Major Project: Costume, Hair and Makeup

The costume is a very important aspect in our film. As the characters are meant to be at a masquerade ball, it's a scene in which they will be dressed up and covered in masks which will slightly hide them. This is the perfect opportunity for the character Francis to take advantage of, and be able to go extremely overboard with the masquerade idea - and hide himself, pretending to be someone Bethany trusts - Matt.

MALE COSTUME

I have researched into masquerade balls and the male attire side of it to see how Francis would dress, he is definitely going to be wearing a white shirt and tie, however I want to make sure the mask he is wearing will not show who he is.

During the test shoot, Adam (playing Francis) tried on the mask we had got, (which is very over the top and covers the full face) however, it was still possible to tell who he was. This is such an important part of the film which will either be done very well, or very poorly and show who the man behind the mask is. After the test shoot, we got another mask which has a long pointed nose, and covers the head more, however, the bottom of the face is very visible. I had an idea to have Adams face painted white behind the mask, but this would take away the dramatics of when he takes off his mask and reveals himself to Bethany. I decided to look into any accessories that Adam could wear which would hide his identity more. The problem with the first mask was that Adam's hair is very fluffy and thick when he doesn't have it gelled back, and it's clear that it would be Francis. I decided to get a top hat for Adam and see what difference it would make. Surprisingly, it helped a lot and we decided to go back to using the first mask which i'm very happy about as it's very creepy and fits very well with the top hat.

FEMALE COSTUME

The costume for Bethany is going to be a very long ball gown styled dress. She is also going to have a mask, however, she throws it down on the floor at the beginning so we don't actually see her wearing it. I think either a gold or red sparkling dress would fit very well with our actress Amy. I want a dress that is very 'out there' and over the top as she is going to be the main star of the theatre show. Her mask will be red if the dress is red, or silver if the dress is gold.

 

I have placed out an advertisement for a hair and makeup artist to arrive on set on the theatre filming dates and also the studio filming dates. The main reasons I want someone, is for the bruises and cuts which will be on character Bethany's face from the slap and cuts on her arms from when she is dragged off the stage. There will also be a red mark on her wrists from where the rope has been hurting her wrists.

I also would like to see a very big difference in Bethany's appearance on stage to show how she has changed as a character. I don't want her to wear much makeup at all at first, and have a very 'angelic' look to herself. As the days go by I want her to begin to wear darker clothes, showing how she is changing, and when the theatre show day approaches, obviously she will be dressed up anyway as she's at a ball - however, I want her to be wearing a lot more makeup and her hair done nicely. 

Below, I sent the makeup artist a rough and brief idea of the makeup and hair that i'd like done, however this can be changed and she is going to send me feedback on what she can do. The bruise on Bethany's face won't be as bad, but since she is getting slapped quite hard and forceful on the stage I want it to be visible that she is hurt. 

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