Interview and Website

One of the modules in my course had a component where I had to organise a mock interview with someone in the scenic art industry. So Jude, Rose and I took it upon ourselves to contact Fiona Clark (the head scenic artist at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh) to arrange an interview.

For the days leading up to the interview I grew increasingly nervous as Jude and Rose had both met Fiona before and I was beginning to feel like a quiet tag along. However, I made sure I was prepared for the interview by updating my CV, researching the Lyceum, and getting my website up and running. 

The interview itself went much better then I expected, Fiona was so nice and made me feel very comfortable (i guess it must have been scary for her too!) and her comments on my online portfolio boosted my confidence. I felt having my website ready for the interview really helped as it allowed her to see my current work and made me more determined to get more work on it so when a real interview comes around I will be able to show myself in a positive light.

We finished the floor!

Woo, we finished the floor for the opera magic flute! It's meant to look like 1950's linoleum and a bit grotty and i think we managed to achieve that look! I did get a bit frustrated at times when painting in those black squares, as sometimes my line would get a bit wobbly and then this meant going over the creamy/white squares again! HOWEVER, the designer doesn't think the floor is yellow enough but it looks just like the model piece ... hmmmm, i hope she likes it when she comes to the workshop to have a look!

Magic Flute - Bricks

Gosh, its only been one day of texturing a large six and half metre wall but man was it hard work and a lots of maths for someone who thought she would never need to do maths after standard grade! Basically, for magic flute the designer wants the majority of the walls to be textured bricks. Stole this picture from Jude and this gives you an idea of what we are doing, this is the first stage - texturing with idenden ... only another 21 flats to do ... that 16, 632 bricks (good maths Bomph-Dog)

The Tron Show

Last week went rather slow to be honest, i think its because we haven't had much work in from construction but no doubt it will be coming in thick and fast over the next few days! On Thursday 19th and Wednesday 20th Jude, Rose and I had the fun task of creating a muddy war like floor for the drama 'Sons of Ulster' which is being shown at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow.

Make Up Class!

On Wednesday I had a makeup class with a few others from Second Years and I thought it was so much fun and really beneficial. To begin with we got into partners (I was with Lisa Bertilloti) and we learnt how to a standard face of makeup for someone who would be on stage so we had to really give them a healthy glow and be a bit more dramatic so it would stand out on stage with all the lighting.
In the afternoon, we learnt how to do ageing makeup, which I found pretty difficult to begin with as I was scared of being to dramatic and for the wrinkles I had created on Lisa's face to turn out to look like weird crazy strippy lines! However, in the end I do think I managed to make her look like an old lady (named her Pearl haha!)

Grad Show

This week has been manic for the 3rd years, they've all been working their socks off to get everything finished for their Graduation Show on Thursday! So on Tuesday night I stayed late to help out on the costumes for the show as well as drawing up a spiral a circular board thing.
To be honest at first I was a bit reluctant to help out as I sort of felt pressurised to and I thought this is really the third years work, but in the end I thought why not? I wasn't really doing anything Tuesday night, and I always think its important to help out a friend in need!

(This is a photo of one of the costumes in working progress)

Magic Flute - Week 1!

Ah its so nice to be back in the Scenic Department where everyone is ready get stuck into production work. It looks like we have a busy six weeks ahead with like 5 shows to paint eep and because the 3rd years are now all going on their work experience us second years are taking a big step up in our scenic art roles!

The fist production we are working on is 'Magic Flute', the design looks great - nothing tacky or grimmy, just a classic high finished design. We finished the stage floor on Friday (well it might need another gloss coat actually on monday) but i think it looks rather good - its meant to look 1950s linoleum.

(PICTURE TO COME - i stupidly left  my SD card in belgium)