Photos for print production

      As to symbolise the theme of dissociative identity disorder and create a clear, fluent link to my video in  my print production I wanted to feature both the girl and the dissociative identity within the print production. I wasn't quite decided on how I wanted to do this, so for each character I decided to create a distorted image of which would physically represent two or more parts of the individual. I slowed down the shutter speed on the camera and got my actor to move their head from side to side as to create the effect of having multiple faces as to represent the different parts or identities of the individual. I decided to do this whilst taking the pictures as I thought it would look more organic and have a better effect than if I had tried to do a similar thing on photoshop, but also took images that weren't distorted so I could attempt it and see which I preferred. I also did this as to enable me to use the images differently, for example I wouldn't want my digipack and magazine advert to look exactly the same and thus taking a range of different pictures in different styles enables me to create these two different texts of which still also have a clear relationship to one another as well as my music video.

     I also decided to have some images in which the focal point isn't one of the identities, but rather with a more explicit reference to the settings, with the forest and natural imagery suggesting that the mental illness has a physical, organic basis. The use of cards -similar to tarot cards- displaying supernatural themes  was used to reinforce the supernatural and horror connotations of a forest location, of which have a strong link to lycanthropy. The use of the pocket watch was in reference to the fact that in many cases of Dissociative Identity Disorder there are dissociative or amnesic barriers between the different identities, and the fact that one identity is not aware of the others actions. Similarly, the image of the shoes in the tree is similar to when kids throw shoes over phone lines in the street, or which is in fact the final shot in my music video, thus making a clear link to my music video and print productions. It also links to my production in that it reflects the childish aspect of the Id in Freud's tripartite personality theory, the suggestion of the Id being dominant leads to the development of psychosis reinforces the thematic link of mental illness.