LONELINESS IN LONDON 02/03
I had a tutorial with Iro and changed the direction of my project as it was not working in the way I had wanted it to. I decided on changing this to focusing on just a theme based around the survey responses, instead of relying on just the stories from the surveys and illustrating those. The theme of loneliness was reoccurring throughout the answers I received and especially in a city where so many people reside, the feeling of loneliness can be increased as there are so many people around that you cannot connect with. I didn’t get the indepth stories that I was expecting from the realities and struggles from young people in London, this may be because I should talk to some more people in person to get a deeper, more conversational type of answer, but I was not happy with keeping my ideas only focused on that starting point. I think I will be able to create a much stronger outcome by having a theme to focus on and I would like to create my own 16
cityscape and characters out of this all very much informed by real stories and primary research of photos around London, which makes me feel much more confident in the direction I am working in. Also, I have decided on what my final outcome will be; this will work much better and be more informed by the theme of my work now. I will be creating a publication that reflects upon the look of a building or cityscape. I think that with a publication, I can tell the story well as you can unfold into the story and follow along with this one character and how they move through the city in daily life.
