Project Plan:

For my project plan and statement of intent, I will be presenting the idea of ‘Union’ through the ‘Union Jack (flag)’. Firstly, this is because the Union Jack flag is made up from the kingdoms of England and Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. I can implant this idea of the Union Jack into so many different ideas such as, involving a cup of tea, the land/sea, or finally through older people v younger people and how they have grown up and been from the UK their whole life. A few artists I spoke about which relate to my theme of Union, were Banksy and Andrew Scott. Banksy uses the Union Jack Flag widely commonly in his art work with making pieces all around England and even for some popular music artists like Stormzy where he designed a bullet proof vest with the Union Jack flag on the front of it which Stormzy wore to a concert and is now selling for one million pounds.

I will get a lot of different Union Jack flags, England flags, Scotland & Wales flags, all different sizes, textures, shapes, designs, some tinted/faded, some not actual flags but the flag still on objects such as a cup of tea with the Union Jack flag on it, which I can implant into creating photoshoots with. Also, I could create some bunting and place it round in the studio or in an environment I like which matches my theme.

I created these drawings of a few ideas I will be trying to recreate using photoshoots and photoshop with each flag overlapping one another till the top flag being the Union Jack Flag. I also will try the 3 flags in a row next to one another but with the Union Jack flag in the middle and the England flag and Scotland flag each side of it, merging into the Union Jack flag to create it and show how they both make up the main Union Jack flag.

I will be creating the ‘overlapping’ images by putting a tripod low to the ground angled nearly straight ahead, then take a photograph of the England flag on the ground floor, then I would keep the tripod in the same position but instead I would put the Scotland flag on a small white box or platform, then take another photograph and then finally the same idea with another small box/platform on top of the first box/platform, to create more lift on the flag and then place the Union Jack flag on top of both platforms to create the lifted look and how the other two flags are below it but merge together to showcase the full Union Jack flag. I would then use photoshop to edit out the platforms underneath the flags and edit all of the flags to have the same background giving them a ‘floated’ look/idea, which will direct the viewer more towards how the England and Scotland flag are beneath and within the Union Jack flag and come together to create the final Union Jack flag everyone sees.

I will also be going out in my car driving around the island taking photographs of anything that relates/gives off the impression of ‘Iconic British things’. These will be things such as an ice-cream truck open on a cloudy day near a beach. This is very British because cloudy and foggy days are seen as ‘British’, and especially because the ice-cream truck is open and selling ice-creams, shows that this weather is a norm to everyone. Another example would be Gorey Castle with the Union Jack flag waving on top of it and the Jersey flag. I can also implant this idea by having Gorey Castle as the background and having tea-pots or cups in front of it, which are very British. I can also take photographs of ‘British Sports’, such as rugby, (photographs of a rugby ball), cricket, (photographs of a cricket bat), and other sports. Finally, I will be taking photographs of Pubs, the inside and outside of a generic British looking pub with the bar in the background and a close-up of the draft machines.