Miss Havisham Continuity Assessment - Part 1

As part of my continuity assessment I had to create a make-up and hair design for Miss Havisham a character from the great expectations, the make-up had to relate to the correct historical period and the hair had to convey elements of the early Victorian era.

The make-up and hair design which I created in my first assessment will have to be recreated exactly the same  again in a couple of weeks to highlight continuity.

Continuity is important especially when creating make-up and hair design in TV and film, due to the amount of time it takes to film a scene this means during every take the hair and make-up must be exactly the same otherwise the audience will notice changes.

In order to help with continuity, during my assessment I created a face chart conveying different elements of my make-up design with the products used on the left hand side, and a hair sketch conveying the different elements incorporated into the design , by creating a step by step tutorial with the tools and products listed this helped me to created my final design for my first continuity assessment.

I took several photographs of the hair and the make-up after my first assessment in order to make it easier to recreate . I took a photograph of the side  the back of the hair and the untidy parting . I also took a photograph of either side of the face and the front of the face. By taking  photograph of the hair and the make-up at a different angle this will be a good idea to use  guideline to recreate my look for my second continuity assessment.

I started off my Continuity assessment with the hair as I felt the hair was much more simpler and quicker to create than the make-up. Firstly I sectioned the hair at the front into two parts, I then back-combed both sides and with my fingers gently rolled each section up and then secured them in place with pins. Next I back-combed the rest of the hair giving it that messy look as if it hasn't been brushed in a very long time. I then sprayed dry shampoo all over the hair to show that the hair is losing its colour and going grey. To finalise the hair style I then placed the Veil onto the head pinning it in place just behind the two front curls.

For my final idea for the Miss Havisham make-up design I decided to create a tired, worn out, ageing look as this is how I picture Miss Havisham. 

I started off by applying a slightly lighter foundation than my model would usually use to her face neck and ears using my foundation brush and with the blending brush I made sure it was all completely blended. I then applied Illamasqua translucent powder to set the foundation in place. Next I contoured the convex areas of the face using a black eye-shadow from my Kryolan eye-shadow pallet. Next I used pinks, purples, and black eye-shadow underneath the eyes to create a tired look, i blended all the colours together which gave it an effective look. I then got my client to raise her eyebrows, frown and smile in order for me to see all the natral lines on her face. This way I was able to go over them with a sharp brown eye pencil to create the ageing look and I used my blending brush after to make sure it was blended in properly so the lines looked more natural. Next I highlighted underneath each line I created on the face using the colour white from my eye-shadow pallet so the wrinkles stand out more. Finally I created the cut on the left side of my models face and to do this I applied a small amount of latex onto the area and waited it to dry. Once it dried I created a fine line with a fine make-up brush and a light red from my  supracolour pallet. Next I used my blending brush to blend the line out into the skin. Then I applied a darker layer of red over top of the faded line and blended the line out with the blending brush. Finally  I started to create broken lines with my fine line brush and dark red mixed with a small amount of black. In order to make the scratch appear more realistic I had to really blend the product into the skin and keep layering up the supracolour.

Overall I was very happy with my first assessment, I felt everything went according to plan although the only thing I felt I struggled with was the cut on the left hand side of the face as I found it hard blending the colours together and making it look realistic and took up a lot of my time. Therefore on my next assessment I will make sure I am much more confident with creating the cut so I am in less of a panic and giving myself more time. 

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