Evaluation

Overall I feel that this project on the Charles Dickens Novel 'Great Expectations' went well and I am pleased with my final outcome. I think that both of my images are a good representation of my research and they both fit into the Victorian era.

The first Miss Havisham shoot that I did didn't go to plan and so I re-shot it. I am pleased I did this as my first attempt was poor having not used the ageing stipple before.

Miss Havisham Final Shoot

Above are my two final images for my Miss Havisham look. I am extremely pleased with the outcome of both images and feel the styling, make-up and hair all work really well together as an image.
The camera has picked up the dullness created by the dry shampoo which really finishes it off giving it a really old dirty look. I am pleased with how well the ageing stipple has worked around the mouth and eyes as it has made a really good sore effect.

The image to the right was going to be my final zoomed out image. I realised I couldn't use this as my final because I hadn't taken off the red nailvarnish on the nails. Next time I am doing a shoot for a project this is something I need to be aware of as this could have ruined my final images had I not had another image that I liked.

 

 The two images on the left are during my final shoot of the hair style that I chose to do. This worked well and looks like wedding hair as I have added the veil.

 

The two images below are close ups of the ageing stipple that I have applied around the lips and the eyes. If you look closely you can see how I have made it look dry and sore by adding the redness on top and around it.

Estella Final Shoot

These are my final shoots for my interpretation of Estella.
I am happy with how the images have worked out as both the hair and make-up works well on camera. I was able to find the perfect model to match my designs which was a gret success.

The natural flawless make-up and the sleep up do makes her look sweet and innocent as she stands in the floaty dress. This covers her inside evil streak.

Test Shoots

 

Miss Havisham

I originally chose Hannah to model for my Miss Havisham as I wanted the dull blonde hair look like she had in the BBC version of Great Expectations. During my test shoot, I used the ageing stipple for the first time. At first I thought it would create an old effective image for my final look as I wanted to make her look as old as possible. Because I hadn't had any practise using it before it didn't work the way that I had planned on my face chart for this look. I think this is due to putting it on too thick in obvious open spaces of the face like the forehead and the cheeks.
Because this shoot didn't go to plan I decided to change my model choice to someone with dark hair so that i could turn the hair grey with dry shampoo making a much more effective 'old' look. I also decided to change my face chart for my final image to one with less ageing stipple on so that it wouldn't look so messy on camera.

                           Estella

 

For my practise shoot for Estella I hadn't yet found a perfect model for the final shoot and so I practised the make-up look on Meg. I based this look on a natural, young and fresh look as I Estella's age in my final look is going to be 16/17 years old.

 

I didn't get to practise the hair during this practise shoot as there was little time to fit it all in. I later practised this on my doll head.

 

I am please with the make-up for this character and am going to keep this the same in my final shoot. The ideal model that I want to use for Estella would be a small petite girl with long dark hair. I need to find someone that is quite small so that they will fit in the chosen outfit that they will be styled into. If I cannot find a model of this description I may be forced to re-think my outfit choice in my final shoot.  

Miss Havisham Clothing

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1. Photo 1 is of a 1 metre long piece of fabric that I have bought to make into a veil. I am going to attatch clips to the centre of it to place ontop of my Miss Havisham models head to re-create her wedding day look. This material is also a creamy off-white colour in order for my shoot to look old and aged like Miss Havisham.

2. Photo 2 is of the clothing that I am going to use for my final Miss Havisham look. I have decided to use a cream, floaty dress with a small cropped lace top over the top of the dress.

I chose these two items because I felt that they would both work really well as a Victorian era wedding dress that Miss Havisham would have worn and kept on for all the years she lived. I think that the colours of the clothing is good as it makes the clothing look old and aged with the off-white colours.

Because these items are quite a small size, I am going to need to find a small figured model to fit them.

Miss Havisham hair design

Here is my hair design for Miss Havisham in my final shoot. I have used curling tongs to create the curls, and then sprayed dry shampoo all over the hair to create the dull grey look. This works well for Miss Havishams hair as she hasn't washed her hair in years which is why I have created it dull. She is also getting quite old and so her hair will be getting very grey. I am then going to add the Veil that I have created out of lacey off white material as she keeps it on for some of the film.

3rd Face Chart for Miss Havisham

For this face chart I have tried to base it around the end of the film when Miss Havisham is told and tired which may lead her to having accidents falling out of her chair for example.

Basing this face chart on that example, I wanted to give Miss Havisham a bruised eye. This shows that she is getting too old to live and look after herself at her old age.

I have based the rest of the make-up to just a natural old look to really contrast against her black, purple and green eye.

The products that I will use to create this look is the old age stipple to create the wrinkles around her eyes and on her cheeks and forehead. I will also use my Screen face foundation pallette and eye shadow pallette for the skin base and the dark shading around the eyes.

