COP practical feedback

Overall the group crit was really positive, they seemed to really like my idea, thinking it was different, a little weird but amusing. I wanted to further find out wether the blatant crudeness was necessary and wether some people may find it offensive.

Is it offensive?

audience will take it different ways, those who are sensitive may do but it is not overall offensive, it's definitely more humorous. 

Do you think it's clear it relates to masculinity / toxic masculinity?

not specifically but this isn't a negative

add statement at beginning/end OR make sure that the audio track relates message clearly 

I will...

think about adding a title sequence including facts

experiment with hand drawn type for the titles 

experiment with coloured background as opposed to colouring in every frame

consider audio - sound samples discussing masculinity- use old advert samples, e.g "man up" "man enough" etc

I'm currently more drawn to the idea of utilising audio as I feel adding titles will distract from the power of the visual imagery, plus with audio it will become a more well rounded sensory experience. I plan to take audio samples from old advertisements and create an audio track much like I did in my first year COP for the Body Dysmorphia video, where I used 1950s ads to get my point across. This will be even more fitting to use old ads as it will highlight the construction of masculinity is an age old phenomena, from the teachings of Wen-Wu in China and the pressure applied by the patriarchy for men to conform to such ideals.