While working on the project I learned many new things along the way and changed my plans a few times as well. At first my idea was to make the whole set look like a prison as well as a living room. I used modelling clay bought from Walmart to build the couch and covered it in red fabric from Dollar Tree. I used excess clay from the couch to make a pillow for the couch. I bought a large 1 foot by 1 foot Square piece of foam from Walmart to use as the base and bought an actual 4 foot by 10 inch piece of carpet from Dollar tree and trimmed it to fit onto the piece of foam as carpeting for the ground. I bought 2 round pieces of foam from Walmart as well and used one of them as an overthrown table lying on the ground. I used a toothpick to prop up the table to look like it had a broken leg and was throw over. I bought plastic flowers and nail polish from dollar tree as well. I emptied the bottle of Nail polish and picked off two flowers and placed them into the bottle to look like a vase. I found random pieces of attire from a barbie set in my home, and placed them around the room to show that humans lived there and to add to the chaos in the piece.

     I originally wanted to make the whole set look like a prison. I wanted to get dish silk metal to wrap around the set like a chain-link fence. I would have made a family of people out of skeletons to represent how the media and television has taken away people interest in real life. I would have made these people out of Popsicle sticks or toothpicks. I would have carved a Television for the set out of foam and placed it on a TV stand across from the family. I would have placed a vinyl video reel across the television and displayed static on it to represent the nonsense that is depicted on social media today. The room would have been very well organized to represent a well off family home, but trapped and very confined by the fence that would wrap around. This Idea didn't work because I didn't have access to all these materials and couldn't access to them in time. 

     My work is a nice piece but I believe it could go through some improvements. If I had all the proper materials I would change up the piece a bit, specifically by changing the carpet to a softer and cleaner looking piece, also making it easier to cut through. I would have made better lighting for the piece, if I had access to actual set lights, but my lamp did its work in my final piece wither way. I would have set up a surrounding background for the piece that would overlap the whole piece, such as a green screen, as my green screen didn't work too well with my experimentation. If I was able to I would have used a higher quality camera to take the photo so that the focus is clearer and the background is more lit up. Aesthetically my piece is different from my inspiration in many ways, but its vibe and meaning are very related.

     I used a hot glue gun to attach many of the objects in this project and that allowed me to learn more about the use of a hot glue gun and tips for using a hot glue gun to attach fabric or even carpet. I also learned about the use of perspective through camera angle, using this to show the room from the perspective of a busted television that has been knocked over in the process of the chaos. I learned how to mold modeling clay and make it look like a certain object and how to better put it to use. I learned how to use my creative mind to put ordinary everyday objects together into one mixed media piece and create life out of what was once meaningless. Overall my piece was very a success and I have displayed and conveyed a meaningful project through the requirements given.

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