Wednesday 31 October 2012
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Task 9
On the 10th October we had an interesting task!
We had to "dress the Piries" for a Halloween party in LA:
Our groop decided to do the Nightmare before Christmas, we included costumes prices and also a possible MUA for hire in LA. And we won!!
We had to "dress the Piries" for a Halloween party in LA:
Our groop decided to do the Nightmare before Christmas, we included costumes prices and also a possible MUA for hire in LA. And we won!!
Sunday 21 October 2012
Essential Skills
In our last LD session on Wednesday 10th october,we covered numerous essential skills, as follows.
SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS:
Perception/ Designing/ Understanding/ Peer evaluation/ Research.
CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS:
Observation/ Logical thinking/ Leadership/ Evaluation/ Perseverance/ Independent expression/ Flexibility.
EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS:
Communication/ Focus/ Analysis/ Working with others/ Team skills/ Planning/ Practical application/ Enterprise-entrepreneurial skills/ Creativity/ Problem solving.
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS:
Perspective/ Social awareness/ Objective rational thinking/ Consideration/ Coaching/ Empathy.
SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS:
Perception/ Designing/ Understanding/ Peer evaluation/ Research.
CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS:
Observation/ Logical thinking/ Leadership/ Evaluation/ Perseverance/ Independent expression/ Flexibility.
EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS:
Communication/ Focus/ Analysis/ Working with others/ Team skills/ Planning/ Practical application/ Enterprise-entrepreneurial skills/ Creativity/ Problem solving.
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS:
Perspective/ Social awareness/ Objective rational thinking/ Consideration/ Coaching/ Empathy.
Wednesday 17 October 2012
Thursday 11 October 2012
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Friday 5 October 2012
Task 8
Tron Theatre: www.tron.co.uk
Rhythm Of Life www.tron.co.uk/event/rhythm_of_life/
Royal Lyceum Theatre: www.lyceum.org.uk
A Midsummer Night's Dream www.lyceum.org.uk/whats-on/production/a-midsummer-nights-dream
Citizens Theatre: citz.co.uk
Medea citz.co.uk/whatson/info/medea2012
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNgOK4Tzp8&feature=youtu.be
Traverse Thatre: www.traverse.co.uk
Sex And God www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/sex-and-god/
Theatre Royal Glasgow: www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-glasgow/
Scottish Opera's The magic Flute www.atgtickets.com/shows/scottish-operas-the -magic-flute/theatre-royal-glasgow/
Kings Theatre Glasgow: www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre/
I Dreamed A Dream www.atgtickets.com/shows/i-dreamed-a-dream/kings-theatre/
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Rhythm Of Life www.tron.co.uk/event/rhythm_of_life/
Royal Lyceum Theatre: www.lyceum.org.uk
A Midsummer Night's Dream www.lyceum.org.uk/whats-on/production/a-midsummer-nights-dream
Citizens Theatre: citz.co.uk
Medea citz.co.uk/whatson/info/medea2012
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNgOK4Tzp8&feature=youtu.be
Traverse Thatre: www.traverse.co.uk
Sex And God www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/sex-and-god/
Theatre Royal Glasgow: www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-glasgow/
Scottish Opera's The magic Flute www.atgtickets.com/shows/scottish-operas-the -magic-flute/theatre-royal-glasgow/
Kings Theatre Glasgow: www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre/
I Dreamed A Dream www.atgtickets.com/shows/i-dreamed-a-dream/kings-theatre/
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Task 7
Millennium FX www.millenniumfx.co.uk
Is Europe's leading supplier of cutting edge special effects.
The company has worked on countless productions, including: The Wolfman, Doctor Who, Being Human.
Millennium FX has an associated training facility, The Neill Gorton prosthetics studio, established in 2003, They offer training for a wide range of purposes. They also run a live character hire events, and offer a range of generic ready made prosthetics to buy.
Is Europe's leading supplier of cutting edge special effects.
The company has worked on countless productions, including: The Wolfman, Doctor Who, Being Human.
Millennium FX has an associated training facility, The Neill Gorton prosthetics studio, established in 2003, They offer training for a wide range of purposes. They also run a live character hire events, and offer a range of generic ready made prosthetics to buy.
Thursday 4 October 2012
The History Of makeup Part III
Native America, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance and The Elizabethan Era..
