Task: Create an either digital or physical visual response to a particular part of a setting (a time, place, or both). Write a brief explanation explaining why you think this particular aspect of setting was significant to the story.
I believe the waterfall in Dragonheart was a significant aspect in the film due to it being Draco's home. It tells the story of where he lives, shedding light on his own personal life, and also provides an explanation as to where he has been hiding all these years.
A physical visual response is what I wanted to do - it's something I've never done before so it will certainly be challenging.
25/09/18:
Began planning on my diorama waterfall scene in this Google Doc. I including equipment needed and the method I believe would be easy but practically free to make (I'm not wasting any of my pocket money on this - at least not yet). Here I was just playing around and using some pictures as reference to visualise my ideas, thanks to Pinterest and Google Images. Pinterest is actually a very good website to use when you need to create something, I have discovered recently.
29/09/18
Finally started on my diorama waterfall scene. I've done some researching since school ended - just some editing of my plan and equipment. After a good search in Mum's office for a cardboard box I found one and cut one up to replicate some of the homemade dioramas I was inspired by online. It looked almost like a shoe box. Next of all I started on the actual waterfall part. My plan was to hot glue ripples on a cut-out plastic template made from a Coke bottle. However, when I tried this, the plastic melted completely due to the heat (I should have thought about that), so I'm putting the waterfall portion on hold so I can find a better alternative. I did get some progress done today. I started hot gluing some rocks onto the walls to act as the rocks around the waterfall. I collected them from my garden (they're fake ones, don't worry) washed them and glued them on. It's looking good so far.
30/09/18
After my little brother helped me collect some more rocks I finally got it all finished. I've glued them in a curved sort of way and glued them on the bottom of the box leaving room for the 'river'. It was hard to place them strategically but I really like how it turned out. Other than that Mum and I have been trying to brainstorm some ideas on what we can use for water other than hot glue. Another aspect of the plan - using hot glue as the actual river at the bottom of the waterfall - has been destroyed because Ruby doesn't have many glue sticks that she can give me. Time to get my thinking cap on!
31/09/18
We finally found an alternative! My Mum has this very expensive but very beautiful iridescent plastic she graciously allowed me to use a few squares of. I've scrunched it up to serve as the ripples in the river and glued a long piece to the wall and let it "flow" down into the river. It's very pretty; it doesn't look as realistic as much of the professional dioramas but I think it's beautiful and a very creative way to display it.
03/09/18
School holidays have gotten me bored so I decided to paint something today. That something is my diorama. Using a cotton swab (I didn't want to use my expensive paintbrushes) and some of Ruby's concentrated blue food decorating thingy (again, I'm not using my expensive watercolour) I painted a blue background on the wall of the box to serve as the sky. The actual waterfall seen in Dragonheart has a cliff instead of the sky but I think this was a better alternative to leaving a bare wall. I used some cotton as some clouds (courtesy of Mum)
Finally I think I've finished. I'm going away most of the holidays so I wouldn't have much time if I didn't get it done right away. I'm proud of what I've done - it's so beautiful - and I think it is up to a high standard. If I would do another diorama I think I would have completed a draft. Mine wasn't perfect, there's still a few things I would have changed, so a draft would have been great to learn from. Also, I really need to learn how to handle a hot glue gun safely.
Like, seriously.
29/09/18
Finally started on my diorama waterfall scene. I've done some researching since school ended - just some editing of my plan and equipment. After a good search in Mum's office for a cardboard box I found one and cut one up to replicate some of the homemade dioramas I was inspired by online. It looked almost like a shoe box. Next of all I started on the actual waterfall part. My plan was to hot glue ripples on a cut-out plastic template made from a Coke bottle. However, when I tried this, the plastic melted completely due to the heat (I should have thought about that), so I'm putting the waterfall portion on hold so I can find a better alternative. I did get some progress done today. I started hot gluing some rocks onto the walls to act as the rocks around the waterfall. I collected them from my garden (they're fake ones, don't worry) washed them and glued them on. It's looking good so far.
30/09/18
After my little brother helped me collect some more rocks I finally got it all finished. I've glued them in a curved sort of way and glued them on the bottom of the box leaving room for the 'river'. It was hard to place them strategically but I really like how it turned out. Other than that Mum and I have been trying to brainstorm some ideas on what we can use for water other than hot glue. Another aspect of the plan - using hot glue as the actual river at the bottom of the waterfall - has been destroyed because Ruby doesn't have many glue sticks that she can give me. Time to get my thinking cap on!
31/09/18
We finally found an alternative! My Mum has this very expensive but very beautiful iridescent plastic she graciously allowed me to use a few squares of. I've scrunched it up to serve as the ripples in the river and glued a long piece to the wall and let it "flow" down into the river. It's very pretty; it doesn't look as realistic as much of the professional dioramas but I think it's beautiful and a very creative way to display it.
03/09/18
School holidays have gotten me bored so I decided to paint something today. That something is my diorama. Using a cotton swab (I didn't want to use my expensive paintbrushes) and some of Ruby's concentrated blue food decorating thingy (again, I'm not using my expensive watercolour) I painted a blue background on the wall of the box to serve as the sky. The actual waterfall seen in Dragonheart has a cliff instead of the sky but I think this was a better alternative to leaving a bare wall. I used some cotton as some clouds (courtesy of Mum)
Finally I think I've finished. I'm going away most of the holidays so I wouldn't have much time if I didn't get it done right away. I'm proud of what I've done - it's so beautiful - and I think it is up to a high standard. If I would do another diorama I think I would have completed a draft. Mine wasn't perfect, there's still a few things I would have changed, so a draft would have been great to learn from. Also, I really need to learn how to handle a hot glue gun safely.
Like, seriously.
Kia Ora Jaime, I love the creativity and thinking you have shown here, you have done some excellent problem solving. What has been the most frustrating part for you in creating this design? I can't wait to see the finished product!
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