Sue Mainestone- Special effects intro

In this practical session with Sue she introduced us to the brief and how sessions will be with her, we also took home our new special effects kits. I feel excited to begin this new brief but also nervous to use new materials and products in our kits. 
Notes

- Healthy and safety is important this semester as we are working with special effects products such as silicone etc
- Don't cover up vents 
- Make sure windows are open
- Silicone doesn't react well with Aloe Vera 
- Don't mix or interact other products with silicone before application 
- Wear old clothes, shoes and tie hair up when working with silicone 
- Need to wear safety googles and mask when working with silicone 
- Ventilation is important 
- Can store away moulds at Uni studios 
- Need to sit moulds on plastic material
- black gloves are best to use when handling silicone as they are powder and sulphur free


What is Silicone?
Silicone is a man-made polymer (Substance which has a molecular structure or derives from a large group of similar bonds) which consists of oxygen and silicone. Silicone is used in a majority of beauty and skincare products etc, primers, skin serums, hair care products. We use Silicone to create a mould/wounds in special effects make-up, this is the technique I will use to create my snake bite wound. 

Lottie - Black and White Tv and Film Make-up

Make-up for black and white photography and film.

Notes.

- Prep models skin; cleanse tone moisturise
- important to have some oil on skin etc moisturiser or mixed in with foundation so skin appears hydrated and has skin like finish, also helps products cling to skin better 
-  Color match foundation to models skin tone, needs to be the same shade and then mixed with a small amount of white to make shade cooler, don't want any warmth
- Apply foundation starting at T zone then spread out towards outer part of face, can use hands and/or brushes 
- The amount of coverage is important as you want enough for skin to look even and airbrushed under the camera but not too heavy that it looks like make-up and not just skin 
- Don't put foundation onto the lips as it creates unwanted  finish and texture (unneeded)
- Apply foundation to neck,ears (where it is needed) so that coverage is even and blocking out all warmth 
- Blend product into models hairline with flat foundation brush, creates skin finish and blends product out nicely 
- press palm onto the skin in a blotting motion to warm/mix skin with foundation to create a soft skin finish, "palming" the pores from hands and on the face help absorb and soften the product 
- Use a small amount of setting powder to begin strobing the face 
- You can apply setting powder right before shooting under camera or whilst applying whole make-up look
- Apply setting powder to bridge of nose, chin, forehead, cheeks, cupids bow (where you would highlight)
- Adding a small amount of water to eye shadow makes the colour more intense, gives you more control over the product and also prevents fall out (handy when creating a smokey eye)
- Use tissue to rest on face when working on face so that skin isn't interrupted 
- Blend dark brown colour into crease softly/lightly then apply matte light colour over lid and above the crease colour 
- Extend the same warm colour to side of nose from eyebrow, this adds more depth and and warmth to features under camera
- To enhance brows they need to be subtle/ dark enough and hair like (no block brows)
- To add depth to the cheeks you can take darker shades from glam glow palette to define cheek bones, patting product on cheekbone contour and blending softly making sure it is still dramatic 
- You can use black lip liner, pencil and shadow to define and fill in the lips, to soften the lips at the edges you can use a cotton bud or fingers to create "ghost" finish, makes lips look softer and airbrushed under camera (make sure colour covers whole of lips)

The image above best describes the make-up style created for black and white tv in this Hollywood era, everything was very defined and dramatic.

Research 

The ideal skin finish that you want to create for Black and White photography and film is similar to the skin finish and make-up in Vintage 1930, 40's photographs. In these vintage photographs women appear beautiful, flawless, sexy and airbrushed, the make-up isn't visible yet the women look beautiful and perfect under camera. 

George Hurrell is someone I have looked at since this practical lesson, he was a professional in Glamour photography during the 1930/40's and worked within the Hollywood film industry. George Hurrell invented the "Boom Light" and many other lighting techniques still used today.

Veronica Lake 1941

Jane Russell 1925

Lottie Hair Practical.

In my most recent practical with Lottie, I created a Glamorous Hollywood waves which were worn by many woman in the 1930/40's. I feel I created this hairstyle successfully and found it easy and fun, this hairstyle relates to the black and white Tv make-up I created in the previous practical with Lottie and I understand the importance of make-up and hair in black and white film/photography. 

Veronica Lake 1941
By George Hurrell

Veronica Lake 1935
By George Hurrell

The photographs above are perfect examples of the hair and make-up women wore throughout the 1930/40's. George Hurrell is an important photographer to look at when finding references for black and white film/photography as he photographed many glamorous Hollywood actresses and models that were styled in a particular way and wanted glamorous glossy portraits. When capturing hair and make-up in black and white photography, you aim to bring out a subjects features and depth on the face with shadow and the making them look airbrushed and soft; the lighting used to create glamour photography makes every person his pictures look gorgeous and glossy.

Hollywood waves in glamour photography create movement and have a beautiful gloss and shine under the lighting. The way the hair reflects light in glamour photographs contributes to the characters personality traits and things that are being communicated about a character.

Brick Set Rollers 

Roller Curls 

Curls brushed out into waves

 How to create Hollywood waves ?

What you need;

 Heated Rollers

Brush

Comb

Secure Clips

1). Start by turning on the heated rollers and brushing out the hair 

2). Begin parting the hair into brick set pattern and apply rollers 

3). Secure rollers with clips/holders and allow to cool down

4). When rollers are cool begin to remove them carefully 

5). When all curlers are removed begin to brush out curls in direction of hair to create waves

6). Waves should look smooth shapely and soft