My Third Design Idea: Face plan

For this design I wanted to create the dream sequence, the same as the first design, but i wanted to create it a lot later in the movie. I wanted an opportunity to show my SFX skills and show my models face rotting. As in this scene he would have taken on the decay of his own soul, instead of the painting. 

This idea is very exciting as I feel that this would be a really creative thing to create. I would mix my colours to create the green and maybe just build up the colour to create the look of decay, maybe adding another material in to create the 3D effect. 

I do however think that this maybe a bit complicated for the continuity assessment, and that I could use this for a later project. I feel that the decay would be really hard to replicate a second time round and as this is my first continuity assessment, I would like to try something a little more simple, in order to get the best result possible. 

My Second Design Idea: Face plan

This is my Second Design Idea.

I really love the simplicity of this idea. I love the power of Dorian Gray's character and how he represents Lord Henry Wotton's idea of power with Dorians Youth and beauty. I love this idea and I wanted an opportunity to represent this with one of my designs. I also think that this will be a good design for the continuity part of the assessment. This will be easy to replicate. 

I will look into male makeup, to see how to create a clean base on male skin as there skin can be a lot rougher than women's. This will be useful for the photography part, as the makeup has to be HD ready. I want to look at ways of making my model beautiful and youthful. 

My first design Idea: Face plan

For my first design of Dorian Gray, I was going to create a dream Sequence where he finds him self taking back the ageing process from the painting and wearing his cruelty and immorality. This scene would come after Sybil Vane had killed herself because of his cruelty and rejection. I was going to create a moral dilemma that would make Dorian decide between his vanity and morality.  

In this scene Dorian would have  greyer complexion, slight evil in his eye and as the book says of the painting. 'a touch of cruelty in the mouth'. I was going to exaggerate this in the dream sequence scene  and create more shadows and redder eyes etc. I also wanted to showcase what the skin colouring might have looked like. At this time london was dingy and factories were being built everyday. The smog was a huge factor so I wanted to grey out his complexion to showcase this. I also wanted to try this because at this time rich people didn't spend a lot of time out doors so they were naturally pale. Dorian also went out a lot so I wanted to make him look a little tired if he was taking his looks back. 

Below is my face plan for the first design idea I have. 

Second Design for Continuity Assessment: Practise

Before on the Left and after on the right.

Last night I decided to try my second design on my model Ben for the continuity assessment. I have decided to go with a simple look for my design. Dorian Gray was known for being young and beautiful and so I'm going to stick with the original Idea. 

I didn't know much about male makeup and grooming before this assessment so I have had to do a lot of research and look into mens makeup for TV and Film. From what I have learned the idea with mens makeup is to give a clean fresh and youthful look with out it looking like you have applied anything. Your not supposed to be able to see the makeup
Skin care is a key part. Cleansing, toning, moisturising, and concealing is what you begin with as your looking to get rid of any redness or blemishes. Mens pores are generally larger so making these look reduced is the goal.

Health and Safety.

1. Set up your work space making sure you line everything with couch roll.
2. Set up your cleaned and sanitised makeup brushes.
3. Make sure you have done an allergy test on your client.
4. Make sure all bags and items have been stored away correctly.
5. Cape your model ready to begin treatment

Items Used.

1. Cleanser, toner and moisturiser.
2. Couch roll, tissue, cotton buds and pads.
3. Wooden spatulas.
4. Kryolan Concealer Palette.
5. Blush palette
6. Pink lip tint.
7. Dark brown eye shadow
8. Makeup brushes
9. Hair brush and combs
10. Black and White hair wax.
11. Translucent Powder.

Technique.

1. I combed through bens hair and parted it in the middle using the sectioning comb.
2. Once I found the correct parting, I then combed through the hair in this position.
3. I then used the hair wax to make the parting really precise. This is also a nice way to bring out the wave with the curls. 
4. I then played with the shape with the comb.
5. I then began to prep the skin starting with cleansing and toning and then Moisturising to create a smooth surface to begin applying the makeup.
6. After the prepping part was complete I began applying the concealer to the redness of the skin and to any other areas of Ben's face affected by discolouration and blemishes. 
7. Once this was done I went over very lightly with the concealer to make sure everything was even. 
8. I then applied the the translucent powder all over to get rid of any shine.
9. I then filled in Ben's eyebrows to create slight shape and filling them in. 
10. I then applied Blusher very lightly to create a youthful flushed look. 
11. I then applied lipsill to the lips to moisturise them and to make a pink look.