 I want to keep her skin looking quite pale to that she looks ill and tired.

2nd Face Chart for Miss Havisham

On this face chart of Miss Havisham, I have based it near the beginging of the story when her skin has started to age and wrinkles appear.
 

I have based her make-up on a natural look making the fact that Miss Havisham hasn't got changed out of her wedding dress for years and so will be very grubby with a dirty face rather than a clean fresh face.

The products that I am going to use to produce this is the old ageing stipple to create wrinkles and dry flaky skin around her face as I want her skin to look damaged and enhance the fact that she hasn't looked after herself as she should have been for years.

I will also use my Screen face foundation palette, eye shadow palette to create the tired shadows under the eyes.

I'm not going to use any mascara on this look as this would have crumbled off over the years, and so I don't think that Miss Havisham would have been wearing any around the time I have set this look.

I will also use my Illamasque loose powder to finish off the look.

 

1st Face Chart for Miss Havisham

I have based this face chart at the end of the book when Miss Havisham has become really old and fraile and has trouble getting around.

I have decided to make her face quite dirty and grubby to show how she struggles to find the determination to move from her chair. I have also decided to make her eyes dark to show how tired and sore they are.

The make-up products that I am going to use to create this look are an ageing stipple latex to enhance her wrinkles under her eyes, on her cheeks, on her forehead and the dry skin around her mouth. I will then use my Screen face creme foundation pallette as a base and my eyeshadow pallette to create the darkened areas around her eyes.

Clothing for Estella

This is the dress that I am going to use for my final Estella shoot. I have chosen this style as it has a high neck to not show off too much skin as the people who lived in the Victorian era chose to cover up their skin with high neck clothing.

I think that the colour of this dress is perfect as Estella has dark hair and pale skin so this will work well together with the two.

I decided to not accessorise the dress for my final shoot as I didn't want to make her look too much. I am keeping her make-up young natural and simple and so I thought that this plain dress would work well with the look I have gone for.

My model choice mattered alot for this dress as it is a small size 6. I have chosen my model to fit around this, and have found a size 6 model with long brown hair which is perfect for my Estella.

Estella Hair Design

I have decided on an up style for Estella's hair for my final shoot. Throughout the story she wears her hair up in a large bun with curls at the front quite a lot, and so I thought that this would be a good look to go for. As I want to keep her make-up quite natural, I have also decided to keep the hair like this also to enhance the young nieve look that I am going for.

I have used my model head to practise my hair designs for Estella which has dark hair. When looking for a model for my final shoot I am going to look for a slim girl who has long dark hair similar to this. This is important as I want to be able to re-create this hair look again to be this colour and this volumous.

3rd Face Chart for Estella

 

I have based this face chart on when Estella has began to mature and is planning to be married. I wanted to keep this look again quite natural, but by adding some colour I have matured her face. I decided on blue eye shadow because of her dark hair and pale skin, I felt it stands out, but is also quite a descrete colour making her still look young.

I want to contour alot on her cheek bones to make them stand out to make her face look really slim and narrowed.

The products that I will use for this are my Screen face Creme foundation pallette, my eye shadow pallette, lip pallette, a small amount of mascara, Illamasqua loose powder and a small amount of blusher on the cheek bones.

2nd Facechart for Estella

I decided to make this face chart quite natural and fresh. I have based this on when Estella was still quite young and nieve so kept the make-up simple using little products. Her age here is around 16 .

I will contour quite a lot with this look to give her the perfect oval face shape on camera. To keep this look natural and young I am going to use nudes and browns for a healthy glow.

The products that I will use to produce this look is my Screen face cream foundation palette, my Screen face eye shadow palette, mascara, Illamasqua loose powder and Screen face lip gloss palette.

1st Face Chart for Estella

This is my first face chart for Estella. I have designed this make-up based on the end of the story when Estella gets beaten by her Husband.

I decided to make her make-up natural and have added a bruised eye and a bruised jaw. The eyebrows are also messy as I wanted to give off the impression that she was feeling run down and unable to make herself look presentable because of her emotional time.

I like this face chart as it shows how Estella is feeling at this time; a wreck. After being brought up by Miss Havisham to hate all men, Estella has now realised the true reason to why she was taught this way and feels upset and alone now that she was going through a bad time with her husband.

For this look I am going to be using my Screenface cream foundation palette for the base, my Screen face eye shadow palette, a bruise wheel, mascara, loose powder and my lip gloss palette.  

Emma Benton Demonstration

Emma Benton, a hair and makeup stylist for tv, shows and films came in to show us a demonstration of Victorian era makeup and hair styles which included attatching wigs to the head in the right way. On the left is her make-up kit that she carries with her to all jobs. This is filled with every product of make-up that she may encounter on the job.

She first showed us a real 100% human hair wig that would be used in tv dramas, or in films. The wig she demonstrated to us with was a grey wig used for an old Victorian styled look.

