Potential Project Pieces.

In order to gather my ideas so far I put together a visual mind map of the kind of things I'm looking at producing. So far , as potential project pieces, these are:

1) WINGS: Made for the characters of Pisthetaerus and Euelpides in 'The Birds.' Could open and close, made for theatre. Inspired by the amazing wings crafted for Angelina Jolie's leading role in 'Maleficent.' The research behind this would be figuring out mechanisms that would allow the wings to unfold and open. Materials like feathers, and what would the base/ support of the wings be would also need a lot of looking into.

2) FLOATING CITY MODEL: Scale model of my own interpretation of the city that is built in 'The Birds.' At the moment, I really like the idea of it being made with either steam powered technology or kinetic mechanisms, e.g. windmills, hot air balloons. This would be a lot of fun to design and figure out how, if it were real, it would work, how the birds built it, justifying the design choices etc.

3) FURIE DESIGN AND COSTUME: Gothic, a sewing project as well as mask making. Would be made for theatre. Just looking at the collection of images above, there is a definite gothic aesthetic as an overall vibe. I could potentially use this aesthetic as inspiration for a style in my work.

4) A SERIES OF MASKS: As they were traditional pieces of costume it would be fitting to transpose that conventional idea , and adapt it to suit a more modern play. This project could be suitable for film, and could include a variation of styles and features depending on what character they'd be portraying.

5) STOP MOTION MAQUETTE: Character design, sculpting and model making. Focusing on one or a few characters to research deeply, and create story boards, expression sheets etc. This character design project could also present the opportunities to use new softwares, which I find really exciting! Concept art and experimenting with a range of materials for sculpting and casting both the face and bodies of the puppets will also be exercises within this project.