FUJIFILM STUDENT AWARDS-Developing Ideas

Bodies-I have decided to use bodies in an extreme way to fit with this FujiFilm brief. I want the bodies to resemble still life of natural subjects.
I want the images to be produced in a fairly short time, to fit the brief so I have decided to use a 35mm format camera as this is the easiest and quickest form. If this was a longer brief I would have liked to experiment with making the images with a larger format to produce more detail, as in Cunningham's work.
I am going to try and arrange for a model to do the nude shoot with me, as it will be easier to position the model correctly and then take the image, however I am aware that this is a very personal thing to do, so if this is not possible I will have to use myself for the images as Minkkinen did.

There are a few options when choosing a Black and White 35mm film for this shoot.
I have decided to use the Neopan 400CN.
Here is how the Fuji Website describe the film;

Fujicolor Neopan 400CN is a fast, fine grain black and white film designed for general use, but particularly the wedding and portrait market. The film produces excellent highlight and shadow detail giving enhanced contrast for optimum black and white print quality. The film offers an unobtrusive grain level and has a wide exposure latitude which allows the user to select the film speed appropriate to the job without any significant loss in quality and without altering the processing times. It is recommended that the film be rated between ISO 100 and ISO 800 to achieve optimum results. However, regardless of the film speed chosen, standard C41 processing is recommended.

Product Benefits

• Unobtrusive grain level
• Wide exposure latitude
• Excellent highlight and shadow detail.

FujiFilm describe this film as having excellent highlight and shadow detail, this is one of my main reasons for choosing this film, as the shadows in the image are crucial to the final project. Another reason for using this film over the Across 100 is the ISO number, as the 400 will give me more flexibility on where I produce my images and the lighting that I use. Another real bonus of this film is the C41 process, which is the standard colour processing, this means I will be able to take my film to a shop, similar to boots where it can be developed and printed for me within the hour, again speeding up the process for the tight deadline.

I have decided to photograph some natural objects first before photographing the body as I think it will be easier to position the body to match an object rather than try to find an object that matches a body position.