DUNE - Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert

After reading the book and researching in to other ways the story has been portrayed, I came across the trailer for the film:

https://youtu.be/xYWJn2GolrI

I found reading Dune hard at times due to the many names and species of people; it was sometimes confusing and hard to keep track of all the people because the names were long and different to anything I had read before. After reading half of the fist book in the series, I felt as if nothing much had happened and I had to go over a few paragraphs more than once for it to sink in! This book is not one that i wold have chosen myself due to the age and reading style, but I am continuing in the series and I am enjoying it more with every chapter. Recently I have been doing some research into inspiring videos, and I have found that Dune relates to these in an alien way; for example, Rihanna's sledgehammer video shows a very interesting alien makeup design (blocked out eye brows and dark asian patterns on her face decorating her eyes and cheek bones), this has given me more inspiration in to what makeup would be used to transform this book into a film. 

I have researched into artists' responses to the novel and have found some very interesting designs that show the different characters and which house they have come from. Some of the designs have been similar to that I have imaged, but others have been very different which has broadened my ideas. 

These images below found on Pinterest show the different ways the characters from Dunr have been interpreted: 

This image is a great interpretation of a character wearing a stillsuit, I had also imaged it to look very fitted and armer like. I like the material that has been used to portray a world that is full of desert.  

I love this image because it shows the artists interpretation to the dark blue eyes the freman characters have, I would have imaged them to look less human, only blue with no other visible colours or pupils. 

This is another image that represents the still suits worn in the novel, this character is meant to be Jessica, it is not how I have imaged her but this design is still very good and shows the culture in the colours and design of the costume. 

I have chosen this image because it shows the blue within blue eyes the freman characters have, this again is not how I have imagined the eyes but would be hard to create any darker eyes and still be able to see. 

This is by far my favourite image, this was created my an artist how was interpreting Jessica. I love the tribal design the hair and makeup and this is more like what I had expected this particular character to look like, added with a stillsuit. 

Finger painting project eye/face charts (finger painting)

Finger painting project-eye charts

Week 1

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Week 3

Week 4

Mad Max inspired makeup

MAD MAX, Fury Road 

http://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-sequel-charlize-theron, 15.07.2016, digital image

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17986/mad-max-fury-road-and-the-glaring-whiteness-of-post-apocalyptic-films, 15.07.2016, digital image

What I used: 

• Kryolan supercolour; black, red 1 and red 2 
• Makeup brushes and sponges 
• Red lip liner - Rimmel 
• Deep Red pencil - Rimmel
• L'oreal rose ivory foundation 
• Translucent powder Illamasqua

I have taken the makeup from the film, Mad Max Fury Road, and made my own design using professional makeup and techniques. I used makeup sponges to smear the Kryolan colours, this created a dirty and worn off appearance to the makeup. I first used different tones of red to show the colour of war, this made me appear tired and battle ready. I then added black, taken from the makeup style of the main female character who wipes coal over her forehead and eyes in preparation for war. 

I also used the makeup ideas from the war boys, they have very pale skin and black smears around their eyes that ends at a point., shown in now of the images above. For effect I added black on my bottom lip and accentuated my lip creases in my top lip, this was to make my mouth appear cracked and dry, again taken from the makeup of the war boys. To improve this design, I could have used more product around my lips to make them appear more dry and cracked, and I could use a stipple sponge to apply glycerine on my forehead and nose, this is to create sweat.      

special effects bruise and graze

I fell off my bike!

So, after a long and tiring shift at work, I finished at midnight and was on my way home on my bike. I was going fast and was on the phone! I lost my balance and auto pilot set in so I braked, hard, skidded and slid off my bike to the floor! The images above show the damages to my body, (I also bent my basket on my bike) and although it was painful and embarrassing, I now have images of real life grazes and nasty bruises. I plan to remake these using makeup effects to develop my special effect skills and practice my colouration using kryolan products. 

I have taken images of my knees towards the beginning of the healing process (looking very yellow and sticky and gross) and then I took a picture more recently to see the healing process in action (still looks gross but is now hard and scarring over, red colours and less yellow tones). 

