Rachel Westhead
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Rachel Westhead

GraduateLiverpool, United Kingdom
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Rachel Westhead

GraduateLiverpool, United Kingdom
About me
I a recent graduate of Theatre, Performance and Event Design which I student at Birmingham City University. I am an aspiring Theatre Designer/Director
Projects
  • 'Free'
    'Free''Free' is a devised theatre performance designed, directed and produced by myself. The performance was devised and created using found objects and up-cycled objects as the stimulation for the play named 'Free'. It is a comedy performance about 3 strangers who couldn't be more opposite ending up in the same sticky situation and only having each other to rely upon. After creating the performance I designed a model truck as part of the concept that the performance is designed to travel to and be performed on the back of at theatre festivals in the U.K and the rest of the world.
  • Sculptures for Download Festival
    Sculptures for Download FestivalIn April 2016 I worked on a live brief for Live Nation to design and construct 7 sculptures of rock legends for their annule festival 'Download'. These sculptures were all 8ft high and were placed in the VIP area for the duration of the festival.
  • 'Infectious Sight' Visual Merchandising
    'Infectious Sight' Visual MerchandisingIn 2014 I designed the concept for a piece of Visual Merchandising inspired by the theme 'Bacteria'. 'Infectious Site was designed to be displayed in one of the front windows of the Liverpool One branch of Topshop.
  • 'The Cherry Orchard' Model Box Design
    'The Cherry Orchard' Model Box DesignThis was my design concept for Anton Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard'.
  • 'Colours in Grey'- Music Video
    'Colours in Grey'- Music VideoI worked collaberatively on a music video were we were given the song and we had to come up with the concept for, design, produce and realise a video to the song 'Sevastopol' by Moby.
  • 'Every Night In: The Addiction'
    'Every Night In: The Addiction''Every Night In: The Addiction' is a devised theatre performance that I designed, directed and produced myself, based on the popular trend of ‘Binge Watching’. The performance challenges the ideas behind spending 12 hours addictively watching television but finding the idea of going to watch a 2 hour long theatre play draining. I targeted a specific binge watching obsessed demographic by selecting a range of shows that are popular with the specific audience and worked alongside a team of actors and a production team to devised, design and realised a 2 hour long theatre performances that challenged the audiences ideas and opinions on binge watching and live performance.
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Projects credited in
  • Colour in Grey
    Colour in GreyWorking in collaboration with Film and Animation students during my 2nd year at university, we were challenged to create a music video for track, "Sevastapol", by Moby. I worked in a team of 12 as a member of the art department and performed as the main character onscreen.
Work history
    Live Nation logo
    Live Nation logo
    SculptorLive Nation
     - Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2RP, UKFreelance
    I worked on a Live brief for Live Nation that was to work in team to design and make seven 8ft sculptures of well known rock legends for their festival Download that would be placed in the VIP area for the festival. We had a deadline of 3 weeks to complete the task which meant we were working to a strict deadline.
    Project Manager
     - Birmingham, United KingdomFreelance
    I worked managing a team for a week to design and create props for a well known club event in Birmingham, this meant that I had to manage a team, budget, source materials, delegate tasks and oversee all tasks.
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Skills
  • Collaboration
  • Designing
  • Model Making
  • Technical Drawing
  • Sketching
  • Communicating Ideas
  • Leadership
  • Presenting
  • Time Management
  • Set Dressing
Education
    BA(Hons) Theatre Performance and Event Design
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    I am a recent graduate from Birmingham City University where I studied BA (Hons) Theatre, Performance and Event Design. The course has given me a range of skills within the Design for Theatre, Performance and Event industry such as model making, technical drawing, working to scale, collaboration, managing a team, directing and producing for theatre and film, prop making, costume designing and constructing, sketching, set designing and dressing and a range of computer based design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch Up.
    BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in 3D Design
     - Liverpool, United Kingdom
    I studied a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in 3D Design at Hugh Baird college for 2 years aching Distinction, Distinction, Merit. I also achieved qualifications in Auto CAD Level 2 and Auto CAD Level 3. The skills I gathered from taking this course were being able to work to a deadline, self direction, time management, taking opinions on board and using them in a constructive way. The technical skills that I gained were, life drawing and drawing to scale a long with a range of 3D skills such as jewelry design and construction, design for animation, design and construction of visual merchandising and interior design.
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Awards
    Sir Barry Vincent Jackson Award