Processing Silicone Prosthetics using fiberglass (part 3)

I applied my silicone prosthetic piece made using my fiberglass mold to myself. Unfortunately the piece was slightly to big meaning the top edge couldn't stick down properly. I hid the top of the piece with my fringe to show what it would look like if it was stuck down properly. 

Overall the piece didn't apply that well because it was sculpted on a foreheard bigger the mine. I wasn't that happy with the edges of the piece because it wrinkled in a lot of places because of it being too big and there were some holes in the cap plastic. However I did like the overall look of the piece for a fantasy style prosthetic and think it changed the shape of my forehead a lot. My favourite part of the look is the texture of the piece as it had come out well and looked effective to the look. Next time I would apply this to someone with a bigger forehead/someone wearing a blad cap so that it could be stretched out fully and the edges would be better.

Foam Latex (Part 2)

This is how my own foam latex piece turned out. Although there are issue with it I am very pleased for a first attempt, especially as this mold had problems when I was using it with silicone on the previous project. The tear on one side is due to a problem with the original sculpt where there is a cut in the plaster and always appeared in the cap plastic so although this would make applying difficult it is to do with the mold not the foam latex. There is also a large air bubble in the tip of the nose but this could be rectified by using a filler when it was applied.

Applying Foam Latex

1) Put pros-aide onto the back of the piece and transfer to skin

2) Dry the skin and the piece

3) Press the piece onto the skin

4) Blend edges with cabopatch (cabosil and pros-aide) in a paste, smoothing it onto the edge and into the skin, drying in between each layer.

5) Colour piece with layers and layers of colour as foam latex is opaque. Can use greseapint mixed with alcohol and skin illustrator. Go for red tones, skin tones and green and blue tones.

6) Add wound filler and liquid blood.

Film Viewings

These are a copy of some of the original notes I made from my film viewing for my essays.

10

- Older man, younger more beautiful woman
- Black servant
- In car scene lots of women seen objectively through the mans eyes (the male gaze to view women)
- We as the audience are meant to sympathise with the husband when his wife throws him a surprise party and he's not satisfied.

The April Fools

- Older man, business suit, going for a promotion on respectable job
- Female first seen from the male perspective - up the stairs - sexual view
- He's meant to be masculine because he doesn't like art, fashion etc.
- Wife is meant to be viewed as bad because she doesn't support her husbands job move and wants lots of material things
- Sexual freedom of the late 1960s shown through Catherine leaving with him
- They don't actually have any conversation, it's very awkward between them.
- Men do masculine activity of fencing, the women drink tea and talk
- Catherine has wanted to leave husband but only chooses to do so when she's had an experience with another man - needs someone to rely on. In constant need of a man there.
- Representation of toad is meant to be like a fairy story. Brubaker is bad before he meets Catherine, or not his true self?
- He naturally attracts women - it's not that he's sexually attractive it's the new powerful job?
- An affair is seen as okay if it's love?
- Wife is very domesticated which were meant to view as bad but Catherine doesn't have a job either - she is shown to be dissatisfied in her stagnant life though to contrast the wife
- Classical rom-com montage of spending the day together and falling in love
- Controlling husband who 'allow's her to go and flirt but tells her off when something happens and resents it - doesn't care about her happiness but clearly wants to own her and thinks he has rights over what she does and what he allows her to do
- Husband is physically forceful with Catherine - doesn't let her go when he's trying to talk to her
- He admits he had an affair but doesn't think it's wrong he did, but believes she shouldn't? Double standards and no respect for her.
- Uses adopting a child to persuade her to stay - plays on her being female and meant to be maternal. Says she would be a terrible person of she left this child without a mother.
- It's not bad that Brubakers leaving his child though? Not even mentioned?

Just Friends

- Pretty girl, chubby boy friendship cliche
- Friendzone established - nice guy, girl who doesn't notice him like that and goes for the jocks
- The nice guy has more feminine qualities - loving, crying.
- Years later and we see him as much more masculine because he's good looking and lost weight. Therefore he can get a girl, who's dressed like a 'slut' and is having a joke made at her because of it. She's an object in the film to prove his new masculinity, not a character.
- His manliness is shown through sex and sport
- Dumb blonde celebrity cliche, famous for doing nothing
- He hasn't come home since college - forgotten who he is?
- Lesbianism seen as inappropriate
- Girl is still at home, working behind a bar. Hasn't done anything with her life so were meant to view him as better now, he has the upper hand in the relationship.
- She's first seen again from the male gaze
- Treats the celebrity girl terribly because she's 'stupid' but we're still meant to view him as the nice guy. This is just comedy relief?
- He tries to act cool to get with her - playing 'mean'
- Her working behind the bar is part time to fund her career. She is very clever but he assumes he in a better job - masculine attitude to jobs. Her job is still stereotypicaly 'female'
- When he's fussy around food lots of derogatory gender terms used 'little girl' 'pussy' - terms show that being a typical girl and feminine aspects are seen as negative and something we shouldn't want to be.
- Eventually shows sensitive side to win her
- The other guy is seen as a 'dickhead' for seeing lots of women - which was what Ryan was doing at the beginning? It's now seen as bad because it involves a girl who isn't a 'slut' and who we're meant ot care about.
- Domesticated home girl with the family is seen as attractive. Not jet setting like the guy
- She's a 'prick tease' for being pretty and being best friends with a boy - idea that she knew she was playing with him and did it on purpose? Blame goes to girl.

13 going on 30

- Plain girl friends with dorky chubby guy, wants to be in with the popular pretty girls
- Girl wants to change who she is so she is cool
- Matt is sensitive and sweet which are seen as uncool and is in love with her - classic trope
- Flash-forward in New York, successful business woman, sexual freedom
- Matt has grown up, lost weight and is now 'handsome' - still artistic but this is now seen as cool
- Jenna became cool and got everything she wanted, losing Matt in the process
- Jenna is pleased she has boobs - pleasure in womanly figure, meant to be sexually funny
- The hokey player boyfriend is very masculine into sports, sex and is overly confident, can easily get any girl.
- Trope of fat woman as the bumbling assistant
- Finds out her friend is a 'bitch' so has to go it along - becomes more successful when she starts acting like her 13 years old self
- Jenna and Matt get along very naturally, conversation flowing, make each other laugh
- She's cheating and that seen as bad but him kissing her while he's in a relationship is seen as romantic?
- Matt's fiance is meant to be viewed as bad because she wants him to move for her job. Something that women do a lot for men but unacceptable and bad girlfriend when it's the other way round.
- Matt refuses to back out of his wedding even though he likes Jenna and has kissed her - is the cowardliness shown as chivalrous?
- Film ends with Jenna making the right decision but the flash-forward we see them as domesticated in the suburbs with her unpacking boxes - comfortable view of a woman to end a film as the loving wife not in a new job etc. after an 'adventure' we must return to our classical feminine spheres.

For the second wave feminism film I chose The April Fools because it was set in a better era than 10 and fitted the brief better. For the post-modern feminism film I chose 13 going on 30 as it has a lot of the tropes I want to focus on - the sensitive nice guy, the career 'bitch' character, the classical ending whereas Just Friends has some of these but they're a little more blurred and I especially wanted to focus on the career path that 13 going on 30 has.