Scale

So scale is the project name we got given. In Manchester. So of course we went round Manchester and took loads of photos..the hidden areas are the places I like the best..seeing Man-chest-hair from a different side. The project name 'Scale' is pretty versatile.. instantly i thought of scale as in the size of things.. as did most people. I thought of using this little model man that we used for the sweded 'mission impossible' movie project at the beginning of the year. I decided to use him compared to Manchester; he is tiny and obviously a city is huge. I also decided to call him Martin. So Martin embarked on an adventure around Manchester.. he went sightseeing...burger eating...coffee sipping...magazine reading...i even found a builder's site for him! I guess this idea was influenced from Slinkichu, the guy who had little model people and created tiny scenarios for them involving everyday objects we use, kinda like i was doing. I saw his stuff in the art bookshop 'Magma' ages ago, and really loved it. So after Martin had his LITTLE adventure, I made sure he went on to have his BIG adventure and basically made him grow in size so that he would become like godzilla and storm the city. I photoshopped him as a big character, as of course I couldn't make him grow in size literally as i didn't have any magic potion. However I did make a comic strip, collages, acetated layered drawings & also made photo/painted miniature cardboard models of this in real life to give people more of an idea. So in this way, small scale has comparison to large scale. I thought of doing animations, making a full scale model doll version of Martin, paintings and more collages. These are all ideas and for the presentation deadline back in June, I ran out of time.. i however think my development needs to go elsewhere. I have read the definition on scale, and there are about 9 different variations on the meaning, so I'm thinking about exploring this a little further. I also thought about taking Martin elsewhere.. out of Manchester... 'Wish you were here' on postcards in front of the pyramids or maybe in front of the Eiffel Tower. I want to experiment with photoshop a bit more and photographs. I could also take the postcard idea and create some of my own.. with Martin as a tiny feature.. or without him at all. Maybe he could time travel, go back to the past or the future.. not sure where that would go though, as they are all ideas at the moment. This week i will be developing my ideas as much as i can, and see where that takes me. . . .