Evaluation

   For this assignment i chose to do my Personal Project about Self Harm. The primary research that i did for this was when i created a survey about self-harm and then i asked other people in the course to fill it out for me so i could write about what people thought and think about self-harm. For my secondary research i used the internet and u also looked through some books for good ideas of posters and for research on self-harm and who can help them. These both helped me when i was creating my final poster because it told me what people think about self-harm and what people know about it, so i used this to my advantage so i put the dame information on my poster that i did on my survey because not many people got the right answer to it. When i was planning and producing my poster i had to get together everything that i would need to produce a good photography to start off with so i used: 

Camera: Cannon 1200d

Soft box lights

Liquid latex

Fake blood

Someone's arm (Brother)

Tripod

Paint Brush

Makeup

I started by using the liquid latex on my brothers arm and i did about 4 layers and let it set between layers. and then i used a sharp object to make a little cut in the latex so we could them peel it back a bit so it looks like cuts on my brothers arm and then we used the fake blood to fill in the cuts and then we used a bit of makeup to blend in the extra bits of the latex on my brothers arm because once it had dried it went shiny so I used the makeup to blend it in more with the skin. After I had finished the cuts I set up some soft box lights in the cellar and then set up my camera and tripod. Then i had to set my camera to the right settings for example i put my camera on to Manual (M) which means you can change every setting separately so i used ISO 100, Aperture F7 and Shutter speed 125. Then got my brother to sit next to the wall while I take the pictures of him showing the cuts on his arm. Once I had finished this I put the pictures onto Adobe Photoshop. In Photoshop I used a number of different tools to be able to get my final project just as by using the stamp tool to blend in the edges around the latex more so it isn't as shiny and then I also went to hue and saturation and then I dragged the saturation of the image all the way down so the image became black and white. After this I had to add some text that about what the poster will be about such as the title, Facts and contact details.

When i presented my Powerpoint for this assignment to presentate i thought that it went really well and i was quite confident about it however once i had finished Faye said that there was room to improve my presentation by double checking my spellings and proof reading it, however Faye said that there was good explanations, good use of terminology and good knowledge of the final editing.

In conclusion next time i will manage my time more wisely to make sure i finish everything at least a week before the final due in date to double check that i have done everything that i need to pass this assignment to a high level. 

Creating my PowerPoint Presentation

Here i have started a new PowerPoint Presentation and called it Personal Project. 

I have made sure that i have talked about everything that i have done to reach my finished poster from where i started to where i finished, for example:

What i chose to create

What i chose to create my poster about 

What and who inspired me 

The different types of research we did like secondary and primary

The production of my final poster

How i feel aboutmy final poster

Peer avaluation of college mates about my poster

And the final poster

Presentation feedback

A little area for improvement 

Check spellings

Give myself some more time to proof read it

Get someone to proof read it

Good Explainations

Good use of termonalagy 

Good knowlage of the editing

creating my picture for my poster

This is my hand drawn poster design for my personal project and i will make the title in the top left corner and i will make this red so it also resembles blood and i will also make the contact details and the information in white but i will change the contrast to about 70%, then i will make the picture cover the whole image or just put it in the bottom right corner with the contact details underneath.

What i did was at home i went out and bought some liquid latex and then i got my brothers arm and then put about 6 layers of latex on to it and then we had to rub the latex really hard to break it and to be able to build up the layers so it looks like burns/cuts and then i used some fake blood to be able to get the red inside the cuts and then i also used some flour and makeup to be able to blend the latex into his skin so it wasnt as shinny and then i set up my back wall and photography lights to make sure i get no shaddows anywhere and then i got my brother to sit down and to pose like he's sad.

After i had taken all the pictures i needed i then uploaded them onto my computer and then i chose the best ones to choose out of anf then i put it into Photoshop after i picked my final image that i wanted to use. After i put the image into Photoshop and then i turned the image black and white by using the Hue/Saturation tool in Photoshop.

 Once i had got to this stage i realised that you chould still see the latex shining so i used the Clone Stamp tool to go around the edges on the latex on his arm so it blends in more and then i also thought about putting a different background onto the image so it makes the image look better.

So what i did was i went onto google and typed in old backgrounds and i found this one:

Next i put this on top of my final image and then i used this tool called Opacity so i changed that from 100% to 15% so it went see through but not all the way so you can still see it ontop of the image.

On this image it shows my final poster after i have put the image on top 

Primary research

For my primary research I went onto this website called SurveyMonkey,
https://www.surveymonkey.com
On this website i created a survey for Self Harm for example:

For my questions i had to make sure that they would help me to complete my final poster for this personal project for example one of m questions was -

What would you like to see on an anti self harm poster?

And also with my questions i made sure to make it so i get a number of different results by using a text box for people to write in and also multiple choice questions so they have a number of different options to choose from so i can see how many people know the facts and numbers about Self Harm.

My results for my Self Harm Survey

In this image it is showing how much people know about self-harm such as then know a lot, a little or nothing at all about self-harm and i found out that the most people only really know a little bit about self-harm.

In this image it is showing another question that i asked people on my survey and i was asking them if they know what causes self-harm to them and i chose to use use a writing box for this question because it gives them a wider range so it is Qualitative. 

In this question i asked people that if they think that self-harm is a serious matter and that people should try and do something to help stop it.

