Thursday, 8 March 2012

Final edit

For my final outcome I wanted an image that was bold and delivered the message I wanted. The message I wanted to get across is that viewers are being manipulated when viewing skincare ads through a perfect perception of beauty which is false, because of the post production used to get flawless facial features. 
There are many flaws with skincare ads for example...
  1. Women models are being manipulated through what photographers/ editors to in post production, and sometimes the models are unaware of this
  2. Women look at themselves in different way because of the way these models look, it can spark insecurity
  3. Men have a high expectation of how women should look
  4. Perception of "perfection" and beauty changes through time



This is my chosen final photoshop composite. In the previous post I posted all of the choices for my final, I then asked for some advice on which to pick on our  Facebook page, the overall favourite was this one. I like this edit because of the following...

  • I have included quotes/ statistics/ phrases that are frequently used by skincare product campaigns. In the original edit these phrases were a lot more bold. I have applied a smaller transparency of the text layers, for my final because I don't want it to control the viewers gaze. 
  • The lazers have worked well in showing the destructive nature of viewing these adverts
  • The use of the distort and perspective tool has made it look as the eye balls are looking at the ad
  • The barcode shows viewers identitys are being covered distorted through the falseness of the ads
  • Barbed wire evokes a danger/ the controlling nature of these ads
  • Black background helps to create a bold overall image

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