Claudia-Hair Chart Designs

This is the most classic hairstyle of the 50's. That is worn my many style icons of the time including Marilyn Monroe. This was the most popular hairstyles of the time. It also seen in the freak show series of American horror story. This style was worn by Elsa Mars throughout the series as she wanted to be the most popular style icon of the time. This hairstyle is usually for short hair however can also be styled on long hair as well.

This style has a middle or side parting and consist of a lot of texture as well as volumed wavy hair. It usually has a lot of texture at the top of the head as well as the hair that falls at the bottom. The texture and structure can be created by setting the hair with hot rollers. This would be an appropriate hairstyle for Claudia. However, I wanted to go for un up do rather than her hair open.





This is also a hairstyle I created that was inspired from the 50's as well. The image that I got this inspiration from is in the blog post named hair inspirations for Claudia. As I wanted to have an up do for Claudia rather than having her hair down I think this would be the design that I would create for the final look. This hairstyle consists of the wave that is commonly seen in 50's hairstyles. The wave/curve in the hair is normally at the front of the hair and has a lot of structure.

This structure and wave/curve at the front of the hair can be achieved by setting the hair with hot rollers. The hair will then be set to one side making sure the I keep the curve in the hair is still there. At the back of the head I will tie the hair in to a horizontal french twist as the hair will have a natural curl at the ends that was put in from the hot rollers. This hairstyle almost looks like a late victorian/ a contemporary victorian hairstyle.

This is also a hairstyle that I designed inspired form the 50's. This is more of a glamorous hairstyle as this style came in at the time the film industry started booming in the 1950's. This hairstyle consists of the hair being set towards one side of the head, with the hair having curls, texture and volume just at the ends of the hair.                                                
This can also be achieved by setting the hair with hot rollers to achieve the curls at the end of the hair as well as the texture in the hair. To keep the hair in place products can be used to set the hair making sure the natural curls of the hair remain in place. As much as I like this design I do not think I shall use it for my final hair design for Claudia as it could be too modern for her and looking at her having mental disorders she wouldn't have her hair so perfect.

Claudia- Face Chart Designs & Practice

As my chosen TV series the American horror story freak show is based during the 1950's, the makeup designs that I have created for Claudia are more so makeup of that time. The 1950's was all about the winged eyeliner, strong shadow and the bold red lips. This particular make up design has the basic features that 1950's makeup would have. For the base I would use my models skin colour matching foundation. On the eyes I would use very subtle colours which are the neutral beige and brown colours.

I would have the classic winged eyeliner and would have just mascara on the lashes to keep the lashes looking natural then supposed to fake. On the lips I would have the red lipstick 009 from the lipstick palette. However as every makeup technique in this design is based on the 1950's makeup, I wanted there to be some element in the make up that describes Claudia's mental state and that is the reason I have messy brows in the design. From the image of Chris Nicholls I got the inspiration of the messy brows. This explains hints out to there is something wrong with Claudia. I would use mascara on the brows and comb them in the opposite direction as this would give me a messy texture.

Looking at makeup from the 1950's I created this design and I was quite pleased with how it looked when I practiced the look. It has all the elements of the typical 50's makeup including the messy brows that were an addition to my design. Although, I was happy with the look I wasn't quite sure whether I want to have the winged eyeliner in my final design as I think this might be a little too modern as Claudia has mental disorders how will she have perfect winged eyeliner everyday? I think I will opt this out from my final design. 

Moving on from the first design that I created I came up with this second design. I kept all the elements of the 1950's make up as well as the messy brows apart from the winged eyeliner as I wanted to try and see how this design would come out without it. However, I decided to smudge the red lipstick from the corner of the lips as I thought just leaving the makeup as the first design might be a little too modern. I will use fake blood for the smear from the corner of the lips as this would be more freaky and more towards the horror side.


Keeping the messy brows and the smeared lip in this design, taking inspiration from the Image of Chris Nicholls I would like my model to have a similar pose for my final images of Claudia. I would also have blood on her hand as this will make her even more of a freak or a beautiful freak shall I say. As in my character profile of Claudia she has a mental disorder I would really like to portray this from her makeup and her expression(this will be my model's expression).

