Final assessment : Evaluation

Music Video & Films inspiration: Louis XIV

Practice of hair & make up: Louis XIV inspired

Louis the XIV: Dolce & Gabbana

Hair & Makeup inspiration for Louis XIV mask

Hair:

I have gathered four images of Louis XIV inspired hair styles that have caught my eye as an inspiration towards my final outcome, each style has stood out to me for different reasons and hope to create my final style by selecting small parts from each image. With then developing into my own idea for my final look.

Image one: I selected this image towards my research as the movement in the bouffant really caught my eye with then leading down to the nape applied into pin curls with then tight ringlets with the tail of the hair draping over the shoulder. The sections of this hair I'm thinking of incorporating into my final style would be the pin curls and long ringlets to give the Louis XIV feel to the hairstyle.

Image two:  This image really caught my eye as I love the hair & make up as a whole, really love the bouffant and the hight of the style. This is most definitely an style I want to incorporate into my final hair design, as I want the final design to have height into the hair as when my mask is held to the face I have made the mask to have flame like shapes to come out of the mask. So would still like the hair to be shown when the mask is held to the models face so you still get the feel of the Louis XIV styled hair.

Image three: Again chose this image as I love the hight of the bouffant this image shows image one and image two together with the tail of the hair draping over the should and then image two the bouffant. This image showing more of an high fashion look with a more textured style as image two showed more of a neat set. Which I do quite like this textured look to the hair and feel it relates more to the high fashion style.

Image four: This image is from the Autumn/Winter 2009/10 Basso & Brooke- Powdered skin & wigs "Let them eat cake" catwalk that sparks off inspired hair and make up from Louis XIV. With this hair I really like the four rolls that go up each side of the head it looks as if its been applied out of card to make these rolls and not hair, and I really like this idea! I think I would like to incorporate pin curls like the same style but with hair and not cardboard even though I think is amazing look for high fashion or if I was to attempt this myself maybe try a different material to make it my own!

Above I have inserted a very rough sketch (very rough) just to give an en sight of the idea I have in my head to create for my final hair style. I have been mainly inspired but certain sections of the images I researched and the ones I really like I have taken into my design putting all three together to make my final design.

End of year: Evaluation

This first year for me has been a roller coaster as I've had highs and lows within the course. Area's I found I struggled with more than others, but this is why I'm here to learn more with the things I struggle with. I found fashion being one of my favourite lessons and sad to learn we won’t be having this in the next year as I found Branka taught us so well and feel my skills have come a long way since our first lesson. Fashion hair I did enjoy but found I preferred period hair as I felt this lesson was more challenging and felt I learnt more as period hair there is more to it. Which some lessons were most definitely challenging as this year my most challenging hairstyle I just couldn't get to grips with was the 1920's finger wave's which this really annoyed me as I was looking forward to learning this hair style as I'm a big fan of the 20's. Each lesson learning this style was just a struggle and a very frustrating one it became. I didn't overcome this as I only could really get one S , this is something I defiantly need to practice this style at home to try and apply an full head of finger waves. I did find this lesson my most challenging but I found each style I always applied well and came out with good final images and each lesson also found I left with learning so much, and looking forward to next year to challenging myself to new styles we are taught. Period make up I learnt a lot about the history of makeup and the brands of the time that are still big today, learning the background of makeup and the styles have really helped me identify the era's. With all the different looks I enjoyed term two more as I felt term one was really good to learn all the no makeup looks but found it all looked very similar each lesson whereas term two was more of a challenge to us and felt I learnt a lot more. My struggle was the balancing of the lip, with Denise giving me the tip of standing right in front of the model making sure my nose is in line with the models which this did help me prevent the unbalanced lip. Finding theatre my most struggle of all only mainly the bald cap weeks as I did struggle with time as I took longer to apply the cap its self, but I feel if I applied again I would be quicker on my 3^rd application. I think it’s a very fun lesson theatre but this year has shown me what I like to do more of and my strengths and found theatre isn’t really for me.

