Evaluation

     

      At the final point in my work, it is relevant to evaluate briefly few points about the project that is elaborated on my blog.

        Without exception, it has been my intention to reproduce an individual character for Miss Havisham and Stella that will differ from other productions from the past. Simultaneously, I aimed to keep the characters as authentic as possible as if they appeared in the Victorian era, and according to the brief.

       My research into the work of other productions, history and various artists that I carried out has greatly influenced my work. I've learnt a lot more information about costuming, hairstyling, beauty and even food that was relevant for the Victorian era.

       From the feedback that I received from my tutors and peers as well as my own intuition I feel that I did well with my project overall. My own work has some in common with all past interpretations of the characters from Great Expectation. It does, however, differ from them and that what I aimed to achieve.  I believe that the possibilities are endless. There always be a place to explore new territories.

    Some things of course could have worked out much better. Firstly, the costuming for Miss Havisham could have been more aged and torn to represent her growing out of her wedding dress. Secondly, the wig is something to work on in the future. Although I've tried to alter the design of Miss Havisham's wig, it looked too contemporary since the wig is cheap quality and not a real hair one. Thirdly, I think I would have enhanced the stress/aging lines using fine lines brown pencil - simple, HD Tv-friendly and effective technique that one of my peers used on me.

       My overall experience of creating the characters the way I see them was successful. I am very happy with the outcome. More particularly, the final images turned out very well. It does, I feel, reflect my ability to work independently in the photography studios and then in post production. All our lectures in Photography and Photoshop have been very important and useful. I have also enjoyed my practical sessions (please see Practicing in Studio page at the top) and I feel that I have learnt new techniques and enjoyed using new medias. And more significantly, contextual studies overall had a great impact on my approach to image analysis and research abilities.

     Lastly, I would like to mention that if I asked to undertake this assignment again and if I could choose which character I would like to reproduce for Great Expectation I would choose Pip as my favorite. I think it would be great to recreate a male characters and just as fun as females :-)

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    Thank you,
     Irisha xxx