Research for queen images

Like Danielle was saying, I think the image of the queen is a great idea for our image appropriation brief. Instead of following the norms and having a well presented Queen, in a regal pose, I think we should mix it up and go for something more outrageous, with splashes of bold colour, wild hair and make-up and crazy dresses and outfits.

As we have to create 4 different images for our final product, it would be good to have a range of shots, instead of just having images of the queens face (like it is on the notes) we could have full body shots of her whole outfit, and we could get her to do different poses each time.

This is an image of the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland (2010 Tim Burton). I just chose to look at it, because I think it could provide us with inspiration for our Queen character. The bright and different hair colour and style, and the big bold make-up is really over the top and really stands out, and makes an effect on the audience. I know that this character is computerised, but it's just the idea of the hair, make-up and crown which will provide us with inspiration, when we are trying to style our queen.

This is a youtube clip which I found, and is a scene from the new Alice in Wonderland film, which really shows the queens hair and make-up well .... and also gives us an idea of what she is like as a character, which we can also use as inspiration.

This is also an image from the new Alice in Wonderland film, which shows the White Queen. The reason I chose to look at this image was because it shows another style of queen which we could take as inspiration. The white queen is far more regal in the way she dresses and her hair and make-up, so this wouldn't necessarily be the right sort of look we were going to go for, for our shoot, but it could also work, if we were to include some bold colours and to mess up her hair a bit.

The above image is an image from a magazine (on a double page spread) which shows a model, wearing quite wacky clothing and having quite crazy hair. I thought this could be a good example of what we could get our model to do for us. I think the idea of the pose she is doing is great, and could work well for our photoshoot, but instead of using a piece of driftwood and some rope, maybe we could get her to slouch over a chair or something similar, to really show the difference between her and the real Queen.

This image is another picture from a magazine which I found and scanned in. It shows Lucy Jones posing on a bath tub, with a Top Hat and a large green tutu on. The reason why I chose to look at this was because Danielle said she can imagine our queen to wear a big tutu, so I thought this was a great picture which really shows how effective a tutu can look on its own in a picture. I think the fact that it is bright green also has something to do with it as the colour really stands out against the pale background, and when looking at the image, the first thing you notice is the bright green tutu.

-Beth-