Below is a recreation of a smaller version of my nasty bruise I created on my arm:

What I used:

• super colour: black, blue, red and yellow 
• small makeup brushes and sponges 
• makeup remover to separate the colours, (instead of alcohol) 

I started with subtle tones of yellow and blended in red and blue colours for the beginning of the colour process  

I then added darker tones of blue and red to intensify the colours and add veins 

I then used black and more blue and red mixed to create a patchy veiny bruise, I also added yellow tones at the edges to show the healing process 

I then blend and removed the darker tones to act as the bruise healing and turning more yellow and green 

eventually the bruise was barely there, I added more yellow and green and removed more of the black tones

Below I have recreated a smaller version of my graze on my knee:

For this design I have used:

• Wax
• Latex
• Makeup brushes and sponges 
• Stipple sponge 
• Kryolan super colour yellow red, blue and black 
• Baby oil (instead of puss) 
• Metal spatular 

I found it hard to create this design without using puss, I don't have any so to give the finished look a shine I added baby oil, this worked for taking one picture but in the future I will have t buy puss to make this design look realistic. 

I first layered on some wax in the shape desired and then sponged on some latex.

I used a stipple sponge to get the red effect around the edges 

I used super colour palette, mainly yellow tones to get this effect, I then added baby oil give the finish a shine (I will use puss here in the future)

 

Ingrid Von Steven (Superstar) and Baby Jane Holzer

Ingrid Von Scheven (Superstar) 

Ingrid Superstar, Andy Warhol - screen Tests http://bombmagazine.org/article/3326/scoring-warhol-s-screen-tests, 06.07.16

Baby Jane Holzer 

Baby Jane Holzer - Andy Warhol's screen test http://www.walkerart.org/press/browse/press-releases/2009/walker-art-center-presents-dean-wareham, 06.07.06

Both of the women above have sat for Andy Warhol's screen tests, both lasted for bout 4 minutes and to me were the most interesting. Ingrid was funny in her test, she didn't keep still, she was looking around and had her hand on her face and mouth for most of the shots, looking as though she is trying to swear at Andy himself. Whist Baby Jane was looking intently at the camera for most of the time and was brushing her teeth. Her makeup and hair is from the 60's era and her eyes are very big and round made bigger with the help of thick eye liner and eye shadow. 

Background research - Ingrid 

Very little is known about Ingrid Superstar. She starred in a few of Warhol’s films, and became one of his 'superstars,' which offered the celebrities fame and attention. Her real name is a mystery, as part of her mythology. She was known as Ingrid Superstar but she was born Ingrid von Steven, others recall her name to be Ingrid von Schefflin or, as noted in Ultra Violet’s memoir, Irma. She became one of Andy Warhol's superstars to offend Edie Sedgwick and Andy's relationship at the time; In Fashionmagazine.com Rene Ricard says that Ingrid, a New Jersey native, was found in a bar and called "the ugly Edie" and given the name Ingrid Superstar to cause upset.   

She disappeared on Dec. 7, 1986 in New York, and she was said to have gone out for cigarettes and never returned. She is presumed dead but her body has never been found. Not long after her disappearance, her mother heartbreakingly took out an ad in the paper asking Ingrid to come home “so they could play ‘Morning Dew’ without feeling sad.”
http://www.fashionmagazine.com/scene/2015/10/28/andy-warhol-superstars-guide/3/

Background research - Baby Jane Holzer 

Jane Holzer, born October 23, 1940, is an American art collector and film producer who was previously an actress, model, and Warhol superstar. She was often known by the nickname Baby Jane Holzer.

She appeared in movies including Andy Warhol's Soap Opera (1964), Couch (1964), and Camp (1965), and the independently produced Ciao! Manhattan (1972). She co-produced the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman. Holzer is the subject of "Girl of the Year" in Tom Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) and is referenced twice in the 1972 Roxy Musicsingle "Virginia Plain".

She released a song in 1967 on the Atco label "Rapunzel/Nowhere" (Atco 6482) – produced by Al Kasha and arranged by Barry Goldberg.

https://youtu.be/Rwr5hVmS_b0

Capital hair and beauty

I have recently acquired a Capital card for professional make-up and hair products that are available in the industry for freelance and larger companies. Along with the card I was also given a welcome pack and magazine that holds good examples of professional style photos of makeup and hair products and designs that have inspired me to be more colourful and creative in my work.

