Final Images of Mrs Laderman

Final images of Claudia

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.

Contemporary Victorian Hairstyles

To start you need to section the hair into two sections. When trying to make a zig zag parting I struggled so only made it zig zag half way then made it straight which I liked in the end. Now that you have your two sections you need to curl all of the hair in the sections then once its all curled back comb the hair so that it creates its own shape then secure it with curvy grips and hair pins to create two big/fluffy buns like the image we was working from. I feel that something I struggled with was creating the zig zag sectioning as it's not something I'm used to doing and it was hard keeping the parts I had already sectioned while moving is down to the bottom of the hair. To improve I will just need to practise creating more unique hairlines as this will help me when working with other peoples ideas as some will be very different and I need to be prepared to create anything. However I feel that back combing and creating the buns went well as they were quite sturdy and after I had backcombed them they had natural shape anyway.
This look was interesting to create but I don't feel it would fit with either of my characters as it just wouldn't fit with the tv series as it is too contemporary.

Possible hairstyles for Mrs Laderman

Here I have created a loose bun with quite a lot of fly away hairs. I feel this would look nice in my images but I don't want her hair to make her look childish or styled. I want the hair to look messy like she has been through the forest and has shape shifted and is now a very vulnerable and helpless lady. This hairstyle wouldn't help me show this.





Here I left the hair down with waves and slightly backcombed to make it look quite messy then to add to the look I added leaves into the hair and plan to add some trigs as Mrs Laderman's hair needs to look messy and like she has been dragged through the forest by whatever creature she shape shifted into as she cant quite control it at the point in time I had chose.I feel that this will probably end up being the hairstyle I use for my images.



Here is a dutch braid around the head I thought about using for my character which looks quite messy down to me pulling parts out to make it look more messy. However looking at this hairstyle I feel that it probably would look too styled as it is a plait which would suggest that time has been put into the hairstyle and her appearance.





Here is one of my last ideas for Mrs Laderman's hair which may look a bit too childish/ young as already I have made Mrs Laderman's alter ego 20 years younger to help me find a model which still is probably pushing it a bit. This hairstyle would probably fit more if Mrs Laderman was to be a strong character that is a saviour type as it is a hairstyle that occurs in a lot of films for the main female role.

Possible hairstyles for Claudia

Here I have just left the hair straight which would look really nice as my models hair is very long and is dip died. With this I just straighten the ends to ensure all of the hair went together and their wasn't any kinks in the hair.
I feel this could be the final hair for my images as I want the main focus of the images to be my models eyes and if I was to create an extravagant hairstyle it was distract you from the makeup.




Here is another idea for Claudia hair where I clipped up a smart section of the side of the hair leaving some front parts to frame the face. However I want to avoid the hair looking too put together as she will be shot in a forest kind of setting and will be crying so she shouldn't look perfectly styled which I feel she would to if I was to style her hair this way.




Here is another idea however looking at it now I can see it isn't right for Claudia it looks way to formal and put together which just wouldn't fit. Claudia is supposed to be a character that doesn't care too much about how she looks and how she is seen by people but also is naturally beautiful so doesn't need to take care of her appearance.







Here is one of my last ideas which I do like and feel could look nice in my images but again it is just a bit too put together and a bit too girly for Claudia. I want her to look beautiful and I want her to have piercing eyes in my images. I feel this hairstyle just wouldn't fit with Claudia's personality as she is supposed to be pure but with that little dark side to her from watching all of them horror shows/films.

American Horror Story Inspired Hair

This hairstyle is inspired by the character Vivien Harmon as her hair is very soft and curly a lot of the time in the show.
To create this style you use different size rollers in the hair.

Start by sectioning all of the hair in front of the ears putting the hair into a middle parting then on each side putting the hair into 4 sections.
Using the red rollers section my section put the hair in the rollers and secure them.
Next using the blue rollers create two small sections under when the red rollers were used. Kind of like brick work create 3 sections under the two just put in rollers section and add the hair into the blue rollers.
Now moving onto white rollers create 4 small sections under the three just created and put the repeat that step until all of the hair is in rollers.
Looking back I feel that this hairstyle looks very soft and subtle just like the hairstyle in American Horror Story.

American Horror Story Inspired hair

Start by sectioning all of the hair in front of the ears putting the hair into a middle parting then on each side putting the hair into 4 sections.
Using the red rollers section my section put the hair in the rollers and secure them.
Next using the blue rollers create two small sections under when the red rollers were used. Kind of like brick work create 3 sections under the two just put in rollers section and add the hair into the blue rollers.
Now moving onto white rollers create 4 small sections under the three just created and put the repeat that step until all of the hair is in rollers.
Looking back I feel that this hairstyle looks very soft and subtle just like the hairstyle in American Horror Story.
Leaving in all of the red rollers take all of the other colours out and section the hair into 3 parts. Individually roll them towards the hair and secure with a curvy grip and repeat with eat of these sections then using hair pins take a few strands of hair between the sections pull towards you and then into the hair to make the sections join without any gaps.
Now taking the hair out of the red rollers section by section create small rolls following the curls and pulling it back to the back of the hair to decorate and make the hairstyle look nice.
I feel I was able to create this hairstyle with ease as its simular to hairstyles I have created before. However one thing I struggled with was where to place the hair so if I was to recreate this hairstyle I would section the front part of the hair more so that I had more to clip and this would have helped me build up the front of the hair instead of just having too sections as looking back now I feel that it looks too heavy and doesn't sit very well. I wouldn't use this for my characters hair as I want my characters to look either upset or helpless and this hairstyle is a bit too put together.

