Establishing Shot and Detail Shot

What is establishing shot?

Establishing a shot project is group portraiture of two or more family members where you are constructing an image which tells a story. The images can be staged of observed and the main focus is conveying a sense of narrative.

Group Photographer- Sian Davey

Sian Davey is a British photographer who focuses on photographing her family, community and self and takes a lot of group photography with her friends. She was born in Brighton 1964 and studied painting and social policy at the University Of Brighton where she got her two degrees. She took up her photography properly in 2014 after being a psychotherapist for 15 years.

Her photography practice mostly focuses on her community (friends) and her family which had been influenced by her background in psychology.

Sian Davey’s Image Moodboard

Her style

• Uses different depth of fields
• Photographs both of family and friends
• Coloured images
• High shutter speed for fully focused images
• High ISO

Analysation Image

Technical analysis- We can see a good quality camera has been taken to take this image and it has a depth of field to it which we can see from the fully focused people in the picture, compared to the blurred background with has been intended. I guess a medium shutter speed of around 1/250 has been used for this image due to their being no unintended blur, the ISO also must of been quite low as their is no grain on the picture. The overall exposure also could of been high because of the amount of light in the image, making it a well lit image. The white balance also would have been a natural lighting use as the image is outside.

Visual analysis- Visually we can see that this is a colour image with 10 teenagers in the image. They are all dressed in different ways, showing their unique styles which they express through clothing. Smoking, alcohol and snacks can also be seen in the image which is showing the typical life of a teenager as most experiment with smoking/ alcohol. Two speakers can also be seen in this image, suggesting their listening to music while socialising. All teens are seen sitting close to one another, also creating the idea that their all very close friends etc.

Conceptual analysis- Conceptually this image suggests experimentation as a teenager which is done through the rallies, cigarettes, beers and factors which aren’t easily seen in the image.

Planning my photoshot

For my photo shoot, i plan to take images of two female friends in a group photo, and will use a Canon Camera and plan to use flash photography to take these images. They will be representing typical teenage life, however, seeing as im not allowed to included smoking/ alcohol in my photography, the models with show the typical teenage life, including telephones, food etc.

Unedited Best Images

Editing my images plan

For editing my images, i don’t plan to do a whole lot of editing. Just editing the simple brightness, contrast, saturation etc.. This being as i already like the images the way they are.

Editing my images

Final Best Edited Images

What is a detail shot?

Detail shots usually tell a story of a situation by focusing on a certain detail/ small detail of a large picture.

Detail Photography- Martin Parr

Parr was born 1952 on May 23rd and is a British documentary photographer and photojournalist who is known for his photographic projects which have certain looks on modern life and document particular social classes all over England. He constantly flows images which are released by the media and the photographs allow us to see the world from a unique perspective.

His images are regularly described as exaggerated from the heavy edits and posed images, some even describe a few of them as grotesque due to the motif’s he chooses are strange, along with the color choices being unusual. His images are that overwhelming that they can also be seen as ‘propaganda’.

Mood Board of his Detail Shot Images

His Style

• Takes images in colour
• Different Depth of Fields used
• Images of both people and objects
• Images usually by the seaside/ outdoors
• High shutter speed usually used

Image Analysis

Technical analysis- A simple camera setting has been used in this piece which has allowed for the detailed shot to be done properly and make it successful. It seems as if a flash lighting has been used on this image due to the colours being very bright while having small shadows on the background. The flash is creating a a warm tone due to the low ISO being used. They’re also seems to be a hight shutter speed used as their is no intended blur. The doughnut is also the main focus of this image which is placed in the hands with a small depth of field to make the doughnut pop.

Visual Analysis- Their is a image of a child holding a sugared doughnut which has been bitted into at the top. The doughnut is placed in the middle of the image, however the image is fully in the frame which is helping to draw us into the photograph. The main focus is clearly the doughnut which is suggested because of its central positining of the food in the frame. The frame of the photo also tells us about the image, as the small hands are representing a child, as well as the dirty fingernails which a grown adult would. to normally have. The vibrate coloured coat also suggested childless and the grip the child has on the doughnut which is vert tight, suggests he/she is excited.