Emma firstly kept the hair under control with a stocking placed over the whole of the hair. She then began to stick the front shorter hairs down with a product specialised for this. Once the hair was in place she added small clips around the wig to secure.

Using the ageing/wrinkle stipple, she then added this underneath Jennys eyes making her look aged with wrinkled skin. This looked really effective as Jenny is young with tight skin, but was then transformed into an old woman.

 

 

 

Here are two boards that Emma Benton uses when she is filming on a programme drama where extra body/facial hair is needed. The left board is Mustaches, and the right side burns and small beards. These are each worth alot of money and would tend to be bought within the budget given for each film/tv drama.

Bruising

 

 

Here during my practical lesson in the salon I have practised using the bruising wheel.

The bruising wheel is made up for four colours, a deep red, green, blue/purple and yellow. These four colours when working together make the most realistic bruise for on camera.

 

 

 

I am going to use a bruise on one of my final shoots as I like the effect it has on the person modelling in the image.

 

This same bruising wheel can also be used for creating grazes and cuts on the skin. The bottom right photo shows this.

When creating a bruise, I got the best affect when I used my fingers to apply the make-up to the face. This is because it allowed me to smudge it in a lot easier and more realisticly.

When creating the cuts and grazes I found this easier to use a bristle sponge to apply it onto the skin as it gives it much more of a scrapped look.  

Victorian Clothing

Wealthy Victorian Fashion

During the Victorian era for those who could afford regular new outfits, women's fashions changed enormously and rapidly throughout the 1800s. In the later 1800s, experts can easily date clothes to within a year or two. Modest, ringletted prettiness was 'the 'look' in the 1830s, with bonnets replacing hats. Bell-shaped skirts known as crinolines became wider and wider, needing ever more petticoats, and even hooped supports. But 1860 saw changes: the sewing machine arrived bringing costs down, and synthetic dyes enabled intense colours. The skirt silhouette flattened out at the front and moved out back: soft bustles in the 1870s, and shelf-like hard bustles from 1883.

In the mid-1890s bustles disappeared, replaced by the 'power dressing', almost military, look of wide hat, puff sleeves, narrow waist and long flared skirt. Not for the radical young lady on the new 'bicycle', though: she preferred more comfortable 'rational dress', such as bloomers. As ever for women, fashion and social change stimulated each other. This illustration from the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, written by Mrs Beeton (famous today for her cookbook), shows two wealthy women and a girl looking through the window of an expensive toyshop.

Clothes were made to measure. People did not go to shops like we do and see rails of clothes. Every item of clothing bought had to made especially for the person. Seamstresses and tailors were responsible for making clothes. Their were also milliners, glovers, and hatters would help to complete the look.

Poor Victorian Fashion

For the poor families that weren't able to afford new items of clothing all of the time, they tended to own very few outfits, and would wear second hand rags that had been passed through the family etc. Clothes would have been mended and patched for as long as possible. This was a cheap way of living for them as the working class needed all the money that they had for bills and more important expenses. If they were lucky, they were able to afford some smarter clothes to wear to church or on special occasions, although this was rare.

Clothes had to be practical. You had to be able to work in them and they had to last a long time. They were often made from wool or cotton in dark colours as this was cheaper and the dirt didn't show as much. Shoes also had to last a long time. Some people wore heavy boots with thick hob-nailed soles. Women wore caps and bonnets not just to be respectable but to keep hair from getting caught in machines and to fend off dirt and headlice.

Children wore clothes handed down from older family members. Not all families could afford shoes for their children so some had to go barefoot.

             
               Wedding dresses

 The Victorians are known to have created the first white wedding dress. It tended to be lacey and tight fitting at the top, hiding away most skin in that area. The victorians unlike the Elizabethans weren't keen on showing a lot of flesh through their clothing. Kate Middleton got married to Prince William in a Victorian styled wedding dress. This shows that the fashion era's are going around in circles as fashion history is brought to life.

Victorian Makeup and Hair styles

Makeup was not very fashionable in the Victorian era, a woman who used it was considered 'fast'. Even face powder was suspect, and any woman using blusher, eyeliner etc would have been considered very bold. Respectable women were not really supposed to wear any, though I expect some women did use a little colour very discreetly. Really makeup was considered suitable only for actresses and prostiututes. Wearing makeup openly did not come back into fashion until after WW1.
As for hair, an upper class lady would have a maid to do her hair, look after her clothes etc, but a woman of relatively modest means would be likely to do her own hair. She would generally wear it up, putting your hair up was a sign of being grown up, young girls wore it loose. Hair might be curled, curly hair was fashionable for much of the Victorian era. Women would put their hair in curl papers which would be left in overnight to produce the required curls. They may then decorate their hair style with a small flower or a clip in accessory depending on the occasion.