This part of Prince’s portfolio is incomplete due to Covid. He will reflect on this in his adapted assessment. Prince organised the trip to the Forbidden Planet. It was his idea. We went just after he started at Treasure House. This trip was in early March 2019. The week after the trip, schools closed due to lockdown. We were unable to go on any more trips while Prince was still working on his Arts Award. School closures and absence due to anxiety and illness also meant that Prince had less time than usual to complete the award.
Melanie Jones
This is what he has achieved in this section (complete work in bold):
- Exhibition / event review 1 – Forbidden Planet
- Exhibition/ event review 2 – None – Prince wanted to go to the Tate Modern
- Exhibition / event review 3 – None – Prince wanted to go to the Lego Store
- Exhibition / event review 4 – None – Prince wanted to go to Google Headquarters (we discussed that this probably wouldn’t have been possible anyway!)
- Exhibition / event review 5 – None – Prince wanted to go to an animation studio, we discussed Footprints in Peckham where they create physical and digital props.
- Evidence of sharing reviews – Prince made an advert to include in the school art magazine.
- Research into at least 3 famous artists – Complete
- Career map of a famous artist – Incomplete due to time constraints
- Interview with a practitioner about development pathways – Incomplete due to time constraints
- Overview of learning and relation to strengths and weaknesses – Complete
Forbidden Planet Trip
Because I was drawing a Manga character, I wanted to visit Forbidden Planet in London where they sell Manga as well as all sorts of other cult entertainment items. It helps to see how an art form is turned into a commercial thing.
Products they sell
| Comics and Graphic Novels |  |
| Toys and Collections |  |
| Clothing and Accessories |  |
| Gaming |  |
| Books |  |
| DvD and Audio |  |
Features of the Store
| Location | Endeavour House, 179 Shaftebury Ave, London WC2H 8JR |
| Size | It’s a megastore with a bunch of pop culture stuff. In other words, its very big. |
| Storeys | There are two storeys. |
| What can be found on each storey? | Upstairs its a bunch of Action figures and downstairs its filled of books and manga. |
| Photo of the store from the outside |  |
This trip appeals to…
| Nerds | It really has the things that a nerd would really like. very nerdy. |
| Geeks | They would love half the stuff that is there. really. they would. |
What I liked about Forbidden Planet…
| What I liked | Why |
| The manga section | Had really interesting stuff there. VERY interesting stuff |
| The toys | Looked very nice, very polished. |
| The figurines | Beautiful. No words. |
| Comics | Very vintage and modern at the same time. Very nice. |
What kind of art forms are involved in Forbidden Planet?
| Art form | How it relates to the products. |
| Illustrations | The manga is illustrated and tells a story |
| Animation | Many of the DVDs here are anime and they are a big seller |
| Sculpture / 3D printing | There are so many figures for sale here |
| Fashion | You can get outfits and T-Shirts here |
Sharing my review
I made this advert to go into the school magazine. It was pretty effective. Out of 15 students at our school, 5 of them didn’t get to go on the Forbidden Planet Trip because they weren’t here then. After I made the advert, they talked to me about it and they all wanted to go and were sad they missed it.
Research into my top 10 favourite Artists
Overall Reflection
| Weaknesses | How trips and research helped me |
| Expressing emotion and feeling in my artwork | I saw a lot of emotive artwork at Forbidden planet. Looking at artists like Eminem and Stormzy taught me a lot about how to express emotion. Especially Eminem as he tells emotive stories in his music. Norihito Sumitomo is also a very emotive composer who writes music for games. |
| Art that looks like real life (realism) | Many of my favourite artists use real life as inspiration. Also, at Forbidden Planet we saw how realistic and hyper-realistic some of the bodies can be. |
| Rough construction drawings and sketches | It is obvious that the artists at Forbidden Planet had to use rough sketches to create their amazing work. They also sell lots of books about how to draw and they all include construction sketches. |
| Telling a story with my artwork | In my research, I found that all good art tells a story. This is an idea I am going to develop in unit one part D. |