Conceptual analysis- In my personal opinion, Parr wanted to capture modern life which is clearly shown in the photograph.

Planning my Photoshoots

I plan to use Martin Parr as a heavy influence in my images, a plan to take detailed pictures of elements which I find interest me.

Unedited Best Images

Edting images plan

gggg

Editing my images

I have done small edits to my images as I want them to look as raw and non edited as possible. I have mostly cropped the images to be able to focus of the detail of the pictures more, I have also changed the brightness, exposure, off all the images in order to give them the same feel. These elements allowed me to create darkness in the small amount of backgrounds in the image, as well as the highlights being able to be seen more clearly.

Overall Best Images

Joan was age six when the occupation of Jersey Channel Islands first started and had only been in school two years before hand. She lived in the middle of Jersey, at the highest point (Le Platon) and was an only child. Due to being an only child, she says her parents didn’t baby her at such a young age and she knew the circumstances of the situation the people of Jersey were in. Her living in the north coast of jersey meant that she could see over France and witnessed the Germans settling over in France before deciding to come to Jersey, meaning she was so close to the country that she could hear the bombing going on.

3-4 days before the Germans arrived in Jersey, Joan helped her mother put up white flags in her garden to stop them shooting at the area. June 1940 is when everything started. The family heard the planes come over above their heads which is when Joan met with her five year old female neighbour and they sat in the deserted roads watching the planes fly above them. However, due to their being a rumour that bombing was taking place on Victoria Avenue (St. Helier) Joan’s mother moved the children to under the bushes on the side of the road, sheltered out of sight from the Germans. The three of them sat over night listing to the planes go by, listing to the bombings which she described as being overpoweringly loud and mostly watching the stars in the sky which she found very relaxing.

Living in the highest point of Jersey meant that once the Germans had overtaken Jersey, they then set up base in the area which Joan was living as it was a good point for the Germans so shoot over at France while being able to also see what was coming towards them. Cliffs around the area were also blocked off meaning Joan could no longer play along the cliff edges which she expressed was an activity she used to do a lot. Although the Germans and France were shooting at each other, the germans also used to trade good with them to allow people in Jersey to live. This was the time where ration booklets also came and everyone had to track the amount of food they were buying, and the shop keepers could see the amount that they were allowed to be given. Depending on your occupation depended on the amount of food you got. Joan’s mother cheated at this system and registered her occupation as being a farmer as there was a farm next door to her house, this was believable and allowed the family to get 5grams more of food. The dates people bought food was also noted in these booklets in small squares in the top right hand side. The amount of food being given was no where near enough to last people a week and meant that people started to grow crops, sometimes illegally.

At this point in time the Germans introduced rules to keep the islanders in line, the first being a military zone which meant islanders couldn’t go on beaches. The curfew time was also brought in where in summer everyone had to be home by 10pm and in winter 9pm, no one was allowed out the house until 6am the next day creating restricted movement and allowed the germans to do whatever they lived during this time. During this time blackouts were also happening and everyone had to black out their windows with cardboard to stop any light shining to the outside at nighttime. All radios and other electronics had been taken away to stop people knowing what was happening at this point as well.

The brits are known for liking their tea, and of course there was no rations of tea being given out meaning people had to make their own. This consisted of grating parsnips which people grew, oven baking the parsnip until brown and then pouring hot water onto the parsnip which made a tea favour. If you wanted to buy supplemented off other people you had to use the new German phennings which was money at this point.

Coming back onto people growing their own crops, farmers were told how much they were allowed to grow which was a very restricted amount and kind of made no point of every growing stuff in the first place. They also couldn’t cheat this system as the Germans kept a very close eye on how much everyone was growing. Joan said most people kept to the rules (95%) but the other 5% were punished if not staying in line.

