29th March 2017

29th March 2017:

Today I worked on finalising the budgets with Annie's guidance, this was so that I could then pass them both on to Amy, for her to be able to put together a sourcing list to send to Hayley for her to buy for us. This made it easier than her sending the money to the university and then us ordering everything through them.
I also worked out how much fabric we would need with Annie's help, to do this I drew out mini diagrams of some of the items and worked out which would be the best way to position things to make the most of the fabric. This allowed me to make a not of how much fabric we would need, what type of fabric, and what colours. This was in the form of a fabric list, which I've typed below.

Fabric Shopping List:

Costumes-

The Wiz:
Cloak- Velvet x1m
Satin lining- 3 shades of green at 1 metre
Lion:
Coat- Annie's fabric
          Fur x0.5m
Shrek:
Shirt- Hessian x1.5m
Waistcoat- Faux leather x0.5/1m
Donkey:
Grey Fur x1m

Props-

Banners:
2x Horace green- Green Cotton Drill x1.2m
2x Delta New- White Cotton Drill x1.2m
4x Harvard- Red Cotton Drill x2.40m

Chairs:
Salon chairs: Pink fabric x2.4m
                     Foam- Seat x2 = 55 x 40
                                Back x2 = 55 x 35
                                 Arm x3 =  40 x 10

I also began to start making some different kinds of flowers to the Organza ones I has previously made. We flame retardant sprayed the one that I had made to show Hayley to check if this worked, I held a flame to the flower for 5 seconds, it didn't set a light but it did melt. Because of this I decided that I should probably email the lady at the theatre that Razzamataz use and find out the fire regulations that need to be used for each of our props. Below is a screenshot of our conversation. We also asked Abby how we would fire proof some of the other materials we were thinking of using, these included paper and polystyrene, she said that we would be okay to use PVA glue as this creates a barrier around the material which allows it to be suitable. We just need to ensure we create an inventory of each item and what we have sprayed with flame retardant and also a risk assessment for each item, highlighting the dangers (flammable) and how we have made it safe.

Me, Amy and Annie also put together a more civilised time table so that we could schedule when things would need to be made by and help to organise everyone's time a bit better. We also wrote a list allocating jobs to people, this was so that we could have more of idea of how things would pan out and help to see that the work would be spread fairly out to everyone. I put myself forward for making the Audrey II sign, the gingerbread man puppet and also help with some of the costume/props and the flowers, the flowers everyone would help to make, as there is a lot that need to be made. I decided I wanted to make these items as it would allow me to work with doing some painting and also have a go at making another kind of puppet, this will be building on the knowledge that I have used for previous projects, and really enjoyed as more of a specialism.

Costume Budget:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m8RmiI_58ptfSA4q3VHMWreZeug7ffU6Mf2xWueplrg/edit?usp=sharing

Props Budget:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bDZJ8iTQHeWG8Izu-QKYmvSXIXwMBmS2ZHpcDNj1F8Q/edit?usp=sharing