Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts

Friday, 14 September 2012

THE 'HELLO MARGARET!' PROJECT

The film in all its glory! I'm even in the credits section at the end. I did all the make-up apart from opening 'tear' scene. 
The 'day' looks I had to do for the characters Lucy, Daisy and Ruby. I was given quite open briefs for each character but even though this was a fashion film Jenny still wanted the characters to look 'real' - so I had to create looks that were wearable (wouldn't look out of place in the streets) but still with an edge.
I've included this photo as a before and after with how I adapted the brows after reviewing the photos from the first day. The brows were over plucked but I didn't 'deal' with them effectively so..... 
This is the second day and hopefully you can see the brows look more fuller and overall more flattering to the face. With the Daisy character she had to have an 'edgy' look. I decided she could have a 60s mod vibe to her with the statement eyes and nude lips.
Ruby was the rock chick out of the gang. I played around with black eyeliner and cream textures to create a greasy creased look. She has a more 'distressed' vibe going on and I played around with creating the outer wings of the eyes by dabbing brush marks using the cream to create a feathered effect. For the lips I went for a stained red, focusing the colour on the inner parts of the lips and faded the edges using a cotton bud tip.
Ruby's look had to look 'well put together' so this make-up was more muted and I did a classic smokey brown eye with gold cream dabbed onto the inner corners just to liven things up.
Onto the experimental looks for the characters! This was probably my favourite look from the whole project. Ruby is still rocking the rock chick vibe but it's much cleaner as I decided to go with precise winged eyeliner, painted lower lashes, pink neon lips and holographic stars and glitter to the face. It's quite simple but it has such a statement factor. She was also a dream to work with because her skin and facial features were a make-up artists DREAM.
Daisy's gone to the dark side. I had Brody Dalle vibes going through my head whilst doing her make-up. Playing around with navy tones and a winged shape. For the lips I decided to go all out on the stained inner lip effect. P.S Ruby's look was just an amped up version of her existing day make-up with added glitter!

Hey guys so I'm finally sharing with you the super cool project I was involved with! Jenny (founder of Hello Margaret!) basically asked me if I wanted to do the make-up for a commercial for her fashion company. And of course I said yes!
It was a 4 day shoot with a really tight deadline because it had to be done in time for the  launch of her website, but the video is brilliant (not biased at all). I'm really proud to be part of it and I got to work with such a fantastic group of creatives. 
Hope you guys like the video and here's a link to the backstage photos so you can see more of the makeup.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

L.F RAMBLES - TOOK ME AWHILE


Spirited Away

Howl's Moving Castle

I know, I am probably the last person in the world to watch Hayao Miyazaki's most 'popular' films. Not sure why I never got round to watching them but I always presumed they'd be just another anime film. WRONG. So wrong.
I've cried watching both films. The narratives are so strong, the animation is so beautiful and the characters are so intriguing - don't think I'll be a film critic any time soon.
I watched Spirited Away first which I really love but after watching Howl's Moving Castle I think the story is much stronger (and I fancy Howl) but that could be because Spirited Away is more child friendly.
Both are definitely a must see!

Monday, 19 July 2010

EYE-SPY





I think these were done about 2 years ago. Ahhhh, when did my enthusiasm turn to laziness?

Updates:

I thoroughly recommend the film Inception!! Really really good and interesting- plot, characters, actors/actresses, cinematography and cliff-hangers ( I was weeping at the end- wimp!!!). I think it has made it into L.F's top films ever and no Cillian Murphy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt did not influence my decision. Coff.

Also FYI- the film is quite complex, so to grasp all the ideas you really do need to pay attention. If you are still left feeling quite 'confuzzled' by it afterwards. I would recommend you to watch it again (if you want to of course) as second round time you pick up all the pieces and it all makes sense ( for me anyway)!!

Another interesting update is on Tuesday will be working in photography studio with a professional photographer to obviously do a models make-up and build up my portfolio. And the added bonus is, not only is M.C going to be there but she actually 'arranged' it for me so thank-you!!!