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Sunday, 3 May 2015
Mrs Laderman Styling
The styling that I want to create for Mrs Laderman is strong and controlling. I want to try to portray her as a teacher or professor. I also wanted to try to link it into the style of clothing that I want Claudia to wear so that they look similar to further highlight the influence that Mrs Laderman has over Claudia. I originally wanted Mrs Laderman to wear a blazer and white blouse, but when practising the look I decided that it looked too masculine. I then started considering using a robe, like one that would be worn by a university student or professor. I thought that this was a good idea as it could represent the professor and mentor element of the character of Mrs Laderman. I looked at images for inspiration as well as looking at whether my original design choices would look good.
Review Of The Art Of Gothic Documentary 2
In this second episode of the 'Art of Gothic', by Andrew Graham-Dixon, he starts off by reminding us of some of the main points that he covered in the last episode, and then goes on to talk about how things got deeper and more scary at the beginning of the 1800s. He talks about the urbanisation of the British landscape. He also talks about the two main areas in the society surrounding the gothic, the gothic revival and the dark side of 'horror and nightmares'.
He begins by talking about the Victorian era as well as the beginning of the 19th century, and how the gothic fed the anxiety of people and how people were 'soulless' cogs in the wheel of the industrial revolution machine. At this time scientists had begun to study the world more closely and how it could be harnessed for our benefit. There was one main artist, Joseph Wright, who documented these studies, and who is said to have gothic influences and tendencies in his artwork. I thought that this was interesting as it showed how the gothic was being adapted and still used even as time went on, as well as how important it was still in society.
Graham-Dixon also talks about one of the most famous Gothic writers, Mary Shelley. He talks about her early life, as well as how she found inspiration to create her famous novel 'Frankenstein' which she used to showcase 'progress and the danger that comes with it'. He also talks about her visit to Lord Byron's villa on the shores of Lake Geneva with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley where, to while away a harsh storm, told each other horror stories. Mary Shelley talked of a mad scientist who was, 'hell bent on his quest to build a creature, a man from decaying body parts, and then to animate him'. She drew inspiration from real experiments to bring animals back to life using powerful electrical currents. One of the main points that I found most interesting was the point that this story touched on a 19th century fear that 'science might run out of control'. I find this interesting as I believe that this is a fear that many people still have today due to the enormity of the power that science, and scientists have.
He goes on to discuss the fear of modern science further, by stating that all these new discoveries were actually, 'destroying the human capacity for wonder, mapping God out of the equation'. William Blake, like Shelley, also created his own monster, almost as a lash back against the new information given by scientific discovery. It shows a man who had, 'been turned into a flea as a form of punishment for having a fierce blood thirsty nature'. He is using the gothic 'to take revenge on the scientific attitude'. I also thought this was interesting as I still think that there is a conflict between science and religion about the earth and its processes and how we came to be.
Science and its products became a large source of inspiration for many new literary works, such as poems from Byron, Wordsworth, Keats experimented with Opium, a product of science, and Thomas De Quincy went onto write, 'The Confessions of An English Opium Eater' It is an account of his experiences with Opium, and is 'almost a warning against the dangers of excess' It however has many gothic tendencies throughout of, 'a fascination of the interior world that it opens up'.
He also discusses Penny Dreadfuls, and how 'they tapped into working class fears about the modern city'. Some of the most fearful characters, were Sweeney Todd and Spring-Heeled Jack, with the imagery of these stories being gothic. There was a fear that nobody new anybody and people could almost disappear into the city streets. These Penny Dreadfuls actually began, 'easing urban anxieties, they also boosted adult literacy'.
Andrew Graham- Dixon goes on to discuss other topics such as one of the most popular novelists, Charles Dickens who throughout his works has many supernatural elements, artist John Martin who used the gothic to depict his visions of the end of the world, as well as Gothic optimists, where reviving the medieval became popular, as' a return to the spiritual world'. I found this episode really interesting as it touched on many ideas and fears that I think our still relevant as well as giving more of an insight behind great novelists, artists and poets that are still famous and influential today.
He begins by talking about the Victorian era as well as the beginning of the 19th century, and how the gothic fed the anxiety of people and how people were 'soulless' cogs in the wheel of the industrial revolution machine. At this time scientists had begun to study the world more closely and how it could be harnessed for our benefit. There was one main artist, Joseph Wright, who documented these studies, and who is said to have gothic influences and tendencies in his artwork. I thought that this was interesting as it showed how the gothic was being adapted and still used even as time went on, as well as how important it was still in society.
