FINAL STATEMENT

1. Briefly describe the final outcome of your project and the progress you have made, and if applicable how it differs from your original Project Proposal:

My final outcome is a photobook or a zine depicting a narrative of two models through fashion photography. I have made a lot of progress as I have been stuck with my idea more than once, through changing how I was working to what materials I used. My original project proposal said I wanted to work more on my own memories, but as I tried to do this I realised it wasn’t moving my project forward.

2. What methods have you used to show how your learning has effected your project eg FMP Blog/ FMP Plan/ sketchbooks etc, and how has this helped with development of your work:

I used my FMP Blog and my sketchbooks to show how my learning has effected my project by recording my processes and my research and reviewing what I had done. It helped the development of my work to go back through my sketchbook and see how one experiment had worked out, and deciding how to go about moving it forwards, and by writing detailed reviews of the work I’d done on my blog to look back on my processes.

3. List the targets met (from the original FMP Plan and any that were added later):

I experimented a lot with various materials on a variety of platforms, e.g physically (paint, collage) and digitally (Photoshop). I added more targets to do multiple photoshoots before I decided on a final shoot, which really helped with development.

4. Reflecting on your overall final major project, please discuss any developments which have contributed to the final outcome:

Working with mixed media definitely pushed my project in the direction of using materials within the shoot to create effect instead of over the top of the photographs, and also experimenting and deciding which way did and didn’t work, e.g, deciding not to go forward with physical mixed media.

5. Please state what advice you received from others during your FMP, and discuss what you found particularly useful: you should refer to group reviews, one-to-one tutorials and feedback from evaluation groups

I received a lot of valuable advice from one to one tutorials, such as pointing out where I was weakest and where I was lacking, but also suggesting successful processes that I should take forward into the final outcome.

6. Key points to take away – things to change about my approach (give at least 2) eg improve time management, what skills you have developed and how this will affect your future course/career and things to continue doing and to build on (give at least 2). What are you going to do next year? (NOTE – you may find it useful to refer to this document at the beginning of your next self managed project.)

Things to change about my approach: To use my experiments more in the development of my project, and to take more care and consideration with the presentation in my sketchbooks. I have development valuable organisation and time management skills, and a lot of independence in terms of going out and getting things done, which will definitely help my future course as it will rely a lot on me working in an independent and organised way. I am going to do a Photography BA at Middlesex next year.