For both of my final projects I’ve married my love for printed techniques with intuitive illustrative work, whether that be creating film posters that capture themes and atmospheres from moving image to a single piece of work, to creating an animation that exhibits the energy traditional media can provide with bold applications of printed elements like type and collagraph.
My final project focuses on themes of isolation and what we view of feminine rage. This is an animation that focuses on my personal experience going through the Scottish court system as the victim of domestic abuse. I feel that the court system has a lot to improve upon when supporting victims of domestic crime, and to not make people such as myself feel less like a ‘true victim’ due to our regular feelings of rage, upset and anger at what has happened to us.
My extended essay focuses on my love for horror films and whether women can find empowerment through this genre. Looking at the misogynistic tropes from slasher films, the monster and the feminine, and more contemporary examples of female treatment within the horror landscape, I analyse and examine whether we can find strength in this space from the narratives presented to us.
My final project focuses on themes of isolation and what we view of feminine rage. This is an animation that focuses on my personal experience going through the Scottish court system as the victim of domestic abuse. I feel that the court system has a lot to improve upon when supporting victims of domestic crime, and to not make people such as myself feel less like a ‘true victim’ due to our regular feelings of rage, upset and anger at what has happened to us.
My extended essay focuses on my love for horror films and whether women can find empowerment through this genre. Looking at the misogynistic tropes from slasher films, the monster and the feminine, and more contemporary examples of female treatment within the horror landscape, I analyse and examine whether we can find strength in this space from the narratives presented to us.
