After last weeks base research i looked further into how people created personas online , my main focus this week was previous video advertisements and animations. One of the key sources i looked at was Catfish: The TV Show.
catfish
ˈkatfɪʃ/ : lure (someone) into a relationship by adopting a fictional online persona.
"he was being catfished by a cruel prankster"
The TV show focuses on catching people that pretend to be different people online for attention. The story are sometimes sad , happy or distressing depending on the situation. The shows main aim is to help people and discover why the person has created this persona. I feel that this is relevant to my Cybernetic Self project as people can choose how to create themselves online.
Lewis Hamilton for Santander. This advert stood out to me when i was younger. The advert aired in 2008, it consisted of lewis hamilton being constructed in the form of an airfoil model , i was inspired by this idea as it shows that internet personas can be constructed out of certain stereotypical pieces. If i was to execute the project like this i would use photography and photoshop to create a manipulated piece that has elements of surrealism. I would use the studio to take high resolution photographs then later edit them in photoshop to create a final piece.
i would produce a series of posters r flyers to be included in a magazine which would educate proper bout online safety as it is a rising concern in civilisation.
