Evaluation

To conclude, I think the final outcome and performance was bee successful due to the preparation, such as making sure we had bought enough Make-Up for the cast and that all individual requirements such as specific make up only used for one character ( eg. A cut for Magwich's face) was bought and ready for that cast member. The planning, making a timetable stating when we will have meetings and when we will meet with cast members to test out the Make-Up, also planning each individual Make-Up design for each character, which will proved helpful for us and effective as if we, or one of us were to be absent on the day the stand in could look at our designs and easily apply the Make-Up to the cast member. We planned to deliver a successful outcome of our Make-Up on characters after doing all these things and we did. 

Things that could have been improved where a bigger budget therefore we would have had more effective Make-Up to work with, more time to carefully plan the design choices as we only had a few weeks and more Make-Up staff as there where only two of us so the Make-Up had to be done very minimally and quickly otherwise we wouldn't of had enough time, to successfully apply all the Make-Up to the cast. 

Overall I think the final peice went very well and our Make-Up was as visually effective as we wanted it to be. 

Q&A

1. What is your task in this production? What are you responsibilities?

My role in the year 11 FMP is head of Make-Up, this means that I have to find the Make-Up for the production at a cost effective price and buy the make up within my project budget, find specific make up for individual characters and make sure that the characters are not allergic to any of the make-up. The Make-Up I use will have to be minimal but effective and work well under the lighting used on the day resulting in a visually effective performance for the audience, my responsibilities are making sure all of these things are carried out on a professional level and result in a high quality performance with effective Make-Up.

2. What have you done so far?

So far I have spoken with my partner Tsion who is also in charge of Make-Up about possible Make-Up choices and where we will purchase the Make-Up from. I have made a table of characters and their specific Make-Up choices, I have also drawn up a draft of how much all this Make-Up will cost and sent it to my director. I have spoken to all the cast in Act 1 and asked if anyone has any allergies to the Make-Up we will be using the feedback came back as No from everyone, which has given us a positive start on our role.

3. Outline the main stages of your production job in terms of preparation, planning and delivery.

To prepare we will have to make sure we have bought enough Make-Up for the cast and that all individual requirements such as specific make up only used for one character ( eg. A cut for Magwich's face) is bought and ready for that cast member. We will have to practice applying the Make-Up to each cast member to see what works and what doesn't under the lighting used on the night in order for us to change it if need be giving us a better end result. All of this will have to be planned out, Tsion and I have come up with a timetable stating when we will have meetings and when we will meet with cast members to test out the Make-Up. We have also planned each individual Make-Up design for each character, which will prove helpful for us but also for anyone else if we, or one of us were to be absent on the day the stand in could look at our designs and easily apply the Make-Up to the cast member. We plan to deliver a successful outcome of our Make-Up on characters after doing all these things. 

4. Identify the next steps required.

         

 Next we need to speak to the people in charge of lighting for the production and see if we can plan a day when we test                          each characters Make-Up under the lighting that will be used on the day. This will help us detect what will be successful and can be used for the day of the performance and what is not successful and that we need to change in order to make our Make-Up as visually effective as we want it to be.

5. How are your ideas working? Have you adapted or made any changes?

So far our ideas are working well together and everything seems to be going to plan. We seem to be running on schedule and have had three meetings discussing development or any changes we have to do with the individual character designs or the Make-Up being used. I have shown our designs to our director and cast they seem to be in agreement with our choices. We have made a few changes such as where we choose to buy our Make-Up from as we have found cheaper places with the same quality item, and also changed our designs to fit with the character after talking to the cast member agreeing on one final design.

6. How are other peoples' ideas working? Have you used any?

We have spoken to other cast members about their ideas towards Make-Up being used and the designs we have for each of the characters and we have used many of their suggestions. For example I spoke with Rosie who plays chorus and she decided It would be better if the chorus had no dirt on their faces as Pip did not and they where supposed to all be part if Pip, we found this better as we wouldn't have to buy black face paint resulting in us being more cost effective. 

