Sillohuette Photo Shoot (Seema)

Seema, Silhouette Photo shoot,  11/2/14

Products used

1.       Dolls head

2.       Pins

3.       Tongs

4.       Pin comb

5.       Paddle brush

6.       Hairspray

7.       2x padding props

 

Steps

·         Plug tongs in to heat up

·         Brush hair getting rid of any tangles

·         Randomly tong parts of hair- I wasn’t fussed about doing the whole head as I back combed the whole head anyway

·         Sectioned hair in to 3 parts- front part was to be pinned around prop, middle part was backcombed and messy to relate to decay, and 3^rd part at back of head to be pinned around second prop

·         Once all sections are pinned/backcombed and in place, manipulate hair and style to how you want it using a pin comb

·         Once happy use a small amount of hairspray to hold in place

·         Photo shoot- I added some lace material to add texture and shape to my silhouette

·         Once I had taken the first photo I realised I needed to amend the bottom section, the prop wasn’t the right shape, I added pins to hold hair tighter, I then took another photo and it was exactly how I wanted it to look  

 

Cuts and Bruises (Sue)

Sue, Cuts and Bruises, 06/02/14

Products used:

1.       Cape

2.       Black Stipple Sponge

3.       Plasto- Wax (Moulding Wax)

4.       Fake Blood (Kryolan)

5.       Wound Filler

6.       Maek

7.       Pustule

8.       Ben Nye Bruising Wheels

9.       Sealor

10.   Coffee Grounds

11.   Cleanse Tone and Moisturise

12.   Cotton Pads

13.   Cotton Buds

14.   Hair pins

15.   Make up Brushes

 

Steps- Bruising

·         Start with lighter colour which would be yellow

·         Go right up to the edges of the eye

·         Blob yellow colour using finger tips

·         Mix in a bit of yellow and moisturiser

·         Use eye socket

·         Get model to open and close eyes when needed

·         To finish off the make-up look blend in a red line right up on to the water line, this will make it look sore

·         Use back of hand or a pallet for mixing colours

·         Using a smaller brush, dib dab the bruising on the areas you want it

·         Get right in to the corners and creases thinking about where it would be darker /shadows

·         Add slowly the colours

·         Using fingertips are good as they are warm and they warm up the product allowing you to create/manipulate

·         Getting a spatula and holding it correctly put wax on the back of your hand and warm up then spread lightly on to the face making sure it is even. You can build wax up

·         Blend away the edges

·         You can make it as deep or thin as you like depending on the cut you want

·         Wipe knife and make your cut

·         Using a baby cotton bud, dip in to sealor and cover the wax on face

·         Make your cut

·         Wait for sealor to dry and make sure it’s not sticky

·         Using a hair pin use wound filler and create blood effect however you desire

·         You can go underneath the wax or pick at it

·         You can put coffee grounds in it- makes it look deep/adds depth

·         You can add fake blood on desired areas

·         You can use cotton pads as a puffer if you don’t want to mess your own up

·         You can powder as it may look shiny

·         You can use a black stipple brush to create scratches or a hair pin works really well

 

If using latex on the face use Kryolan

You can get different colours of was for different coloured skin

Think about when the bruise happened- How did it happen? 1 week? 2 weeks? 1 day?

Brusing comes form with in the skin out

How did the person hurt themselves? Grazed? Spike? Knife? What was the size of the knife? – Common Sense

Young cuts are bright red, older cuts are darker

Always add liquids on the actual shoot

Think about grass stains/grit etc.

Put cuts on first before make-up

You could add tears/smudge mascara/put blood in the hair

This work is Leonie's! We ran out of time but I will do this in my own time.

 

 



Pinterest...

Below is the link to my Pinterest where you can find various mood boards containing research and inspiration that caught my eye. 

http://www.pinterest.com/chantelleparks/passionate/

Women in the Victorian Era...

