Uni Choices:Somerset

FdA Media Make-up

 

Course Description

This course aims to produce professional make-up artists who are equipped with the skills needed to adapt and respond to the challenging demands of the make-up industry. Our Media Make-up graduates have gone on to work in the busy wig and make-up departments at Glyndbourne Opera; as make-up assistants for the BBC and ITV; at West End theatres and on major film productions with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton and Danny Boyle.
Outline of ContentThis unique programme will give you:
• An in-depth understanding of the media make-up industry.
• Insight into the role of make-up artists in relation to stage, TV and film, fashion editorial and promotional shoots.
• The skills and creative flair to use make-up to express emotions, transform faces and portray character.
• The technical and artistic skills for complete make-up transformations.
• The research skills required to ensure the quality and accuracy of character portrayal.
• Skills in the art of hair work, character development, body painting, postiche (wig-making) and prosthetics.
• A comprehensive portfolio of work to show prospective employers.
• The opportunity to undertake work-based learning and ‘live projects’.
• The course will develop professional practice skills which will equip you with the necessary personal business skills to maximise your opportunities after you graduate.

- This is the other choice that i have made for university. It is something that is completely diffrent and unusual. I really like this course as its very creative and will allow me to do more practical work. Though its a college not a uni and the groups are small i think i really benifit from thsi course as i can be alot more creative.

Uni Choices: Exeter

Art History and Visual Culture

• Wide variety of techniques and approaches to learning, including opportunities for study ‘in the field’ at galleries and museums
• Internationally-recognised fine art, heritage and film collections on site
• Opportunity to study abroad
• Varied programme allowing the study of a range of fine arts and contemporary visual forms
• Flexibility to customise your degree around your own interests
• Designed to develop a broad range of highly desirable transferable skills, but with specialist knowledge and professional experience

Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter is an exciting area of study that explores the history of art from the ancient world right through to the modern and contemporary, while also considering how meaning and culture are formed through visual practices and paradigms. The degrees offer a thorough grounding in the principles and history of art, fostering awareness of the procedures by which painting, sculpture and architecture are understood, as well as the historical developments through which new understandings and practices of art have emerged.

Our Art History and Visual Culture programme builds on the University of Exeter’s strong links in these areas and our internationally-recognised buildings, artworks and collections. These include fine art and heritage collections, a sculpture walk and one of Britain’s largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema. The degree will be of particular interest if you have a background or interest in fine and modern art, the history of art, cinema, literature, cultural history, philosophy, sociology or modern languages.

In your first year you will be introduced to art history and art theory, as well as more recent ideas and debates around the nature of visuality and visual practice. During your second and third years you will be able to follow your interests through a wide range of optional modules: you can choose to study key 20th century and contemporary writings by artists and critics; art and the city; movements in Western art in the 19th and 20th centuries; contemporary forms sculpture, installation, photography, film and video art; you will also be able to explore practical aspects of museum curation and management.

Our staff members are at the cutting edge of visual culture research. Key staff specialise in classical, 18th century, modern and contemporary art, digital technology, exhibition, documentation, virtual reality; conceptual and performance art, installation and video art; and contemporary French visual culture. You can find out more about our collections, events and the involvement of our students and staff in art and culture on our Arts and Culture website.

Read more at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/art/#B7jSQsBZ48Q5jzRz.99

- This is one of the choices that i made for Uni. Art history and Visual Culture. Though it is a little diffrent then anything i have dione before i think it will be a really intresting subject to do as i can learn about art work and how it has progressed over time. Also Exeter being a renowned University i think that i really really benifit with this course. 

Metting an Photographer

The other day we met a Photographer called Johnathen Fleetwood. He is a photographer who is currently studing in Bournemouth Uni and came in to talk to us about what he does and photography as a profession. He gave us some really good advice on what he does and what we can do in the future if we decide to go down that career path. some tips he gave us include:

• Any work is good work
• Its all about climbing the ladder
• Small Businesses are a good place to start
• You have to invest in what you do
• Make notes on how you did it so you can recreate if you need to (diary)

Though I am not planning to go into photography I found this really helpful when it came to everyday situations and whatever job you want to progress to. I also looked into his work and ifound it really inspiring to look at.

 

Are We Normal: Book Work

 

Here is some of the bookwork that i have done over the last few weeks when researching if we are normal. Though its not a shoot its just as important tolook at the meaning behind what i am looking at as it will also help with my essay

 



Trip To London

On the 12th March we went tolondon to look at some galleries and artists currently displaying their work. The first artist we saw was Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr at the Science Musuem. I really enjoyed there work as I found it really humourous tolook at. My favourite pieces was the images of the old people at the beach. I alsoloved the way the film really exagerates the detail in the images and add that extra layer of texture. The second place we went to was the national portrait gallery to look at David Baileys Stardust. I really loved the way the images of his wife and the tribes in africa as they had a little bit more meaning then his normal portraits. The final place we went was the tate modern. It was something a little diffrent as we could see other variations of art not only photography. my favourite exhibiton was about dreams and memory. Though the trip was fun i also found it vey helpful and it has inspired me for shoots to come.