Graham-Dixon also talks about one of the most famous Gothic writers, Mary Shelley. He talks about her early life, as well as how she found inspiration to create her famous novel 'Frankenstein' which she used to showcase 'progress and the danger that comes with it'. He also talks about her visit to Lord Byron's villa on the shores of Lake Geneva with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley where, to while away a harsh storm, told each other horror stories. Mary Shelley talked of a mad scientist who was, 'hell bent on his quest to build a creature, a man from decaying body parts, and then to animate him'. She drew inspiration from real experiments to bring animals back to life using powerful electrical currents. One of the main points that I found most interesting was the point that this story touched on a 19th century fear that 'science might run out of control'. I find this interesting as I believe that this is a fear that many people still have today due to the enormity of the power that science, and scientists have.
He goes on to discuss the fear of modern science further, by stating that all these new discoveries were actually, 'destroying the human capacity for wonder, mapping God out of the equation'. William Blake, like Shelley, also created his own monster, almost as a lash back against the new information given by scientific discovery. It shows a man who had, 'been turned into a flea as a form of punishment for having a fierce blood thirsty nature'. He is using the gothic 'to take revenge on the scientific attitude'. I also thought this was interesting as I still think that there is a conflict between science and religion about the earth and its processes and how we came to be.
Science and its products became a large source of inspiration for many new literary works, such as poems from Byron, Wordsworth, Keats experimented with Opium, a product of science, and Thomas De Quincy went onto write, 'The Confessions of An English Opium Eater' It is an account of his experiences with Opium, and is 'almost a warning against the dangers of excess' It however has many gothic tendencies throughout of, 'a fascination of the interior world that it opens up'.
He also discusses Penny Dreadfuls, and how 'they tapped into working class fears about the modern city'. Some of the most fearful characters, were Sweeney Todd and Spring-Heeled Jack, with the imagery of these stories being gothic. There was a fear that nobody new anybody and people could almost disappear into the city streets. These Penny Dreadfuls actually began, 'easing urban anxieties, they also boosted adult literacy'.
Andrew Graham- Dixon goes on to discuss other topics such as one of the most popular novelists, Charles Dickens who throughout his works has many supernatural elements, artist John Martin who used the gothic to depict his visions of the end of the world, as well as Gothic optimists, where reviving the medieval became popular, as' a return to the spiritual world'. I found this episode really interesting as it touched on many ideas and fears that I think our still relevant as well as giving more of an insight behind great novelists, artists and poets that are still famous and influential today.
Claudia Styling
When thinking about the styling that I want to create for Claudia, I looked at the styles that were worn on the 'American Horror Story, Coven'. I was inspired by the style of clothing that the character Zoe wore on the show. I liked the strong feminine look of the white shirt and thin black ribbon tied around the neck. I decided that I wanted to recreate this look as I thought that it fitted with the theme that I am trying to create as well as the idea of Claudia being a student prodigy of Mrs Laderman. I also liked the style because it was quite glamorous. This type of glamour was what I wanted to achieve, inspired by the house and decoration featured in the series 'Coven'. I also decided to look at images other than the original ones to see how they styled it and make sure that I liked the style. I also will be adding a black veil in to my design, which I have created myself, to act as a shadow and partial covering over Claudia's face.
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Review Of The Art Of Gothic Documentary 1
The first episode
of the 'Art of Gothic' documentary begins by outlining the main concepts
surrounding the gothic era. Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon lists the concepts
whilst walking around an eerie graveyard. Sinister, supernatural, horror and
gothic buildings dedicated to the glory of God, were some of them. He goes on to
explain some of the new ideas that the gothic bought along with it such as new
literature and paintings. He also explains how it originally was used in the
Italian Renaissance as an insult that goes anything against the civilised
world. He explores the gothic through looking at a variety of different
subjects, such as Warpol’s mind, the establishment, the sublime and sex.
He looks at the first gothic novel ever written, 'The Castle of Otranto', by Horace
Warpol. Horace was an, ‘eccentric literary wit’. He goes and looks around Horace Warpol’s house, Strawberry
Hill, to try to capture and understand what led a highly educated man and noble
son to write a dark story. This was interesting as I think that it was exciting
to learn, that even in the past, people were eccentric and wanted to go against
the grain and be individual. It was also interesting to see someone who was
aristocracy lash out against his society.
One of the other
topics that he looked at was 'The Establishment'; he went and investigated how
the gothic made its mark on them. He went to look at the old ruins of buildings that were a constant reminder to the Georgians of the past and their
way of life. Graham-Dixon also goes back to look at a building built by Lord
Cobbam who took inspiration from Britain’s past, which, ‘conveyed his ideas
about freedom’. He tried to 'tether the meaning of gothic to his own political
agenda, it helped to fuel a aristocratic fashion.’ It was interesting to see
how this idea of the gothic touched and influenced even the most powerful
people, who before this drew most of their architectural inspiration from
Ancient Greece.
