Inspiration

Inspiration comes from many different places. It can be a tiny seed, a vast idea, a conversation, a character, a trait, a movie, a book, nature... the list is endless!

For my final piece I want to create an exaggerated version of our world. One which is ruled by smart phones and laptops and looking down instead of up. One where how much battery life you have left is more important than how your friends are. One where 4 year old's have iPad's. Sound familiar?

Really, this is a continuation of a theme that emerged during my interim assessment. I found the idea of being manipulated in a world that you didn't understand or want to be in compelling to explore, so I have taken this out of the Africa context and bought it closer to home, and in doing so I can hopefully make it more relate-able. 

Here are just a few places I found inspiration for the initial idea, movement qualities, how to progress the story and character development...
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• 'Are you lost in the world like me?'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASywEuqFd8

• Black Mirror - particularly 'Nosedive', 'Fifteen Million Merits' and 'White Christmas'
• Doctor Who - 'Smile'
• UK 'has never been more addicted to smartphones'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37468560​

• Why smartphones are making you ill

www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11532428/Why-smartphones-are-making-you-ill.html​

• A photographer edits out our smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world

www.thepsychopath.org/photographer-edits-smartphones-show-strange-lonely-new-world/​

• Illustrations showing some things that are wrong with today's society

www.boredpanda.com/satirical-drawings-al-margen-pagina/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=wtfu
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