Evaluation 

Working on ‘How to Disappear completely and never be found’ was a really interesting challenge for me. In terms of my artistic contribution I feel like I worked in a thorough and detailed manner. I worked in a methodical way to break down each characters costume, found the best price for each garment and in some cases got quotes for customized pieces. This meant that finance was able to see clearly where every penny would have gone. However I should have informed the panel of some of these facts or perhaps included the document in the packs we handed out as I barely touched on budget, however    my figures were included in the main budget, therefore they were presented but in a less obvious way. 

As well as being thorough in terms of budget, I read the script  three or four times so that I was able to get every detail into the costume proposals. This also allowed me to get a feel for the mood of the play and helped me shape more solid ideas about our artistic vision. This really helped me in terms of creating material to present such as the mood boards. I did this twice, once as a compilation of potential ideas and themes which was shared at the production meeting, this was because I wanted to confirm with the rest of the team that  I was working with a similar artistic vision. I Think this was a successful element of my process as it allowed me to refine my ideas even further after recieving positive feedback. For the actual presentation  I put together all my ideas  which comprised of sketches, fabric swatches and color schemes. Im really pleased with what I compiled t as it looked professional and helped me put my ideas across. However I have learnt that in terms of creating costume for stage, especially for a show including 27 characters its best to keep things simple. 

Looking at the professional and vocational elements of my contribution I feel as though I completed every task well, I listened in group meetings and gave constructive feedback when necessary and recorded notes from meetings. This is also shown through my contribution in terms working with everyone in the group to pool our ideas together and write about our artistic vision. I put my idea forward that the audience should feel as thought they are watching a drug ‘fueled distopia’ not only because of the flamboyant colour scheme but because of the plays pace. We worked diplomatically to include each aspect of the production and produced a coherent vision at the front of our packs. This was a good way to do this because it meant the people we were presenting to could look at the basic idea of what we had created, as well as having it explained to them in more detail. This is something that I would say was most successful about our presentation, the booklet we handed out was in order so that as each new person got up to speak the page would be turned and the contents of the booklet would contain relevant, supporting information such as additional pictures or rehearsal plans. I personally benefitted from this a lot as I became very nervous when speaking,  this is something I know I must improve in future however I was prepared and tried very hard to stay calm. Overall I would say that our pitch was strong and we conveyed good collective ideas in a professional and passionate way.