Title/question: The essay should focus on the title or question which i am addressing for this personal study. The title needs to involve the idea of Greek mythology/ the ideal body but also the idea of males being so obsessed with the gym.
Introduction: In my introduction i will explain the main body of my essay and what i am trying to discuss. The beginning paragraph will begin with a quote, and will contain artist movements and other photographers which i have been influenced by.
Essay ideas:
- How the idea of the perfect body is explored through the idea of Greek Sculpture
- How the idea of the perfect body is explored
Paragraph ideas:
- How photographers capture movement (Eadweard Muybridge’s chronotopia – the human figure in motion – illustrations
- How Greek sculptures have presented the human body since BC to give us the idea of the ideal form
- How we have been presented with the perfect form/ultimate thing to be (Plato)
- Why younger men are getting more interested into the gym/ more into fitness
- How males are presented in photography / media
Planning stage:
The essay needs to follow a strict structure, where i focus on the thing i want to discuss one after the other. I will discuss my essay title and have a topic of discussion for each paragraph. I will be hoping to have 4-5 large paragraphs which i will discuss my essay in extra detail.