Process of Elimination

Planning my Editing Process

Editing Coloured Images

Black and White Image Edits

High Contrast Edited Images

Best Edited Images

• Age 6 when the Occupation of Jersey first started
• Lived on the east coast of Jersey which allowed her to have a view of the French Coast
• When the occupation first started she heard the original bombing which took place in France, before the Germans came over to Jersey
• She and her five year old neighbour used to play on the roads around their houses, watching the planes fly around the outcast of France and above them in Gorey, flying towards St.Helier (Victoria Avenue)
• It was heard that bombing were taking place on Victoria Avenue which is in the parish of St.Helier/ St.Lawrence of Jersey.
• Mothers moved the children from the street to be undercover in bushes which allowed them to be protected from the sight of planes when the bombings took place in the middle of the island.
• She explained the bombings to be very loud although she spent most of that night looking at the starts in the sky which stood out due to the ash. It was said that she also found looking at the stars very relaxing.
• The Germans overtook Jersey and set up base on the highest point of Jersey which is known as Les Plutons. They used this part to shoot over at France as the height gave them a clear shot.
• Once the Germans overtook, rules were introduced.
• The first was that households had to put up white sheets outside their houses to show the Germans that they could enter.
• Secondly, that each family had to have a ration booklet. The booklet contained removable stamps which were used to purchase the essential food items such as sugar, cooking oil, canned goods and meats.
• The family lent their ration booklet to someone and they never gave it back due to having a massive shortage of food.
• Due to living next to a farm, Joan’s mother wrote her occupation as being a farmer which allowed her to get more o the essential items, and it was believable because of the location they lived in. Making them lucky.
• Thirdly, the Germans then introduced a curfew for the people who lived in the military zone. The times for these being 9pm in the winter and 10pm in the summer, and you weren’t allowed back outside until 6am.
• Black outs were also introduced where every house had to black out their windows with cardboard in order to not let any light outside the house. Street lamps were also turned off making pure darkness.
• Lastly, a German currency was introduced called ‘Marks and Pfennig’, the amount each person got was up to the original amount they had in English.
• A typical substitute for tea and coffee during these time was parsnips browned on the stove and mixed with boiling water.
• For farmers who originally grew crops for a living, there was a restriction on how much they could grow in the war and it was kept an eye on by the germans to ensure the rules were followed.
• Joan’s family would go and collect the remains of the corn left over from August’s harvest and stash it in their apron sacs without the Germans seeing. The corn would allow them to take it to the mill or hide the corn
• The overall 95% of Jersey Channel Islands followed the rules and got on with the Germans, it was only if you were to mistreat the Germans and not follow rules that there would be a serious problem.

The Jersey War Tunnels are based in Jersey Channel Islands and were built for WWII (the second World War) in order to protect people from air-raids but later turned into an Emergency hospital for there injured, based underground. It was created through forced labour, 5,000 slaves being forced to build a 1,000 meter long and 50 meters deep tunnel which made a large area which protected the injured as well as German Soldiers during world war two. The tunnels are now one of the biggest tourists attractions in Jersey which allows the public to explore the tunnels with the personal stories to go along with it. When attending the tour myself we were told that the tunnels were never actually completed and have gained the name ‘ The Unfinished Tunnels’ which are all on display.

During my trip to the War Tunnels, as a group I explored different rooms, all which had different stories and events to them which we were allowed to photograph and allowed me to gain more understanding of the war. I used a Canon camera which allowed me to take in focus images of the facilities at the war tunnels. One of the rooms which I took interest in was the room which showed daily life. Daily life was shown to be difficult for the islanders in the war, mostly towards the end of the war because of the shortages of food which led every islander to become desperate. No one had any clue as too when the war would end, leading islanders to be in dark places mentally. The tour included a visual representation as to how small the daily rations actually were.

