Preparation for Specialist Study Report:

 Preparation for specialist study report:

Whilst I’ve been on this course, I have created two extra makeup looks to help further develop my skills. Both looks were casualty effects: Cut and bruised knuckles and a cut on the face. Both of these were made with Scar Wax to create the cut itself, and the Ben Nye bruise wheel was used to deepen the colour on the injuries and to create the bruise effect on the knuckles. 

Another extra piece of makeup I have created was an elf ear to practice for the upcoming Christmas film I was creating makeup for. I also used scar wax to create these and added some foundation to match the colour of my ear.

So far, my attendance throughout the year has been 100% and I have always made sure to show up on time, if not earlier, especially when the times were temporarily changed (e.g: 9 am instead of 9:30 am). Even during the online lessons during the lockdown, I managed to join each call on time.

Whilst working in the makeup room, I made sure to demonstrate a high level of professionalism. An example of this would be how I maintained good hygiene; I’d wear clean clothes every day, made sure my hair was clean and tied back when working closely with other people, I would wash and sanitize my hands on a regular basis and sanitize the base that I was working at and clean my brushes regularly, including a quick clean if I was to be using that brush on more than one person.

Another way I demonstrated professionalism would be by keeping the area I was working at safe for everyone in the area. I would wear a mask at all times, all coats and bags were moved out of the way by putting them under the base, I also made sure my area was organized at all times by placing my brushes and any skin care products I will be using on one side of the area I had set up and any makeup I was going to be using was placed neatly on the base.

For work experience, I have worked on four productions so far: Run, Try As You Might, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Holly, Jolly Christmas. However, three of those productions, Run, Try As You Might and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, were ‘practice runs’ to get an idea of how things would work when it came to working on productions.

For Run, we were split into two separate groups. we began by breaking down the script and discussing our initial ideas on the appearance of each of the characters. we then had 2 people create moodboards for the characters whilst the other three people created the designs for the characters.

For Try As You Might, we worked in two separate groups. We focused on breaking down the script and gathering design ideas and moodboards for each of the characters based on the context given in the script.

For MSND, we worked in one big group. During the first meeting, we were each given different character profiles, discussing each one whilst filling out a character chart for each of them. We also discussed the script (quotes) and decided jobs for the next meeting:  moodboards and design ideas for the characters.

For the second meeting, we each went round and discussed our design ideas for the characters. As well as this, we also talked about how this makeup will be for stage rather than screen, meaning that the makeup will need to be a lot more bold and noticeable when the actors are on the stage underneath the stage lights. Following up from this, we also discussed the size of the audience and stage, deciding that there will be a medium sized stage and audience. Moving on from this, we got to practicing the makeup on each other.

For the Christmas film, we were also working with the film students. The director gave us a file that included some information about the kind of makeup looks they wanted us to do for each of the characters, a moodboard for the main characters to give us an idea of what they’re looking for and the information about the date and time for when they wanted the makeup to be applied for and the time they planned of starting filming. Later on, the director sent us headshots of each of the actors, their names and which characters they will be playing. It was then decided which character we will each be designing, sharing our ideas for each of them. When it came to actually applying the makeup, we had already decided which person will be doing which actors' makeup.

This helped improve communication as I had to participate in each of the meetings and discuss my ideas with the rest of the group, as well as give some feedback on their ideas.

This also helped improve professionalism as I had to practice this whilst working on each of the productions.