evaluation wind in the willows

Now this has been the toughest project for me as too be honest it doesn't really interest me at all. I know i don't want to go into anything like costume design, theatre production like back drops or  fashion design. Which this unit has just proven to me. I don't know why i just struggled to connect with it and be able to motivate my self to do the work wether it be the making or designing and i don't know why that is. Whether it be the fact that i felt the project quite limiting as to were i could take it personally to suit me, being almost trapped by the parameters of the script its self. Or the fact it wasn't the field i wanted to go into. Which i know isn't anyones fault and i understood its the nature of the project having to fellow a strict requirements and design styles. But i didnt see like with the other graphical projects where i can add my own spin.

However i have tried my best to try and come up with a strong costume, that fits the purpose of which is intended. By keeping the classic badger shape face, colouring. But trying to make the way you wear it more interesting and how the audience can interact wit it. I did this by raising the head right up above the operators head so it looks more scary for one being tall and menacing also so i could fit the fairly complicated mechanism in the head without having to worry about fitting somebodies head in. The mechanism i feel adds a different twist on the design giving a whole new element to the production of wind in the willows as its then almost like the war horse production. Where they are giant puppeteers operating the costumes. Apart from with my design it is just in the head, using a single stick operating system so the eyes and mouth can move to portray more emotion during the production.

Overall i feel the project like i said before was quite limiting to me. But i feel my final designs have come out reasonably well, however i feel it could have been stronger if i had more time on the project and could focus more of my efforts on to it. As i spent a lot more time on alice and wonderland, and bus station than this unit.