Overall, I think the film and the stills we produced together were very successful as we achieved our goal of creating an image that represents chaos, confusion and discrimination against humanity. of the LGBTQ community and religion. community suffered and, with the film, found an interesting solution. Some aspects of the film that I think worked well and worked well were the religious setting, in which we were able to shoot on location, in a real church. . Also, using clothes to signify the comfort of the characters in different contexts, like wearing conservative white clothes in church and comfortable casual clothes in dream sequences, I think has helped increase our importance. . Another thing that helps with filming is the use of camera frames to make moving camera scenes smoother. While that doesn’t mean the camera is completely stable, it certainly helped us produce more professional results. In my opinion, I think we can improve the riot scenes because we used the original video to make it more real. However, I think if possible we could use scenes more closely related to the theme of the film, such as religious protests against progressive legislation for the LGBTQ community. With our digital images, I think that by using the medium of embroidery to put the collage together, it creates a sense of vulnerability that these people have to endure. Indeed, it has helped to show how destructive the sexual worms and their comments are to their targets while also stabbing them and shattering their disease. If I could comment on something that could be improved in this image, it would be to make the colours in each photo darker, by printing them on canvas or canvas, instead of the heavyweight paper we use. Watching the movie, it can be said that we were inspired by artist NFT Littleocious, whose story of our hidden and repressed LGBTQ identities can also be seen through the engineering art of his acting. . In addition, artist NFT Hackatao can be considered as the inspiration for the composition of our final photo, as our photos incorporate signs of protest similar to the text of our work. To sum up, I believe that these two works are a successful response to the theme of community, with a message of solidarity and acceptance between LGBTQ and religious communities.

Title; Fashion Through The Decades

The idea behind our NFT project was to show the different fashion changes throughout different decades- we included the ’60s, ’70s , ’80s and ’90s. We wanted to show how fashion has a huge impact on the internet , especially how so many people buy outfits and fashion related items online as it’s a huge part of our everyday life. We wanted to show the way clothes evolve through centuries and we achieved this by creating a short 30 second clip of our model walking in a straight line while her outfits change throughout different decades. We effectively combined all of our clips together and crated what we planned to do. We made sure our project relates to the NFT as the images we took show outfits that people could easily buy online as now fashion and clothes can be digitally bought through NFTs. We wanted to do our own interpretation of this and create a small short clip to present the outfits digitally.

The idea behind this project is to form a narrative that highlights the 2 communities of faith and also the LGBTQ community. With this we tend to touched upon the problems of bias and hate, inside bound religions, during this explicit Christianity, towards the LGBTQ community and the way usually folks ar created to selected between the 2. This was galvanized by the stress that’s usually seen in Jersey between these 2 entities, and sometimes the dismissal and disapproval of the 2 existing within the same area. Our presentation of this idea in image type, showcases a tapestry, which contains parts of the LGBTQ community and incompatible spiritual aspects. Here pictures are seamed over and along, a number of couples in an exceedingly colour of the LGBTQ flag and a few of harmful spiritual quotations. Our film supports this idea, through the story of a lesbian couple at the United Nations agency who are torn between the spiritual aspects of their lives, and their desire to be in harmony and true to their identity, all by being accepted by their religion. Showing scenes of serenity and violence, we tend to show the turmoil going on in their head. The purpose of this film is not to condemn either of these communities, however, to provide a path of acceptance that allows for a harmonious existence between the two because Jesus taught:

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life^[e]?

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

We are all inclined to believe that our project, which is part of the Metaverse, may exist in the near future, due to the undeniable fact that it has gone public, which is a potential utopia. This means that for this idyllic and peaceful online world to exist, bridges must be designed between divided communities, like this one, creating a safe online zone.

With our digital images, I think that by using the medium of embroidery to put the collage together, it created a sense of vulnerability that these people had to endure. Indeed, it has helped show their sexuality and the comments that inflict harm on them and their community . If I could comment on anything that could be improved regarding this image, it would be to make the colours of the individual photos bolder, by printing them on canvas or lighter paper, rather than the heavyweight paper we used.

Overall, I believe that our film and still image that we produced as a group has been successful, due to the fact that we have achieved our goal by producing a visual representation of the turmoil and discrimination that people who are members of the LGBTQ and religious communities suffer, and with the film offered a lighthearted resolution. Some aspects of the film that I believe worked well and allowed for this to happen, were the religious setting scenes, due to the fact that we were able to shoot on location, in a real church. Furthermore, by using clothing to signify the comfort of the characters in different setting, for example wearing conservative white clothing in the church and leisurely and comfortable clothing in the dream sequence, I think it helped to enhance our vision. Another thing that helped the filming process, was using a camera frame to make scenes in which the camera is moving look smoother. Although this doesn’t mean that the camera was perfectly steady, it most definitely helped us produce a more professional outcome. In my opinion, I think we can improve the riot scenes because we used the original video to make it more real. However, I think if possible we could use scenes more closely related to the theme of the film, such as religious protests against progressive legislation for the LGBTQ community.

