35mm Third Shoot: Final Images

Above are some examples of the third shoot which I shot on 35 mm chromogenic film. I was pleased with only a few shots, in particular the image of the tree on the hill. I think it works very well with the chosen image of my model looking at the camera. I aimed to capture a sense of eeriness and I feel that I achieved this in these images. 

Symbolic Reasoning Behind The Images

The reason I will put two of my studio shots with two film shots of landscapes is because I want the images to clash as well as having a link of symbolism between them. The narrative behind the woman in the shot is that she is starting to face her fears of isolation. I chose certain lighting to make it look as though she is staring into the light, the light being realisation. The two shots that will accompany the studio images are symbolic of her emotions and the narrative. I had the tree because I feel it symbolises mother nature, something the woman associates her emotions and feelings with, but the emptiness and eeriness that surrounds the tree symbolises her feeling of isolation and emptiness. The symbolic reasoning behind the veil on her face is that a veil is traditionally for a bride, covering the face before she choses to share her life with her significant other. I wanted to link my images slightly with the idea of Miss Havisham, and instead of staying in her wedding dress and being surrounded by all her wedding food etc, my model covers her face with a dark veil, the opposite to the traditional pure white veil. Symbolising the same idea that she has been stuck in the same moment, the moment she was left alone at the alter, however my character is hiding her emotions and face away from her realities, unlike Miss Havisham who refuses to face the reality of the situation by having time stand still.

The story behind the woman is that she is the modern day Miss Havisham. Modern in the sense that she has to face the fears of isolation as a single woman in a modern world where this is seen as 'independence' and a part of being independent means she is to embrace being alone. In my chosen images I have her looking up at the sea crashing against the groyne. The symbolism of the landscape image here is nature crashing against a man made implement. The crashing waves and the wrath of the tide (the tide connecting to the nature of women also) against what man made (the groyne) is symbolic of the womans emotions and the wrath of the waves has only been created by something man made.

Each image becomes symbolic of the narrative, the crashing waves are symbolic of the womans emotions, her emotions are crashing against what the man has made, which in this narrative, is her isolation. She then faces her fears and stares directly into the lens, with an image of the isolated tree surrounded purely by nature and nothing man made. The final image is the woman realising that her fate is to let nature have it's way and leave her desolate, as nature intended for her all along.