Reflection make-up for the school play

Make-up for the production of a Christmas Carol

On December the 11th 2014 I did the make-up for the school's production of a christmas carol. I went over to the theatre after lunch to discuss the make-up with the cast members and came up with ideas how to do the make-up they wanted. I mainly did the main characters that needed special make-up, for example one of the characters had to look like a ghost. I had a lot of fun doing the make-up and the actors seemed to be impressed with how they looked with the make-up.

This is one of the actors I did the make-up for. She was the ghost of christmas present so she had to look quite colourfull.

Time: 7 hours Creative

Reflection 

Reflection based on the learning outcomes

• Undertaken new challenges: Before doing the make-up for the play I had not really done anything with make-up on a scale like this. I liked doing make-up and especially special make-up or halloween make-up but I had not done it for so many others under time pressure. Doing the activity helped me being able to do this for others and not just on my own face and furthermore it helped me being able to deal with time pressure because i had to make sure the actors were ready on time and some of them needed a make-up change during the play.
• Working collaboratively with others: In this activity I had to work collaboratively with others because I had to discuss with the people directing the play and the actors how they wanted their make-up to look. Furthermore I was also working with Mrs Burton so we had to communicate with each other on how to divide the tasks. I think doing the activity was good for my communication skills and it was great working with the other students and the teachers who were helping with the play.

Reflection based on the learner profile

• Open-minded: During this activity I was very open-minded and listened to the ideas of others on how to do the make-up and how to improve some of the costumes that they had. Some of the actors came up with some great ideas and we were able to work out those ideas together.
• Communicator: In this activity I had to be a good communicator in order to listen to the ideas of others  and change some things for what they wanted. Furthermore some of the actors were really nervous so I aslo tried to comfort them, especially those who really disliked other people doing their make-up