7. How does your job fit in to the production? How do other people rely on your work? How do you make sure that what you do fits in with the overall plans?

My production role is a vital part of the overall performance as it creates a visually effective experience for the audience and makes the character more believable to the audience as it comes alive. All the cast rely on our work as it is our jobs to mirror the acting with the appearance, if the appearance does not match the character then the play will not reach it's full potential, presenting confusion for the actor and audience. To make sure that the work we do in Make-Up fits into the overall plan we have meetings amongst ourselves but also come together every Monday with the whole production team and cast to discuss our progress and ideas confirming that what we are doing is something that everyone is in agreement with. 

Timeline

Week 1: I propose to have started looking at Make-Up prices and brands. I will have come up with a draft of individual character Make-Up choices

Week 2: I will have had a meeting with my partner Tsion to discuss Make-Up choices and where we will be buying from. I will have also gone through some of our ideas with the whole production team, to alter any ideas.

Week 3: I will have spoken to each individual cast member to find out if any of them have any allergies or specific preferences for their character.After doing this I will have drawn up some designs showing the individual characters Make-Up on paper, this will mean that if i forget any ideas, or later on i am ill my stand in could see what sort of ideas i had and run with that.

Week 4: I will have finalised our ideas with the cast members and production team in a meeting and sent that to the director. I will have hoped to hear back from the director within that week and discussed any positives or negatives on the matter, also discussed funding and budget. 

Week 5: After hearing back from the director i will have made the final draft of Make-Up done for the performance Great Expectations and will have went out during the week to buy the Make-Up with the given budget.

Week 6: I will be testing out the Make-Up on the cast members and seeing if the Make-Up works well with the lighting, after seeing the outcome of this i will draw up the final list of Make-Up and Make-Up designs.

Week 7: It will be the day of the performance and i will have my Make-Up and Make-Up designs with me. In the dress rehearsal i will apply the make up with my partner Tsion onto each cast member, then on the actual performance I will touch up any imperfections and send the cast on their way for a great show.

Production Meeting

Production meeting 17th march 2014
Production meeting minutes
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-FUND-RAISING
-Week 1 - cake sale looking to raise £50-£60
Possible great expectations theme
-week 2 - staff car wash (£5) per car
Need to speak to site manager about facility use.
-week 3 movie night (£2.50)
Tuck shop, movie sleep over theme.
Film yet to be decided.
- week 4 - open mic (£1 entry) year 10/11 in lecture theatre
- week 5 - brit theatre jumper service
Jumpers for cast and optional for school members
- week 6 - pound show
Piece of physical theatre at lunch time performed by strand
- week 7 - doughnuts sold during lunch
Need a price from each department of how much they require.
MARKETING
-Twitter and Instagram made
-programme,poster, Facebook
PROPS
-By next week they will have done more background research on the play looking into context and what can be made/bought
-Need to see props department about what they can supply.
-By Thursday have gone trough the first 30 pages of act 2 picking out where props are needed.
MAKE-UP
-speak to make up department about what they can supply and work with (miss chew)
-test out make up looks on each other
-look at previous casts make-up
SOUND/LIGHTING
-require a sound board
-speak to director about what they want sound wise
-look into smoke machines
-need to look into the lights in the theatre and what they are and do.
- speak to Mr French about lighting techniques
COSTUME
-look through script for costume requirements.
-week 2, looking into sourcing and what people can supply them selves.
-visit miss Chew Into making costumes.
-need to take fittings from actors using a fitting sheet.
MUSIC
-no budget needed because of instruments being played by cast members.
MOVEMENT
-want to experiment with lots of different dance styles.
-looking into Dance context of the time and where it can be used.
-historical and cultural dance backgrounds.
-email miss Goodall about scene changes and how they can be made to include choreography.
-look into how productions have used movement to change scenes and how this can be used in GE
-want to speak to design team about how costume may restrict movement
STAGE MANAGEMENT TEAM
-by next week they will be arranging production sheets in which they will include extra rehearsal times
-checking up on groups to see their work is being carried out.
-need to speak to props team about where the props will be placed for them to hand out.