Analysation of shoot/ edit plan

I was informed before hand that the tunnels are very dark which led me to turning up the ISO to a high setting on my camera. My overall camera setting was on manual focus which allowed me to adjust the camera settings easily, as well as allow me to have range of different depth of fields. When in the tunnels I wanted to use the flash on my camera in some of the especially dark places and I thought that the overall image would benefit from the setting, as well as different angles. I found that these camera settings worked for me as I got my desired aesthetic.

Process of Elimination

Planning my Editing Process

For my editing process, I plan to use Adobe Lightroom Classic which will allow me to make simple edits to little things I need. I am quite happy with my original images due to having knowledge on what sort of settings to have my camera on because of the dark surroundings. Therefore, I do not feel as if I need dramatic edits except small things such as contrast, highlights, cropping images, brightness etc.

Editing Process

Best Edited Images

Technical Analysis X3- My overall camera setting was on manual focus which allowed me to adjust the camera settings easily, as well as allow me to have range of different depth of fields. When in the tunnels I wanted to use the flash on my camera in some of the especially dark places and I thought that the overall image would benefit from the setting, as well as different angles. I found that these camera settings worked for me as I got my desired aesthetic.

Visual Analysis X3- Visually these images have been taken from a straight on angle which allows for the whole image to be seen, as well as the fact that the images have been taken without a depth of field.

Comparing Edited and Unedited Images

• 

• 

Jersey Archive is a public institution which stores private materials such as images, occupation registration, jersey evening post images hospital records, and testaments. However, the archives priority is the preservation of documents which are carefully placed in acid free materials and kept in the correct conditions. The archive members are very good at making the preserved images accessible to the local community.

This archive can be used for tracing history and learning about the occupation in Jersey.

The role and purpose of the archive

A role of an archive is to help and preserve the history of Jersey so residence of jersey and others who are interested in the topic of jersey occupation can learn more on the islands history. This is important as remembering history on how societies learn from their past mistakes.

Occupation registration card

• 

• 

• 

• 

It was announced in Jersey Channel islands that men and women over the age of 14 had to be registered under Registration and Identification of Persons Order, which was declared December 1940. This had been done in order to control movement in and out of Jersey, as well as to restrict the moment.

The physical cards show the details of the islander living in the occupation, such as identification (picture), address and family details. All islanders were given the physical card which the Nazis authorities kept the official set of each copy which are more stored at Jersey Archive.

Each card also came with a blue form which provided extra information that was not on the card such as physical peculiarities and any military service experience. The same of children under the age of 14 were also behind the men cards.

The Germans had to carry these registration cards in order to be easily identified if stopped by troops. The cards were regularly updated and as soon as children met the age requirement of 14 they were immediate given a ID card.

Research- Gladys May Green

Above we can see the registration card of Gladys May Green, a Jersey Resident. The card is as of a normal registration. card found in the occupation, ruling her out of not being a jersey resident or an immigrant. Looking further into the card we can see that she was born in the south east of Jersey in St.Clements 30th December 1902.

The blue registration card which she would have was not published online, therefore do not know about her more personal details such as, the colour of hair, eye colour, children etc. Though we don’t have accurate results of these factors, looking at her image we can guess she had short brown/dark coloured hair, dark coloured eyes (either hazel for brown) and a round face.

Furthermore, we can see that Gladys status was ‘married’ which is shown in the middle of the card is very squiggled writing. This is then linking with her occupation being a ‘housewife’ which is shown on the line below. The role of a housewife is basically a home keeper where she would keep the home running in an orderly fashion. This included doing things such as caring for children, buying, cooking, and storing food for the family, buying everyday needs, cleaning, and overall maintaining the home. She also would have prepared dinner for the family every evening which would have been challenging with the rations given to every home, and due to her not being a farmer she would have gotten the normal amount of rations and not a larger amount. From a logical point of view, i guess that Gladys would have also been in charge of putting up the white sheets to black out their windows to stop the home light shining to the outside.

