Technical File Sign Off

Here is signed technical file sheet by Lottie Davies, signed on 02/05/2013 as part of the MFS109: Styling for Television, Film and Theatre Unit submission.

Evaluation

When beginning to research this project I was keen to use both a male and female model as other units have limited me with model choice.  Initially I always thought it would be a harder task to create a look for a male model; however I have seen this task as an excessive learning curve and feel motivated to continue to push myself out of my comfort zone in the future.

I believe that the whole of the research and blog work I have done for this project has been my strongest throughout the academic year due to being more technologically capable than to begin with. I also think that my second look has been one of the strongest created and am extremely pleased with the outcome. Also I have taken more consideration into the styling in the photographs to make a more defined shot where before I would have not spent equal time management on this aspect.

If I was to re-create or alter anything upon reflection of this project it would be that I would have considered either an alternative model for my first look or altered the design a bit more as I spent a majority of my research and time looking into and developing the second image and so was slightly unprepared with the other look – which I believe shows in the images.

Finally while reflecting on the images I believe that they could both be used for the target audience of the band that I created the look for and with the research and design development I personally have fully enjoyed this unit brief.

Final Shots: Look 2

 

 These are some close-up shots and the submitted images of my final adaptation for Look 2 of:

 "Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn On The Light?"

Final Shots: Look 1

 These are some close-up shots and the submitted images of my final adaptation for Look 1 of:

 "Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn On The Light?"

Test: Look 2

The key feature I wanted to create in Look 2 was the aspect of how the darkness - which in itself is a character in the urban legend - was reaching out and trying to ensnare. I began to think of ways to represent this and came up with the use of not just including the face/hair in a look but also to incorporate the hands.

I then tried to get my test model to try out several poses to see which would show off this aspect of my design the most and discovered through several shots that making the hands reach up and around the neck made the darkness seem dangerous.

                                                 
                                                    

FallOut Boy: Reference 2

In their latest music videos "The Phoenix" and  "Young Volcanoes" through the use of SFX the lead singer Patrick Stump has had created his surname. After considering the use of this amount of SFX in their latest video I have decided to create in one of my look's the use of scratches on the model to incorporate the use in my possible idea for the music video. 

     

This part of the story - before they are captured individually which is depicted in 'The Phoenix' video it portrays when initially only Patrick is taken after carrying a briefcase of importance...                                              

 ... while in the phoenix it shows the band being individually captured and displays Patrick being tortured/ having his hand cut off to show as a form of the fact that they have captured him ..

               

... and to free the briefcase from him they cut off his hand - literally portraying his name: Patrick Stump.

                                                     

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This idea of injury and torture is again impacting in the video for "Young Volcanoes" as it displays a form of torture at a meal table but also using drugs to influence their view on reality of the captured band members which the audience perceive and then registers what is fiction and what is reality at the end.

TEST LOOK 1