Burn Practice

Burns

Tools:
Gelatine nuggets (clear)
Metal spatula
Kryolan powder
Kryolan Super colour palette
Powder puff
Powder make up brush
Fake blood
Witch hazel
Fake pus
Microwave
Cape to cover model
Notes: use witch hazel and cotton buds to blend edges, warm water to remove the gelatine, Once melted you can use super colour or aqua colour to add different colours.


Consultation

Name: Sian Harding-Morris

Age:18

Hair type: Dyed

Skin type: Normal

Skin tone: Olive/slight tan

Eye colour: Hazel

Allergies: None

Contraindication: None

Notes: Make sure the model isn't allergic to the product and check the Gelatine isn't too hot for the model skin. 

Step by step 

1, Microwave the gelatine until melted

2. Check the head of gelatin onto your hand before putting on the model

3. Apply gelatine with metal spatula

4.Create different textures using the spatula

5. Blend edges outwards, use cotton buds with witch hazel to help blend them out

6. Dry with a cool hair dryer heat

7. Powder over with a powder puff

8.Stipple some colour over with a powder brush

9.  Can add pus underneath with pin/clip

10.Use small brush to apply more depth and colour into the burn

11.Rub blood over with finger

11.Add Vaseline to make the burn look glossy

BEFORE COLOURED

WITH FLASH

NO FLASH

This was my first time using Gelatine and I wasn't sure if I liked this technique creating the burn as you have to wait for the gelatine to cool before use but then you have to hurry before it starts to clump together, so it is quite hard to use and get the shape you want. With more practice I am sure I could make it a lot better, I am a perfectionist and really like the make-up to look perfect but I believe if I research which burn I am going to do first then apply t after practices I will be more happy with the outcome. I could do better with getting a better spatula to apply the gelatine and I need to practice blending the product out as this outcome had hard edges.

Creating a cut

Creating a cut

Products used:

Moulding Wax/Silly Wax

Latex

Sculpting tools

Black stipple sponge

Kryolan super colour

Kryolan bruise wheel

Fake blood

Kryolan protector

Wound filler

Moisturiser

IPA Liquid

Name: Sian Harding-Morris

Age:18

Hair type: Dyed

Skin type: Normal

Skin tone: Olive/slight tan

Eye colour: Hazel

Allergies: None

Contraindication: None

Notes: Doing cut on arm, make sure you use Kryolan protector before using any of these products.

Step 1:

Make sure the area you are creating the cut on is clear of all products and use Kryolan protector

Step 2:

Soften the wax on the back of your hand, smooth down the wax on the area you are creating the cut, use moisturiser to smooth down any edges

Step 3:

Create a cut down the middle of the wax

Step 4:

Apply a thin layer of latex over the wax and blend outwards, then cool dry with the hair dryer

Step 5: 

Use acetone to blend down any broken edges

Step 6:

Apply foundation mixed with IPA liquid  make sure the colour matches the skin and with a dabbing action apply it over the wound with a flat brush

Step 7:

Use black Kryolan super colour into the deep of the wound and then apply wound filler

Step 8:

Apply red and dark red with stipple sponge over the wound

Step 9:

Apply fake blood into the wound and spread it out with the stipple sponge

This is my end results, I am happy with the outcome but with the short amount of time I had I know I could do better and I will do next time, I have created wounds and cuts before but I have never used the latex over the wound and I feel the way I applied it, it cracked and made it look like dry skin, so I have covered the cracks with the stippling red paint and blood so it is less noticeable. I don't think it looks that real but with practice I know I can create a realistic one. 

I have really enjoyed creating this and know that I want to pick Special Effects next year as I want to work behind film and Tv doing some sort of special effects.

Gothic Horror Location

Gothic Horror Location

In the early Gothic Horror novels the environments are different to 'The Curious case of Jekyll and Hyde'(Robert L Stevenson) novel I have chosen to do my character on. In Stevenson's novel it's set in London talking about the sinister maze like streets of London, comparing this to an earlier gothic novel 'Dracula' and 'CAPOTES' novel, where their environments are set in the mansions and castles and hardly got to see the outside scenery. Stevenson merges the inside with the outside and keeping them both just a sinister, and giving the readers the imagination and fears of the Late Victorian London.

References:

Dani Cavallaro, 2002. The Gothic Vision: Three centuries of Horror, Terror and Fear. 1st ed. Place of publication: Publisher

Origins and Genres of Gothic Horror

Origins and Genres of Gothic Horror

What reminds me of Gothic Horror?

• The Supernatural and the real
• Horror/Terror/Wonder/Fear
• Medieval Times
• Medieval Styled Architecture
• Sinister
• Monsters
• Strange places
• Crisis
• Sexual Power
• Clashing time periods
• The Sublime
• Wild landscape/Imprisonment
• Power and Constraints
• The Uncanny
• Religion

The main founders of Gothic Horror was Horace Walpole 'The Castle of Otranto' (1765) and Ann Radcliff 'The mysteries of Udolpho' these were classed as 'popular trashy novels' [Fred Botting, GOTHIC,2nd Edition,2014 p20]. Gothic horror has risen when such things as The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution took place as the heart of the novels are triggered by political, social and economical goings on in the century, so basically when there was change in the world.