Looking into the squiggly writing pin the ‘Residential Address’ line I have made out that she used to live in a cottage which had a line through in in red pen, showing that she had moved home and the address wasn’t renewed on her card. Although I did try to find her husbands occupation card on the Jersey Heritage website, I couldn’t find him and therefore we can only guess that her husband could of been quite wealthy and therefore moved them to a safer location, or that they both died in the war.

Environmental and Candid Photography

What is environmental photography?

Environmental photography is the type of photography which photographers take images in a ‘natural environment’ for artistic, research or monitoring progress/ purpose. Examples of someones ‘natural environment’ could be someone working at work (nurse at a hospital, men in an office, barista making coffee), could also be a genuine natural environment which includes nature and shows progress of climate change etc. A formal portrait with emphasis on environment and setting of the model that may suggest the person’s social, economic and cultural background.

Environmental photographer- Larry Sultan

The American photographer, Larry Sultan grew up in San Fernando Valley in California. He started his career in the 70s as a conceptual photographer, publishing his first collection as a photographer in 1977 called ‘Evidence’ with fellow photographer Mike Mandel. Sultan also worked as a teacher from the years of 1977-2009, first at San Francisco Arty Institute for a year, as well as California College of the Arts, 1989-2009. In the duration of this time he also produced his most known project/exhibition ‘Pictures From Home’ (1992), which includes him using his own parents in the long decade project. The primary subjects of his parents are used in creating familial mythologies. This project was more of a staged photoshoot showing his conceptual photographer side.

Larry Sultan’s Image Mood Board

His style

• Images of people
• Up to date camera
• Posed images
• High shutter speed for fully focused images
• High ISO

Analysation Image

Technical Analysis- Although this image was taken in the 90s, we can see that a good quality camera has been used in order to create a fully focused image, making it a good analysation image. There has been no intended blur used on this image showing that that photographer has likely used a high shutter speed, as well as a fairly low ISO as there is no grain to the picture and it is overall very clear. Exposure of the image also seems to be high which I’m guessing from the lightness out the background white sheet and outside, making the inside of the image a lot darker, showing a contrast.

Visual Analysis- Visually we can see that there is one person in the image who is a male and has previously been mentioned as Sultans father. He is dressed in white shorts and a blue polo neck, suggesting he has dressed himself in golfing gear due to the golf club he Is holding as well as typical golf players wearing white and polo necks. This could symbolise wealth and upperclass as usual golf players are usually wealthy due to the golf clubs being very expensive to purchase which his father has a hold of in his own home.

Conceptual Analysis- Conceptually I think that Sultan was wanting to represent wealth in his image as he has instructed his father to wear certain clothing, hold an expensive gold club and be positioned on his green carpet to represent a field.

Planning my Environmental Photography shoot

For my environmental shoot i am planning to use a Canon Camera on manual focus which will allow me to adjust the shutter speed, depth of field, aperture etc, in order to create a fully focused image. Due to environmental photography being images of people in their environment, i plan to take images of my grandmother in her working environment as she is a house sitter. These images should include the jobs she does for the person she cares for. I also plan to take images of my mother at home. As an extra i will also take images of my friends in their working environments.

Environmental Photo Shoot

Unedited images

Editing my images

What is Candid Photography?

Candid photography is taking un posed pictures which are natural. The nature of this type of photography is unrelated to the subjects knowledge or consent to that the images are being taken.

Candid Photographer- Richard Billingham

Billingham was born 25th September 1970 and is an English photographer/artist who made films and was also a teacher. He is best known for a photography book called ‘Ray’s A Laugh’ published in 1996 which documents the life of his alcoholic father Ray and obese, heavily tattooed mother. This project portrayed the poverty and deprivation in which he grew up in, to do so he chose to use the cheapest film and development he could find, again helping to represent his poor childhood. At first glance his parents are presented as grotesque figures as his father was an alcoholic, drunk. While his mother is seen as an obese chain smoker who had a large obsession for ‘NickNacks’. I found that this work was interesting due to the different personalities in the family which all heavily contrast each other.

