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EXPLORATORY STAGE

FOR THIS STAGE YOU WILL COMPLETE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, THAT EXPOSURE YOU TO RANGE OF MEDIUMS AND PROCESSES. YOU WILL TACKLES THESE WORKSHOPS FROM THE ANGLE OF YOUR STARTING POINT. YOU WILL THEN PRODUCE A BODY OF WORK INCLUDING, RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTS, DEVELOPEMENT AND FINAL PIECE BASED AROUND YOUR STARTING POINT. 

Unit 1: Information and Research, Level 3 Unit 2: Recording and Responding, Level 3 Unit 3: Media experimentation, Level 3 

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 STAGE1

Design/ Draw 

You will spend this session experimenting with your drawing skills and start to compel ideas for your character mask. This will be done by creating designs and drawings from a range of stimuli. 

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 STAGE2

Pattern Marking  

You will explore different ways of creating patterns  and use this to decorate the surface of your mask. We will be exploring printing, marberling, poly print, bubble printing, potato printing, paper cutting, water colour resist, drawing machines, etc. You will explore different ways of creating marks. 

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 STAGE3

 3D  

Stage three: 3D making

You will use cardboard and paper maiche to start to form you mask, remember you need to build it to fit a head inside. Use your pattern marking to decorate the outside. 

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 STAGE4

Shoot 

Think about the character of your mask and how you would embed that charcter in a costume and a loction. Research fashion shoots and carefully consider your style and what you wanna to achieve. Take images and film different clips. 

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 STAGE5

Graphic Design 

Now use your images to apply them back into a graphic design form this could be- film stills, a small book, music video, fashion article etc. 

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Deadline: Thursday 12th October  

What needs to be handed in-

  • All your workshop work, presented in a sketchbook 

  • A 3D mask with sketchbook of experimental work. 

  • A final graphical piece with images of 3D mask. 

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