This image is one of my favourites, the makeup is dark and in times with fashion today and the hair style is very sharp and neat. It inspires me to think of a design that comes from the story of 'Mad Max.' Although the makeup and hair in this film are mostly based on the poor and suffering, so are unlikely to be as creative as this but of dirt and sweat. This look has a punk style to it that makes me think of a warrior or war fighter, with plaits and braids and a very tight, sculpted shape. I also like the addition of a nose ring and pendent, this also adds to the punk/rock style, along with dark lips, subtle bronzed face and eyes and dark freckles. The image itself is also dark, this adds to the feel of the photo and has inspired me to think more deeply about how to set up and image and how to create a mood with photography lighting, set up and position and angle the model is positioned for lighting reflections.  

I like these sets of images taken from my Capital magazine, they show a project of work that shows hair and makeup skills based on colour. 

The images on the left are colourful and creative, designed by Karine Jackson and called Complex Simplicity. She is inspired by colour and finds new and interesting ways to reflect and intensify it. Although her specialty is hair, the clothes and style of these images shows new ways of attracting the eye of the client, the shiny and metallic looking fashion acts as a scrunched up mirror and bounces colour off the material like a disco ball. She states; "mesh and colour is going to be big for 2016, its all about the contrast in the colours, we don't work with shades anyone as everyones skin tone is different-its more about playing with technique." Capital icons, page 126, summer 2016. 

The images on the right are created by Michelle Thompson and are under her Raw collection. She specialises in afro hair, but is a well rounded hair dresser with lots of talent. I have chosen to look at these images because the makeup also pays a part in the detail for me; although the hair is the main attraction in this selection, the makeup of the models is quite subtle but striking, it creates a mood and brings it to life, whether it be darkened eyes, hidden eye brows with very pale eyes or golden glowing skin.  

Fashion and Makeup inspiring videos/movies

Rihanna - Sledgehammer

https://youtu.be/BXhIT4MpRis

I have chosen to look at this video of Rihanna because her hair and makeup is inspiring to me, what first caught my attention was her blocked out eyebrows. The song is for a new star trek film coming out soon, so the makeup and hair styles was made to look a bit alien."Sigismondi said she worked closely with the makeup artist to come up with the right look for Rihanna. “We wanted to really give her her own character. It’s about creating something ancient, almost otherworldly,” she said"
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/06/floria-sigismondi-rihanna-sledgehammer-music-video-star-trek, article by Josh Duboff, June 10.01 am. 

I am also reading 'Dune,' a book by Frank Herbert that is a bit 'out of this world.' From what I have read so far it is describing other planets and different species of people-non humans. Rihanna's makeup and hair makes me think of the characters in this book as she looks as though she could be a different species or race of human. The makeup design although simple, has a huge effect on the music video as it helps to tell the story behind the song. 

Ideas for makeup and hair inspired by 'Sledgehammer':

• long hair at the back, tied into small buns at the top 
• different facial patterns thick lines and dark eyes 
• smaller lines on the face using aqua colour black
• dark lips and blocked out eye brows 
• light lips and darker eye brows but dark eyes, smudged with black super-colour
• henna style tattoo art over hands and face 
• plaited haas on one side and backcombed but smoothed over to one side    

Beyonce - Lemonade

http://www.eonline.com/news/759850/the-real-reason-why-beyonce-made-lemonade

Beyonce's lemonade was made to show her hurt, disappointment, love and eventually hope in her relationship with J-Z. As Beyonce and J-Z are such a well known couple, I believe they thought they owed it to fans to reveal emotions and vague answers to the inside problems with their relationship, seeing dollar signs at the same time. Beyonce has given hope and understanding to other women going through the same sorts of problems, by showing the how mad love can make you, e.g. she sings a jolly song with a crazed look on her face holding a bat and smashing nearby things whilst wearing a yellow Roberto Cavalli dress, (shown in the image above).

Although this is a film to express her emotions regarding her relationship, it was also a fashion statement: there was a lot of Gucci, vintage Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier, but the stylist who has worked closely with Beyonce from 07, made sure to mix in some high street fashion; Senofonte did this on "7/11" when she paired Forever 21 leggings under a Givenchy sweatshirt.
http://www.eonline.com/news/759850/the-real-reason-why-beyonce-made-lemonade, By Erica Gonzals April 2016 

There was a lot of African print and gold. Royal, regal African images. There was a lot of white, antebellum vibes and hats and collars, vintage Gaultier and McQueen. This is from the designer and Beyonce thinking about being on plantations at the time of her ancestors and what they would have worn. At the time, there was slavery, so it wasn't about that. It was about looking at beautiful women that had come from Africa and accentuating it's beautiful culture and beautiful people.
http://www.eonline.com/news/759850/the-real-reason-why-beyonce-made-lemonade, By Erica Gonzals April 2016 

The Kray twins-movie

https://youtu.be/ey7S4hko_Mc

The original Kray twins

 

The Kray twins reinvented in film 'Legend' played by Tom Hardy

-Fashion photographer David Bailey famously photographed the London gangsters in a 'Box of Pin Ups' published in 1965.

