Above is the outcome of the practice for my continuity assessment in which I have designed and produced my take on the character Miss Havisham from the Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations'. With the makeup I created the look by using Duo eyelash glue with kryolan HD blood and the Kryolan Aquacolour palette to give the effect of dry skin. I wanted the makeup to reflect the pain that Miss Havisham would be feeling, therefore I decided to make the eyes look sore and red. With the hair I decided to keep the hair looking quite neat and tidy, however have the front pieces messy.
By practicing this I have noticed that I should make the makeup slightly stronger so that the colour will show up better on camera, also I now plan to include some flowers that I will stain/burn in the hair as Miss Havisham will still be styles for her wedding day.
Now that I am planning to include dry skin and lips in my Miss Havisham design I decided to practice at home with eyelash glue and the Kyrolan HD blood/aquacolour palette to achieve this look. Below is the outcome, I think this worked well and I am looking forward to including it in my design.
Here is my final face chart for Miss Havisham. As you can see it has changed slightly from my inital face chart. The lips have become chapped and bleeding, the skin is slightly more aged, the eyes are sorer and there are patches of dry skin on the face.
In todays lesson we learned the technique of creating burns and wounds. To do this we heated gelatine, placed it on the skin, created the wound/burn and then applied colour to the gelatine to create the appearance of sore, bleeding skin. Above is the outcome of my burn/wound, I think this looks good considering it was my first attempt however next time I will aim for the gelatine to look not as round and in a perfect shape as I believe this will give it a more realistic feel.
Today I began to practice my initial idea for the Miss Havisham look. This was based on the face chart I have designed. Here is the outcome of this.
Although it is not finished I feel that it went well. I think the pale base works very well and the darkness of the eyes and around the nose came out quite well. By producing this look on a model and on two separate occasions it have become clear that I would like to change my Miss Havisham look, I feel as though the overall impact would look better with dry skin and more of an age to the skin. This will then give the look a more realistic feel as Miss Havisham's age will be fitting with the decay of her appearance. I would also like my final design to include dry, chapped lips and the eyes to be more sore and possibly slightly bleeding.
Here is my initial face chart for my Miss Havisham look. I have chosen to create Miss Havisham looking quite jaunt in the face, to do this I will be heavily contouring the cheekbones. I have chosen not to age Miss Havisham that much as I would still like her to look somewhat young. With the eyes I have chosen to make them look deep and sunken, furthermore I will be adding tints of red under the eyes to give the appearance that Miss Havisham has been crying. With the skin tone I have gone for an overall dusty feel to the skin by using a pale base.
When looking at Great Expectations, I decided to watch the 2012 adaption of the novel.
I think this adaption of the novel was very accurate in terms of the Victorian period. The scenery created what I believe to be an accurate depiction of what life would have Victorian England, particularly for the working class, this portrayed in scenes with the character of Pip.
Miss Havisham:
The role of Miss Havisham was taken on by Helena Bonham Carter. I really like this actress as I believe she is one of the type of actresses who is able to take on almost any role and capture the audience's attention each time.
I felt that the Carter did the role of Miss Havisham justice, however because I feel that she is very used to playing these types of quirky characters, I don't think her playing Miss Havisham would have been that memorable.
I like the styling of makeup and hair in this adaption of the novel. They are what I expected them to be, the hair is messy, Miss Havisham looks tired, worn down and somewhat crazy. Her skin is pale and her eyes are sunken looking. I think when creating my own version of Miss Havisham I will aim to take some of these techniques into consideration.
In preparation for the Miss Havisham look we have been practicing victorian hair styles. Here is the outcome of my look.
As you can see the look is not finished, however I think I will create this look for my assessment. When thinking about the decoration of the hair, I think I will place flowers that I have stained into the curls. I feel the outcome of this was good and with a little more practice and time management the the finished outcome will be better.
This week we looked at ageing the skin. After learning this in class I decided to practice on someone in my flat as I felt this would be a good technique to use for my Miss Havisham look.
To create this look I lightened the skin tone and lightened the skin tone and the followed the natural 'wrinkles' of the face. I also made the eyes darker to give a worn feel that I imagine Miss Havisham to have. I think the outcome of this is good but with more practice will be better.
1)Make sure all the hair is away from the face. 2) Being my moisturising, cleansing and toning the skin.(this only applies to the face)
2)Apply a layer of foundation all over the face, including the lips in a lighter shade than you would normally use depending on the persons skin type. 3) The ask your model to pull facial expressions that reveal natural creases in the skin. 4) Fill in these natural creases with a grey/brown tone from the supra colour palette. 5) Gradually build these lines up with more product. 6) Then contour the face, however not too much where the face naturally goes in (cheekbones and around the eyes) 7) Make sure this is well blended as it will look more natural then. 8) Using a mascara wand, brush the white from the supra colour palette through the eyebrows. 9) Take the stippling sponge and gently stipple red from the supra colour palette onto the cheeks to give the appearance of broken veins. 10) If you are looking to achieve a decayed look, take some coloured tooth enamel and apply to the teeth using a cotton bud. This can be removed using some mentholated spirit and another cotton bud.
Creping the skin: 1) Apply the barrier foam to the skin to prevent sensitivity or staining. 2) Then stretch the area of skin out so that it is smooth and wrinkle free. 3) While is is stretched out apply the old age stipple to the skin, making sure there is no harsh lines. 4) Use a hairdryer on its cold setting to dry the stipple. 5) Finally release the skin, revealing the bunching and therefore the appearance of wrinkles.
Early victorian hair styles were often a loose, relaxed style. The styles would still include a middle parting, much like the previous Elizabethan style, however they favoured a more demure style over the big hair that would have been seen previously. Often the hair looks as if it had been taken down the sides and tucked in on itself to create a shorter look.
1830's-60's hair would often look waved or frizzed at the sides, although the overall texture of the hair looked to be quite smooth and slick.
Here is a portrait of a woman from 1860. This shows a clear example of the hair looking very shiny and smooth. The hair has been parted in the middle and you can see what I mean by the hair being tucked under itself that gives the overall look a puffy feel.
Here is another portrait showing an example of early victorian hair. This portrait was taken in 1844 and shows one of the ways the Victorian women would decorate the hair. This woman had taken a ribbon and placed it into the plaiting of the back of her bun style. Here you can see that often Victorian women would include plaits into their hairstyles.
Overall it seems that Victorian women would have a minimal looking front of the head and have intricate, detailed plaits and bun styles at the back of the head.
Here is a video I found on youtube when looking into early victorian hair styles. As you can see this person demonstrates the more relaxed side to early victorian hair with the loose curls and various waves that are not included in the undo.
Images sourced from Google images, originally from here
Video found on Youtube, originally from this channel