The Aztec culture were not exempt from the usage of makeup, the Aztec priests, warriors and servants would paint their faces when human sacrifices would take place, in honor of their god Huitzilopochtli, their sun god, god of war, and patron to the city of Tenochtilan, the capital of their empire.
Similar practices were followed by the Aboriginal tribes in Australia.
The European Middle Ages followed the Greco-Roman trend of pale faces: Fashionable sixth century women would achieve the look by bleeding themselves, Spanish prostitutes wore pink makeup to contrast with high class womens pale faces.
The use of cosmetics was privilaged for the rich and nobles, the lower classes worked outside, therefore their skin was darker due to exposure to the sun.
Many debate the use of cosmetics to enhance the female appearance during the medieval times. Opinions varied among members of the clergy as to respectability of wearing cosmetics. It was felt that it was generally not a desired state, although it was mentioned that women who had been afflicted with illness and were thereby made unattractive, were excused from the sin of vanity by using cosmetics. The desire to not repel others or their husbands was deemed an acceptable excuse for enhancements.
Studies have shown that women in England "painted their faces white" to achieve a paler looking the complexion. Women often painted their faces with blaunchet or wheaten flour or used lead-filled cosmetics. It is suggested that "ground Lily root" made powder for faces, although it dose not specify what kind of Lily was recommended one recipe for a flour based cosmetic to whiten the face comes from the L'ornement des Dames in the 13th century: as follows:
Put a very pure wheat in water for fifteen days, then grind and blend it in the water.
Strain through a cloth, and let it crystallize and evaporate.You will obtain a makeup which will be as white as snow. When you want to use it, mix it with rosewater, and spread it on your face which has first been washed in warm water. Then dry your face with a cloth.
Many books say that eye colour and eyeliner were available during the Medieval period,but it would seem although technology to provide eyeliner and eyeshadow was available, fashion dictated that it wasn't used.
The ground leaves of Angelica Angelica Archangelica were the principal ingredient for the manufacture of "ladies red powder". Dried safflowers Cathamum Tinctorius were also used in the making of rouge. In a poem by a monk Montaudon from 1180-1215 AD, the writer stated that statues of the churches complain to God: "that there is not enough paint left to adorn them because of all the ladies who use rouge and cream".
The Compendium Anglicus from 1240 written by Gilbertus Anglicus, mentions Brazil wood chips soaked in rosewater would give a clear, pink dye which can be rubbed on the cheeks.
During the Renaissance, women strived for pale skin, and used a whitening agent composed of carbonate hydroxide, and lead oxide to create a porcelain-like face. These agents, cumulatively stored in the body with each use, were responsible for numerous physical problems and resulted in some cases in muscle paralysis. During the time of Louis XIV and Queen Elizabeth I, the problem became catastrophic and resulted in many early deaths.
Elizabeth I was a well known user of the white lead and arsenic powder, with this look, Elizabeth I created what is known as "the mask of youth".
The favoured application of the upper classes was a makeup called Ceruse, a mixture of white lead and vinegar. Of course this was poisonous! A pale complexion was so desirable that women were bled to achieve this disired look.
An upper class Elizabethan woman followed this fashion further and might even dye her hair yellow with a mixture of Saffron, Cumin seed, Celandine and oil. Expensive dyes as Cochineal was used to redden the cheeks and lips, Madder and Vermilion was also used to achieve this effect. Kohl was used to darken the eyelashes.
Queen Elizabeth also had a variety of wigs and hair pieces- believed to number over eighty, these were often referred to as Periwigs.
To be continued......
The Aztec culture were not exempt from the usage of makeup, the Aztec priests, warriors and servants would paint their faces when human sacrifices would take place, in honor of their god Huitzilopochtli, their sun god, god of war, and patron to the city of Tenochtilan, the capital of their empire.
Similar practices were followed by the Aboriginal tribes in Australia.
The European Middle Ages followed the Greco-Roman trend of pale faces: Fashionable sixth century women would achieve the look by bleeding themselves, Spanish prostitutes wore pink makeup to contrast with high class womens pale faces.
The use of cosmetics was privilaged for the rich and nobles, the lower classes worked outside, therefore their skin was darker due to exposure to the sun.
Many debate the use of cosmetics to enhance the female appearance during the medieval times. Opinions varied among members of the clergy as to respectability of wearing cosmetics. It was felt that it was generally not a desired state, although it was mentioned that women who had been afflicted with illness and were thereby made unattractive, were excused from the sin of vanity by using cosmetics. The desire to not repel others or their husbands was deemed an acceptable excuse for enhancements.