Combining all the elements from my first and second make up design I came up with this third design in which I decided to make half of her face looking flawless having the 1950's elements and decided to have the other half of her face looking the complete opposite and showing how much of a mess she really is. On the left side I kept the winged eye liner, a clean brow, the eye shadow and the clean lips. On the other side of the face I made it a little dramatic.

I kept the messy brow on the left side and went in with black shadow instead of subtle colours. I pulled the shadow upwards and made it look winged to give the cat eye effect. Using the same black shadow I created little tear like structures under the eye. However, these are not tears and they represent how mentally deranged Claudia actually is. I also went in with a darker contour and smudged the lips as I wanted that side to represent the darker side of Claudia.

I practiced this design as I was eager to see what the finished outcome would be as this is half the face of Claudia's beautiful face while the other side shows her disorders and the freak side of her. I liked the idea of having each side of the face representing Claudia's characteristics. However, I wasn't really happy with the way it looked in person. I wasn't pleased with the way the eye makeup looked as seen in the image. I think I should have used supra colour to create the black tears at the bottom the eye instead of eye shadow as this would have looked much more prominent and bold. Looking at the overall design I don't think I will be using this as my final design for Claudia. 

Ref:
Aucoin K, 1994. The Art of Makeup. Prion, London
Aucoin K, 1997. Making Faces. Little Brown, New York

Scream At The Devil

Scream at the devil was directed and written by Joseph. P. Stachura. It is the story about Miriam Jones who has Schizophrenia and usually hallucinates. She things related to the devil that are not usually present there at that particular time. As time goes by she is pushed over the edge and her disorder gets worse day by day as she wants her husband to admit to his affairs. 

Her hallucinations then become an insane as her husband eventually leaves her and Miriam's mental state gets worse and is then put into a mental institute where the ward keepers experience very weird and creepy behaviour from her and in the end Miriam eventually takes her own life. The whole movie is lined around Miriam and her story with the mental disorder Schizophrenia. 

This movie also shows the effects of both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. As I stated in the schizophrenia research blog post about the symptoms of this disorder, Miriam in this movie who suffers from this disorder has both these symptoms as at times she would engage very weirdly with the outer world and see things that do not exist and imagine things happening around her when they really aren't. At other times she would just stay to herself and lock herself indoors from the outer world. This seems like Claudia, would have both the negative and positive symptoms of this disorder as she stays indoor whilst imaging Quentin.

As soon I watched the movie I could relate it back to Claudia's character as they are very similar. The only difference is that Miriam hallucinates about the devil where as Claudia hallucinates about Quentin's affairs. Claudia has Schizophrenia as well and this is the reason why she hallucinates about Quentin as he is her imagination. Another similarity was the fact that they both think that they are being cheated on, when in reality it is only their imagination. This was a good movie to watch and I now have a better understanding towards people with mental disorders, however as this was a horror film I strongly believe that some parts in the movie have been over exaggerated.

Ref:
Joseph. P. Stachura. Scream At The Devil, 2015 [digital video]

Lighting Inspirations for Claudia

This is an image by Sylwia Makris for a shoot called Diadema. I really loved how all the images from this shoot particularly have really dark lighting and the only amount of lighting present in the image is the lighting on the model with the rest all dark. I would have to work with the lighting on the day of the shoot and see which one works best.

I want to have dark lighting for Claudia as, I want the images to describe the mental disorders she has. I know it is impossible to do this through makeup and lighting. However, I want to try and see if makeup, lighting and expressions can actually describe a persons personality. This will be the biggest challenge for me. However, I will try my best and see if this will work.

This image was taken by  the photographer Sylwia Makris. It was shot for the Vogue Italia talent shooting. The makeup artists that worked on this shoot were Kerstin Stengel and Claudia Busch. This image particularly inspired me due to the lighting and the  styling in the picture. As Claudia has never the left the house I thought this would be the perfect lighting to shoot her in.

I like how the surroundings of the model is dark and the only bright light in the image is the light just hitting the models face. I also liked the styling of the image. The net/veil that goes around her face could hide a million emotions. On the other hand it could also mean that she doesn't want anybody particularly Quentin to know what she really is like.

