What I will be focusing on for my video project is self image, and more specifically photo retouching. The poem that has inspired me to focus on this topic is ”Good Mirrors are Not Cheap” from the selections of Audre Lorde. I wanted to work on this poem because I actually could not get it out of my mind and had a perfect idea as to how my video would be made. As I was reading the poem, I was already brewing up numerous ideas I think could work for the video. I also chose this topic because it is a relevant one today, all magazine covers are photoshopped. Why do we do it? how has this affected self image? One challenge I hope to succeed in is trying to approach this subject in a non-cliche way, and something different compared to the thousands of articles and videos out there that already have discussed this issue.
Everyone wants to be happy, or at least we all think we do. But, what is happiness?
