MAKEUP IDEAS

AMERICAN HORROR STORY•This AHS tutorial is from the ‘Hotel’ series. This makeup is inspiring to our thriller as we had previously thought about a bridal/mourning vail as a costume design as it acts as a disguise and concealment for the character; representing a ghost effect and fits well with a thriller. The only problem we would have with this is the getting the small white vail and getting a fake key to stick onto the face. Also, recreating the makeup will be difficult over a period of a few days and will be hard to make it look similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBH4IhAeB0

•This ‘white nun’ makeup is one of our favourite makeup ideas. The process of the makeup is easy and quick to do and would be a lot easier to recreate as there isn't as much detail. The only problem we would have is cracking of the face paint as there is a lot of face paint involved. Another problem is the dripping of the black paint, whenever we recreate the makeup on another day we will have to be careful to make the dripping look as similar to before as possible.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvq4ZfcOqY

CONCEALED FACEThis ‘smiley’ tutorial would look good for a thriller as it is different and would give off a creepy effect. The slits as eyes, a wide bloody smile and no nose suggests unsettlement to the audience as it is a form of concealment. To the audience, concealment of the face and not being able to see a face comes across as unusual and disturbing as society do not come across a face being covered up often so this would unsettle them. Therefore, this would be good for a thriller as we want to imply a disconcerting vibe. Unfortunately, even though this would be perfect for our thriller as it would be hard to recreate over a period of days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpqde77Fol4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r1P90XoSxw

In this voodoo doll makeup, there is the same idea of being horrific for the audience due to the concealment of the face. This would also be good for our thriller as it is different and strange. The problem with doing this makeup is that it will be very difficult to recreate again like the ‘smiley’ one but also there are many risk hazards with this makeup such as not being able to see out the eyes and looks as if you would struggle to breath through this. Also another problem with both of these makeups is that they wouldn’t fit our certificate 15, instead for these makeup ideas, a suitable certificate is 18.

OPEN WOUNDS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3dB-u0esY&spfreload=10

This special fx makeup for our thriller would be good for more effect and a thrill for the audience but a problem for this would be that we would have to create a scene where the girl gets this wound and wouldn’t look effective or good if we filmed a scene like this. Also another problem would be that it wouldn’t look realistic if the girls skin was all white and wouldn’t fit in well but would be easier to create. If we was to use this idea, I would include it in a final scene when she maybe moves the fabric away from her shoulder and then reveals a horrific open wound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9hGVwXjNro

The ‘Chelsea smile’ makeup is another good special fx idea as it is different but reminds me of the joker. This makeup would look good in the thriller and would add more detail in the face and make it look more interesting but yet disturbing for the audience.

As our group has come to the conclusion of doing the ‘white nun’ makeup, a white pale face with black dripping down the face, this special fx around the face would add interest unlike other thrillers. This would also be helpful as our genre is a horror/thriller so therefore this would fit into the genre and make it more of a horror.