Trialling of Make-Up

We were limited to the special effects we could create with our make up as we were on a limited budget, and so to keep the production costs down we practiced using an assortment of coloured eye shadows and lip glosses to create the desired affect. The make up did not need to be extremely detailed as the times when it was visable on camera, it was at a distance and so it was relevant to the scene but was not made to be a main aspect of our film. We used a suble amount of make up to not go over the top and lean in to the horror category. We kept it low key and realistic, placing small amounts of blended purple and blue eyeshadows below her eyes to create bags and a mixture of purple, yellow, blue, white, black and grey eye shadows to create bruising on her upper arm. To add to the realism, and due to the fact we are ammateurs with special effect make up, we researched into pictures of bruising and took some inspiration which helped our group massively with the colours we chose to use and where to use them.

Within parts of filming, the bruises and scratches on the upper arm had to be covered by clothing as it would have the tendancy to rub and fade/smudge. To protect the make up in this filming, we set it using a 'Firm Hold' hairspray. We worked well with what little equipment we had, and managed to create realisme.