The cathedrals, castles, medieval architecture and ruins, where of popular choice of scenery and as Gothic Horror progressed through the centuries wild landscapes and nature became the popular choice. Also the novels range from the supernatural, to religion and then to Science and technology, this is where the French Revolution (1789-1799) comes in with the Gothic horror novels based on religion e.g 'The Monk- Matthew Lewis (1796)' to the Industrial Revolution(1760-1820/1840) which starts the creative writing of the science and technology in the novels e.g 'Frankenstein-Mary Shelley (1818)'.

Now knowing that it was changes in the world that sprung the popularity of Gothic horror over the century's it gives me the feeling that it was people's fear and illusion of the terrible things that was happening that created the novels idea's, as the mind creates the biggest terror in people. The heart of Gothic Horror books give of the feeling of imprisonment, unable to escape, buried alive feelings when you are reading, it gives you the fear of being locked up by our own selves.

References
Fred Botting, 2014. GOTHIC. 2nd Edition. Place of publication:NEW CRITICAL IDIOM

Kat Vogart, 2016. Gothic Horror:Origins and Genres. Lecture delivered to [Make-up and Hair Design, level 4], 02/02/16

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

I have decided to dive into the mind frame of what the writer had when creating this The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde novel, whether it was something in his history that he had experienced and turned it into fiction or just from his imagination.

Robert Louis Stevenson was an British writer he wrote a lot of novels, short stories, poetry and much more but his most popular was The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Researching I have found that his story came about a nightmare he had and basically had wrote his first draft overnight. Comparing him to 'Frankenstein' Mary Shelley and 'Dracula' Bram Stoker which took them years to complete their novels, he struck creativity overnight. Rumored that his first draft was so alarming he was told to burn it, he then took a week to produce a "carefully censored- tale" [David Pringle,St James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic writers, 1998,p565-567] which we now come to know as 'The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'.

"both novels were dubbed "poisonous" by reviewers and were reviled for both their forms and their subject matter. "Man is not truly one but truly two ... :' says Dr. Jekyll as he pursues his scientific experimentation. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde uses multiple nar-rators to tell the story of a man doomed by the chemical reproduction of his double.

This book was seen as poisonous to people as Gothic Horror Novels where of the abnormal back in the 18th century, they didn't want to hear about murders/ deaths or ghastly goings on, they where all for the romantics. Most Gothic Horror Novels writers wouldn't have their names to the books and leave them as anonymous as they would be thought of as having a sick mind. Gothic Horror gives people a thrill and lets you dive into strange places, I believe they keep us on our toes and to not be surprised by the unexpected. 

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References:

 David Pringle,St James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic writers, 1998,p565-567

Halberstam, Judith.1994. Skin Shows : Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters Chapter 2

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Old age make-up Research

OLD AGE MAKE-UP RESEARCH

I have been searching what is the best way to do old-age make-up and obviously it would e using the latex for film but I was interested in trying out old-age make-up without using latex, lets say if someone was allergic to the latex how would I go about it.

I have found a video on you tube which just uses make-up products no special effects 

I really enjoyed watching this and has got me interested in trying this out for my continuity make-up as I know latex is not easy to work with and unpredictable sometimes. This way reminds me of a more theatre make-up something you would see as a stage make-up.

You are basically contouring in the old age lines, drooping the eyes and using shadow and blending skills so the lines are not as harsh.


Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9UdaR5Cic

Aged timeline

Aged Timeline

From when we are born to old age, we grow and change with age, from a small chubby baby to an old wrinkly man/woman. As we get to old age are face sags, and becomes thin and tender. 

Baby

-Plump Face

-Rosy Cheeks

-Round Face

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10 year old

-Features more noticeable

-Rosy cheeks

-Plump

[2]

20 year old

- Features longed

- Tight skin

-Neutral colour

[3]

40 year old

- Slight wrinkles

- Sagging skin

-Neutral colour

Greying hair

[4]

60 year old

Saggy skin

Wrinkles

Sun spots/pigmentation

Thin skin

Greyness

Dullness

Flakyness

Dry skin

Droopy eyelids

Grey hair

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References:

Anon, n.d. Baby  [digital image] [01/02/16]. Available from: http://www.try4ababy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/baby.jpg

[2]Anon, n.d. Kristina Pimenova [digital image] [01/02/16]. Available from: http://collegecandy.com/2016/02/05/kristina-pimenova-photos-10-year-old-model-contract-la-models-most-beautiful-girl-in-the-world-russia-instagram-pictures/

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[4] Anon. n.d. Cameron Diaz  [digital image] [01/02/16]. Available from:http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/article30885413.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/PANews_P-778ad40f-6191-4240-ad96-2e78e9ca9fd9_I1.jpg

[5] Anon n.d 60 year old woman  [digital image] [01/02/16]. Available from:http://shorthairstyleslong.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/short-hairstyles-for-women-over-60-in-2014.jpg

[6] Anon. n.d Pierce Brosnon  [digital image] [01/02/16]. Available from:http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/19/1416361561256_Image_galleryImage_Mandatory_Credit_Photo_by.JPG