Alter Ego Self Portrait Assigment Criteria

Alter Ego Self Portrait Assignment

Your self portrait:

Important aspects of yourself that you think people see in yourself.

How do other people see you?

What are some emotional qualities that you want to portray?

How would you represent yourself on film?

Your alter ego:

How does your alter ego differ from yourself?

Which aspect is the main conflict of your own personality?

Does your alter ego bring out the best or the worst in you? Why?

How would you represent your alter ego on film?

This assignment is an exploration of your self. There are many facets to your personality and each part plays into our daily lives. It will be interesting to bring one of them out into the foreground for the world to see. It allows you a chance to investigate another side of you.

You will be expected to shoot two different distinct self portraits. One of your ‘regular’ self and one of your alter ego. Both will be done in colour. Format will be up to you, however, if you choose to use medium format, keep in mind that there are no local developing resources and you will have to schedule that time wisely.

This is also not a studio project, you are to use ambient light for this shoot, any colour; photos should be taken during with natural sources of light. Digital is not allowed, no Photoshop correction either. This is an all colour darkroom assignment.

If you need to shoot with props, costumes, makeup, etc, please be ready with necessary equipment on the day that you are scheduled to shoot. Otherwise, you will need to reshoot outside of class time. If you miss these days, you will be behind; you will need to make up this time at home. Colour printing is very difficult and you will need all the darkroom time you get.

Prints:

2 8x10 contact sheet (one from self and one from ego)

2 8x10 final print (one from self and one from ego)

4 5x7 prints (two from self and two from ego)