His style

• Flash photography
• High shutter speed for fully focused images
• Unposed images
• Images of people/ mostly family
• Images usually include food as an extra subject

Image analysis

Technical analysis- This image has been taken with flash lighting which can be seen from the color contrast of the image. We can also tell that the image would have been taken with a high shutter speed to allow the image to be fully focused, as well as allowing light into the camera. The image portrays that a cheap camera has been used to take the image which helps to contrast the quality of the image with the quality of his life/ the environment they are in.

Visual analysis- Visually we can see that there is one person in the image who is obviously female and can be seen to the right of the image, making it an uneven photograph. The woman can be seen as dressed in her pyjamas/ house wear which is a flowered long dress which comes to her ankles and her slippers. Her hair is also in a short curly bob with either intentional or unintentional black eye makeup around her eyes. These aspects suggest that she is quite lazy, hence why her makeup is smudged under her eyes, she has her hands behind her head and feet up on the sofa suggesting she is tired and is resting. We know from background information that these images are unposed images as this is ‘candid photography’.

Conceptual analysis- The underlying concept of the image is general family life, as the image is representing the mother of the family.

Planning my Candid Photography shoot

For my environmental shoot i am planning to use a Canon Camera on manual focus which will allow me to adjust the shutter speed, depth of field, aperture etc, in order to create a fully focused image. For the images I plan to take images of my brother at home on his playstation, and this will be a good candid image as he is always very focused on the game he plays. I also plan to take images of my friends, mostly at school as well as in their working environments but as a candid image. I also plan to take these images with a flash to show the Billingham effect.

Chosen Unedited Images

Edited Images

Finished Images

• 

Born in 1885 Jersey Channel Islands, Francis Foot’s desire to be a photographer started when phonogram records were realised and no noticed he could make a career out of it, therefore leading his family to open up a second store after his fathers occupation being a glass and china dealer at the time St Helier was affluent. He worked at the second store as a photographer and sold both photogram and gramophone records.

His interests in photography is shown within portraiture work where he captured images of Jersey citizens. At the time where he was taking these images it helped to show the cultural aspects of society which makes the work in the 20th century look better. He also looked into family portraiture and would occasionally capture his own family which is sometimes seen. Wealth was sometimes seen in the background of his images, as we;; as personal lives of the subjects.

Francis Foot’s Work

Her style

• Black and white imagery
• Mixture of high and low shutter speeds for different depth of fields
• Old camera with not many settings
• High ISO settings
• Exposure is usually at a high setting shown through the white parts of images
• Images in natural enviroments

Analysation image

Technical analysis- We can see that the camera used in this image was clearly not as good as a modern camera, making it more difficult to analyse the technical elements in this photograph. Due to the no intended blur of the photograph there was likely a high shutter speed used, there also could of been a high ISO used in order to create the grain in the image but this also could of been because of the poor camera quality. Exposure of the image also seems to be high because of how bright the dress looking in comparison to the bottom right of the picture which has created a slight blur. There has been a narrow depth of field used as the focus is on the child and stroller while the background of bushes is blurred. Previously mentioned Francis takes his pictures in a natural environment, thus taken outdoors which is is suggesting natural lighting as also being used to take this image. The image was taken in the 20th century, explaining the black and white.

Visual analysis- Visually we can see that there is one child in the photo, presented a little of the left of the picture and she is dressed in a white dress. The white could symbolise purity in the family giving an idea of upper class and wealth. The positing of the child could be planned as she is looking at the camera and has her hand on the baby stroller which could be seen as a posing position, therefore un naturalistic.

Conceptual analysis- I think that Francis wanted to show the wealth of the child in this image as the little girl can be seen in a clean white dress, a bow in her hair to represent purity, shiny black shoes, and is also captured next to a expensive looking baby stroller. This is showing that the children have a good life due to the financial situation of the parents, showing the contextual factor of how the class system had affected Jersey Channel Islands. This image is showing Francis is proud of his financial situation and what he can provide his children with, almost as if the took these images to brag.

