Photomontage Reflection – ‘What A Joke’
The whole idea behind my photomontage is the commercialism
of Christmas and Easter. Many have forgotten the whole reason behind the
Christmas holiday, which was the birth of Jesus Christ. Easter is the time to
remember Jesus dying on the cross and rising three days later. It was about His
sacrifice but no one really cares, only about the time they get off work and
spending money. Christmas decorations come out in shops ridiculously early, with
corporations making the most of their time to make as much money as possible. That’s
all the holiday is about. Money. It’s all a joke. My images look very evil
which was the effect I intended. I have used a clown, (who looks a lot like the
Joker) to show my view on how these holidays are a joke. We’re making fun of
Jesus Christ, so I have put the clown on the cross to illustrate how we no
longer care. Santa Clause is a joke! He’s not even real. So I used the clown’s
face, displaying him looking sinister as Santa. He looks like that because he
is money hungry. The last one is a clown on top of a Christmas tree, instead of
a star. I put him there because the star usually represents the North Star in
the story but now the clown represents the replacement of the Christmas spirit
with a joke. The process behind these images is I drew a cross, a Christmas tree
and a Santa Clause and took photographs of these images. Then I borrowed my
friend’s largely sized model of the Joker from Batman and took photographs of
him in different poses. I then used the pen tool in Photoshop and cut the
Joker/clown out and placed it onto the hand drawn images. I placed a red clown
nose onto the figure to make him more clown like. I used hidden text in all
three montages – W.A.J. This stands for “What A Joke”, the whole concept of my
photomontage. I used the pen tool to also cut out sections of each image,
created new layers and coloured them in and used 47% opacity. I used the smudge
tool around the clown’s head as Santa. I also had to use the clone tool on the
back drop for two of the images. I had to try and draw a beard on top of the
Santa’s which was difficult and I’m not that happy with it but it was the best I
could do in the end. I really like the clown on the cross the best. It’s very
strong and the drawing and the photo seem to work together so I’m happy with
that.
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