Studies have shown that women in England "painted their faces white" to achieve a paler looking the complexion. Women often painted their faces with blaunchet or wheaten flour or used lead-filled cosmetics. It is suggested that "ground Lily root" made powder for faces, although it dose not specify what kind of Lily was recommended one recipe for a flour based cosmetic to whiten the face comes from the L'ornement des Dames in the 13th century: as follows:
Put a very pure wheat in water for fifteen days, then grind and blend it in the water.
Strain through a cloth, and let it crystallize and evaporate.You will obtain a makeup which will be as white as snow. When you want to use it, mix it with rosewater, and spread it on your face which has first been washed in warm water. Then dry your face with a cloth.
Many books say that eye colour and eyeliner were available during the Medieval period,but it would seem although technology to provide eyeliner and eyeshadow was available, fashion dictated that it wasn't used.
The ground leaves of Angelica Angelica Archangelica were the principal ingredient for the manufacture of "ladies red powder". Dried safflowers Cathamum Tinctorius were also used in the making of rouge. In a poem by a monk Montaudon from 1180-1215 AD, the writer stated that statues of the churches complain to God: "that there is not enough paint left to adorn them because of all the ladies who use rouge and cream".
The Compendium Anglicus from 1240 written by Gilbertus Anglicus, mentions Brazil wood chips soaked in rosewater would give a clear, pink dye which can be rubbed on the cheeks.
During the Renaissance, women strived for pale skin, and used a whitening agent composed of carbonate hydroxide, and lead oxide to create a porcelain-like face. These agents, cumulatively stored in the body with each use, were responsible for numerous physical problems and resulted in some cases in muscle paralysis. During the time of Louis XIV and Queen Elizabeth I, the problem became catastrophic and resulted in many early deaths.
Elizabeth I was a well known user of the white lead and arsenic powder, with this look, Elizabeth I created what is known as "the mask of youth".
The favoured application of the upper classes was a makeup called Ceruse, a mixture of white lead and vinegar. Of course this was poisonous! A pale complexion was so desirable that women were bled to achieve this disired look.
An upper class Elizabethan woman followed this fashion further and might even dye her hair yellow with a mixture of Saffron, Cumin seed, Celandine and oil. Expensive dyes as Cochineal was used to redden the cheeks and lips, Madder and Vermilion was also used to achieve this effect. Kohl was used to darken the eyelashes.
Queen Elizabeth also had a variety of wigs and hair pieces- believed to number over eighty, these were often referred to as Periwigs.
To be continued......
Monday 1 October 2012
The History Of Makeup part II
Old Testament, India, China and Japan:
Makeup was mentioned in the Old Testament. Jezebel, who is a Phoenician Princess, who becomes queen by marrying King Ahab of the Northern Kingdom during the time the nation of Israel was divided into Northern (Israel) and southern (Judah) Kingdoms, is described as a woman who accents her eyes with cosmetics (around 840 BC)
In India, Cosmetics have been used since the IV or V century. Men and Women used coal as a form of eyeshadow.
Vermilion, which is a opaque orangish red pigment derived from powdering cinnabar (mercury sulfhide), was used to colour the cheeks. However, It is Henna, more specifically Mehndi, the art of painting on the hands and feet, which is perhaps the most well-known cosmetic application from this exotic land.
Henna is thought to have "Barakah" or blessings; therefore, it was applied for good luck and beauty. The Henna plant is believed to provide love and good fortune onto a person, hence it's usage in wedding ceremonies even to this day.
Today, Henna is used as a non permanent alternative to tattooing.
In Ancient China:
Especially in the Tang Dynasty, there were seven steps in cosmetic makeup for the belles: powder base, applying colour to the face, eyebrow darkening, applying "forehead gold" or "floral twinkle/gold", painting the dimples, decorating the cheeks and applying lip colour. It is believed that lip makeup was originally practiced to please the gods in religious occasions. As time passed by, people realized that it could liven up one's spirit and sometimes even could reveal one's social status. As a consequence, different materials for lip beauty products were consequently tested and used to make the lips red and bright, creating the Chinese art of lip makeup. The lip beauty products in ancient China were normally called "lip balm" or "mouth balm", as recorded by the Chinese dictionary shiming (or; Explanation of Names) written by Liu Xi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-AD220).
