Adjustments and interim crit

Despite having the idea of showing men and women with reversed clothing and demonstrating the built in stereotyping of the colours blue and pink, I could not nail the point in a simple and striking way.

For the crit I quickly mocked up the kind of billboard/poster and it's message I would want to portray, by role reversal. This gained more praise than my cut out doll idea and peers liked the straight to the point message being portrayed, the contrast of femininity from being well presented and wearing makeup/into fashion, but enjoys drinking and going to the pub which is a common male stereotype. The vivid black and white contrast strips accross the billboard representing the clean and new embedded messages of equality I am trying to implement to provoke thoughts of passersby who catch it from a long or short distance, as it is bold striking and clear.



I plan to get more high res images in the studio and perhaps use the pink and blue concept but my main focus is on women fitting 'manly' stereotypes in a modern and stylish manner as I want to shock the old fashioned and wake them up to the modern generation y's viewpoints which I feel ties in and celebrates my essay's point alot more which is why I am going in this direction. I want the firing of empowerment of change and a more positive, accepting equal society and work in the spirit spoken about in my essay of these stereotypes being questioned in mainstream media.

To gain a variety of options for my final outcomes and to get the most effective results I asked my peers what they associate with male stereotypes I could focus on through my photography.

Drinking, domestic abuse, men's health,Gym lads,strong, confident, manly, authoritative, wise,Beards, muscles, sexist, sport loving, into cars, blue and red, gamers, smelly, hairy, no fashion sense, adulterous (cheaters), comfortable with porn but uncomfortable with sexuality, bad with emotions, never ask for help, bad at cooking, dirty, unimaginative