Final evaluation

    Overall, I enjoyed a lot this final part of the project. I liked the idea of having the task of creating out own characters and more than thins I enjoyed the freedom we ere given to show our ideas, and to search our own inspiration. As a first wxperience in this area, I think I have done a good job , but there is always more to improve. I am concious of some mistakes I have done and of course I will try to do my best to corect them.,.In the end everyone learns by making mistakes.
    I enjoyed a lot in challanging myself in doing thing I have never done before. It was really interesting to discover how the special effects we see usually on our screens are made, and even more interesting was to tru to create them with my own hands. It also helped me to understand that I need a lot of practice to perfect my work because most of my works looked more theatrical than natural and realistic.
     Regarding the characters- Claudia & Quentin, I think it was an interesting task to deal with and challanging at the same time. Art the beginning, I was very confused of what we need to do and how to make this project work. This is why my presentation during one of our sessions wasn't as good as I expected it to be. All the ideas I had were in a complete disorder and I was even panicking a lot. Only after being criticized I understood from where I need to start.
    In the end I am happy with the final results. I challanged myself in creating Quentin's look, Because I was always hideing myself and try to avoid if possible, creating special effects because I was affraid of the final result. In the end I learned that nothing is impossible and if putting a lot of passion, patience and practicing a lot you can reach your goal. Unfosrtunatly I couldn't show all the pictures from the practice I did because I experimented it on my younger brother who is a model for Elite Model Italy, so I am not allowed to post his pictures on websites.

Moodboard for Quentin's design

Moodboard for Claudia's design

Final shot for Quentin

These are some pictures from the final shot of Quentin. I put more pictures becase I haven't made my mind yet, so I still don't know which pictures to use as Final ones. I tried to create the atmoshere of a destroyed place. As I did this shot in Italy, where I live, I searcher for places where there are abandoned houses, so that I can transmit better the message. I find symbolic the third picture because of the locket and the semi-closed old door. It shows the idea of danger and how people try to protect themselves as Claudia does by never going outside.

This I another picture that I really like from the shot because you can see very well the ruined house and the old door. The models position is also showing weakness which is symbolic as well for me, because as being an imaginary boyfriend of Claudia, means that Claudia has the power on him and also because it is typical for zombies, as he is suppoused to be dead inside and really weak from a certain point of view.

Final shoot for Claudia

This is the final shot of Claudia. Messy hair, Dirty body and face and dirty T-shirt gives the Idea of all I wanted to show through this design. I also like that my model have light blue eyes and from my point of view it make a strong effect which I like. It might not be a really artistic picture Butas I concentrated my attention on make-up and her style. But anyway I'm happy with the final result and I think this character is very suitable for a film set.

Final Design for Quentin

    The final design for Quentin is different from what were suppoused to be my initial ideas. At the beginning I thought to create a make-up with no special effects, and this for vcarious reasons: One of the reasons was because I thought to create  the character of Quentin inspired by one of the heroes of the TV series who is not infected , and second reason is because I am not happy with my results when creating special effects. So I thought to challange myself because running away from difficulties is not the best way to deal with thins and also because we are here to learn, to make mistakes and to perfect.
   I also practiced several times this design to try to make it look better especially as I am self-concious that usually the special effects I am doing ar more theatrical than realistic. Unfortunatly I am NOT ALLOWED to put my practice pictures online because I did it on my brother who is a model for Elite Model Italy, and his agency doesn't allow him or anyone else to post his pictures on website for personal interest.
    I thought to create a design as a zombie also because I thought It might be interesting the idea of havin two different characters, one good and one bad because opposites attracts each other. Also I created only half face zombie because Quentin is an imaginary boyfriend and he changes his personality all the time, so creating half face as a good character and half as a bad one transmits the idea of his constantly different personality.

Final Design for Claudia

This is the final design for one of the characters of this project- Claudia.As I already said before, the main characterustic of this design is the dirtyness. I thought it would represent perfectly the fact that she is inspirated by the Tv series " The Walking Dead" because these TV series are based on the idea of surviveing, fighting for saving the world and the own life. Dirtyness is what shows in my point of  view that the person doen't have time or even possibility to take care of him/herself.
    I also wanted to show sufference, not only because it is what I can see in the Tv series, but also because Claudia have never seen the daylight which obviously is a consequence of a trauma she might have in her childhood. This is also a reason why I have chose these TV series and not any other that I could. It shows properly the cruelty of the outside world, that can properly explain the terror of Claudia.
    Also the scar I showd on the cheeck is to enpower the idea of the fight for surviveing. The lips were suppoused to be of natural colour , which on the facechart it appeared of an more intense colour.
    From my point of view this design represents Ideally my ideas of Claudia and the influence of the TV series on her lifestyle and her look.