The Superhero Report

The photoshoot last week was adequately exciting despite the challenges that we faced. However, the idea of having to put up with the ordeal again for other people to review it is enough to make us weep. So, a decision has been made for us to create a report for our superhero that will surely ease the process of reviewing the work that we have done. The report will also give us the advantage in regards to making proposals for a superhero story in the near future.

The Cover

For the cover, Eza fused the title and the eye symbol to create the cover title on a piece of paper. She also made the group info on another piece of paper. While I took two watercolour paper that would be used for the cover and sprayed it with three thin layers of silver paint to give it a shiny effect. She then proceeds to cut out the cover title and the group info and put them on the top left and bottom right corner of the silver cover respectively. 

In the report, we had to include an introduction to our project, an ideation process walkthrough, all the previous ideation mind maps, a rationale for the costume and weapon, and also posters that can depict the Third Eye in a variety of suitable situations conferring to her powers.

The first poster was made to feature alongside the rationale. It was to show all the assets of the  Third Eye costume to make it easier to illustrate the points made in the rationale and for other analysis to be made.

In the second picture, her eye turned purple to represents her power to see through obstacles and in great distance as well. The snow and the forest backdrop gives the sense of an obstacle that she needs to face.

The blue eye gives her a defensive aura. This helps her fight the dark spirits by making her immune to most enemy attacks. The enemies were given a contrasting light effect that has a 75% opacity to show a dark spiritual effect.

Most of us are fans of Assassin's Creed, so we decided on a poster that pays homage to the game. In the final picture, the eye turns green making her more adaptive to nature, letting her fall gracefully with the wind. Falling from the Petronas Twin Tower upholds her position as a superhero in Malaysia. The blurred and distorted background showcases the falling effect.

The Third Eye Photoshoot Video

Superhero Photoshoot

On the fifth of December, we had our superhero photoshoot. It begins at 1PM but everyone arrived early to make preparations. As the model (or guinea pig) to dress up for our superhero, The Third Eye, I had to prepare a lot just to get into character.

For the costume, I used white cloth that my mom had. I borrowed two wigs (just in case) and a long boot from friends. The boot was a size smaller so it was a pain to wear it for a long period of time.

Danny was responsible to create the sword. He modified an umbrella and used cardbox for the blade. He broke four umbrellas in total. Danny also prepared the 'third eye', it was a Halloween decoration that glows in different colours.

Eza helped a lot by outlining the 'tattoos' on my arms with her eye liner. The rest of the tattoo was coloured using poster colour.

Full costume.

After a few of the other superheroes had their photoshoot, we went in for our turn. 

Mr. Charles wanted to take pictures in the dark to capture the lights of the 'third eye'. He used set the camera in a very low shutter speed, and that meant that I have to stand still in the dark for at least 30 seconds.

It was hard for me, because it was very difficult to balance myself wearing high heeled boots. Plus, in the dark, it's hard to find the sense of balance. The constant flash of the lights from the phone doesn't help much either as it disturbs my focus to find my balance. But I tried really, really hard to just stay still.

The results were a little blur so Mr. Charles changed his strategy and took pictures with the lights on. The results looked better after that.

In the dark.

My favourite photo.

The photoshoot went smoothly without any problems and I had plenty of fun. I want to thank Mr. Charles for being patient while photographing. I owe a lot to my members who guided me during the photoshoot and thank you Danny, for making the awesome sword. I think the rest of the class was awesome too, and everyone did a job dressing up or preparing a superhero.

I'm glad everything is done.

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June.

The Third Eye

After we failed to fully understand the concept of 'the third eye', we decided to come up with a new superhero that is more spiritual.

Our new heroine is a girl name Alexia who lives in Malaysia. She was given her supernatural powers by a witch doctor. She has the ability to see swords hung by a thread above people's head, signifying people's death when the sword finally reaches the person's head.

One of the first designs.

The final designs.