Final Day of Shoot

Dancers turned up half an hour to an hour late. Had a dance studio booked for them to have some rehearsal time and some space for me to apply the masks and makeup. They practiced till about 1:00pm in doing so leaving me with only an hour to apply four full face makeup and glue the masks on. Didn't have time to glue the masks on at the dance studio so we decided to quickly apply them on location. After rounding everyone up we set off towards Trafalgar square, unfortunately we were unaware of a scheduled live event and so I had to make a snap decision to relocate and shoot elsewhere. I chose Leicester square and everything went very well after that. Shot a few takes and it was received by the public very well. On the whole the project had many problems and issues, however it all went very well in the end and I am proud of the end result.  

Stills from the flash mob

Styling for Black Swan (Revised)

I had to change my idea last minute, because I felt that styling for cats was a little too similar to Simba's Lion King. Whilst searching for music for the flash mob, I was looking over some classical pieces and I came across Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" and I remembered the modern interpretation of  Swan Lake: Black Swan and I thought it would be really effective with the styling I had in mind. Below are some examples.

 

Styling For Velma Kelly (Chicago)

This is probably the only styling that I really wanted to keep quite true to the character. Since the styling is quite well known, I would only make slight alterations to make it more my own. Down below I have included images that represent how I would like to do the makeup, hair and style.

I love this hair, I have practiced it several times and I think the it completes my flapper look.

I am particularly fond of the Korean Harpers Bazaar, I love the modern twist. I want to try and incorporate my own contemporary transformation. I love the smokey eye, signature red lipstick and cropped looking hair!   

Styling for Elphaba (Wicked)

I feel that one of the main themes for Wicked, has got to be misunderstood. In the musical we get to know the wicked witch of the west and she becomes what she does because of everything that happened to her. I did think about doing her makeup just like how its done in the musical,  so she's be recognised more than anything else. However after having a few practices with it, I felt like I could do better. I started to look at more Avant Garde hair styles, and more edgy fashion editorials. I wanted to represent when she turned into the evil wicked witch or at least just before the turning point. Below are images that helped me to create my 'Elphaba' look. I was keen on her wearing leather and quite dark makeup with touches of Bright and Dark Green to represent her original styling.

Styling for Simba (Lion King)

For the styling of Simba I was apprehensive because I didn't want my dancer to look too cheesy and safe. Since I'm interested in working in theatre, I thought I should show my skills with prosthetic pieces whenever I could. I decided that I wanted to purchase a latex lion nose and shade his face to look as close to a lion as I could make it. He then would wear a similar costume to that of which, appears in the musical, be topless and I would paint his torso and shoulders. I wanted to fashion a high collar out of grass to keep the Savannah theme and make a mohawk mane. Below are pictures that gave me inspiration.