Production 3 - Horror Film - The Removal

 Production 3 - Horror Film - The Removal:

20th October 2020:

Myself, Drew, Morgan, and Phebe put ourselves forward for the horror film and we made a group decision that I would be the Head of Department for this production. After making this decision I emailed Kai, who was the set and costume designer for the film, and told him that I was HOD so all information between the film crew and makeup would be passed through me and he asked if it would be possible to have 2 actors in makeup for 10am the next morning. I discussed with the group who was able to do the makeup, Morgan volunteered, this demonstrated good communication skills. 

I also created a design for Billy’s sister as I would be completing this makeup the following day.

This is my design:














21st October 2020:

At 10am while Morgan was completing the makeup for the main character, which consisted of straight makeup and a bruise on the left eye, I used my communication skills while having a meeting with Kai to discuss the script as there had been some last minute changes and the filming schedule so that we could create the makeup schedule to fit with the filming schedule. We followed government guidelines during this meeting by wearing masks and social distancing by staying 2 metres apart.

These are my notes:














Following this meeting I completed the makeup for Billy’s sister, this makeup consisted of a straight HD makeup, when completing this makeup I followed government guidelines by wearing a medical mask and visor and I avoided touching the face with my hands as much as possible. The makeup was shown on camera under natural lighting and it worked well as she looked as though she had no makeup on. I also demonstrated good organizational and hygiene skills as I had a clean and tidy makeup bay, and I used the cut away method for every product that was used.

After both, Morgan and I had completed our makeups, the makeup team had a production meeting to discuss what was said during my meeting with Kai and we discussed the script and what makeup was needed for each character and who was able to complete each makeup based on the shooting schedule. During this meeting we adhered to social distancing guidelines by all being at least 1 metre apart, hand sanitiser was also available.

After the production meeting I completed the budget and the schedule, I also completed a design for a beaten teenage boy that would have his throat slit on screen.

These are my notes:



This is the budget:

 


This is the schedule:



This is my design for the beaten boy:










22nd October 2020:

Today Morgan completed the makeup for Billy with an aged bruise, she used pictures of the other makeup to make sure the bruise was in the same place for continuity purposes, while Phebe and I completed the makeup for the beaten teenage boy, working together we applied silicone to the neck with a small pouch of blood inside to allow it to be cut on screen, we used spirit gum to attach it to the neck and used more silicone to blend the edges into the skin. We then stippled layers of alcohol paints to give the appearance of skin, to do this we stippled a layer of alcohol paint that matched his skin tone, we then added a layer of red and a layer of blue to give the mottled appearance of skin, finally we added another thicker layer of the flesh toned paint to finish the look. Then I completed his face makeup, this consisted of HD makeup with bruising and a small cut on the lip, while I completed his face makeup, Phebe added some dirt to his hands using alcohol paints and some bruising using a bruise wheel.




This makeup worked as the edges of the silicone were well blended which prevents the paint clinging to the edges and alcohol paints and grease paints were used which means they will last longer as they won’t be affected by water as much as aqua paints would be. This was a new technique and it was the first time we completed it as we didn’t have chance to practice which means that we had to have other options incase it didn’t work as we would’ve liked it to.

We had a separate blood pouch so that we could use the prop knife to cut so that we would know if it could cut through the blood pouch on the neck, Phebe and I went over to the set in order to test this and it split the pouch rather than cutting through it. While on set, masks were worn and we adhered to social distancing guidelines which meant that we were following government guidelines. When they cut it on screen, it split the middle of the pouch, however, it was glued down which means that it still appeared to cut on screen. The blood did not spill out of the pouch to begin with which means that they re-shot that scene and edited it to make the clips fit together. We are aware that on a professional set that a pump would be used, however, this technique worked extremely well for this film. If we use this technique in the future we are now aware that we will need to use thinner clingfilm to create the blood pouch as a sharper knife will go against health and safety regulations as it may put the performer in danger, to prevent possibly harming the performer we used a thicker layer of silicone underneath the blood pouch to add an extra layer of material which added extra protection. 





When completing the makeup, we followed government guidelines by wearing a medical mask and a visor and we also avoided touching the face with our hands as much as possible. We showed good organizational and hygiene skills as we had a clean and tidy makeup bay, we also demonstrated good communication skills by speaking to each other while working together and by speaking to the performer to make sure he was comfortable and felt safe.

23rd October 2020:

Today Drew completed the HD makeup with the bruise on the eye and she used pictures of the other makeups to make sure the bruise was in the same place for continuity purposes. After completing this makeup we both created the makeup with the stick in his leg, I helped to build the makeup around the base of the stick in order to hold it in place and look as though the stick had penetrated his leg. Drew then painted it using alcohol paints and we added some aged blood and some stage blood. 



This look worked as the edges of the silicone were well blended which prevented the paint clinging to the edges which would ruin the illusion and alcohol paints were used which means that they will last longer as they wont be affected by water as much as aqua paints would be. We also gave the actor more blood to take on set to add during filming to look fresh and as though it was continuously bleeding.

While doing this makeup we wore medical masks and visors which meant that we were adhering to government guidelines, we also used a blunt stick to make sure it wouldn’t cut his leg so we avoided harming the actor. 

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