Photos selection

Before our NFT video we did a shoot inspiring of Cindy Sherman and Lissa Rivera. Those are the images I have chosen. I choose those images because I feel that there are a mixt of the two artists. The picture in itself looks like a picture from a 50s movie it kind of reminds me of Hedy Lamarr’s iconic picture from the movie Ziegfeld Girl in 1941. She has a similar floe white dress, she stares into space and looks powerful. The strong yellow in the curtains reminds me of the colours that Lissa Rivera use in her pictures, it highlights the model. The dress again very floe reminds me of the kind of dresses Lissa Rivera use.

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Even if I really liked this image, it needed some modification like the cars behind, the reflection of the lights and I wanted it to be brighter. To modify the image I used Photoshop, I start by using the dodge tool which helps lighten areas on the picture, I used it to lighten the dress, make it brighter. Something that really bothered me was the reflection of the light on the windows and the cars behind, I had to get rid of that. I managed to do it thanks to the spot healing brush tool which removes marks and imperfections. The problem with this tool is that I also erase the ends of the white curtains, so so that it does not show I used the blur tool which blurs areas on the image. To finish I selected the curtains and then I played with the brightness and the contrast

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The idea behind this project is to form a narrative that highlights the 2 communities of faith and also the LGBTQ community. With this we tend to touched upon the problems of bias and hate, inside bound religions, during this explicit Christianity, towards the LGBTQ community and the way usually folks ar created to selected between the 2. This was galvanized by the stress that’s usually seen in Jersey between these 2 entities, and sometimes the dismissal and disapproval of the 2 existing within the same area. Our presentation of this idea in image type, showcases a tapestry, which contains parts of the LGBTQ community and incompatible spiritual aspects. Here pictures are seamed over and along, a number of couples in an exceedingly colour of the LGBTQ flag and a few of harmful spiritual quotations. Our film elevates this idea, through the story of a lesbian couple United Nations agency are torn between the spiritual aspects of their lives, and their desire to be along and faithful their identities, while still being accepted to follow their religion. Displaying scenes of serenity and violence, we tend to showcase the turmoil that’s occurring in their heads. The aim of this film isn’t to condemn either of those communities however to supply a route to acceptance, that permits for a harmonious existence between the 2 for Jesus teaches:

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life^[e]?

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Matthew 6:25-33

This quote powerfully shows that individuals should not be worrying whether people should be together or not for if they seek God first, everything else they need or want will fall into place and God will show to them if it is right or not. Because in Christianity it’s not if they’re the same sex or not that may be an issue it’s:

• are they dating for marriage? For the bible says in 1 Corinthians 7:9, “But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.” This powerfully shows that the prime objective of dating is to marry. It’s smart really because if you do it with the wrong person before marriage, you become emotionally attached to them and it is harder to heal.
• Are they equally yoked (share similar beliefs)? In the 2 Corinthians 6:14 it says, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” This suggests that a healthy relationship will have individuals with similar beliefs because otherwise they will clash.
• and obviously, Matthew 6:33 says that couples should keep God first.
• Additionally, Ruth 2 teaches us that if the person you are meant to be isn’t going to help you and support you physically, emotionally and faith, then it is probably not worth getting in to as you might get heartbroken.

We area all inclined to believe that our project, that is joined to the Metaverse, might exist within the close to future, due to the undeniable fact that it’s made public a potential utopia. this means that for this idyllic and peaceful on-line world to exist, bridges should be designed between divided communities, like this one, facultative a secure on-line area.

The idea behind this project is to create a narrative that highlights the two communities of religion and the LGBTQ+ community. With this we touched upon the issues of homophobia and hate, within certain religions, in this particular Christianity, towards the LGBTQ+ community and how often people are made to chose between the two. This was inspired by the tension that is often seen in Jersey between these two entities, and often the dismissal and disapproval of the two existing in the same space. Our presentation of this concept in image form, showcases a tapestry, which incorporates elements of the LGBTQ+ community and clashing religious aspects. Here photographs are stitched over and together, some of couples in a colour of the LGBTQ+ flag and some of harmful religious quotations. Our film elevates this idea, through the story of a lesbian couple who are torn between the religious aspects of their lives, and their longing to be together and true to their identities, whilst still being accepted to practice their faith. Displaying scenes of serenity and violence, we showcase the turmoil that is occurring in their heads. The aim of this film is not to condemn either of these communities but to offer a route to acceptance, that allows for a harmonious existence between the two. We believe that our project relates to the metaverse, that will exist in the near future, due to the fact that it has been described a potential utopia. This means that, in order for this peaceful, idyllic online world to exist, bridges must be built between divided communities, such as these, permitting a safe online space.

Jersey is special because there are different cultural communities which I find come together and unite through their differences, a mixture of old and young coming together. To be Jersey now is full of beaches and summer activities then in the winter it is very restricted with activities which is why in the future I feel that there will be more activities for the winter. We can all come together and create some fun activities for the whole community to enjoy together as a way to solidify a cohesive and positive island identity. There maybe barriers to a positive and inclusive Island identity such as bullying which is a big issue in Jersey as it is a very small Island so there is a lack of activity.