He also looked at 'The
Sublime', and how people in the gothic era had a new idea and looked upon the
natural world. ‘Landscape began to inspire new feelings of awe and dread’. He
discusses Edmond Burck who gave the new feelings that people had towards nature the title of 'The Sublime'. This idea of the sublime created an interest
in art, because as Burck noted, nature was, ‘best enjoyed at a distance’, containing
dramatic events taking place in nature, such as Turner’s alpine storm, ‘because
we can’t be touched’. This was interesting to learn about as I feel people now have more of an enjoyment of nature rather than terror, as I feel that
society sees itself above it, as we are always trying to manipulate and
conquer it. People are now also
trying to highlight the joy and importance of nature, in a world that puts self
gain in front of the health of the planet.
He also studies
Shakespeare and how the playwright became so popular in the Gothic era. He
discusses how he thinks it is because his stories, such as Hamlet and Macbeth, are all ‘steeped in the atmosphere of Gothic’.
Throughout the
programme he also goes onto discuss 'Fantasy and Sex' and their power and
importance throughout the gothic era.
I thought that this was a really interesting programme as it went in to
more detail about some of the ideas that we have been learning about in
lessons. I think that, up until watching this programme, I did not
understand the power and movements caused by The Gothic.
Mrs Laderman Hair Charts
Design 1
In this first design I kept the hair very simple; I used the natural fringe that my model has as well as the general style she normally chooses. My model has very short hair so there were not many styles that I could choose from. I wanted my model to look glamorous and sophisticated so decided to keep it natural but put together, by being well styled and sleek. I decided not to use this design as I thought that it was not severe enough for the type of character that I wanted for Mrs Laderman.
Design 2
This design has the hair being parted down the middle and pushed back away from the face. Like the first look it is very simple, but still looks polished and put together. I decided not to use this look as I thought that it might not be flattering on my model. Although I want her to look severe I still want my model to look attractive and glamorous.
Design 3 (Final Design)
In this design I put the hair in to a side parting with the hair swept away from the face. I liked this look the best as I think that it incorporated a parting, like the second design, which made it look more severe but incorporated the swept back look as in both the designs. I think that this is a good design that will suit my model, look attractive and be look more put together.
In this first design I kept the hair very simple; I used the natural fringe that my model has as well as the general style she normally chooses. My model has very short hair so there were not many styles that I could choose from. I wanted my model to look glamorous and sophisticated so decided to keep it natural but put together, by being well styled and sleek. I decided not to use this design as I thought that it was not severe enough for the type of character that I wanted for Mrs Laderman.
Design 2
This design has the hair being parted down the middle and pushed back away from the face. Like the first look it is very simple, but still looks polished and put together. I decided not to use this look as I thought that it might not be flattering on my model. Although I want her to look severe I still want my model to look attractive and glamorous.
Design 3 (Final Design)
In this design I put the hair in to a side parting with the hair swept away from the face. I liked this look the best as I think that it incorporated a parting, like the second design, which made it look more severe but incorporated the swept back look as in both the designs. I think that this is a good design that will suit my model, look attractive and be look more put together.
Claudia Hair Charts
Design 1:
In this design I chose to put the hair in to a centre parting, but with curls coming down and framing the face. I thought this could work well with the concept of my character being a young girl who is still studying at school, as I think that this is popular style among many young girls. I decided not to use this style as I thought that it may not work well with my model's hair as it is quite short, and may make it too short which could be unflattering.
Design 2:
In this design I started off simply by parting the hair in the middle, and pulling it backwards into a ponytail. This look was very simple and, like the first, I believed would be age and character appropriate. I decided not to use this design in the end as my model will be wearing a veil, and I thought that it might not be flattering as most of the hair will be covered.
Design 3 (Final Design):
With this design I decided to keep it simple, and have the hair in a centre parting and straightened. I did this so that it would be flattering, look good under the veil, as well as being what I envisage my character to look like. I want it to be quite simple so that it also looks similar to the hair of my Mrs Laderman character. I wanted to do this to accentuate the effect and power she has over Claudia.
In this design I chose to put the hair in to a centre parting, but with curls coming down and framing the face. I thought this could work well with the concept of my character being a young girl who is still studying at school, as I think that this is popular style among many young girls. I decided not to use this style as I thought that it may not work well with my model's hair as it is quite short, and may make it too short which could be unflattering.
In this design I started off simply by parting the hair in the middle, and pulling it backwards into a ponytail. This look was very simple and, like the first, I believed would be age and character appropriate. I decided not to use this design in the end as my model will be wearing a veil, and I thought that it might not be flattering as most of the hair will be covered.
Design 3 (Final Design):
With this design I decided to keep it simple, and have the hair in a centre parting and straightened. I did this so that it would be flattering, look good under the veil, as well as being what I envisage my character to look like. I want it to be quite simple so that it also looks similar to the hair of my Mrs Laderman character. I wanted to do this to accentuate the effect and power she has over Claudia.
Friday, 1 May 2015
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