Link to video;
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/ebad8b1c-a10f-4ba2-b4bd-803164699d50?list=studio
Final Image;
Evaluation
Overall, I believe that our final image and film have turned out very successful as they relate strongly to our initial intentions of commemorating the women who have fought for their own rights throughout history. I am really proud of what we have accomplished during this project, learning new skills on different software such as Premier Pro has been really beneficial in discovering the limitless elements of photography and all we can do with it. I believe our final film succeeded greatly due to our setting, lighting, camera angle and casting – using a model who has such a timeless look helped us portray different decades and styles which all together sustained the aesthetic of our film. Additionally changing our idea to using a static camera shot, instead of panning along as the model moved, assisted with the fluidity of each video; we developed our ideas well as a team by working together and listening to each other’s input. I believe that our message comes across clearly in our film through our use of visual imagery and audio, the idea to use clips from historical interviews helped focus on our main objective. Our final image was created by choosing our 4 favourite images from our shoot and editing them together to form a collage as if our model were seeing different versions of herself through a mirror. I believe we really captured a sense of pride in this image, it represents looking back on the empowerment and rights we have been given by our ancestors, feeling confident in oneself of all that has been accomplished. One part of this image that I think works particularly well is its repetition of the colour orange, symbolising strength and confidence being such a bold colour while also keeping a theme of regality throughout. If we were to have more time on this project I would have liked to improve my skills in digital animation using Adobe After Effect, we brainstormed how we could use this software in our final film but couldn’t come up with an idea of the right standard. Nevertheless, I am extremely pleased with how our final film and image have evolved and developed – I believe they represent a fight for gender equality and female empowerment successfully.
Statement
The evolution of women’s rights into the future Metaverse, a time when diversity and equality are the norms, where a woman can choose what she does with her body without the input from the government and society around her. The concept of our NFT film is to explore the three major waves of feminism in the last 100 years and to celebrate the women who have fought for women in the present to have equal rights to men. The name of our film came from a play on words for Mankind, because as a society in general we are referred to regarding men, by switching the prefix Man to Woman we are making a statement on the power of women collectively. We capitalised the K as an ironic reference to the stereotype of women being gentle and sweet-tempered. Conveying ideas about women’s rights throughout the years, suffragettes, protesters and so on, we show the cyclical theme of women standing up for what they believe in and gaining confidence, that we should all have, in themselves.
