University is a whole entirely different ball game. Unless your from a public school I've never had to pay for my educated. This is a privilege. The half eight start was a nice welcome to the reality of the many early starts awaiting for me.
As if fate happened I share a flat with a girl on my course, Ayelisha. Strangely we're also from the same town, went to the same school and the same college where I did my art foundation.
Anyway without both of our little heads figuring out where to go I could of been lost for a while. Up the ridiculous amount of stairs to our class we went, full of excitement and now sweaty faces we were there. The beginning.
The first task we had to do as a little get to know you ice breaker which also involved our summer projects and the workings we had done for that. Like I'd mentioned in the blog before we basically had to speak in depth about the films we had reviewed to our little groups (mine were True Romance & Blade Runner) the 300 a piece about what makes the films iconic not only from their makeup.. think Pris in Blade Runner and her white stripe across her youthful face... but also their character and the genre within the film. The mood board was another little presentation where we just spoke about the goals we currently had in our minds (plans/dreams) for where we were headed in 5 years from now. Though these could change, could find a talent within the field of wig making or airbrushing. Theatre and Film is the current interests.
The second day of the week was another exercise. This time we had already been placed into the groups (the course is to large to continue teaching from one large class). There are four groups. I'm in group three. The exercise for today was inspired by a exercise Sharon Lloyd (Our course leader) did at a art retreat over the summer with her family and other families attending. The finished piece for their exercise ended in the recorded of a short film set in a miniature cardboard village where the locals had bags over their heads. The films story was of the outsider in the town being shunned by the locals almost like a darker Shrek. Because he was different to them.
Our own classes exercise depicted from that was influenced but that and the 5 years time task. We had to design onto paper bags, outlandish and fun was the idea of the exercise no perfectness, no taking ourselves to seriously.
My bag was visioned in my head whilst Sharon was still talking. The first thing that came into my mind was a clock not only to represent time passing within in the 5 years where I could be. In 5 years I'm 25. A locked lip to show I should alway allow myself to reach my limits, don't hold back. Bright and colourful maybe I was still dreaming about my time at Bestival with the neon colouring of the paper eyelashes. A bit of Matt lip gloss was all that needed to finish this little creation.
Illamasqua
Ilamasqua one of Solents main sponsors for the Make up & Hair design came to visit the entire first year on Wednesday 24th of Sept. Held in one of the lecture rooms everyone was excited and waiting anticipating the beginning of the talk. The talk would last for about a hour with a included demonstration on one of our very own Beth. The demonstration was influenced by Ilamasquas work on the Sorapol LFW 2014 show, golden skin on a deeper skin tone was what was shown in the show, in the correct lighting theres actually a highlighter strip down the face on the nose and temple. alive and beautiful. amazzzing.
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Charles Fox - Kryolan
The day after Illamasqua Charles Fox also did a presentation on their products and what to expect from first hand knowledge of ones career to how to deal with work. Our speaker was telling us how we need to appreciate all these speakers coming in because she had never had those opportunities herself at college. Taking notes is a key to these types of things. The way people talk to the product knowledge we will be gaining each time.
Charles Fox was brought by Kryolan a number of years ago but still holds the name and flagship store in Covent Garden. I've seen a few photos of the store itself and it looks beyond amazing. professional makeup.
The Industry were here and it was time to listen and take note, I'm looking forward to more talks and visits, we all have a lot to learn.
After a few days when Introductions were done and work was being processed and began I think it was the first time in my life I wasn't actually worried or apprehensive about completing a task. I could do this. Maybe its the fact I actually want to succeed or the hefty price tag that is paid to complete my dreams carrying me on... Or this beautiful iMac I'm typing on that cost a arm and leg. Who knows.
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