 

Are We Normal:Jenny Saville

Jenny Saville was bron in 1970s and is most known for her work as a painter. She mostly works in large scale pieces of work showing naked women and painted in oil paint. Since her debut in 1992 her focus has been the natural female body. a quote she one said about her work said: 'I want to be a painter of modern life and modern bodies'. Though she doesnt really show her photographyas in her work it is more of a tool to help with her work these images really show just how good she is and how its hard to tell whether it is just a tool or if its fine art in its own right. I really like her work as she isnt showing a skinny women she is showing her self and showing the world what a modern day women looks like and even though she has tried and distorted herself to exagerate parts of her body i think they are beautiful. I love the way she uses both art and photogrpahy to create beautiful pieces of work. If i was to recreate this then i would take some images and try and paintit both realistic and abstract for variety.

 

http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville

  

Are We Normal: Eloise Lambert

Eloise us most known for her work as an artist and i really love her imgaes of her grandad. She is really intrested in how people have become the people they are today.

 

 

What drives her as an artist is the that everyone is unique and we all dissapear quickly. these images are from a set call 'Body Photography' and its about how each body part tells a story of the person and how tyhey have become who they are today and how they have become the person we know. I love these images as not only are they unusual to look at but they have really nice meaning to them. If i could recreate these then i would use an older person and a younger person and create a college of the comparasons as i think this would exagerate her point.

 

 

http://eloiselambert.com/archive/about-skin-project/body-photos/

 

 

 

Are We Normal: Self Body Images

For this shoot I wanted to look at self body. I was really inspired by Jenny Saville and Eloise Lambert. It was almost a self portrait of my body showing all of the parts of me that i didnt like to show 'who really is normal?'. I took photos of my back, tummy, legs, ribs and more to express that point. I used a snoot to really concentrate on tghe parts of the bodynot everything else. I really like these images as it looks as though they are coming out of no where and it allows the viewer to really concentrate on one thing. If i could have impoved this image then i would have added some other body parts and done a collection of images all together to show all of me.

 

 

Are We Normal: How You Feel About Yourself.

This shoot was my initial shoot about how People feel about themselves. I wanted to take an image of a person and have a short desciption about how they feel about themselves under/ next to it. This way they have an image of how the show themselves to the world byut underneith how they actually feel about themselves. For example someone might present themselves and confident and happy but in real life they are shy and worried. I dont really like the image as i think it is a pretty standard portrait with high key lighting. But I do like the meaning of the image and what it is standing for. If i could improve this image then i would have made the photo a little more intresting.

 

"I am really Self concious on my looks. I try my bestto speak and look nice. I love mens fahsion and i love the classy lifestyle. Love luxury. I'm always a happy person and am funny and i respect everyon. I am shy but when i get to know someone i can talk for England. I try not to let anyone upset me though sometimes i have high opinions on people and will speak my mind. I love spending time with my family and friends and going out for meals."

 

Are We Normal?

This project is all about finding out; ‘Are we normal?’. I want to explore photography and also look at it in an educational perspective. During this project I want to also incorporate fine art into it to explore and alternative way of looking at photography. I want to explore the effects of magazines, stereotypes and the effect of the media and create some work that represents that.

I am doing this because I think the question is very much in everyday life. Though people will say that they aren’t affected by it at all but this isn’t true. Unless you live in the middle of the sticks then it’s hard not to be even slightly effected by the media. I think not only will it be interesting to not only photograph about this but also research it.

There are some really good artist’s that I want to look at and I will be really inspired by including; Jenny Saville, Eloise lambert, Tara Bogart and many more. I have chosen these artists not only for the look of their work but also the meaning behind it. For example Jenny Saville is all about showing not only the modern world but the modern women and embracing what is a modern women.

For this project I want to look into self-image, fine art and what the media would see as ‘abnormal’. I think it will be an exciting and interesting project to do as I can link the research and work I do not only with this project but with my essay. At the end of this project I want to have achieved a photo book with a few larger prints. I think I will expand my mediums and location as I don’t want to do work based only in the studio and I also want to use some medium format and digital to create a variety of final work.

I am going to spread out my work and try and do at least one shoot a week to make sure I have a variety of images. I also don’t want to concentrate on just one thing as I have to spread time out on my project and my essay so that I don’t fall behind on either. I also want to create a mixture of location and studio prints so that I am not tied down to one form of photography.

Overall I want to try and create a piece that really expresses what I feel about the question; ’are we normal’. I also want to learn new things and maybe look at the subject in a different light and maybe even change my perspective on the matter. For a final piece I want to create a photobook plus a few larger pieces.

 

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