Final Project - Diego Valencia

TEDDY BEAR MOODS

There are a lot of different projects and ideas going on my mind when I am trying to figure it out what I can do for my final project.

At the end, I decided to do something that represents something really important for me which I call “Teddy Bear Moods.”

I decided to do this project because of Salome. She is my girlfriend and lives five thousand kilometers far away from me. When I video call her she is always hugging the teddies that I gave to her. Ever since I have known Salome, I have noticed that she loves stuffed animals. I have been always interested to know how she expresses her thoughts, feelings, and emotions to her teddies. The girls that you will see in my project are imitating similar situations that Salome lives in Ecuador. I used a big teddy bear (her birthday present) to portray these situations.

It was a challenge for me the first time that I asked someone to express emotions with a teddy bear. At first, the girls did not understand what I was trying to show. When I talked about the different situations that Salome experiences when she is talking to me, they were able to understand better.

In order to get a great picture, we tried to use our imagination to understand the context of each of the situations. I used a black background, lights, and different clothes. At the end, all the moods were showed. Some examples of these moods are when she is freezing and wants to hold my hand, or when she is sad and wants to talk with me. As a result of this project, I can understand better how my girlfriend feels and expresses to her teddies when I do or say something to her.