In this question above i have asked them a % question so they will have to try and guess what the right answer is which is 13%

In this question above i have asked them a % question so they will have to try and guess what the right answer is which is 70%

On this question i asked what sex people thought self-harm effects more which they all chose female, however while i was researching i found out that males actually suffer from self-harm as much but they tend not to tell anyone.

Finally i asked what people would like to see on a poster that is about self-harm.

Proposal and schedual

The theme I have chosen is Self-Harm because this is one of the main things that people do such as teenagers, however i have found out that 13% of young people try to hurt themselves on purpose at some point between the ages 11 and 16 but the actual figure could be much higher. Also when i was researching Self-Harm i found out that in 2014 figures were published suggesting that a 70% increase in 10-14 years olds attending A&E for self-harm related reasons over 2 years.
I will be going to use my photography skills to use in this project and i will also going to be using Adobe Photoshop to create my work and i will also be going to use the internet to get a font that will fit my subject from http://www.dafont.com/

I want my work to look professional and to actually have an affect on people and to help them stop. For example i will put a picture of someones arm after they have been cutting so you know what it looks like you are the person in there point of view so they know what it will look like from there view. 

On the poster i will have a slogan saying 'We all have scars. We all have stories' and i will find a good dafont font that looks like someones hand writing.

I will be going to do secondary and primary research so i will be going to make a questionnaire on surveymonkey.co.uk and for my secondary research i will be going to use the internet and find out facts about self harm and why people do it and what sort of age group it affects more.

I will be going to present my final product as a poster and i will be going to present it to the class and explain why i have done certain things on the poster.

Self-Harm- secondary research

On Google i searched for Self-Harm and i found this really good website that describes exactly what Self-Harm is: https://www.selfharm.co.uk/get/facts/what_is_self-harm

The phrase ‘self-harm’ is used to describe a wide range of behaviors. Self-harm is often understood to be a physical response to an emotional pain of some kind, and can be very addictive.
Some of the things people do are quite well known:

• Cutting
• Burning
• Pinching
• Abusing drugs
• Abusing alcohol
• Eating disorder 

Everyone has accidents resulting in cuts and bruises but Self-Harm is where you do it to yourself on purpose trying to harm yourself by using an object or parts of your body. eg: Pinching, Scratching and biting. 

Why people Self-Harm:

• Anger
• Distress
• Fear
• Worry
• Depression
• Low self-esteem
• Bullying
• Self-confidence
• Self-punishment
• Past problems
• Mentally stable 
• Relationship problems
• Loneliness

Around 13% of young people may try to hurt themselves on purpose at some point between the ages of 11 and 16, but the actual figure could be much higher.

In 2014, figures were published suggesting a 70% increase in 10-14 year olds attending A&E for self-harm related reasons over the preceding 2 years.

Girls are thought to be more likely to self-harm than boys, but this could be because boys are more likely to engage in behaviours such as punching a wall, which isn't always recognised as self-harm or doesn’t come to the attention of hospitals. In reality self-harm doesn't happen to one type of person, it can't be predicted and scarily, we don't really know how many people are going through it.

How i will create my image:

I will use special effects makeup to crate some scars onto someones arm and then i will have to get some fake blood and then i would have to use a small paint brush to add the fake blood to the fake scars so it then looks like they have cut there wrists.

Ideas from other peoples pictures:

https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/self--harm

I have chose this as one of my images that have inspired me because its suggesting that we have all done things that we have wished we had never done and we still have the scars to remind us of them and they will never go away and that behind every scar there is a different story how it happened? Who did it? and why?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/9d/b4/ce/9db4cecc5baefac6d29221ce0f54c8dc.jpg

I have chose this image because it is a good example of why it happens such as  I have chose this image because its a good example of why people self harm, because they get bullied and called names that hurt them and they take them all personally and start to believe them and then everyone around you starts saying them so it feels like they are all against you and that you haven't got anyone there for you so you wouldn't dare tell anyone whats happening. 

http://www.naimamohamed.com/self-harm-why-people-do-it/

I have also chose this image because it inspires me with how many people do actually cut and they say there fine because they dont want to let anyone know that they do it because they'd be worried about what they think and how they will react. Also i really like this photo because it shows two images that tell very different story's behind them and that you shouldn't hide them and for them to know that there is people that they can talk to without being there in person such as over the internet so they are not worried if someone see's them. 

Animal Rights - other research on different things

For:

Human beings and adult mammals have rights because they are both 'subjects-of-a-life'.

This means that:

• They have similar levels of biological complexity
• They are conscious and aware that they exist
• They know what is happening to them
• They prefer some things and dislike others
• They make conscious choices
• They live in such a way as to give themselves the best quality of life
• They plan their lives to some extent
• The quality and length of their life matters to them
• Accepting the doctrine of animal rights means:
  ·         No experiments on animals
  ·         No breeding and killing animals for food or clothes or medicine
  ·         No use of animals for hard labour
  ·         No selective breeding for any reason other than the benefit of the animal
  ·         No hunting
  ·         No zoos or use of animals in entertainment

Against: 

• Animals don't think
• Animals are not really conscious
• Animals were put on earth to serve human beings
• Animals don't have souls
• Animals don't behave morally
• Animals are not members of the 'moral community'
• Animals lack the capacity for free moral judgment 
• Animals don't think

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