2D | “Forrest Gump” I

Hi guys!

So here are the first series of compositions that I’ve done. Ms Shirley’s overall comment was that I needed more “texture” in my compositions as it’s too clean. This is quite a challenge for me as I prefer my work to be clean and neat, but I could say that this experimentation was fun for me! There’s a few variations for a movie quote as I’m indecisive like this hahahaha.

Enjoy!

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“We’re all mad here.” – Alice in the Wonderland 2010

For this composition, I wanted to give a kind of “in-a-trance”, hypnotising feeling. Therefore, I decided to duplicate the girl with cat eyes as it gives of a “looking into your soul” kind of vibe, if you know what I mean!? By duplicating it, I wanted to overwhelm the viewer by giving them a claustrophobic feeling.

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“We’re all mad here.” – Alice in the Wonderland 2010

Shirley preferred this composition as it’s more interesting and suggested that maybe I could try to flip it upside down and see if it’s more mysterious that way?

3

“The human world is a mess.” – The Little Mermaid 1989

For this composition, I wanted to show society is so selfish and self-centered, and not wanting others to succeed. When we put our vulnerable selves out there to the world, there are some who still tries to sabotage your situation, or clip off your wings.

 

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“The human world is a mess.” – The Little Mermaid 1989

This composition shows the materialistic side of the world and how money makes the world go round. I decided to choose a domestic scenario of a wife ironing, and replaced it with dollar bills. To show how she revolves around money and she love it so much and even went to the extreme of ironing the bills. 

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“The human world is a mess.” – The Little Mermaid 1989

For this composition, I wanted to show how some still has the mindset that women has to be a stay-at-home housewife while the men goes out to work. I want to show how housewives goes a bit crazy as they are not as connected to the outside world because most of the time they stayed at home. aI decided to show the “craziness” by showing her ironing her husband’s head as he is her whole life.

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“The human world is a mess.” – The Little Mermaid 1989

This composition shows the two-sided facade of the society. As you can see, the bird and the woman is sitting on strings – which represents the society. The bird is talking animatedly to the woman but it’s legs has a pair of scissors and is ready to cut the line that the woman is sitting on. The bird is able to fly once the string is cut, but the woman will fall to her death. This shows how two-sided and twisted the human world is, people will tend to harm another for their own benefit. One wouldn’t stop till he/she gains what they wants. 
 
Shirley prefers this version as she said it gives a visual twist to it, however lacks mood and needs texture. She suggested to replace the human with something else, maybe an animal? As the human is represented by the two huge hand which is holding the string. 
 
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“By royal command, every eligible maiden is to attend.” – Cinderella 1950

Even though fairytales always depicts the royal family in a positive light, I feel that it’s quite twisted in a way like how they hold a ball to find a suitable wife for the king/prince. It seems like a auction isn’t it? I wanted to show the ugly and greedy side of it by portraying the crown as a swimming pool, and is filled with women in their swimsuits. It’s not only the royalty who is painted in a negative light, the women here  are as well. They are trying their best to showcase their beauty in order to be chosen by the prince/king, hence are “benefitting” from the royals as they will gain the riches and the jewellery.

Shirley commented that she can’t tell the crown is swimming pool, unless I insert the handle leading to the pool. But do I really need to showcase girls? What can represent women here? Arrangement is right smack in the center, which gives a balance and static feel. Whats the mood I want so show?
 
This are the 3 movie quotes I have on hand now, I might be changing some of the quotes as I like to try out other compositions. So stay tune!

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