Artefact 4 Planning - Close up Z Depth

For my 4^th artefact I wanted to experiment with something different. Something I have never done before so that I can research on it and expand my knowledge of different aspects of creating images. For this particular artefact I want to model some objects and do a close up shot with Z Depth. So I would focus on one main object and ideally the rest of the objects and background would be blurred out. I have used z depth technique once before in my external client work and it turned out really well, so I thought I’d try using that with a close up shot and see how well it works out. I have researched into close up z depth image and have found some nice examples which have made me think about different angels and the use of blur for the background objects / background.

As you can see from the images above, the main focus is on one object and the rest you can still see but are slightly blurred out, just enough so that you can still see what objects they are but not quite enough to completely distort them. I am thinking of different ways to inappropriate this within my artefact, i am specifically thinking of what type of objects that I could use.

Artefact 3 - Progress - More Planning & Research

Once getting my ideas together I decided to research some images linked to depressing bedrooms. I came across many interesting images that I could reference into my own work.

As you can see most of these images are bedrooms which are messy, caused by depression. the main factors in these images are alcohol and low light levels. I will incorporate these factors into my artefact 

Artefact 3 - Depression (planning)

For my 3^rd artefact I have decided to create a depressing mood to the bedroom that I created. I discussed this artefact idea within my tutorial and gained some really good ideas on how to create a depressing atmosphere in a bedroom. Some of the ideas that I thought of are that the bedroom should be slightly messy to show that the person living there doesn’t care about presentation, and there is bigger things on his mind. 

To create this messy environment I have thought about modelling alcohol bottles and placing them around the bedroom e.g on the floor and bed. Once I thought about some of these ideas I decided to research into depression itself and I came across some interesting facts:

“Depression is more than simply feeling unhappy or fed up for a few days. We all go through spells of feeling down, but when you're depressed you feel persistently sad for weeks or months, rather than just a few days.”  - NHS -http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Depression/Pages/Introduction.aspx

This shows that depression can be a long lasting feeling which will show in my artefact that the bedroom would have been in messy circumstances for quite some time.

Another interesting article I came across about depression is that people suffer different types of depression.

“Winter depression is still a mystery to scientists who study it. Many things, including brain chemicals, ions in the air, and genetics seem to be involved. But researchers agree that people who suffer from winter depression -- also known as "seasonal affective disorder," a term that produces the cute acronym SAD -- have one thing in common. They're particularly sensitive to light, or the lack of it.” http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/seasonal-affective-disorder

This could show that the person that occupies this room gets depressed in the winter or night times as they could be sensitive to light or the lack of it. These are some of the ideas that I want to incorporate into my artefact.