Lip balm was not only worn by women during the historic times, the raw material was called Vermillion, (mercuric sulfide- Hgs)
Women who could afford it, would utilize Saffron to create blushes. Saffron is a spice derived from the Saffron flower native to southwest Asia it is cultivated in places such as the Philippiens, India, and Kashmir. For decades, Saffron has been the most expensive spice by weight. Women who could not afford Saffron would use grass, leaves, and berries to give a green tint to their eyebrows.
In Ancient Japan there was a custom of painting the face with red pigments. This primitive use of cosmetics evolved into a more aesthetic approach in the latter half of the sixth century. When rouge powder, and other forms of makeup were imported into Japan along with other aspects of culture from China and Korean peninsula. In 692, a buddhist priest Knojo is said to have been the first to make lead-based face powder in Japan, and delighted Empresss Jito by presenting this new invention to her.
During the Heian period (794-1185), especially after the suspension of Japan's embassies to Tang China, cosmetics in Japan shifted from an imitation of Chinese models to a style more attuned to the Japanese sensibility:
Women wore their hair very long and straight, almost to the floor; applied white face powder, plucked their eyebrows and repainted them higher on the forehead; and blackened their teeth.
By the early Edo period (1600-1868) there were elaborate treatises on etiquette and department for women that also gave detailed instructions on the proper use of cosmetics. During this period cosmetics centered on a palette of three basic colours; red (lip rouge, fingernail polish) white (face powder), and black (tooth-blackener, eyebrow pencil).
During the Edo period women were especially concerned with the application of face powder, for a white skin was regarded as the essence of a beautiful women. Face powder was a white, lead-based pigment dissolved in water and applied with the hands or a broad, flat brush. Pigment for rouge was made primarily from safflowers, and applied to the lips, cheeks, and fingernails. Like face powder, a light application was regarded as a mark of refinement. In the late Edo period, however, there was a fad for heavier application of lipstick for an iridescent effect.
Pigment from fresh safflowers become so expensive it was said to be worth it's weight in gold.
The practice of blackening teeth, a female rite of passage deeply associated with coming of age and marriage since the middle ages, became firmly established from the middle of the Edo period onwards as a symbol of a women's married status.
The Geisha would use binstuke wax, to put on their faces as a makeup base much the same way we use moisturizer or facial primer today. The traditional makeup for an apprentice Geisha, called Maiko, features a thick white base on the face with blood red lips and red and black accents around the eyes and eyebrows, and to define the nose. The white powder is mixed with water into a paste and applied with a bamboo brush starting from the neck and working upwards, The white makeup covers the face, neck,and chest, with two or three unwhitened areas (forming a w or v shape) left on the nape, to accentuate this traditionally erotic area, and a line of bare skin around the hairline creates the illusion of a mask. After the foundation layer is applied, a sponge is patted all over the face, throat, chest, the nape and neck to remove excess moisture and blend the foundation. Next the eyes and eyebrows are drawn in. Traditionally, charcoal was used, but today modern cosmetics are used. The eyebrows and edges of the eyes are coloured black with a thin charcoal; a Maiko also applies red around her eyes. The lips are filled in using a small brush, the colour comes in a small stick, which is melted in water. Crystallized sugar is then added to give the lips lustre. Originally, the white base mask worn on the face was made with lead, but after the discovery that it poisoned the skin and caused back problems for the older Geisha, it was replaced with rice powder. Ohaguro, which is a black paint used on the teeth, would be used when Maiko graduated and become an independent Geisha. They would sometimes use bird droppings to complete a lighter hair colour.
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To be continued....
Makeup was mentioned in the Old Testament. Jezebel, who is a Phoenician Princess, who becomes queen by marrying King Ahab of the Northern Kingdom during the time the nation of Israel was divided into Northern (Israel) and southern (Judah) Kingdoms, is described as a woman who accents her eyes with cosmetics (around 840 BC)
In India, Cosmetics have been used since the IV or V century. Men and Women used coal as a form of eyeshadow.
Vermilion, which is a opaque orangish red pigment derived from powdering cinnabar (mercury sulfhide), was used to colour the cheeks. However, It is Henna, more specifically Mehndi, the art of painting on the hands and feet, which is perhaps the most well-known cosmetic application from this exotic land.
Henna is thought to have "Barakah" or blessings; therefore, it was applied for good luck and beauty. The Henna plant is believed to provide love and good fortune onto a person, hence it's usage in wedding ceremonies even to this day.
