Whilst in the process of filming...

Okay, I've decided to upload some of the pictures we took whilst getting ready to film my main piece; namely, the process of applying make-up to my two characters.

Picture one

Here's Ellie, my main character, getting ready for her make-up. As her character is supposed to be somewhat gothic, she needed the most make-up; we focused mainly on her eyes as they are the feature point of her face.

Picture two

Here's Ellie again after we had begun to apply the make-up; we used some basic black eyeshadow and eyeliner to make her eyes look darker and more gothic. As Ellie's eyes are blue naturally, the dark make-up made them stand out quite effectively, which was the effect I wanted.

Picture three

In this picture we're applying more eyeliner underneath Ellie's eyes; this was to make her face look more bruised and like she'd been crying.

Picture four
Here is the finished result after we had applied the second load of eyeliner - liquid this time, as it smudges more - and had smudged it in.

Picture five

Next, we started working on her cheeks; they needed to look as though she had been scratching them, so we used some red lipliner as it was the most effective in creating welt-like scratches.

Picture six

We also applied some pale brown lipstick jauntily to Ellie's lips, then smudged it to the sides to make her look a little more unkempt and distressed.

Picture seven

Okay, here's what it looked like when we'd finished Ellie's right cheek and lipstick; after this picture was taken, we also began work on her left cheek in the same fashion.

Picture eight

In this picture you can see that we had lightly applied some of the red lipliner to Ellie's left cheek, and smudged her eyeliner in more. We also backcombed and took her hair out of the ponytail; we needed it to look messy and all over the place. Ta-daaa! Ellie is completed.

Picture nine

Next, we apply some make-up to my other character, Hailey, but only sparingly; as her character is portrayed as a normal teenage girl, we only felt it necessary to apply some foundation and straighten up her hair.

Picture ten

And here we have it - my finished characters.