Technical Sign Off Sheet...

Peer review...

Artist = Me / Designer = Kieran Jones

Artist Review = I am really proud of the final images with the hair and makeup I created, following the instructions and face charts Kieran designed and gave to me. I was incredibly nervous when set this timed assessment task but in the end I found it a fun and useful experience. In the planning of his design, we met up once to discuss his hair and makeup. I felt better after this as I had never done makeup on a male before but I think being partnered up with a male worked in my favour as it was more experience for me and the fact he has less hair than most girl meant I could spend longer perfecting the makeup in which my confidence lacks. Throughout the assessment I felt I stayed shockingly calm and worked at a swift and organised pace. It helped that my model had great skin to work with but I feel the makeup in the  photographs look fantastic. If I could re-shoot this image I would make the base makeup on the face ever so slightly paler so it looks more like a mask in which he designed. I think I would also make the blush a bit stronger as the flash on the camera appears to have drowned it out.

Designer Review = Being partnered with Kieran as the designer for the look I had to create went really well. He was organised and helpful by drawing out the face chart, creating the look on himself and listing products/makeup ideas on the face chart, sending me pictures of everything in the week leading up to the timed assessment. I loved the look he created and helped me by giving me characters to associate a final outcome with, the showman in 'Cabaret' and the lead man in 'Burlesque' both in masculine attire but wearing dramatic, typically feminine makeup that looked like a mask. I found it even more helpful that Kieran also decided we should both consider the styling aspect of our final outcomes too. He wore a shirt, bowtie, jacket and hat that supported my hair and makeup really well. As it was easier for me working on a male, I guess Kieran could have made the look harder for me by maybe getting me to apply a wig or a little more complex makeup as I felt although the whole experience was enough of a new challenge for me, I finished his look rather quickly which made me feel I had maybe not done very well, but looking at the images it makes me rethink these thoughts.

Artist = Kieran Jones / Designer = Me

Artist Review = When I first gave Kieran my hair and makeup designs for his turn for the timed assessment he showed a lot more confidence with the hair compared to the makeup. He instantly confessed he was worried about applying makeup, particularly eye makeup, both eye shadow, eye liner and mascara. In order to help him, we met up during the week leading up to the assessment so that he could practise the techniques I used to create the look I designed on myself, which was adding water to eye shadow to allow more control and a bolder, thicker coverage. When it came to the timed assessment Kieran was very nervous and unsure quite often throughout the whole experience although once he had completed each step I think he realised he could do it and I hope this helped him gain confidence in himself. If I could get Kieran to re-shoot my look, I would get him to make the eyes a little darker and bolder, add more mascara and maybe make the lips a little neater around the edges. I cannot criticise the hair as it is absolutely perfect and exactly what I wished it to look, maybe even better, but this does happen to be Kieran's strongest skills. Overall although he was nervous and could do with more practise with his makeup skills, I think Kieran did really well and I am very happy with the final outcome he produced.

Designer Review = I am really happy with the design I created for my look that Kieran had to produce. Knowing he was not very confident with makeup and was with the hair I ensured I designed a look which he was capable of doing with good ability. My final look coincidently was very similar to the look Kieran created for himself just on a female instead and our two final outcomes actually match and complement each other really well. As Kieran really thought about the styling as well as the hair and makeup to tie everything together, I also made sure I wore clothing and accessories that were appropriate and matched my final look. I felt I gave Kieran good instructions as I gave him face charts, hair designs and a step by step in advance so he knew exactly what he had to do on the day, although I'm not sure if he thoroughly read my step by step as he still seemed very unsure of what he was doing on the day, so maybe next time I would say read instruction more. In conclusion I feel I was a very organised designer for my makeup artist as I gave him all charts and step by steps in advance and I also did the look on myself to prove it was quick and simple enough to do in the time we were allotted. 

Evaluation...

