The Boy Who Cried Wolf
For this assignment, we were to create a single image that changes the meaning of a famous fable or folktale.
ideaTION
The story that I picked was The Boy Who Cried Wolf. In the original story, the shepherd-boy alarms the villagers three or four times by crying out “Wolf!”, and laughs at them for believing him. The Wolf really did come in the end.
For this image I wanted to change the moral of the story by making the Wolf be more involved in this narrative. At first, I wanted to portray an evil Wolf who knows of the lying shepherd-boy and decides to have some fun by purposefully attacking the sheep. I personally find this a reflection of our society, whereby sometimes people in the sidelines might take advantage of the situation to cause you misfortune.
Final
In my final piece, I wanted to show a wise Wolf, who decides to attack the sheep in order to teach the boy a lesson. The message that I was trying to bring across was that in life “a bad guy” might appear to cause you “misfortune” at that point in time, but in reality wants to help you become a greater person.
In order for the Wolf to do this, he has to know that this shepherd boy is doing such an awful thing. Which is why I placed the Wolf behind a tree, listening. The Wolf is in a arms-crossed pose to convey its wise/cool aura.
Evaluation
The pose of the wolf was not effective in what I wanted to convey. A lot of people misinterpreted it as being arrogant. The Wolf also did not have good character motivation for his actions.
A different situation might have worked better in this case.