James Ward

James Ward came in to demonstrate and inform us about how they mold the masking in films. 

We discovered that  James Ward does model molding for productions for films and TV. He studied at Nation Film School Of Ireland.

In the lesson he showed us what the professionals do to create a model mold of someones face. He got a guy from the class to sit there while he created the mold of his face. He showed us this step by step he showed us what he does to make the mixture and demonstrated why you put a hair cap on the person you're molding. He said it was to protect any hair being pulled from the scalp we got shown to apply contact glue to stop anything sticking to the head hairline and forehead.

James Ward used LifeForm to mould the face around the guy he was demonstrating the process on. He used about a cup and a half of each moldlife. He rubs the moldlife all over the guys face to create the mold.

Straight after James Ward covered his face with plaster. 

After it is dry, which took around 3 minutes, the mask comes off.

The whole processes of making the mold of the face took around 25 minutes from when he started to put the hair cap over his hair. I thought this would take longer.

He told us you should wear polyvinyl gloves not latex as latex can react with the skin safe cycole mixture.
I am surprised that how much work is done into just one mask and how much effort is put into each film with so many things and people behind it who don't get mentioned, molding someones face is just one out of many other things put into making a film. 
I enjoyed seeing the end product. We all got to see the finished mold of his face by passing it around, it was interesting seeing how professional the mold looked.