Brave New World: Introduction to Brief

"This unit will introduce students to the contexts relevant to the research, design of special effects make-up and prosthetics processes for a fashion led production. By exploring how changing its shape and texture can alter the appearance of the human face and body, students will develop an awareness of materials to distort, age and texture the skin.  This will be used as the basis for creative design development and establish the relationship between research, design and realisation. Students will investigate, develop and design in response to a creative fashion brief. The unit encourages specialist technical development underpinned by an understanding of the principles of make-up and basic prosthetics for conceptual beauty design and realisation. Students will develop an understanding of how complex techniques can be used creatively and will be encouraged to expand on an enquiring approach to the technical development of creative make-up for a specific beauty and fashion industry context."

(Southampton Solent: My Course. (2013) Make-Up for Special Effects (FMS507) [Online} Available from: http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=8028 [Accessed: 15th October 2013])

I am very excited to get stuck into this project, I think most people expected blood and gore from this unit, but I'm thrilled we get to experiment with another side of special effects make-up via manipulating the body and creating a beautiful look out of an idea which itself might be undesired because of it's practice.

Although I already have some initial ideas, I'm going to explore and research more, practicing as much as possible to achieve the best outcomes before creating my final designs and transferring them onto a person to create my final looks.