In reference back to my planning mind map, I aim to include a way of incorporating my friends and I to aid my portrayal of this subversion against the church. In my recent research of Christianity in Jersey, I discovered religion among the islanders is in decline. particularly among the younger generations. Being a seventeen male growing up in Jersey, I obviously come under this ‘irreligious’ category, along with my atheist group of friends. This provides me an opportunity to subvert against the church using my friends. In the way Paul M Smith captures himself acting in a silly and mischievous manner which lives up to the stereotypes of young men, I hope to create and capture similar images of me and my friends mocking the church by challenging its faith and power over people.
I will request my friends to stay in their normal clothes and just be their typical silly selves. I plan to take the shoot on Saturday night, a day I usually dedicate to socializing with my friends. Conveniently, the sixth day of the week, which is of course Saturday, is according to the Bible, the day God created man. However, like Smith’s images, I want to include alcoholic beverages and other frowned upon actions, for example, the process of smoking, just two of the common ten factors which have seemed to trouble the modern youth.