Ruthless gangsters, the Krays became very well known in east end London as criminals during the 50's and 60's. Their story has recently become a film starring actor Tom Hardy who plays both characters. It was an entertaining film that showed the twins careless humour and psychotic madness. I have chosen to look at this film because the makeup and hair impressed me, as the artist was able to bring the characters to life again. The makeup crew was massive for this film (seen below), but that doesn't include the art crew, for costume, props etc.

This movie has inspired me because I want to be a part of creating movies such as these, to bring the characters to life using impressive makeup and hair skills. Although Tom Hardy is a big man and in some ways already resembles the Kray twins, his features are more pronounced and in this film they are less noticeable. He also slightly bulked up for this film so he could be even more similar to the twins. It is also impressive that during the film, I can see he is playing both characters, but due to the slight differences in makeup and hair design, the characters are distinguishable which makes the film more enjoyable and easy to follow. Tom is also an amazing actor and was able to become the twins, from research about them he copied their ways of life and facial expressions. 

The hair and makeup team for this production was massive: 

Christina Andrew	...	hair junior / makeup junior
Christine Blundell	...	hair designer / makeup designer
Claire Burgess	...	crowd hair stylist / crowd makeup artist
Pollyanna Coxon-Smith	...	assistant makeup artist: crowd
Audrey Doyle	...	makeup artist
Charmaine Fuller	...	crowd hair supervisor / crowd makeup supervisor
Kristyan Mallett	...	prosthetics supervisor
Scarlett McPherson	...	junior hair stylist / junior makeup artist
Chloe Meddings	...	hair stylist / makeup artist
Mariana Pitonakova	...	crowd hair junior / crowd makeup junior
Emma Trachtenberg	...	makeup trainee
Lesa Warrener	...	senior hair stylist / senior makeup artist
Steven Byrne	...	prosthetics: mould shop (uncredited)
Lee Nicholas Harris	...	tattoo cover-up model: Tom Hardy (uncredited)
Zoe Kettel	...	crowd hair and makeup (uncredited)
Sophia Knight	...	crowd make up artist (uncredited)
Roseanna Larner	...	crowd makeup junior daillies (uncredited)
Ailsa Lawson	...	prosthetic technician: mould shop (uncredited)
Chris Lyons	...	special effects teeth (uncredited)
Ray Marston	...	wig maker (uncredited)
Kirsty Mcqueen	...	makeup artist (uncredited)
Ryo Murakawa	...	crowd hairdresser (uncredited)
Jenna Wyatt	...	dailies makeup artist: crowd (uncredited) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3569230/fullcredits/

The Revenant 

http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/21/this-is-how-they-created-leonardo-dicaprios-bear-wounds-on-the-revenant-and-it-took-5-hours-a-day-5636520, 08.07.2016

https://elizabethvantassel.wordpress.com/tag/the-revenant, 08.07.2016

		In the film, The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio comes face to face with a bear, and it doesn’t end well. It was make-up artist Duncan Jarman and his team, from Watford, who were responsible for portraying what that ended up looking like. DiCaprio had to have a full body cast so the makeup team could design the scars and open wounds to fit exactly in the right place everyday, and everyday he would undergo 5 hours in makeup being fitted with the prosthetic!  The make-up team were given the brief by director Alejandro Iñárritu that these wounds had to bleed and be stitched up within one scene, thinking about this myself, it is astonishing how they come up with the prosthetics plan, to make a wound as lifelike as this amazes me. To give the effect of scabbing wounds, fake blood was mixed with linseed, sunflower and crushed almonds, (according to the Mail Online) and wig lace was ‘inserted into the wound’ so it could be stitched back together in a scene where one of Hugo’s friends attempts to close the wound with needle and thread.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/21/this-is-how-they-created-leonardo-dicaprios-bear-wounds-on-the-revenant-and-it-took-5-hours-a-day-5636520/#ixzz4DosRmNxu

Mad Max

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mad-max-fury-road/review/, 07.08.16

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mad-max-fury-road/review/, 07.08.16

An apocalyptic story set on earth, in a desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, (Tom Hardy) a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland. 