This image was taken by Aitken Jolly and this shoot was called Circus Humans. The name of the shoot as well as the image inspired me as they relate well back to my character Claudia. The lighting I thought would be really bright for my shoot but I like the model's pose and styling. I like the veil/net on the model's face as similar to the image at he top. I liked the pose as if I get my model to sit down in the studio it will have a cool effect on the lighting and I can also check if this will help the lighting get darker around the model.

The model's pose and styling relate back to freaks as she has her hands wrapped in bandages. The way the model is sated on the floor, that is not a normal way of sitting on the floor. These factors make the whole image look a little more creepy. Also the expression on the model's face makes the viewers wonder, why so serious. I think that these points will count towards my shoot and will have a big impact on the outcome to the final pictures.



Ref:

• Sylwia Makris Photography, 2012. Vogue Italia Talent Shooting [viewed on 29th March 2016] Available From: http://www.sylwiamakris.com/index.php/art-portfolio/projects/vogueitalia-talent-shooting.html
• Aitken Jolly Photography, 2012. Dansk Fall Circus Humans [viewed on 29 March 2016] Available From: http://beforeyoukillusall.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/editorial-dansk-magazine-28-circus.html

Messy Brows Inspiration-Claudia

This particular image inspired me for the creation of Claudia's make-up. I wouldn't use all the elements as they would not relate back the time period in which my chosen tv series is set in as it looks a bit to modern. I really like the look of the messy brows. I would like to use this for my final design for Claudia.

This could clearly represent her mental disorder is creeping all over her. This could represent her confusion, fear and jealousy. Her pose in this image is also something I would consider as I like the smudge of her lipstick in the corner of her mouth and the red colour on her finger. Relating this back to Claudia the colour on her hand and smudged from the corner of her lips could mean many things. 

Could this mean that Claudia is harming herself? Could this be from the fear of Mrs Laderman? Does Claudia want to end her life? All these questions can be asked looking at this image relating it back to Claudia. I would use fake blood when creating my character version of Claudia keeping in mind the time the show was set in. 

Looking at other inspiration, I came across this look that was worn by a model at the Alexander McQueen collection. As I want Claudia to have messy brows, I really liked this look of the brows. There are fake lashes that have been used as the brows. I like how it looks just really messy but beautiful and divine at the same time. 

However, I think this would be too dramatic for Claudia as described in her character profile she always wants to look as beautiful as she can for Quentin her imaginary boyfriend. Yet I wanted her makeup to kind of describe her mental disorder. I also wanted her make up to scream out saying, "Yes I'm beautiful but I'm also a freak." 

I would prefer to go for the messy brows look in the image at the top as it is quite subtle yet gives an impact on the viewer looking at the image. I would mess up my model's natural brows using mascara and disposable mascara wands. I will have to try and test this out before the actual creation of Claudia, to check whether it works or not. 

Ref:

• Chris Nicholls, 2015. Contour Style, Gold Meltdown, Dress to Kill Magazine [viewed 28th March 2016] Available From: http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/463129946 
• Alexander McQueen, 2015. The 10 Greatest Makeup Looks [viewed 28th March 2016] Available From: http://mascarawars.com/alexander-mcqueen-makeup/

Hair Inspirations for Claudia

As I my TV series was based in the 1950's, I want to design a hairstyle for Claudia that would be based around that era. The image in the right shows a 1950's makeup and hair look that was recreated today. I really like the wave in the hair and as learnt from all the practical hair sessions I have had so far this can be achieved from setting the hair with hot rollers. Looking at the 50's up do's the hair had structure to one side of the hair and there would always be a side parting to the hair.

The image on the right is an image from the 50's and also has the structure and the curve in the hair. Its seems as if the hair has been set in curls and has been put up in maybe a horizontal french twist at the bottom of the hair. The structure in the hair almost reminds me of the Victorian hairstyles more towards the contemporary style as seen in American horror story.

For my design on Claudia, I would like to have the curve in the hair as the structure and would perhaps put the hair into a horizontal french twist at the bottom as I would like her hair to be up. For this I would set her hair in rollers to  get the volume and the structure in my model's hair. I would then slightly shape the hair to one prominent side without having a strong lined side parting. I would want to have a similar curve in the hair to the ones in the images above at the front side of my models hair.

Claudia Moodboard