Evaluation of FMP

Over all, I am pleased with the outcome for my Final Major Project. I think that I developed my ideas thoroughly and was able to gradually learn from mistakes and slight errors made earlier on and work on them to create something much more meaningful and well planned. I think I am mainly pleased with the fact that my finals are almost exactly how I pictured them to look in my mind, which is something I struggled with initially. I'm particularly pleased with the shot of Miss Havisham looking directly at the camera with the tree beside her, mostly because of the atmosphere that I feel has been captured here, the eeriness of the location choice, as well as the lighting choices for the studio. If I were to re-do the images I would work on the technicalities of the film shoot of the landscapes, some of the images were a bit flat and possibly don't connect well lighting wise with the other images in the studio. I could have possibly gone further with that side of the project and taken either twilight shots or shots of the night, such as the sea at night and the moon. I personally feel that my concepts were developed well and I was able to show this through my imagery, I have analysed each image properly and always thought about how the images might be portrayed to an audience, but focusing on how I want an audience to view my images with my concepts in mind. I wanted to create my own twist on an iconic character through history, whilst adapting the original ' Great Expectations' narrative to make my own, and then process this into my imagery, and I aimed to do this throughout the project until I was finally pleased with an overall outcome.
If I could re do anything I would probably experiment and push my ideas further, possibly developing the narrative a bit more, producing more images in different locations. I would definitely like to do a shoot in Preston Manor house, as I feel this would really benefit my storyline and images. I would also have liked to experiment with lighting and composition a bit more in the studio, although I find being in the studio can be restricting at times, especially with a set concept in mind. I think I took my own individual take on a well known narrative and made it my own, so over all I am looking forward to presenting my final pieces in the exhibition and possibly developing the images further over the summer.