Week 3

PPP Blog week 3 This week we are looking at what our brief/idea is going to be. Last week I did come up with an idea to create makeup tutorials. For the past week though I have been thinking of maybe doing something else as this idea has already been done before and I thought maybe I just want to do something that’s different, but I really love this idea of creating videos and sharing my skills and knowledge. Its honestly all rather overwhelming right now. I have created a brief the now but this might change. Last year when I created my graded video, I really enjoyed the entire process of making that video and working with a cinematographer and a model and creating this fantasy look that really showed off all my skills and knowledge. Right now, though I haven't done any makeup in ages and my skills are rather rusty. So now I know I have to start doing more practical work such as doing makeup on family and friends and on myself. I use to do makeup everyday and I loved to sit and create and be bold in my look that I was creating. I feel though that when doing college and studying makeup, I lost a lot of my passion for it as we where always following briefes and even though we had some creative control. We didn't have full creative control and this at times was really frustrating as I was being constricted. Now when doing this course, I hope to find my passion for makeup again and have the chance to be creative and think outside the box.

My brief - For my final product I want to create makeup tutorials that I will then post on social media and on YouTube. I want to share with my skills and knowledge with others in the hope to inspire others to get into makeup and be creative. By doing this I also hope to create a community in which people feel safe to be themselves and to be creative with makeup.

What is the purpose of this project?

• To help me develop my skills as an artist and also share my my skills and knowledge with others to help them or even to inspire them to do makeup and be creative.

What are the main deliverables? -tutorials - developing my skills - sharing skills and knowledge

What will the timeline be? Including deadlines?

• Blog/report 7th May

• Presentation 23rd April

Task – Produce a reflective plan of areas to investigate My strengths

• I am a makeup artist

• I am passionate about makeup

• I have a lot of products

• I have a good understanding of how to use products

• I am trained in special effects

My weaknesses

• Editing videos

• Getting video recording equipment

• Using technology

• Being confident in myself

• Overthinking

A plan on how to explore

• Watch videos on how to edit videos

• Do workshops

• Research the makeup industry

• Create my own niche

• Making draft videos

• Get feedback on my draft videos

• Practice the looks I want to do

Task – SWOT Analysis Strengths

• Organisation - I love to organise. Always having a plan and a To Do List. In the past I have organised fundraisers, events, and festivals.

• Time keeping - Being on time is something that is important to me. I always make sure to plan and make sure I get there at least 10 minutes before a lot of times, so I am never running late. If I am taking a bus or another form of transportation, I always make sure to get there 30 minutes before.

• Make up - I am confident in my makeup skills as I have been studying for the past four years and have gained a lot of knowledge and skills throughout these years.

• Dedicated - Whenever I am given a task or job, I devote a lot of my time on energy towards that task or job. I always make sure 100% into whatever I am doing so that I know that I have done the best that I can.

• Creativity - I have always been a creative person and have always taken inspiration from the world around me and applied that to my makeup and to my work.

• Multitasking - A great example of my multitasking is me being at college and doing several classes at once and working and making sure I get everything done on time.

Weaknesses

• Patience - As someone who likes to be on time and organised, I do not usually have patience for people that run late or if I am running late or something changes my plans. I really dislike that and that is not a good thing sometimes, and it is something I need to improve on.

• Overthinking - I tend to overthink, are locked. Even the smallest details. Sometimes it makes me doubt myself and my work and not have that much confidence.

• Styling hair - Styling hair is not something I have a lot of confidence in. It is something that I can do but not as well as doing my makeup or my written work or my research. It is something that I am always working on and must improve.

• Typing skills - Typing has never been something that has come easy to me. It takes me a long time to type, and it is very difficult for me to do. It does usually take me around 30 minutes to even just type 300 words.

• Self-criticism - I second guess myself a lot. When I am doing my work, I also just do not sometimes have the confidence in myself to do the work that I am doing even though I am more than capable. This leads me to self-doubt and undermine my work and myself.

Opportunities

• I want to do some online makeup workshops to help develop my skills even further in some areas.

• I am planning to do some more theatre shows so expand my experience

• I want to work on my editing skills when it comes to videos, so I was going to watch some “how to” videos and an online course.

• Doing my BA in Creative Enteprises

Threats

• My own self doubt

• Having a fixed mindset

• Not keeping to my schedule

• My workplace – not getting time off that I need

Task – Loose Plan I am going to start off by doing all my research and looking into the makeup industries, beauty influencers, marketing trends and what's looks I want to create. I use photos and mood board in my research as I like visual learning as well as written work. I will also look into how to edit videos and how people do that. After doing this I plan to move on to planning everything and this will include what's looks I will be doing, design plans, what products I will be using, practicing and creating a budget and who will be filming the video. For the developing I will work on developing my editing skills and making draft videos and then looking at them and see where I can improve and what I can change. This is my loose plan for the now, but this is susceptible to change.