I wanted to research further in to the Victorian era so that I could learn more about the Women of Britain at that time, and their status and in put, how it came about and how it changed the way women were thought of. I find it so interesting that Miss Havisham has wealth, status and power yet she herself is weak, frail and deluded. I think that this is a great way to portray Women of Britain's journey in the Victorian era. The weak and frail side of Miss H could show how women were not looked at in the same way men were seen, they weren't regarded as having power and were best left at home taking care of the domestic chores and family. However, Miss H's wealth and high status could portray women when they went to work and earned money.

 

 

"During the era symbolized by the reign of British monarch Queen Victoria, women did not have suffrage rights, the right to sue, or the right to own property." - Wikipedia. (04/02/14). Women in the Victorian Era. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Victorian_era. Last accessed 05/02/14. This quote shows how women in the Victorian Era were not allowed to be heard, but it shows that Miss Havisham clearly had a high status, power and wealth as she was rich with property and she also had people working for her. This is a clear factor that she was most definitely an upper class lady of the time. The people around Miss Havisham almost feared her.

 

What I also find really interesting is that in the Victorian era, it was the 'norm' for the women to have husbands and children of their own. Women were looked at as the mans property so to speak. They were to abide to what the male of the house wanted including sexual desires. They were to cook and clean and also give the man their wages if the women happened to work. Women were expected to have children and bring them up on their own while the men went to work . This was all normal and expected of the women in the Victorian era, yet, Miss Havisham, has all this money, wealth and power but does not have a husband and no children of her own. She doesn't lead a normal life style, she isn't the 'norm'. I feel that this is an interesting concept.

 

"A wealthy widow or spinster was a lucky exception"- Helena Wojtczak. (). WOMEN'S STATUS IN MID 19TH-CENTURY ENGLAND. Available: http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/history/19/overview.htm. Last accessed 05/02/14. This quote really caught my eye. Miss Havisham is not a widow. She never lost a husband by death, yet she mourns and hits a depression and yearns for him as if she did. She was Jilted by Compeyson on the day of their to be wedding. Heartbroken and deeply let down. Miss Havisham is looked at as would a single women in the Victorian era, a single women would attract disapproval and pity. The quote above states that a wealthy widow was lucky as they could get away with being single, as in that situation death cannot be helped. Yet Miss Havisham, although she had status and wealth, power and authority, was looked upon in a similar way as the single women of the Victorian period.

 

 

Yvonne & Lottie, Shading and Speacil FX (Texture)

Yvonne/Lottie, Make-up, 4/2/14

Shading and Special FX

Products used:

1.       Foundation Pallet

2.       Illamasqua Rich Liquid foundation white

3.       BN Ben Nye F/X Color wheel CK-1 Bruise

4.       BN Ben Nye F/X Color wheel CK-3 Cuts and Bruises

5.       Pustule Filler

6.       Crownbrush eye shadow pallet

7.       Due Fibre Glue

8.       Brushes

9.       Cape

10.   Cleanse, Tone Moisturise

Steps:

·         Wash Hands

·         Put cape on

·         Tie hair back

·         Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise

·         Using foundation pallet match the right colour to the skin by testing out on neck

·         Once you have got the right colour matched to clients skin using a foundation brush, lightly apply all over face, apart from around the lip area

·         Buff base in

·         Using the BN Ben Nye Color Wheel Special FX products, create bruising on your desired area of the face, blend well and never look at other artists work of bruising as that is there version. Always use real photos of bruising as reference.

·         Once you have created a bruise effect that you are happy with you can then start adding texture to it if you like

·         Using Duo Fibre Eyelash glue on the skin, letting it dry then peeling it away creates a very natural and realistic skin peeling effect, you can peel away, make it look like the skin is blistering, or just experiment and see what you can create! (before you apply to model always make sure you have checked that the model doesn’t have sensitive skin or allergies)

·         To create the bags I used Crownbrush eye shadow pallet and mixed pinks, purple and blue shades on my metal pallet

·         I followed the natural crease underneath Ayesha’s eye as a guideline for shading and contouring

·         I used a Crownbrush Duo Fibre crease brush to blend the colours underneath the eye

·         Last of all to add a gruesome effect I used Pustule Filler to make it look like the “skin” was open and seeping.

