Alternative identity - Soldier.

For another of my alternative identities i will be posing as a soldier in an urban warfare environment, for this i will research weapons used by the British military. Alongside other equipment and clothing.

The standard issue rifle used by the British armed forces is the SA80A1 usually fitted with a SUSAT (Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux) Shown below.

Jaguar Movements

In this blog i am looking at footage of Jaguars in their habitat or hunting so i can see how the Jaguar moves for my animation.

Urban warfare. (identity)

Above are images i have taken around Mansfield of old and decrepit buildings that i think can be integrated into my composition to show urban warfare.

Metalheads!

What are metalheads? Metalhead is a popular sub-culture spanning the world who are fans of Heavy Metal music. They can be found at concerts head-banging and moshing to their favorite metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motorhead and Cannibal Corpse. There are literally too many metal bands to list here however attending a concert of such a band is a guaranteed metal head venue filled to the brim with long hair, band tees and beer! The common stereotype metalhead appearance is long hair, band t-shirts and combat trousers with boots or converse, although it doesn't stop there, the styles and appearances differ between people and the type of music they listen to. Some wear skinny fit jeans and sports trainers where others may be clad in leather jackets adorned with spikey studs and patches.

Metalhead is 1 of 2 personalities i am going to adopt for my project on identity. Using clothes i have at home i am going to adopt the style of the metalhead and manipulate an image of myself into a concert or maybe even playing in a band on stage. To do this i will research imaging from concerts and also research deeper into the style.

Mask Making Techniques.

The first technique i found was actually molding your own or someone else's face using paper mache. I feel i could use this technique and further the initial mould by adding features.

Franko B

Franko B performance from Tim Ashton on Vimeo.

Masks in music!

Masks are not only used in Shamanistic rituals and traditions, masks are also used by some modern bands to change their entire image on stage to create many different effects. Some are scary and fearsome with bands such as Slipknot, and some are more obscure like with bands such as Mushroomhead and Insane Clown Posse.

The first band i researched that involved masks in their performances is Slipknot.Originating from Iowa USA and formed in 1995 by Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahen, Mick Thomson and Corey Taylor.

Each member of the bad wear a unique mask, each symbolising a completely different persona and identity from their day to day lives. Corey Taylor (Lead vocals) wears a mask simalar to

that of Thomas Brown Hewitt AKA Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. I feel this has been chosen to amplify the the grim and brutal atmosphere of their concerts and musical style.

Although Slipknot are not the only band to have performed using masks and different identities, Mushroomhead also performed wearing masks.

Unlike in Slipknot where each mask is completely different Mushroomhead all wear the same or similar masks aside from the singer who wears only face paint.

I feel that this is a symbol of unity throughout the band, almost as if the band is one person performing in unison to create their atmosphere and sound. Upon researching into Mushroomhead's alter-ego's i have learnt that Their current masks, as one of their producers confirmed, are them coming back from hell after being killed in war. I feel that this could fortify my idea that the masks symbolize unity as they're all return from war as comrades through thick and thin.