2nd Continuity assessment

2nd Continuity Assessment

With the second continuity assessment I feel that the images came out different to the first as the lighting was slightly off but that was something that occurred with a lot of the people in the class and still effected me even though I made sure that the settings on the camera were the same. Looking back now at the images I think the hair came out better then the makeup and i feel the makeup didn't look as effective as before due to my model deciding to fake tan before my assessment which i was unaware of until the day of the assessment. This could be why in the images the face looks very pale and washed out compared to the neck and chest area which I did put makeup over to match the face but was difficult as the face an neck were such different colours before putting the makeup on my model. Also I feel I made things hard for myself by adding tears to the makeup look as it meant I would have to try to ensure the tear was in the exact same place as before which was difficult as I had to add the tears just before taking the images and catch them falling as I took the images.

Products used;
Illamasqua Satin Primer
Complexion rescue by Bare Minerals
Kryolan Concealer palette
Illamasqua Loose Powder
Illamasqua Sculpt Duo
Red from the Supra Colour Kryolan palette mixed with moisturiser
Rimmel liner 'Red Dynamite
Maybelline 'Lash Sensational'
Glycerine

1st Continuity Assessment

Hair and Makeup Assessment - Continuity

Here are the images from my first assessment which I feel went quite well. If I was to improve this or could change anything I would ensure that there are no random straight hair which happened with the hairstyle I created as now I have to recreate this again for my second continuity assessment.
Also feel that I made things harder for myself by adding the tears as it was hard enough catching it falling down the face while taken the pictures the first time and now I have to attempt to recreate what happened by chance.

Products used;
Illamasqua Satin Primer
Complexion rescue by Bare Minerals
Kryolan Concealer palette
Illamasqua Loose Powder
Illamasqua Sculpt Duo
Red from the Supra Colour Kryolan palette mixed with moisturiser
Rimmel liner 'Red Dynamite
Maybelline 'Lash Sensational'
Glycerine

Continuity Hair practise

Here is my practise for the continuity for the hair. When created this hairstyle one of my worries was recreating it perfectly as it was so complex.
To create this hairstyle I started by sectioning the hair into 4 sections in front of the ears then at the front of the hair to apply heated rollers, 2 vertical and then 2 horizontal.

·     Then create two more sections leaving some hair at the bottom of the head, curl the top section of the hair and clip it up as soon as it has been curled to let it cool down in the position it is in then I repeated that step with the other two sections. Ensure that the top section is loosely tied so that you can pull it up to tie the lace around it into the shape of a bow.

·     Then take all the clips out so they fall naturally to see what kind of shape you want to create. Then I continued to clip up the top section of the hair around the bow to compliment it and avoided to create a 4 section bun as that wouldn’t fit with late 19^th century. Then continued by clipping/styling the second section joining it with the top section so it all looks together hiding the lines from the sections I created at first.

      Once that section has been clipped up you can join the outside part of the bottom section with the other sections.

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      Then I clipped up the bow to secure the outside parts so it looks more secure and stands up. To finish the hairstyle, I undid the hair 

      in the rollers at the front and joined it with the rest of the hair ensuring that it was tight enough but still bit loose.

To the right are the images from my first assessment taken on my phone which shows how similar/close I managed to get the hairstyle to when I practised it.
Looking back I feel its quite similar but I can still see subtle differences which
makes me worried about how close I will get it in my next continuity assessment.

Late 19th Century Hair

To start it is important to put the hair into a centre part in with the pin tail comb then section the hair in front of the ears and split both of them sections into two. Then wrap one of the smaller sections from the top section landscape and repeat for the second part of this section. Then move onto the next section and wrap one of the smaller sections portrait using the pointy part of the pin tail comb to tuck away any of the fly aways. Then repeat with the next part of this section.

Now section the back part of the hair from behind the ears into 3 sections with the bottom section having less hair. Tie the first two sections up separately so that you can curl them and add height to the hair style. Ensure that you are creating period curls as other curls wont be relevant for this hairstyle. Now that both sections are curled you could plait and clip the top section to clip the separate curls to add more to the hairstyle. Once the top section of curls are clipped and placed where you want them to be repeat that step with the next section remembering that you can have curls hanging down as it blends easier with the bottom section and it looks nice when some of the curls are left down as it gives the hairstyle more length and makes it look more subtle and feminine.
With this I feel the main thing I struggled with was where to place everything because having the two different sections meant there was a line so I had to place the hair over that so it wasn't visible. To improve I would make the line between the sections more subtle by creating a zig zag section as I could hide it easier. I feel this hairstyle would be perfect for my character Sibyl for the Continuity assessments as she is like a princess and is the kind of character that would always quite put together.