Special effects kit

Health and safety 

• Aloe vera/face creams - do not use them in lesson or before as the chemicals stop working 
• Use wet wipes and make sure every product is clean and goes back into the bag it came from, don't et them muddled up as the chemicals could stop bring and become contaminated
• Wear old clothes and don't wear anything fluffy as it may contaminate the products 
• wear a face mask, goggles and gloves when using chemicals 

Makeup for special effects technical file 27.09.16 HAIR

27.09.16

Practical - hair for TV and Film

Wigs and attaching hair to the face 

 How to place a wig: 

• Part the hair in the middle all the way down 
• French platt each side and this the hair so it is neatly close to the head
• Attach the hair to the head using clips and place a tight hair net over the hair whilst the model does ‘bunny ears’ to ease the net over the face
• Ensure all hair is covered and the shape of the head is smooth 
• Place the wig on top and style 

Stopple paste: 

• Like a Prit Stick but for the face and stays tacky

Crape hair: 

• Fake hair platted and ready to use
• Comes coloured and is cheap to buy but effective 

Demo  

• Cut some of the crape hair into a small bowl
• Soften the staple paste on the back or your hand 
• Apply to the face neatly where the hair is going
• Use an old make-up brush to pick up the hair and place onto the glued parts of the face
• It is a very quick but effective way to imitate facial hair 

Practice        

How the wigs made the model feel:

The Model told me how each wig made her feel, as the design and colour produced different reactions and emotions. 

1. Dark hair with 80’s style curls: she didn’t like this wig, her face was covered and it was very big and different lengths 
2. This wig made her feel like a princess, it has the same style as animated princess hair and theatre hair, very light blonde and thick 
3. sophisticated and secretarial 
4. Again this as princess hair, or mermaid hair, long and the favourite out of the wigs due to its long length, made her feel girly and pretty 
5. Very light blonde hair, made her feel ‘cute’ and girly, shy, it was thinner hair than number 2, and felt more realistic 
6. This was my attempt at applying false facial hair, I matched the colour of the wig and filled in small areas on her chin and either side of her upper lip. 
7. Amy’s attempt and facial hair on me, Mario!
8. Blue straight bob, fun hair, made her feel happy, but missed the length 

Monolog 150

Monologue 150 

1. The characters ethics; she seems to care about her mum and shows that in the pauses in each sentence, the character says the character talks a lot abut her mum and family members which indicates she has emotion and cares for their safety, she makes decisions that appear well planned with the dates and times, she doesn't like to leave her mum alone, but she also seems free spirited and makes decisions based on what she wants to do e.g. she and her girlfriend bought two tickets to the wild west to get away and have fun
2. The characters decision proves to be unwise as her decision to leave the bar with a man ends up in a bad situation, feeling stupid and uncomfortable when the atmosphere changes
3. The main charter seems to want to get away fro her life at home, it seems she has a girlfriend and her mother disapproves, or downs understand. Her motivation to get away is her girlfriend, she wants a different life, one where she doesn't have to always worry about her mother and her depression. She thinks of her mum often and that laving would do to her, but needs to follow her own dreams and get away. The monolog has two different outcomes, either the mother is the murderer and her daughter wants t get away to live a more normal life, r the daughter wants to get away from what she has done an always has the memory of her pat though her disappointed mother.  
4. Her actions and behaviour have effected her mothers life, her mother seems week and relies on her daughter for support, but when the daughter leaves, the mother doesn't understand or approve of her decisions and follows her. The daughters actions effects the mothers depression and maybe even triggers it. Her and her girlfriends actions effect people they meet; when they travel to Texas (away from the mother) they went shy to hide who they are and this way attract unwinding attention, they start meeting some men and when the atmosphere changes they realise they may have made this mistake.      
5. A frequently used word in this monolog would be disappointed, this is described as the characters mother. It frequently states that the mother doesn’t approve f her daughters life and becomes more and more disappointed as the story progresses, the mother then develops depression, and this may have been caused from the disappointment.  
6. clocks and the time is a major factor in the characters life, she seems very anal about her timing and planning, she describes how long she is away for and try to persuade herself that it isn't very long. at the beginning of the monolog she says “the clock reached 150 today…a slightly odd milestone…especially as it is going backwards” this shows me that the time is making her feel as if it is going backwards from all the pressure from her mother and her girlfriend. Throughout the monolog there is references back to the time, this may effect the person she is and her state of mind, because there is always a pressure on her to be by her mums side and to look after her without disappointment. 
7. In this monolog the character never states that she is in a lesbian relationship, but the message is clear. Her mother does not approve, she doesn't understand and the daughter wants to run away with her girlfriend and live the life she wants away from the pressure of a mother who relies on her too much. 
8. The character is speaking, she is explaining the story; staring with her mothers disappointment and depression, she then moves on to go away with her girlfriend, she has fun and lives the life she wanted, she then meets some men who know the situation and can see they are uninterested in sex. The story then changes, the change has already happened as the story is being told, the atmosphere changes and the story becomes dark; the character knows what is about to happen but is trying to shrug it off. The monolog ends as the conflict and change is about to start. 
9. The context of this story tells me it is in the past, the character has a female partner and the word lesbian is never brought up. The character wants the reader to ‘read between the lines’ about her relationship and this is made clear when she talks about her mothers disappointment and nature towards it.   

