FORMATIVE BRIEF #4: THE JABBERWOCKY

The Jabberwocky

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Context:
You have been given text of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carol. Read it and think about the visual effects of the words. Most of the words are made up and nonsensical, but the point is that they still have meaning.


This brief is really intersting. They have many ideas & concepts that can be responded to produce visual effect. I've tended to create 3 ideas for this one then I can choose which is the best for submission but after consider about all 3, I decided to do the most idea I like, the fighting part.
I had a studio shoot with a male model and I asked him to pose for all 3 ideas. But in the end, for the idea i've decided to go with, it came out really good as what I've planned either lighting and posing for idea.
And here is the idea:
The Jabberwocky poem is about a boy who fought Jabberwocky, a terrible monster. And in the end, he slew Jabberwocky. But what if, the monster is only created by their own fears? Or the monster is something that people try to scare others by a horror story? Or, everyone has a monster hide inside themselves, and they need to fight with that monster all the time, to control their behaviors, their thoughts, their dignities. So based on the idea: "everyone has a monster inside them and they need to fight with that monster to control it" or "the boy fight with a monster but he doesn't realize that he only try to kill his shadow", I created an image of a man throwing a spear into his shadow.

Here is the image:

Model: Clint Domine

Spear from Googles