WEEK 7

Tuesday 3rd November

In todays online session I carried on editing my website as usual. In the second half of the session we had a task to complete which was to gather a list of materials and plan how you would make a 10ft tall dragon needed for a show. At first I was clueless as to where I would start but I started by listing the basic materials such as paint, fabric, sticks. I then drew this on paper so I could get a clearer image of what materials I needed for each part of the dragon. I was proud of my design as I only had an hour to complete it however I wanted to re draw the plan in more detail.

Wednesday 4th November

This morning, we were sat and told that we would be making a small scale model of the dragons we designed on Tuesdays online session. I had planned my dragon on paper, however I decided to re draw my plan more specifically as I now had access to the materials in college. After I planned all the measurements and materials needed, I started to make the wings of my dragon. 

First I measured and cut 6 pieces of wire (10cm each) and glued them down to some cloth using a hot glue gun. I also cut out any other small bits I need such as white sharp teeth, spikes for the face, red eyes etc.

Then for the body, I struggled because I didn’t really know where to start so first I tried using thick foam as the base. After many attempts of cutting it into the correct shape, when I attached the wings on, it didn’t look good at all. 

So I took inspiration from other class mates and for my second attempt I used wire which worked and looked much better. I managed to complete the b base of the body but i ran out of time.

Thursday 5th November

In todays theory session, I checked off everything I had completed for the unit 1 Alice work, including mining the text which was my target. I needed to complete my set design and two reviews. The set design took me a long time because I had to make sure I drew it the plan out to scale. With help, I got the resources I needed and measurements information. I had to also find the measurements of each set object and cut them to scale. I really enjoyed organising each set object onto their designated scene paper.

After I completed my set design for Alice, I had time left to start my review on my makeup design. I found a classmate who did a makeup design for the same character as me: The Cheshire Cat and I compared our designs. My classmates design was amazing and i got a lot of inspiration from it.

Target

As I will be self isolating for the next two weeks, my target is to stay focused at home and complete my tasks to the best of my ability as I would in college. I also took home some mod roc and materials to make a crown so I would like to experiment with these in the two weeks I have away from college.