Final Images of Mrs Laderman

Final images of Claudia

How I will show Claudia in my images

I would make my character more touch as there are a lot of supernatural characters and would also probably encourage her to become supernatural. I would need to make my character realise that life isn't the way she had see on Tv so would make her experience a lot outside of films and Tv which would make her a stronger character. She would be desirable but would have something that is different about her to make her stand out. She would appeal to the audience demographic as she will stand out because she is so beautiful and almost glows whenever you see her however inside she would be feeling very anxious and will fear a lot of things due to to her agoraphobia which she had under control when she was with Quentin as he made her feel safe but now without him she has it worst then ever.

I chose the word white rose as white suggests purity and Claudia seems quite pure but also has quite a dark side to her which is why I like the ideas of having blood on the rose from her crying as she has become a vampire and misses Quentin so is quite upset. Also the white rose symbolises Quentin as he used to always bring white roses to her because they were her favourite.

For my images I quite like the idea of her kneeling down in a forest kind of area with a white rose in her hands as she has come across one in the forest. It automatically reminded her of Quentin which makes her reminisce on the good times they had.

I want to leave her hair down and straight to make her look put together and pretty with very subtle makeup as she will be crying.

How I am going to show Mrs Laderman's alter ego in my images

When thinking about how I could show Mrs Laderman I struggled as I knew it would be very hard for my to find a 40 year old women who would be able to model for me but then I came to the realisation that Mrs Laderman is supposed to have an alter ego and her alter ego can be a younger version of herself who can shape shift as in true blood there is already shape shifters which means that my character would be able to fit in. She would be quite a dark and mysterious character that wouldn't leave her house very often but when she does leave her house it is only at night. Even though Mrs Laderman is quite mysterious and strange she would also be very kind hearted when it comes to Claudia and would help her to control her Agoraphobia because she is struggling more then ever now that she has moved to a new place. 

I want her to look quite unhealthy and tired but also quite vulnerable as my picture will be based around just after she has shape shifted so I want to make her look dirty and very tired/unwell but will get my model to wear a strapless top so that from the shoulders up she will look even more vulnerable as in true blood after someone has shape shifted and turned back to their natural self their clothes are ruined and they are less in their natural state. I will backcomb the hair to make it look messy and will out leaves and twigs in the hair to show that she has been in the woods or some kind of forest.

Mrs Laderman moving to this new town has an alter ego that is 20 years younger then she is now. I want the images to show Mrs Laderman's younger self when she first became a shape shifter as she is going to look vulnerable an helpless. However she causes trouble around the town and only awakens at night. The colour of Mrs Laderman's eyes change colour and become black with an orange strip on the outside which looks very creepy and striking.

Using colour sprays in the hair

Here we was asked to make our own characters and to decide how old they were and what characteristics they had. So here is my character her name is Ruby she is 18 years old and she is very shy but shows her true personality through her style and hair. I decided to french plait the sides of the hair but sectioned the top of the hair of so that I could crimp it as we also had to use two techniques we had been taught. So I chose crimping and back combing as this meant I could create extra volume in the middle sections of the hair which was going to get crimped, back combed and tied back. I feel that I was able to use these techniques well and the hairstyle came out exactly how I had planned for it to. However I feel that when I used the colour sprays for the hair I sprayed it too closely to the hair and it stopped the pattern from the lace coming out as detailed as it could have if I was to spray it further away. So if I was to recreate this hairstyle I would use lace that has bigger holes or a more detailed pattern and would spray it from further away to make the pattern more prominent. I wouldn't have used any of these techniques for my characters as it doesn't really fit with the mood of the show and is more of a punk/ fashion catwalk on an Alexander McQueen style.