Character Roles

Character Roles 

THE VILLAN - 

• antagonist 
• psychotic
• seducer
• renegade
• narcissist 
• traitor
• destroyer 
• deserter 

THE HERO - 

• must be believable 
• realistic 
• must change through the film - become a stronger person 
• must have a weakness and out show this 
• must learn throughout the film 
• must have empathy and sympathy 
• brave 
• must overcome conflicts and obstacles 
• must be interesting 

THE ADVERSARY -

• e.g Henry, Goodfellas 1990, Dory, finding Nemo 
• can dislike the hero 
• can work against hero 
• no a villan 
• doesn't oppose hero 
• puts obstacles in hers way 
• cynical 
• never personal 
• annoying  

THE SYMBOLIC -

• represent something important to hero
• could be heroes past (Darth Vader)
• the ghost (Donnie Darko, fight club)
• the idol 
• the shadow 

THE LOVER AND THE BEST FRIEND 

• mutual bond and affection 
• mentor/lover

Week 1, seminar, screen tests

Screen Magnetism: 

• to be on camera, portraying a certain look, song, act etc. capturing the audience
• to magnify a persona by the way they are perceived on camera
• e.g. in Marlene Dietrich's 1930 screen test she looks at the camera and uses her cigarette and stockings to seduce the audience (during this time these small actions would have been very sexual), she uses her cigarette frequently to show her frustration, she bangs the piano; eventually climbing it and sitting on to (something you are not supposed to do). She does these actions to grip the audience and to magnify her acting role. 

This video is of her screen test in 1930 for The blue Angel https://youtu.be/alaG0sEcGAo

A Hollywood screen test compared to Andy Warhol's own screen tests:

• Hollywood gives the actor or actress a role to play for the test 
• The people in Hollywood screen tests are normally famous for their acting and are taking the test to find the perfect actor/actress for the role
• Andy Warhol gave the people in his screen tests their '5 minutes of fame' as some of them were just normal people, his we're not staged and showed the person doing natural things like staring, sitting, drinking and some crying.

After watching many of Andy Warhol's screen tests compared to some from Hollywood, it shows that to be an actor or actress; there must be a lot of practice in front of a camera. Staring into a camera is almost like starring into a mirror, people become self conscious of what is going on around them and what they look like; Edie Sedgwick took part in a screen test for Warhol that took about 4 minutes, she was still and quiet and during parts of the test I could see she would become more conscious of the camera and look away or take a deep breath. In Nico's screen test, it appeared that she became bored and uninterested, she moved a lot and appeared to be making herself busy to avoid the camera. 

For me it is very difficult to be in front of a camera comfortably, I find it difficult to stay still while being filmed as I don't know what I look like or what facial expression to make. Doing this experiment is similar to the artwork from Marina Abramovic, she sat at a wooden desk for 12 hours of everyday without food or water and invited people to sit with her in silence and stare. In doing this a person can reveal much about their personalities, even without speaking. As she sat she was motionless and her body language was closed, she wore a dress that covered every art of her body apart from hands and her face, and by the end of most days she was so exhausted from the experiment she had to be carried out.   

This powerful project made me think of a video I have watched recently called 'Look beyond borders.' It was to show the strength and power of people in Syria who had fled for their lives, some had no family and were alone. A Syrian person would sit opposite someone from a surrounding country and they would stare into each others eyes. Some people spoke, even though there was a language barrier, others laughed and smiled, some even started to cry. 

This video touched me because it shows that people hurt and love wherever they are from, it discourages racism and encourages all people to help each other. It interested me that even though there was no speaking in some of the experimentations, the people could see how much hurt there was in the other persons eyes; it shows that all people can and do radiate their emotions and personalities through body language and their eyes.      


https://youtu.be/f7XhrXUoD6U

(finger painting)

Makeup experimentation using my fingers 

For this small project I have decided to create a weekly makeup eye look using my fingers instead of brushes or sponges.

Week 1, 
01.07.16

• Without flash
• What I used: Kryolan colour eye shadow palette, MUA eye shadow base, MUA shine eyeshadow palette 

Week 2, 
08.07.16

• With flash and without 
• What I used: Illamasqua black eye shadow, illamasqua black pigment, MUA purple pigment and glue, MUA purple glitter gel and eye shadow base, MUA shine colour palette     

Week 3, 

15.07.16 

• With flash and without 
• What I used: kryolan eye shadow palette, MUA eye shadow base, MUA blue glitter pigment and gel, MUA shine colour palette    

  

Week 4 
22.07.16 

• With flash and without flash, two types of black eye 
• What I used: Kryolan supercolour palette: blue, black, red, pink, yellow and white, used fingers and sponges for application

Black eye 1

Black eye 2