 

 



Creating a Victorian hair style using Victorian elements and Padding

Seema, 4/2/14

 

Products used

 

1.      Doll head

2.      Tongs

3.      Large Paddle Brush

4.      Fine tooth comb

5.      Padding- horse shoe shape

6.      Hairspray

7.      Pins

 

 

Padding with extra Victorian added elements

 

·         Brush out hair

·         Section half the hair so you have a clean hair line in the middle, with bottom layer and top layer separated using clips

·         Using tongs on heat 25, curl the hair in small sections and hold the tongs upright when waiting for hair to curl

·         Once bottom layer of hair is curled take clips out of top section and brush out

·         Place padding on top of the head, position correctly and pin in place

·         Work with sections going from the front of the head round to the other side, ending back at the front

·         Backcomb each section making sure that you hold the section of hair directly in front of you, backcombing towards yourself

·         Create a mess

·         Once you have backcombed each section, (or you can do this as you go along) fold the section of hair backwards over the prop and pin in place making sure that the pins are hidden.  (You can manipulate the hair in to shape once all sections are pinned in place)

·         Make sure you over alp each section slightly so you don’t have any gaps

·         Use a small amount of hairspray to hold in place

·         Once all is pinned in place, using your pin comb manipulate the hair in to creating your desired shape

 

 

 

Theatrical Ageing of the face.

Sue, Week2, Make up in motion, 30/1/14

Ageing

Products used

1.       Cape

2.       Variety of brushes

3.       Supra pallet

4.       Foundation pallet

5.       Concealer pallet

6.       Powder

7.       Cleanser

8.       Toner

9.       Moisturiser

10.   Cotton pads

11.   Eyebrow brush

 

 

·         Wash hands

·         Put cape on

·         Cleanse, tone and moisturize

·         Create colour base using foundation and concealer

·         Buff in base

·         Ask client to smile and scrunch face so that you can see natural wrinkles as guideline

·         Using your small pointy brush draw on the wrinkles/creases creating darker lines

·         Make sure base is blended right up to lash line

·         Dab the wrinkles gently with fingertips

·         Using a lighter colour you can create light where there is shade

·         Using a bigger brush to highlight covers more of the skin

·         Highlight along some of the crevices

·         Using either supra pallet or dry hairspray grey down the eyebrows working against the hair and then back along the hair

·         Ask model to screw/tighten lips so you can dab preferred colour on to them allowing the product to go in to the creases creating an ageing effect

·         Always blend well

·         Using an eyelash/eyebrow brush, use product and go down both sides of the length of model hair. Must get right to the route and right to the end for a realistic look

·         Stretch skin with fingers and using a sponge add some stipple (latex) on desired parts of face

·         Dry with a hair dryer if you would prefer rather than waiting for it to dry

·         When the stipple is clear ease of … stop stretching

 

 

Notes

·         Take out spots/imperfections- create your own as model won’t always have spots. Continuity.

·         Supra means grease

·         Red/Green and Yellow create BROWN

·         Don’t powder base

·         Greying hair- dry shampoo, talc or supra

·         Kryolan spray to grey hair

·         Grey down hair from route to tip

·         Grey eyebrows and lashes

·         Ben Nye – old age stipple- wrinkle stipple (prosthetic)

·         You can use the stipple before and after make-up application

·         Match face ageing with age of hair

·         Age neck hands and feet etc.

·         Check model is not allergic to stipple or other product’s

·         Test at least 2 weeks before shoot in case you need to find a new model

·         You can use whatever brushes work best to create look

·         If you stipple you don’t get hard edges on camera