HOLLOW MIKIO - COVER
My inspiration comes from a Japanese movie called "my husband has depression", and this final outcome is for Mikio, the hero in the movie. In order to hope that the play and their design can have a new interpretation, I want to use the traditional Japanese drama Kyogen combined with silent drama. In the early stage of the movie, Mikio, as an employee of the company, needs to wear a neat suit every day. In order to make the changed clothes connect with the film, I added the elements of suit and shirt collar to the traditional Kyogen clothing. In the movie, Mikio's clothes are mostly black and white in the early stage of depression. In addition, for Mikio suffering from depression, the world in his eyes is like black and white, so I only choose black and white as the color of clothes. At the same time, I change his shoulder coat into an empty frame, representing Mikio's empty inner world. For the sick Mikio, depression is like a framework around him, blocking his perception of the outside world. And I made Mikio a transparent headgear. I think that for depression patients, transparent headgear is like a transparent box, so that patients can see the outside world but can not have any feelings. Bad mood is like an unhappy mouth and a blush like a blush. It will always be wrapped around MIKIO. Even so, MIKIO will still go to work like a normal person. At the same time, I also use twisted spectacle frames to represent Mikio's bad mood.
The research of the depression
For patients with depression, they are suffering physically and psychologically. Physically, they have difficult to concent to do something , Memory fading, and even they will suffer physical pain. Psychologically, it's not only that many people think that just they are always sadness. What's more painful is that they can hardly feel the beauty and fun of the outside world and live blindly every day.
My husband has depression
I want to design for MIKIO and HARUKO in the movie "My husband is depressed." The film tells the story of a husband suffering from depression, and his wife always accompanying with him.Mikio is a clerk, he suffers from depression under the pressure of work and life.His character is very serious and careful. He like to wear black and white. And his wife, Haruko, knows that he has been accompanying him in silence and warmth.
Kyogen
The movie used warm techniques to narrate the heavy topic of depression, which reminds me of the Kyogen plays, which used witty plots and exaggerated speeches to express serious social events. These two are Kyogen's classic clothes, the clothes are for the ancient japan soldior. This coincides with my view that depressive patients are actually soldiers. I think depress patient are soldiers. Even though they suffer by bad mood and health every day, they still live and even pretend to be normal. This is not easy.
Contrast
I want to highlight the strong contrast between the husband and the wife
Haruko 's Design
I use 4 elements into Haruko’s design . FIRSTLY , I add the pajamas and apron elements , because she is a house wife , and two elements could make the character look more casual.the bight colors and patterns with flowers Haruko could represent her character is lively and warm.
Mikio's design
Mikio always wear suit when he go to company , and he would like to wear mainly black and white , i choose this color also because his character is serous.when he suffer the illness, for him ,the world didn;t have other bright color. I mainly use the frame elements because i want to represent although Mikio pretend himself very normal , and inside he already be a empty frame.
The process of the outcome
This is the final design. I chose to use black fabrics as the framework to make the audience feel that the framework is heavy for Mikio, hoping that they will experience the distress and pain of depression for patients. At first I made it out of fish bones, but I found that fish bones couldn't bear the weight, so I made it with wire and fish bones. The effect will be better.
Headress
I made Mikio a transparent headgear. I think that for depression patients, transparent headgear is like a transparent box, so that patients can see the outside world but can not have any feelings. Bad mood is like an unhappy mouth and a blush like a blush. It will always be wrapped around MIKIO. Even so, MIKIO will still go to work like a normal person. At the same time, I also use twisted spectacle frames to represent Mikio's bad mood.
Final outcome
This work hopes to let the masses and the patients with depression know that the patients with depression are actually brave soldiers. At the same time, I also hope to tell people who have family members or friends suffering from depression. They prefer to be accompanied by friends and family members rather than comforting or paying too much attention to the illness.