Progression of Photo Idea

         The first problem of this idea we have is of course which girl to pick. Here, the eldest girl has had her face brutally scratched out. I believe this has worked very well and is definitely along the lines of what I had envisioned. However, I feel that possibly it is just too drastic and takes the viewers eye away from the rest of the picture. I think the scratches on the face are far too large and powerful, just eating up the rest of the image. So we tried a few other ideas...

      Here, we used the younger girl, yet immediately Bex and I knew this wasn't right. Her eyes are quite open, which we would like to keep.

      This image is just to show where we went wrong. We went a little too deep and ended up cutting into the photo, which is not our plan at all!

   
      Now this is perfect! Yet strangely enough, does not look as brilliant and effective without the light on the eyes to emphasize the scratches. It's freaky, it's scary, it's pretty disturbing too!

      Here is just a photo of Bex scratching out the face, using different ideas and techniques to get the look we want. We have also been talking to our teacher, Michelle about recording the scratchy sound this makes, as it is really painful to the ear and possibly using it in our opening sequence.

      Later we tried a real messy attempt with the idea behind that the other girl does this while Amelia is looking away. This works great with the creepy idea we want to portray and also the  hidden secret of her past. The scratched out face in this attempt works well and is certainly messy enough.

      This image simply isn't harsh enough or focused on the face. The scratches are far too long and the face isn't covered enough..... Not that I'm fussy at all....but...NEEXTT! 

      The scratched out face on this image is far too neat and cross-like we agreed. It simply isn't the messy out of control look we are aiming for. After a lot of deliberation, Bex and I have decided to scratch out the entire face of the older girl, in a really messy way and film it when Amelia Western is looking away.