Choosing my own soliloquy image

Looking back through my Manchester photographs and my 'Rooting through the cobwebs' series of photos I found a selection of images in which I thought would work perfectly for my final soliloquy image and link well with the 'To-morrow and, to-morrow and, to-morrow' scene.

I don't feel that the two images above have a good contrast and if I were to use these then I would probably change the brightness and contrast to give a harsher tone in order to link better with my chosen soliloquy. I feel that they are too soft for the soliloquy I intend to use and so for the Macbeth scene I would want a much more dominant, almost harsher appearance to both the contrast ad model's face.

The four photographs above are present in my Manchester collection.

The contrasts between the harsh light on the model's face and the deep black background are a feature in which I found really striking and linked well with the terror and irony on Macbeth's emotions. The facial features of the model are also quite grotesque with the two images above in which give almost a wicked sense to them as though the devil is showing through her soft face. She has let out the horror of within.

The shadow on the above photograph is lovely and gives a softness to the appearance of the photograph, however I can also give the feeling as though there is someone else lurking in the darkness, which made me think of peter pan and how his shadow is always trying to get him in trouble, almost as though he has an evil twin

                                               

- much like that of Macbeth letting out his inner devil and evil emotions within the scene.

I love the photograph below as it really links to Macbeth and the fact that he is becoming nothing.

The light on my great nans face really shows that factor and it's almost as though shes going into the 'light' to the beyond. The way she is sat and her facial features show a shock of horror as though something has happened as well as her clutching the remote in a way that no-body else can have it. The way that no body else could be king if Macbeth wasn't going to be.

I like the way she is sat with her belongings around her in situe as well as the subtlety of the flower pattern on the cushion to the left hand side of the image in which links to funerals.

The photograph below has real potential for this task due to the way she is shaking her fist as though she is angry, almost as though she is shaking her fist to life and the fact that she has beaten it.



Although I am really fond on the Manchester photographs as the top of this post, I have decided to take this soliloquy task to a deeper level. I found that the Manchester photographs of the model work well on linking to Macbeth's scene on the surface but I felt that they didn't really have any meaning behind them. They linked more due to the visual elements and contrast values.

I felt that if I used a photograph of my great nan, this would link much better to the soliloquy in question with an emotional value, the photographs don't just scratch the surface, they link to Macbeth in many ways including both mind and spirit.