Hair and Make-up

Young Pip:

Minimal make-up- specks of dirt around face, pale foundation or blusher

Hair- ruffled, greasy, dirty

Possible things needed for pip: 

·         hair grease ( depends if Pip will be wearing a hat)

·         pale blusher

·         black face paint, or charcoal for dirt

 

Magwitch:

Make-up- blood, cuts, dirt, possible bruises

Hair- dirty

Make-up needed for Magwitch:

·         fake blood and cuts

·         dirt, black face paint

 

Mrs Joe:

 

Make-up- powder/ flour (cooking), pale, blusher

 

Hair- messily done up under a bonnet

 

Things needed for Mrs Joe:

·         white powder

·         blusher for cheeks

·         bonnet

Chorus:

Minimal make-up- specks of dirt around face, pale foundation or blusher

Hair- ruffled, greasy, dirty or tied back under a flat cap

Possible things needed for Chorus: 

·         hair grease ( depends if Pip will be wearing a hat)

·         pale blusher, black face paint, or charcoal for dirt

 

Mr Joe:

 

Make-up- red in areas, pale

 

Hair- beard possibly, hair curled or natural to the actor

 

Things needed for Mr Joe:

·         blusher, white face paint

·         possible black face paint for dirty look

·         fake beard (optional)

 

Miss Havisham:

 

Make-up- pale white paint, pale colour lipstick, defined jaw bone possibly

 

Hair- messy curls/ messy updo (dead flowers or petals in hair) white.

 

Things needed for Miss Havisham:

·         white face paint

·         pale lipstick

·         blusher for faint jaw bone

·         optional hair accessories – flowers, petals, vale

·         white hairspray

 

Mr Jaggers:

 

Make up- pale, facial hair

 

Hair- hair slicked back, under a top hat

 

Things needed for Mr Jaggers:

·         pale face paint

·         black face paint to bring out distinct features

·         top hat

Young Estella:

Make up- pink lips, bright eyes, pale, blusher

Hair- in a milkmaid style, two plaits crossed over on the top of the head

Things needed for Young Estella:

·         pale pink lipstick

·         mascara for eyes to come out

·         blusher and white face paint

 

 

 

Older Estella:

 

Make up- pale pink lips, eyes coming out, pale face, blusher

 

Hair- up do, sophisticated and smart but fitting to the period

 

Things needed for Estella:

·         mascara and a small amount of eye liner

·         pale pink lipstick same as Young Estella

·         white face paint and blusher

Older Pip:

 

Make up- natural

 

Hair- actors own maybe slicked back or styled like a gentleman

 

Things needed for Older Pip:

·          hair products for styling

 

 

Characters Make-up list

·         Hair grease/ gel- £1.99- Superdrug

·         Hair spray -£2.85- Superdrug

·         White hairspray- £3.50-Party Superstores

·         Pale blusher- £1- Superdrug

·         Darker blusher-£1- Superdrug

·         Black face paint £3.99-Party Superstores

·         White face paint £3.99- Party Superstores

·         Charcoal £0.95-art store

·         Fake blood £2.99- Party Superstores

·         Fake cuts £4.89 ( 2 cuts)- Online Store ( could get from local party shop)

·         Black mascara -£1- Superdrug

·         Black eyeliner -£1- Superdrug

·         Pale pink lipstick-£1- Superdrug

 

Total= £30.15

Add ons:

·         Fake beard -£7.72- Online

·         Dead flowers- make your own

·         Hair bonnet- £12.27- Online (etsy)

Total= £19.99

All Together Total= £50.14