This film is one that caught my attention, not for the story line but for the costume and makeup, each character is set in the scene so s dirty and sweaty, hair a mess, smudges eyes and darkened skin from sun exposure. I plan to create an inspired makeup look based on this film, the story line and the makeup of other charters, I want  o create another hater to fit in with the rouge rebels. 

Ideas for makeup and hair look: 

• dark smudges eyes, creating a mask shape around the eyes and top half of the face
• fullers earth dry and mixed with water for a dirty appearance 
• cuts using collodium, coloured with red/purple pencil and blended with dry blood
• shaded eyes and contoured face with dirt, dried blood and cracked lips, dry skin
• rock style plaits in either side of the hair, creating a small mohican in the middle
• plaits on one side of the hair and backcombed on the other side for a messy look
• short hair plaited at the back up toward parting, backcombed and brushed out awards the ends 
• beads and string used to keep hair out of the face and for retro decoration 
• dirt and blood in the hair, backcombed in  

Again the hair and makeup team for this production was insanely big:

Makeup Department 

Alice Baueris	...	special makeup effects artist
Catherine Biggs	...	hair stylist
Kya Bilal	...	hair stylist
Lara Jade Birch	...	hair stylist: Sydney (as Lara Birch) / makeup artist: Sydney (as Lara Birch)
Don Brooker	...	special makeup effects artist
Carol Cameron	...	additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Mary Castor	...	makeup artist
Kylie Clarke	...	hair stylist
Rachel Coenen	...	special makeup effects artist
Niqui da Silva	...	makeup artist
Andriana Demetrius	...	additional makeup artist
Audrey Doyle	...	makeup artist: Tom Hardy
Natasha du Toit	...	makeup artist
Troy Follington	...	personal hair stylist: Riley Keogh / personal makeup artist: Riley Keogh / prosthetics artist: Riley Keogh
Garreth Fradgley	...	prosthetic makeup artist
Eva Franzen	...	prosthetics makeup coordinator
Sean Genders	...	special makeup effects artist
Lee Gren	...	graphic designer specialty tattoos: Tinsley Studio
Warren Hanneman	...	additional hair
Kala Harrison	...	special makeup effects artist
Robin Myriah Hatcher	...	special makeup effect tattoos production supervisor: Tinsley Studio
Emily Hayward	...	special makeup effects artist
Mat Hornby	...	makeup artist
Mathew Howard-Tripp	...	special makeup effects artist
Adam Johansen	...	prosthetic makeup coordinator / prosthetic makeup coordinator: prosthetic supply
Aline Joyce	...	prosthetics makeup artist
Adam Kealy	...	senior mould maker
Marli Kruger	...	makeup artist
Eliza Langdon	...	additional makeup artist
Damian Martin	...	prosthetic supervisor
Mariel McClorey	...	prosthetic makeup artist
Mike Mekash	...	special makeup effects artist
Yolande Moller	...	makeup department runner
Anita Morgan	...	hair stylist / makeup artist
Ayten Morgenstern	...	makeup artist
Tess Natoli	...	hairdresser / makeup artist / prosthetics makeup artist
Rachelle O'Donnell	...	prosthetic makeup artist
Cristina Patterson	...	contact lens designer/painter (as Cristina Patterson Ceret)
Paul Pattison	...	personal makeup artist: Charlize Theron
Nadine Prigge	...	hair supervisor / makeup supervisor
Jess Reedy	...	senior prosthetic makeup artist
Shannon Riggs	...	prosthetic sculptor
Yvonne Savage	...	hair stylist / makeup artist
Ailie Smith	...	makeup artist
Jaco Snyman	...	senior prosthetic makeup artist
Brydie Stone	...	makeup artist / special makeup effects artist
Lian van Wyk	...	makeup artist
Lesley Vanderwalt	...	hair designer / makeup designer
Sheldon Wade	...	casual makeup artist
Elka Wardega
Colin Ware	...	special makeup effects artist
Kerstin Weller	...	hair stylist
David Willis	...	makeup effects
Helen Magelaki	...	makeup dailies (uncredited)
Alastair Murray	...	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)