WEEK 3

Tuesday 22nd September:

In the first halve of todays online session, I carried on with my Wix website. I added to my blog post and with the time I had left I had a useful play around on Wix editor to try and work out how to use various tools. This was really handy as it will help speed things up for me when working on editing my website.

In the second halve of the session, we had an opportunity to go back to our swot sheet and improve it. This time it was really clear on what I had to complete and got through this task really well. I felt like my swot analysis was a lot more detailed and I was happy I completed the task in time.

Wednesday 23rd September:

In todays morning session, we started the day reminding ourselves of basic sewing. This was helpful because I felt that I needed practise before making my face mask. We then chose a fabric from many options as we began follow the step by step instructions on how to make a facemask each. From this fabric we placed the face mask template and sewed the correct pieces of material together. At first I found this a bit complicated but I soon got the hang of it. I managed to get the majority of the mask sewn together, but I will have to finish the last steps next week or so.

Later on, we had a lighting session in which I learnt the basic steps of creating groups for the lighting.

Again, the task I was given was complicated at first but I managed to take notes. I think I could use more prace on this as theres a lot to remember.

Later on in the day, we were given a list of sound effects we had to create. We were put into small groups of 3 which was a really nice opportunity to get to know more class mates who I haven’t spoken to yet. We were given a recorder and were sent off to different parts of the department to use our creativity skills and make sound effects from random objectrs. I found this session really enjoyable and I think my group and I did a good job.

We then chose to do a task, which I chose Makeup. I started off by practising wounds from latex and tissue, I then filled coloured the wound with grease paints and filled the wound with fake blood. I also tried something new which was putting pins and paperclibs through the tissue which was so effective because it looked like skin. I really enjoyed this task as I got to experiment and work independentyly.

To finish the day off, some class mates and I had a go at tattoo cover ups using skin palets. I found this task enjoyable. I also learnt the different ones of skin and how to apply the right skin colour, this was very useful. From my target last week which was to get to know my classmates more, this was a really nice task to get to know and talk to my classmates.

Thursday 24th September

In todays morning session I started the day with filling out a sheet containing theatrical terms and I had to fill the definition for each. I also learnt about the stage positions e.g upstage down stage etc. This task was really helpful as Ive heard these terms before but not knowing what they exactly meant.

After this we were shown how to create a burn effect. i searched for a picture of a real burn for inspiration and it helped me colour match the base of the burn to look as realistic as possible. I really enjoyed this task because I learnt more and got to experiment.

For the final session of the day, carrying on with Makeup, I learnt how to make a severed finger, first I used mixed alginate powder with water to make a mould of my finger, it was difficult to mix because the paste was very thick and quick drying. When this set, I pulled my finger out of the now solid alginate, this felt very weird. I then mixed together parts A and B of the silicone and filled the cup. This took about 30 minutes to set. To finish I painted my fake finger a more skin tone and applied a fake nail, The final result was really effective. This task was really enjoyable.

Target: For next week I would really like to focus on completing my Alice research and character development. I really want these to be completed to the best of my ability and this may mean that to focus I have to work independently so I can get the work done.