EVALUATION...

Evaluation:      

My expectation of what this term would involve was definitely very different to what happened throughout it. It was really interesting learning the different stages and processes of how to create a prosthetic piece and apply bald caps plus many other techniques.  However I thought we may have touched on or included a little more gore or more extreme versions of special effects such as out of the ordinary character creations. I think it will really benefit me in the future to know how the prosthetic pieces are made and the time, effort and patience it takes to produce one but I would have loved to maybe colour the mould or create an overall crazy look including it but I do understand that it has be presented simply and basic in order for it to be marked purely on production and application. The  tribal scarification influenced image was definitely a struggle for me! Excluding the confusion at the beginning when I completely misunderstood the brief, from then onwards has been quite hard to find inspiration in order to create a new idea for my re-shoot.  I planned and trialled my re-shoot before shooting the professional images but I really didn't like how they turned out on camera. The application looked really poor so I decided to do a third shoot. I was much happier with the images but still worry that you can't see the tribal influence within in.  I wanted my final image to differ from others because a lot of my peers re-shoot idea were quite similar, adding circular shapes to the face in particular directions.  My prosthetic mould however was not the easiest thing to create or apply. I liked the shape I created but also worried that the edges in my final shoot were not blended or removed as much as I hoped. However the more acetone I used to remove them the more the piece stood out on the head which would be very visible on camera. Overall the unit wasn't as enjoyable as expected but I have taken a lot of new techniques and knowledge away from it that will definitely help me in the future.