Evaluation

Evaluation

Goodbye to Berlin has been an interesting project. The research embarked on for Weimar Berlin and also Contemporary Club Culture has expanded my knowledge and given a wider perspective on other cultures. I have enjoyed immensely the research aspect of this project as history interests me. Weimar Belin was a particularly interesting short lived time which I think was revived through club kids and blitz kids. The research has shown me that art is a continuing movement and inspiration for a creation can be found anywhere if you look hard enough.

I have struggled this term with time management. I underestimated how much would be expected of us in second year, therefore ideas I may have had weren't made note of immediately which would have helped with the creative process. My research for inspiration for the contemporary cabaret character came quickly but wasn't accounted for until I had thoroughly thought out if the creative process of how I got to my design made sense. I very much enjoyed creating a contemporary character because I get to work with colour and be experimental with the shades, structure and texture that can be created.

For the timed assessment I worked with Sandra. Before the day I had not seen her design at all so therefore was going it to the studio blind. This meant that I needed all the information possible from Sandra as the designer to help me understand the design she wanted me to create. I got very confused by the step by step provided but Sandra was on hand to answer my questions. The shades of products used weren't always written down therefore I had to ask. Sandra watched over me to make sure I was creating everything to her satisfaction and told me when she liked something or not. Through my confusion with all the details provided I created the wrong parting in the hair. However the end result is still historical. Next time, I would like to have the information beforehand which will help my understanding of what is expected of me. Also, more thorough instructions would have been helpful so that I didn’t need to keep asking so many questions. If the designer wasn’t around I would have struggled completely.

My own design reflects historical 1930’s characters well. I have exaggerated the ageing of the skin so that the end result could be used on TV and Film. I have thought about every angle of the design, so that the hair works when the character would turn around.

My favourite part about the project is all the characters of club culture, Weimar Belin and old literature that I now have knowledge of. I think this knowledge will help in the future in TV and Film. The hairstyles created have taught me how to create period hair for the 1920’s – 1930’s. The project has definitely expanded my skills and has made me grow as a make-up artist. I have thoroughly enjoyed this project and will now be claiming Party Monster as one of my favourite films.