Project Statement-Lauren Bailey

 For my final project, I chose to highlight the artistry of body painting. My concept was to play with the opposites of inside and outside. I painted this dream-like nature scene on one side of my face while sitting in front of an isolating brick background. For the audio, I wanted it to sound like an art gallery. I took a minimalistic approach, overlaying a couple of ambient sounds. For the background noise, I added the ambiance of people quietly bustling around a large building, and on top of that, very faint classical music. Every time a new paint square came up and was erased on my face, I used a realistic brush stroke on canvas sound effect. As a makeup artist, I've always felt like skin was my canvas. For my studio setup, I used a ring light, two softboxes, a tripod with my DSLR camera on top, a brick paper background, and a high chair. For my facepaint, I used a variety of colored body paints. Every time I finished a square on the grid I drew on my face, I would sit back in the chair and press record for about 20 seconds. I wanted to create something that I could use in my makeup artist portfolio, while also continuing to explore all of the video concepts that we have learned in class. I feel like my final project has reached that goal.