When I was first told the brief to this project I was quite confused and I felt rather uninspired. I think this was due to the fact that the whole project is called 'Goodbye to Berlin' when it should probably be called Diversity. I was introduced to everything with the book Goodbye to Berlin and the film inspired by the book, Cabaret, making me believe we could only create final images based on this era or the characters in both stories. I was then even more confused when I was also introduced to short films such as modern catwalk shows with plus size models, film trailers featuring the fashionable elderly, discussing race, age, size, disabilities, shocking behaviour, models and the media. Finally it was a lot clearer that I could create a look which shows any form of beauty, diversity or even a character or image from the Berlin stories. After jumping from idea to idea I reached an idea that made me feel more comfortable with this project and started to enjoy myself. I chose to show the a mixture of different culture and race that my friend is. Radhika is a British citizen, lived in Britain all her life but what I found interesting, inspiring and amazing is that her Father's family is from Jamaica and her Mother's family is from India. I decided to create three final images creating looks for my model that portray her background. I did much research both on the internet and I also contacted her parents to help me decide how to create her Indian and Jamaican looks. I really enjoyed producing my three final images, but my favourite look is most probably the Indian picture as she looks the most different and it looks the most beautiful. If I could reshoot any of the images for any reason I would shoot the Jamaican images in a larger studio with a wider backdrop as I has photographs of my model dancing with her arms stretched out and they would have looked great if the background was all the same. In my practical seminars I really enjoyed the scratch wig work and surprisingly, the timed assessments. I found it fun and thrilling creating a look for someone else to produce on myself and vice versa. I thought mine and my partner's final images turned out great and himself and I should be very proud of ourselves considering we had never been set a task like this before and neither of us feel as confident in makeup as much as we are with hair. I also feel we worked great together, not only ensuring we gave a structured plan to each other, but we had fun with the assessment too. Overall, after wasting quite a bit of time being confused with what the project wanted me to create, I have enjoyed the skills I have learned, the tasks I have been set and especially loved my final images and idea that inspired me to produce them. 

'Would seeing a more diverse range of bodies in the media improve your self-esteem?'

As a reader of magazines and a viewer of a vast range of television programmes and films, it is often refreshing to see women of all shapes, sizes, ages and race. Being a curvy size 12-14 myself occasionally it feels I am too 'big' as all the models on the catwalk and magazines have tiny little size zero figures, but in my opinion I like being curvy so having all of those skinny models everywhere I look does not really bother me. There are so many celebrities famous for not only whatever profession they are in but for also looking beautiful, curvy and healthy, for example, some celebrities with the most amazing figures are women such as Holly Willoughby, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and many more. I feel that this whole debate over the size issue in the media is constantly being blown out of proportion, quite literally, over dramatised and talking about it all the time encourages people to think badly of themselves. I also feel women and girls who feel they are too big compared to catwalk models need a little shake and sense talking into them purely because those models look unhealthy, are unhealthy and personally look quite unattractive at times. People need to realise having a little or even a lot of meat on the bones is not a bad thing, it creates variety in our world, why should everyone look stick thin with no figure. If you are naturally slim then I have no query with that, but for people to force their bodies to go against their natural shape is ridiculous. Be proud of your figure, your looks and stay healthy, you can never be anyone else than yourself, so learn to live, laugh and love life as YOU.

FINAL IMAGES...

INSPIRED BY JAMAICA

INSPIRED BY INDIA

INSPIRED BY BRITAIN

Final Moodboard...

India...

I did some research into my models Indian side. Her mother is from India although lived her life in England, Essex. 
I instantly knew I wanted to focus my final image on an Indian wedding look. The colours are bright, bold and beautiful as are the clothes, accessories and makeup.
I love the red and gold colours which seem very popular in weddings which is what I will use as it will tie in well with golden smoky eye and red lips.
I debated attempting henna on the hands, but soon executed the idea as I knew I would not have time and could end up rushing and sacrifices the whole final image, but I know if I had time and the skill to produce the art it would look amazing.

(http://easyday.snydle.com/indian-wedding-traditions.html)