This year I would say has made me realise I would really like to go into fashion with also freelancing in weddings as I just enjoyed fashion so much and a lot of my work experience revolved around fashion and I enjoyed it so much I didn’t feel like I was working for 12 hours on set I was doing what I love for 12 hours. With learning what I’m learning at West Thames and also the experience I’m getting and the skills I’m learning on set I’ve seen so much improvement on all area’s and will carry on getting this work experience as I feel it’s really helped my skills alongside university. If I was to change anything on this year would be to keep on top of my work instead of leaving last minute as I was putting work experience first and doing as much as I could but then this has made an impact on my work, so next year I will be writing myself up a timetable so this doesn’t repeat its self for my second year. As I felt I was doing everything more last minute and feel my work isn’t at a standard I know I can produce. I’ve noticed this myself and will make sure I change for my second year! Another issue I have noticed within myself is not being able to deliver a presentation well this is due to just being so nervous as when I’m in front of everyone I get terrible stage fright and find I can’t sometimes even get my words out, as this really gets to me. I will try and practice more as I would in year two try and get higher than a pass on my presentation so this will be on my list to push for within my second year.

Overall I’ve really enjoyed this course and really happy with how far I’ve come within this year I feel really proud of myself as in assessments I have pushed myself and set myself with a challenge that I would have found a little hard in the lesson as this is a risk doing this but I want to set myself a challenge and not stay safe with styles I know I can do. Each of my final assessment I was proud of how far I pushed myself and the outcome I produced made me so proud and that’s from learning I have achieved this year at West Thames. If I could change anything about the course is carry on hair and make up till we finish as in term three we don’t do any apart from our final assessments in term three, which I’ve really missed our hair and makeup lessons and just feel it’s a very long break of not doing any practical within hair and make-up and would of loved learning for that extra one month, but understand why it has been set this way due to end of year projects. Also a good incentive to get students out to work experience to keep their skills up as this is most definitely what I’m doing so I don’t lose the skill. Looking forward to returning in year two to develop my skills even further than what I’ve learnt this year. 

Magazine cover: Evaluation

For this assignment the brief was to create a magazine front cover in the style of SS15 and to collaborate with a photographer. When Branka first delivered the brief I straight away was not so keen on producing this outcome as the worry of getting a photographer and a model in a city I know no one! So when this brief was set I wasn't so excited. But little did I know how much this assignment would help me not only with this project but with future projects!

To begin my search for collaborating with photographers and models I came across a website called the freelancer club that you could set up a profile reflecting what creative area you worked in. As this was a site for freelancers in the creative industry this being mua's, photographers, models and stylists. So I began my profile by showing the world of freelancer club I was an MUA by uploading work I have created so really just like an on-line portfolio for other creative's to see. Once I had made my on-line portfolio I posted a job seeking ** fashion photographer and model needed** and stated what the job would consist of (my magazine photo shoot). When posted will take up to twelve hours for the team to let be put live onto their site. When it went live I had so many responses and options to network with! With a big selection to pick from I made sure I looked at their Instagram’s and websites as I had a high percentage of photographers to pick from, but finding someone who I felt would collaborate well with my work and chose a photographer called Simon Morris who I couldn't wait to work with! 

With such a great outcome with the photographers I didn't win so much luck on the model side of things as all of the models on freelancer club wasn't what I was looking for! But Simon got us a model but on the day just didn't work the camera like I hoped and the whole studio outcome didn't work as well as I hoped as I felt it was no longer my project and they just took over! So after feeling really excited to collaborate with these creative's it all came crashing down on the day, but I see it as work experience so wasn't a day wasted I learnt from it. Next time I need to take charge more as I obviously didn't the first round and it showed!

The second time round I Shot with Chris Ennis and model Tasmin Taylor and this shoot went so well the photographer listened to everything I said the model worked the camera how I asked and everything just fell into place great!! And the relief of this was amazing as I did panic after the last shoot but I got here in the end and I felt so proud. Even though I had stressful times with this project sometimes got upset but only because I really wanted to succeed well in this project and I really think I projected myself in this project in a professional manner and couldn't be more proud of this outcome.

Excellent project to be given, at first I wasn't keen but I got it done and loved it! Made me feel like I was a professional and networking with other creative people in the industry was great and I learnt lessons along the way!