The South African born photographer Michelle Sank specialises in portraiture and her work looks into “the preoccupation of the human condition”, meaning that her work includes exploring and developing the main aspects of life, such as birth, growth (emotionally and physically) and conflict. All making up the basics of human existence and are things which every living person will experience throughout our lifetime. Sank documents social and cultural diversity and allows for comparison on the different ways each individual lives their lives with everyone having a different cultural background, ethnic groups and experiences.

Michelle Sank’s Different Project Mood Boards

Her style

• Uses natural lighting
• Subjects focused in the middle of the image
• Background and subject match
• Posed photography (she tells them how to pose)
• Contrast in some images
• Uses a high shutter speed for fully focused images
• Takes images of people

Analysation image

This image was taken from Michelle’s project “In My Skin”. This image is representing the individualism which can be found in different communities.

Technical analysis- The noticeable techniques used to take this image would of included a relatively high exposure as there is little shadowing, shading or overall extreme contrast which is helping to add a freshness to the image, adding a contrast in her dark tattoos and the background image, as well as helping to open up the picture. There also seems to be a good amount of natural light in the picture which is suggesting that very little editing was used, adding a rawness to the image as it isn’t overly edited and helps to again show a difference between her fake tattooed skin and her raw unedited overall picture.

Visual analysis- The subject of ‘In My Skin’ is represented through physical appearance. The most eye-catching part on her appearance is her tattoos in comparison to the simplicity of the background image which is showing that her tattoos don’t define the rest of her appearance which could be seen as ’emo’ but her simple bed room stops people from being able to make assumptions.

Artist Research: Dale Konstanz

Dale Konstanz created many zines which have gained him recognition throughout the years, one of the most famous being ‘Concrete Jungle’. This title is very contrasting in the way that one is man made while the other is a natural growth which is helping to grow interest. The front cover for this zine is semi-transparent which is helping to make the writing very clear.

• 

Mood board for Concrete Jungle

• 

Format/presentation- This zine is presented as an A5 portrait booklet with images which are mostly landscape and cross the whole page. This shows the book as being very compact.

Design/layout- The layout of this zine includes all the images being full blead onto two pages which is showing a clear presentation of the images and allows for details to be seen.

Narrative/ visual concept- The concept of this zine is around the area of ‘concrete jungles’ surrounded by natural elements.

Title/cover page- The title for this zine is very attractive. The transparent cover is allowing for both an image and the title to be seen, the title being presented in simple font. I’m a fan of this technique as it is giving a full insight to what the book will be about.

Narrative

What is a narrative? A narrative is a spoken or written account which connects to events to make a story.

In order to choose a narraive for my zine i firstly looked over my images and tried sequencing images before develping the actual product. This zine will be 16 pages long and will be A5 size. Due to my project being about the Occupation in Jersey i will include my images firstly from the town shoot i did, the ‘Batterie Moltke’ bunker site, as well as the’ Batterie Lothringen’ photo shoot, the images will go together to create a narrative. The narrative i will be creating will be based on what was at the sites before the occupation, what was there in the occupation, as well as in the present day. I have decided i don’t want to use any text in my zine and it will be purely images except for the title at the front of the book.

Concept

The concept of my zine will be around the theme of location. I will be using three different locations in this project, and each section of the zine will include an order to the story of the location. The images i have taken will show the stages of the occupation through to the end liberation. Throughout these stages i will include bunker images, statues as well as updated buildings which were previously there during the war, such as ‘Boots’ and the ‘Pomme O’Dor Hotel’, i will also try to find old images of these stores.

Sequencing

The design of my images will include both colour images, as well as black and white. The zine will be displayed as a A5 size booklet with 16 pages to it. I will use one my own images as a front cover with simple font. For the moment i will not be choosing a title as i want my creating experience of the zine and the end product to give me inspiration for a title.

Design ideas