Week 2

This week we had to upload some of our work to show to the class. Was rather nervous about doing this as some of my photos are not the best quality as I have always had to take my own photos of my work and never an actual photographer. First because I didn’t know any and secondly because I didn’t have the money to pay for one. I think it went rather well though and I am proud of my work so far but over the next year I hope to improve my professional portfolio.

What is a professional portfolio?

We have been asked to answer this question and to me it is and collection of your work wither that be photos, videos or sound bites that show off your skills and knowledge within your area of expertise.

We then had to do the following tasks though I will be putting in some photos to show what we had to draw out. We done these tasks in order to come up with a brief/idea/prototype of what we want to work on for this year.

The first task I done was a table which I will insert a picture of bellow. It asked as to write dine things we like doing? Thing you care about? And things you are good at? This task helped to come up with further ideas for what I can do within the makeup industry.

After doing this I then went on to the next task and I had to come up with a Big List of Possible Ideas. I came up with a fair thew that have been floating around my head for a while.

• Tutorial – makeup videos

• Theatre work

• Glam Mua

• Bridal Mua

• TV and Film

• Face painter

• Sculptor

• Graphic Designer – face charts

I then made a list of the general positives and negatives of these idea. I spoke about with some other people in my class, and I found this to be helpful as they gave me a different point of view.

Positives

• Exposure

• Highly trained – have years of education

• Wide variety of skill - I can do more than one theme of makeup

• Doing something I love

• Showing people how to do makeup

• Giving people confidence

• Supplying a luxury service

Negatives

• Big market – it very saturated

• Where is the call for it?

• Price of products, tools and equipment

• Getting stuck doing the same thing all the time. Falling into a pattern and getting bored.

Would your nan understand it? Would your kids?

• Yes, they would. I would explain that I want to film myself doing makeup and explain what I am doing step by step to create a tutorial. I will then edit the footage and post in on social media.

What do you want to do? Rephrase it 3 times

• I want to make makeup tutorials

• -I plan to film and edit videos of character makeup

• I want to film myself doing makeup and explaining what I am doing and then upload it to the internet.

How are you going to do it? Rephrase it 3 times

• I will film myself

• I will create an area and film myself doing makeup

• I will teach myself to edit videos

Four ways it will not work?

1. Big market – won't be noticed due to so many others doing the same thing.

2. Editing skills – the editing won't be any good and people will not want to watch.

3. Getting stuck – falling into a pattern of doing the same thing all the time.

4. Price – products and filming equipment are expensive

I was then asked to draw a photo of my idea. It's awful ha-ha. Actual drawing is not something I'm good at unless I'm copying something so yeah, it's not the best but I will insert the photo below.

What does a good job look like for you? Quantitatively? (money, sales)

• For me it would be gathering and creating a great audience in which trust me and my opinion. From this I can make money on YouTube and then do product links, brand deal and maybe even a collaboration.

And qualitatively? (Quality of life, happiness)

• It would be more financially comfortable. Happy that I'm doing what I love and making money from it and also being able to share my knowledge and skills with others and help them in some way.