Creating a mask- Practical Task

To begin making my mask I put the mask on and cut around the shape that I wanted for my masks, using scissors, to fit over my head.



To create my mask I decided to cut slits for one eye and the mouth. So that the person in the mask is able to see out of the eye slit but it looks scarier as there is only one eye that is visible which makes the person wearing the mask scarier and mysterious. I put a slit in the mouth so it looks like the killer can still eat and breath.



I then decided to sew the left side of the mask using black thread to make it look as though the killers eye had been stitched up. This would have worked more effectively if I had used a thicker black, however I tried to overlap the thread to make it look as though it was thick.



I decided to use fake blood around the eyes and the mouth to look as though they were bleeding out, or look as though the killer had been eating guts, which makes it look more gory and scary. I did this by using a spray bottle of fake blood in some areas and in other areas I used cotton wool balls to dab the fake blood onto the sack. This wasn't as successful as I would have liked it to have been as it looked very red as though it was fresh blood and it would have looked more effective with a darker colour perhaps.



Finally I decided to rub some dirt into the mask to make it look worn and dirty. In the future I would add more dirt to emphasise this.



I then put the mask on the model and tied a string around the bottom to secure it and give it the final look. Overall I am quite happy with how my mask turned out but if I were to make it again I would rub more dirt into the mask all over rather than in one area to make it look more old and worn and add more stitching around the mask to make it look creepier. I would have also been more careful with where I added the blood to make it look more like blood was dripping from the eyes and the mouth.



Audience feedback

Some of the audience feedback that I received was to either hem or sew the mouth in some way so that the sack wouldn't begin to unravel and expose the nose. Also some of the other feedback that I got given was to so sew down the top of the mask to make it more of a rounded shape to fit the head better. The final piece of feedback that I got given was to add bruising and different shades of red blood to the mask to make it look more realistic.

The positive audience feedback was that they really liked the idea of rubbing the mask into dirt to make it look more worn and less perfect.