Self Portrait

When contemplating what to focus on for my Self Portrait the question of my future kept creeping up in the back of my mind. Similar to my classmates, I am at a point of life where “what to do next” is always sneaking into my thoughts. College students get bombarded with the “what will you do after college” question, more specifically, Film majors are constantly asked, “what do you plan to do with film?” Since those questions are constantly on my mind, and because that is the most prominent aspect of my life right now, that is what my Self Portrait will be. My plan is to use the birthmark that is under my right eye as symbolism of “my mark in this world”. When I was a child my mother always used to tell me that the birthmark was a kiss from an angel. Since faces are how we most commonly distinguish one another, and the birthmark is a very prominent part of my face, it will represent me.

I plan to incorporate the angel kiss story and allow that to lead into “my mark” which will then allow me to explore what is my mark is going to be, at least what I plan for it to be. I will include my love of film, more specifically documentary, as well as, my love of photography, which I will base the next phase of my life around. I am going to film my birthmark, and things like rolls of film etc. as well as incorporate some found footage. Ideally, the found footage will be old school ‘self help’ videos about choosing a career or something along those lines. If anyone has any comments and/ or ideas I would LOVE to hear them! :D