Today, Henna is used as a non permanent alternative to tattooing.
In Ancient China:
Especially in the Tang Dynasty, there were seven steps in cosmetic makeup for the belles: powder base, applying colour to the face, eyebrow darkening, applying "forehead gold" or "floral twinkle/gold", painting the dimples, decorating the cheeks and applying lip colour. It is believed that lip makeup was originally practiced to please the gods in religious occasions. As time passed by, people realized that it could liven up one's spirit and sometimes even could reveal one's social status. As a consequence, different materials for lip beauty products were consequently tested and used to make the lips red and bright, creating the Chinese art of lip makeup. The lip beauty products in ancient China were normally called "lip balm" or "mouth balm", as recorded by the Chinese dictionary shiming (or; Explanation of Names) written by Liu Xi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-AD220).
Lip balm was not only worn by women during the historic times, the raw material was called Vermillion, (mercuric sulfide- Hgs)
Women who could afford it, would utilize Saffron to create blushes. Saffron is a spice derived from the Saffron flower native to southwest Asia it is cultivated in places such as the Philippiens, India, and Kashmir. For decades, Saffron has been the most expensive spice by weight. Women who could not afford Saffron would use grass, leaves, and berries to give a green tint to their eyebrows.
In Ancient Japan there was a custom of painting the face with red pigments. This primitive use of cosmetics evolved into a more aesthetic approach in the latter half of the sixth century. When rouge powder, and other forms of makeup were imported into Japan along with other aspects of culture from China and Korean peninsula. In 692, a buddhist priest Knojo is said to have been the first to make lead-based face powder in Japan, and delighted Empresss Jito by presenting this new invention to her.
During the Heian period (794-1185), especially after the suspension of Japan's embassies to Tang China, cosmetics in Japan shifted from an imitation of Chinese models to a style more attuned to the Japanese sensibility:
Women wore their hair very long and straight, almost to the floor; applied white face powder, plucked their eyebrows and repainted them higher on the forehead; and blackened their teeth.
By the early Edo period (1600-1868) there were elaborate treatises on etiquette and department for women that also gave detailed instructions on the proper use of cosmetics. During this period cosmetics centered on a palette of three basic colours; red (lip rouge, fingernail polish) white (face powder), and black (tooth-blackener, eyebrow pencil).
During the Edo period women were especially concerned with the application of face powder, for a white skin was regarded as the essence of a beautiful women. Face powder was a white, lead-based pigment dissolved in water and applied with the hands or a broad, flat brush. Pigment for rouge was made primarily from safflowers, and applied to the lips, cheeks, and fingernails. Like face powder, a light application was regarded as a mark of refinement. In the late Edo period, however, there was a fad for heavier application of lipstick for an iridescent effect.
Pigment from fresh safflowers become so expensive it was said to be worth it's weight in gold.
The practice of blackening teeth, a female rite of passage deeply associated with coming of age and marriage since the middle ages, became firmly established from the middle of the Edo period onwards as a symbol of a women's married status.
The Geisha would use binstuke wax, to put on their faces as a makeup base much the same way we use moisturizer or facial primer today. The traditional makeup for an apprentice Geisha, called Maiko, features a thick white base on the face with blood red lips and red and black accents around the eyes and eyebrows, and to define the nose. The white powder is mixed with water into a paste and applied with a bamboo brush starting from the neck and working upwards, The white makeup covers the face, neck,and chest, with two or three unwhitened areas (forming a w or v shape) left on the nape, to accentuate this traditionally erotic area, and a line of bare skin around the hairline creates the illusion of a mask. After the foundation layer is applied, a sponge is patted all over the face, throat, chest, the nape and neck to remove excess moisture and blend the foundation. Next the eyes and eyebrows are drawn in. Traditionally, charcoal was used, but today modern cosmetics are used. The eyebrows and edges of the eyes are coloured black with a thin charcoal; a Maiko also applies red around her eyes. The lips are filled in using a small brush, the colour comes in a small stick, which is melted in water. Crystallized sugar is then added to give the lips lustre. Originally, the white base mask worn on the face was made with lead, but after the discovery that it poisoned the skin and caused back problems for the older Geisha, it was replaced with rice powder. Ohaguro, which is a black paint used on the teeth, would be used when Maiko graduated and become an independent Geisha. They would sometimes use bird droppings to complete a lighter hair colour.
To be continued....
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