Outcome and Thoughts:

I really love the outcome of this. I found it really subtle but a lot went into making Ben look more polished and 'pretty' as Dorian was seen as youthful and beautiful. I have asked Ben if he can wash his hair the night before the assessment to make it a little more limp. This will make it easier to shape his hair. I also asked if he can shave his beard. till about grade 3 to make sure its neat for the assessment. I think will fit with my Dorian Gray character. Im really pleased with this although I think next time I practise I will use a bit more concealer and blusher to create a more youthful and rosy look. 

Dirty Skin and Teeth: with Sue Mainstone

Todays lesson was about making the skin look dirty. We were shown how to dirty the skin and teeth using our Supra colour palette and tooth enamel. Sue walked us through a tutorial.

The above picture shows the development of the colouration. I do feel that the first 2 images would be a really useful start if I wanted to make someone look dead.   

Health and Safety:

1. Set up station with couch on the counter.
2. Set up makeup with palettes and brushes easily accessed.
3. Cape model.
4. Make sure all tools are clean and sterilised 

Tools:

1. Cotton buds
2. Paint brushes
3. Beauty brushes
4. Stipple sponge
5. Ben Nye bruise palette
6. Supra Color Palette
7. Couch Roll
8. Tissue
9. Translucent powder.
10. Tooth enamel in dirty yellow and black.

Application for Dirty Hands:

1. For the hands I Started by rubbing in the bruise wheel colours. I really worked them into the skin, especially focusing on the bends in the fingers, knuckles and finger nails making them really dirty underneath. 
2. I then layered black and dark Burgundy together from my Supracolor palette and the Ben Nye Bruise wheel. I then pushed and rubbed this into the skin and continued to until I was happy with the colour.
3. I then pushed the colour in and around and underneath the finger nails to make them look like they haven't been clean in a long time.
4. You can continue until you're happy with the colour.

Application for Dirty Teeth:

1. Dry the teeth with a cotton bud.
2. Apply the tooth enamel with a cotton bud, getting into all of the cracks and dents in the natural tooth surface.
3. Layer the colour the way you want it. Using the dark at the bottom and yellow at the top. You can vary this but this is what I did. 

Outcome and Thoughts:

This was probably my favourite SFX lesson so far. I loved layer the colours and making the hands and teeth realistically look dirty. Especially the hands. It was all about pushing the colour into the skin and also about colour. I love working with colour so this was working with what I love. I think I could have probably Dried the teeth more to be able to get more colour on them but I now know this for the next time and can use this. 

Scars with Sue Mainstone

Today in Sue's class we learned how to apply scars. Sue gave us a demo and then we proceeded with our own application. This was a very straight forward application and is very quick and efficient. The scars look like Edward scissor Hands scars and this application is very believable and effective. 

Health and Safety:

1. Set up station with couch on the counter.
2. Set up makeup with palettes and brushes easily accessed.
3. Cape model.
4. Make sure all tools are clean and sterilised 

Tools:

1. Cotton buds.
2. Couch Roll.
3. Tissue.
4. Translucent powder.
5. Tuplast to create the realistic scars.

1. Prepare the skin.
2. You can use a barrier cream at this stage.
3. Pull the tuplast along the skin, pulling at the ends to create a smooth transition from the Tuplast to the skin.
4. You then let this dry
5. You then top with translucent powder this helps the appearance to look skin like.
6. You can apply colour but I liked the look just with translucent powder.

Outcome and thoughts:

This was really easy and straightforward. The only tricky bit was making the ends blend. This could be great for not only scars but raised patterns if you wanted to get creative. This would be  a really useful tool in my makeup bag!

Bruising with Sue Mainstone

Today we learned how to apply bruising makeup to the skin. We learned about the colour build up and texture and how to layer the colours and shade.

Health and Safety:

1. Set up station with couch on the counter.
2. Set up makeup with palettes and brushes easily accessed.
3. Cape model.
4. Make sure all tools are clean and sterilised 

Tools:

1. Cotton buds
2. Paint brushes
3. Beauty brushes
4. Stipple sponge
5. Ben Nye bruise palette
6. Supra Color Palette
7. Couch Roll
8. Tissue
9. Translucent powder.

Application:

1. I began by applying yellow to the area I wanted to focus on. This gave a good base to the bruise, when you get bruises and they start to fade they turn yellow near the edges. So I wanted to do a 2 day old bruise.
2. I then began mixing the bruise colours. I mixed blue and purple with a little red and applied it to tara's inner eye.
3. I then began to blend the colours out and layer them, or pull them down the face.
4. I then applied a little vaseline to the bruise area to create a slight shine. 

Outcome and Thoughts:

I really enjoyed this application. I loved mixing the colours and creating the right depth to the bruise. I really enjoy working with colour so this was really satisfying. I do think this is something that takes a lot of practise to get it looking really realistic, but it could be really useful in future projects.