypical idea of girlhood and the stereotypical view of a teenage fantasy. As well as taking inspiration from Kurland and Honey I will be allowing to explore and interpret this in my own view and the reality of girlhood.

Design: Consider the following

• How you want your book to look and feel
• Paper and ink
• Format, size and orientation
• Binding and cover
• Title 
• Structure and architecture
• Design and layout
• Editing and sequencing
• Images and text

DESIGN OF PHOTOBOOK:

In my photo book I want to try and achieve a feminine aesthetic by editing the tones to more pink and blue, which often has connotations of femininity. In order of the layout I will be alternating between landscape and portrait images, however I will be exploring how the images will look together so I can try and create a narrative, therefore the in terms of the layout of images I will be experimenting and seeing what works. The editing of the images will be unique for each image depending on the location and time taken for example; night or day, outside or inside. In terms of the title, I am planning on naming my book ‘Teenage Fantasy’ which cis clearly portrayed in my photobook. My photobook will clearly show the narrative of teenage girls and what is looks and feels like to be a teenage girl, part of girlhood and strong bonds with your friends. In my photobook you will be able to see the different ways in which girls ‘seek‘ girlhood and stereotypes and where girls ‘challenge‘ he typical stereotypes. For my front cover I am still unsure if I want an image or material, however I will experiment will multiple options and come to a conclusion, however if use a image from my front cover I would use a calm sunset in order to keep the front cover minimalistic. The sequencing of the images will be repeated as I like an organised aesthetic in my photobook, like I did in my coursework. I will possibly add small text, by naming the images or adding dates however I will not be right adding any narrative text.

In terms of the exam theme my photobook clearly has a range of series of images, that show me observing, seeking and challenging femininity and teenage girlhood. I believe my images have a good interpretation of my artist case studies while also creating my own work from my own creativity.

SCREENSHOT OF PHOTOBOOK; UNFINISHED:

FOR MY FRONT AND BACK COVER, I AM STILL DECIDING WHETHER I WANT A PHOTO OR A PLAIN MATERIAL COVER, LIKE THE ONE FOR MY COURSEWORK.

THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE BEGINNING OF MY PHOTOBOOK, WHICH SHOWS THE AESTHETIC AND LAYOUT OF MY IMAGES, HOWEVER THIS IS ONLY A DRAFT AND THE IMAGE COULD GET MOVED AROUND.

LAYOUT:

This layout will be repeated throughout my photobook. Seen through the screenshot, the page seen a the start has a black page this is because the first page could possibly have a title on it depending how I want my front page to be displayed. Then through it alternates between one landscape on the left, and two on the right page or a portrait image. This is so I could include both landscape and portrait images.