Court Theatre Visit 2

We've finally organised a time for me to visit the Court Theatre! I'm going on Thursday at 9:00 until 10:00. I'm really excited.

The main point of my trip is inspiration and a bit of makeup tips. I hope I get some good ideas.

Court Theatre Visit.

Recently I've been organising a trip to visit the Court Theatre. The original time was this morning, but I've just come back from a scholarship test so it was postponed till tomorrow. In the weekend we remembered about choir in the morning so I can't go then. I'm trying to organise it for Friday, so fingers crossed, I hope it works.

My favourite idea

I've finished drawing/colouring my new idea and taken a photo. Unfortunately, it doesn't look nearly as good as it does in my head. Here's the picture:

Second Mentor Meeting

Today I had my second mentor meeting. It was supposed to be yesterday but Miss Fairhall was really really busy so it couldn't happen. 

We talked about my ideas and next steps. I have a really cool idea that I like that is based on a book that I'm writing. I haven't drawn it yet so I can't put up a picture. Miss Fairhall said that doing something from the book I'm writing would give it a whole lot more meaning.

Christy and I are organising a time for me to go to the Court Theatre soon so I'm looking forward to that.

My next steps would probably be to keep generating ideas, the more the better! Also to contact someone at Weta Workshops and/or Minifies.

First Contact.

Today I sent my first email! I was really nervous and had been stressing about it for a while and putting it off. Then finally today I composed and sent it! The email was to my classmate's mum, Christy, who works at the Court Theatre. Here is what I wrote:

Hello Christy,

For my Passion Project I am doing prosthetic makeup. Prosthetic makeup is where you mould and cast a face to make a rubbery foam mask. I am also probably going to do a costume to match.

I was wondering if I would be able to come to the Court Theatre some time to get some inspiration and tips. Would you be happy for me to come and visit an when would be a good time?

Thanks,
Isis.

I was really glad when it was over and now I feel much more confident.

An Update

For the last week or so, I've only been collecting inspiration and images. I printed them out and stuck them in my note book. Here's all the images that I used:

Most of these are natural and/or mythical, which is probably going to be the direction that I'm going to go in. All of these are from Face Off, except the last one from the court theatre.

I also printed off a load of face templates because as I said, I can't draw faces very well.

First Ideas.

In the weekend, I did my first sketches! I was inspired by the autumn colours as we were raking leaves in our garden. I like the colours in the leaves, like red, orange and yellow. Unfortunately I'm not very good at drawing faces (or people for that matter).

First Mentor Meeting!

I had my first mentor meeting today with Miss Fairhall. We talked about my research, ideas and next steps. My ideas are to do a mythical creature (fairy, goddess etc.) and maybe something to do with snow. I also quite like natural colours like blue and green. Miss Fairhall said I was on the right track and that I have a clear idea of where I'm going and how to get there. 

I've also decided that my plan A is to do a cowl (face/head and shoulders) and a costume and my plan B is to do just a cowl. I'm going to assume that I'm doing plan B and if I have enough time when I'm finished, I'll do a costume to match.

I've started a mini-journal for my ideas and inspiration but I haven't written anything in it yet.

My dad also e-mailed me with a link to Dextar FX, a guy who we're pretty sure does prosthetic makeup. 

Here's the links to all of the websites I've visited:

Weta Workshop - https://www.wetanz.com/
Body FX - http://bodyfx.co.nz/
Minifies - https://www.minifies.co.nz/
Dextar FX - http://tragfoot.wix.com/dextarfx
The Court Theater - https://courttheatre.org.nz/