I have been stuck for ideas for ages now on what to finally do for my power artifact and I think I have it now! Thinking back to my idea on a family torn apart because of the Iraq war felt like too much to convey in 3 mins and i could think of a way to get around that fact so I scraped it. Looking back through my work I saw the words “power” and “authority”, this got me thinking about police authority, how would someone react in the same situation to the same person but they were wearing a police uniform in one of them. I thought the film could start with a man/woman getting up and getting dressed then leaving the house and not far from there house some kids could be fighting, doing graffiti etc the man/woman would stop what they were doing because they were wearing police uniform the film would fade to black then fade or rewinds back to the person getting up, then gets ready again but this time no uniform they would walk out of there house and the same thing would be happening but this time they would take no notice of the person.
“The uniform of police officers has been found to have a profound psychological impact on those who view it. Research has suggested that even slight alterations to the style of the uniforms will change how citizens perceive the officer. ” http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-bobby/features/changing-uniform
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I would draw inspiration from films like “Sliding Doors” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120148/ ”Run Lola Run” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/ and for the getting ready scenes the shots from “Shaun of the Dead I think are stunning in there own right. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IhBGFqldAvk the brushing the teeth flushing the toilet shots.
Researching where to get a good uniform from has lead me down a few corridors, I know a support police officer in the area he is also a film maker and I helped him on one of his productions so maybe he could help me locate some, there is also a website I’ve found that hire them out (not sure of the cost yet) http://www.hireapolicecar.co.uk/index.htm but maybe for this “unpolished” version a cheap one from a costume shop would surfice.
Charles Freger:
“Rarely is the face tightly framed since the focus is on capturing an individual with his or her uniform on, even if it is nothing more than a swimming cap. And here, Charles Fréger provides a key to understanding this game of appearances. His interest in uniforms is somewhat surprising: doesn’t the term evoke order, discipline, absence of fantasy, and erasure of personality?” http://www.charlesfreger.com/
Charles Freger photographed people in uniform to challenge the viewer to think about what unified them and whatthey represented with their clothes this is what i would want to come across in my film the idea that we can be looked at in totally different way just down to what we wear.
