Final Project Evaluation

Overall I've really enjoyed both the projects we've had, I probably say I preferred these projects over our first ever project purely because we had  more to expand and we were a loud to do what we
wanted as in we had more creative expression. I really liked the fact we were taught prosthetic's which was something I was interested in, we were also taught a lot more skills which we can use in the future towards our careers. I definitely say I feel more like a Hair and Make up artist.

I wasn't too sure when we were looking at horror TV shows and that we had to put two characters into it, as I don't normally watch horror films and shows as they just don't appeal to me. We were given a list of series to chose from I'd heard of a lot of them but never seen them, however they Penny Dreadful was on the list I'd never heard of the series so I decided to watch it. It was definitely scary however I was very interested which actually surprised me, I liked how it had character that I'd heard such as Dorian Gray and Victor Frankenstein. I struggled figuring out how I was going to place Claudia and Quentin into Penny Dreadful however after eventually coming up with an idea I loved it. My next mission was to find models which again I found hard as I didn't know any guys who'd be comfortable with me applying makeup to them. I'm lucky my sister was able to be my Claudia as she fit my vision of her and then I eventually found a suitable Quentin, it was funny I was very picky on who I thought would fit my vision. I did come up to a bump when I was shooting Claudia as I struggled without my camera which I left in halls so I had to make do with my sisters iPhone which didn't turn out too badly I also wished I'd taken pictures of every angle of my model. I loved how my Quentin turned out as it was very simple with just the stitches on his face and body. Overall I'm really happy with the turn outs of both my looks.

Bibliography 

Websites Used:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-1604
• http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/08/06/beauty-in-the-victorian-age/
• http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/ge/filmadapt.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1949720/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16047263
• http://blog.oup.com/2014/10/horace-walpole-gothic-castle-otranto/
• http://earth.subetha.dk/~eek/museum/auc/marvin/www/library/uni/projects/gothnov.htm
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239678/Gothic-architecture
• http://www.artscrafts.org.uk/roots/pugin.html
• http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-gothic-revival/
• http://www.creativeartistryfx.com/high_resolution_media.pdf
• http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/08/06/beauty-in-the-victorian-age/
• http://hubpages.com/hub/Beautiful-Victorian-Hairstyles#
• http://www.fashion-era.com/romantic_era.htm
• http://www.victorianweb.org/art/costume/nunn10.html
• http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_elements/fire.asp
• http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/F/fire.html
• http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-death/victorians-and-the-art-of-dying
• https://avintagevault.wordpress.com/tag/victorian-death-masks/
• http://www.artfilms.co.uk/Detail.aspx?ItemID=2934
• http://www.delamaracademy.co.uk/the-make-up-artist/film-tv-make-up/makeup-continuity
• http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/commentisfree/2014/oct/17/women-in-horror-the-revenge
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735898/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115433/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131734/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Books Used:

• Dickens,C. (2008) Great Expectations (Vintage  Classics). United Kingdom: Vintage Classics. (Dickens, 2008, pp. 52 -54).

• H.Gibbs - Smith, C. (1960) The Fashionable Lady in the The 19th Century. Bristol: John Wright & Sons Itd

• .Harris, K. (1995) Victorian & Edwardian Fashions for Women. Schiffer Publishing Itd.

Films/ TV Series

• Great Expectations 2012 - Mike Newell
• Great Expectations 2011 - Brian Kirk
• Art of Gothic (BBC 2014) - Andrew Graham Dixon

Evaluations of Both Claudia and Quentin

When we got the brief to create Claudia and either Mrs Laderman or Quentin I was very confused at the start as I didn't realize that we had to put them in a TV series of our choice. I did struggle putting Claudia in the TV Series Penny Dreadful but once I figured out how I want her to be portrayed I was fine. I really enjoyed creating the presentation we had to make in order to pitch our ideas as I feel everyone understood where I was coming from and how I wanted Claudia to be presented. I was very happy with the Make up look I created on my Model to portray Claudia and I really think I stuck to my Mood Board I'd created for her. I was very lucky my sister really fit how I in visioned her to be like. I like the setting of my Claudia shoot however I wished I'd thought about it more as I wished I'd removed things in my Garage that didn't fit the Victorian theme but I like the fact I've got my Mothers feet in the background to represent a rotting corpse. I'd say the only thing I would do next time is get more shots of Claudia's makeup and wished I'd taken a picture of her hair. I was in the heat of the moment and I completely forgot to take one. I wished I'd brought my camera because in the end I took the image with my Sisters i-Phone as I couldn't work my dad's camera, I think the quality of the images is ok but they could have been better. Overall I'm happy with the images and my idea.

I'm so happy with how my Images of Quentin turned out they were exactly how I pictured them in my head. In all honestly these images didn't require a lot of work. This was actually the first time I'd put make up on a guy, I was slightly nervous prior. I think maybe I could have made my image of Quentin in reality slightly more corpse looking however I still like them. The image of Quentin in Claudia's eyes was very simple and innocent looking which I appreciated. Overall I happy with how it turned out. 

Final Quentin

 Final Claudia 

Practicing My Claudia Design 

Equipment Needed:

• Foundation and Concealer
• Face and Eye shadow Primer
• Eye shadows
• Lip stick and lip liner
• Mascara and Disposable wands
• Black Gel Eye liner
• Eyebrow Powder
• Blusher and Contour Palette
• MAC Vanilla Pigment
• Setting Powder
• Brushes
• Apron

I'm really happy with how my Practice went as I think it looked very similar to my face chart. It was definitely important for me to practice as I wanted to make sure the face chart I'd created would fit my Claudia in vision. 

Development of Claudia :

Dark/Dramatic Make up Perceived in Film and TV

I want to create my Claudia with Dramatic Dark make up so I decided to research other Women who are villains or evil in Film and TV 

Examples of Evil Female Characters wearing Dark Make up:

• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

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Charlize Theron who plays Ravenna Snow White's Evil Step Mother

Amy Byrne was the Make up Artist in this Film, she created this dark gothic make up. We associate Dark make up in film as being Evil. 

• 101 Dalmatians (1996)

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Glenn Close plays Cruella De Vil

Lynda Armstrong was the Make up Artist in this film. She Created a bold lip with a dark smokey eye. Cruella's make up helped play a role in creating her persona as a Villain. 

• Jennifer's Body (2009) 

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Megan Fox plays Jennifer a Man eating Monster

Monica Huppert was the Make up artist and Howard Berger did the special effects Make up. Megan's make up was dark and seductive.

Websites Used:

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735898/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115433/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131734/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast