Mock Exam - Refreshed Ideas

Whilst thinking about using a real car, a few ideas/alternatives began to arise after having multiple talks with other  artists. My idea began to become much much refined. The idea of using die-cast, scale model cars arose. This idea would give me much more control over the whole situation. By using a 1/18 scale car, I would able to display them in a controlled environment. I could create a world or small backdrop that the cars can be displayed in. Furthermore, I would have a definite power source, as I would be indoors. Also, I would be able to manipulate and play with lighting, affording me to create the atmosphere and feeling that I wanted - for example, I could make it daytime or nighttime.
With the idea of using a model car, it allows me to play and mess around with the idea of perception. This idea of perception would allow me to use the projector and (still using the same idea of projecting onto windscreens) falsify what the viewer is seeing.

Screen shots of a conversation discussing my idea -

Now that I have the idea, I can roughly draw up what the final outcome would look like - mainly how it would be displayed when being exhibited.

The next I took was to begin to film a little something to make sure that the idea is not completely useless and it wouldn't work. To experiment with my idea, I filmed my journey to school. The reason I decided to film this, is because I wanted to see during my testing phase, if I could use perspective to make it look as though the 1/18 scale cars are actually moving - therefore showing evidence that I am trying out my perception theory.

Raw footage:

Placing the raw footage into a lifelike scenario relating to my final idea -

After approaching one of my teachers with the idea, it was concluded that the idea itself of projecting onto model cars works and should be successful, however, it is the projections that need to be concentrated on. I looked at my 3 main artists from my personal study (Alex Penfold, Robert Doisneau and James Rosenquist) and began to think about what connections, comparisons and contrast I could make between them. After drawing up all of the connections, it became clear that the 3 artists all looked at the same topic, but on completely different scales. Alex Penfold looked at the extreme luxuries that people can have in life and the rich and 'dream' lifestyle is portrayed through still, street photography. This however was at the opposite end of the spectrum when compared to Robert Doisneau. Doisneau explored the abandoned and sparse streets of 20th century France through his lens - these desolate streets are the opposite of the colorful, indulgent streets of modern day London (or Monaco if you want to compare it to France). Then in the middle of the spectrum is James Rosenquist - a pop artist who focused on the surge of mass produced items and the increase of advertising and consumerism. His paintings would generally be split into 3 segments, in which, each segment tells a story. Then when analysed, all 3 link in together and would have some critical view on American politics or mass advertising. 

With all of these attributes in mind, I needed to carefully incorporate some of them into my work - or draw upon them and let them inspire me shall I say. The idea of splitting my work into 3 segments would work well with the projection idea I feel, having 3 individual model cars and then 3 different projections would allow me to depict multiple themes using a multitude of medias. As for the content of the projections, that will need to be refined later, but at the moment, my idea is to portray different modern day lifestyles, looking at the range from poor to average to luxury.

Notes on work -