Bloody Mary: Evaluation

The first look I created what that of the victim, I am very pleased in my choice of design and how it translated onto my model. I feel as though the burn and bruising was done to better effect in my practice work than that of the final, but having no time to redo the look I still find that I am happy in the result from the shoot done. The model I used was also perfect for shooting with, she would change her expression and poses to match the character perfectly and was a pleasure to work with. Though I know there are areas I need to improved, I still feel I did well and used the techniques I have learnt to the best of my abilities.

The second look although simple looking took a lot more work than it appears, I after all had to apply foundation to all the skin that was exposed, this being, face, neck, shoulders, arms and hands. Fortunately, I think the effort was well worth it and it makes the red stand out well and look more obscure and disturbing. The hair also turned out better than I expected, though not much like my original design, though its untame appearance despite being styled adds a great contrast of trying to break out much like the spirit trying to break free of the mirror. The plats around the wrists of my model really added a twist to the look and it is one of my favourite parts of the design, as mentioned before, my model was great to work with and was more than willing to let me restrain her with her own hair.

I have really enjoyed this project and I think following my research, my final designs and images work very well as the two looks for a music video based around an urban gothic legend, it being obvious who is the victim and who is Bloody Mary, even though the make up looks involve colours and features more common used in the opposite, the purity of white being used to add a creepier atmosphere to Bloody Mary, and the inflictions of asylum treated apparent on the victim helping her to look more helpless and innocent.

Bloody Mary: Protagonist

Bloody Mary: Victim

Bloody Mary: Final Design Protagonist

After much thought, this is the final look I have settled on for Bloody Mary for the reasons I stated in explanation of its design. I think it will be most effective and matched my interpretation of the story better.

Having decided on the make up design, it made it easier to decide on the hairstyle, this is the one I have chosen as my final as I feel it will test my skills and is not something I have attempted before, as well as matching the character best, also corresponding well with the design of the victim's character.

I also created a style board to help me with styling for the character of Bloody Mary during my shoot. On it once again I have included the face chart and hair design to use as a reference point, and once again I am using the same model, the reason being that Bloody Mary is using the reflection as a source to haunt the victim, therefore taking on their appearance but twisting it to a more ghostly and disturbing form. For this look I have decided to use a black back drop to add a darker and more evil atmosphere to the character, also allowing the white corset, skin and light hair to stand out and contrast against it. I included one of the hairstyles on the board also as a loose point of reference with my own sketch, both being very similar however, so it seemed like it might be helpful, as did the image below it, as during the shoot I would like to have my model bite on a blood capsule to experiment with this idea. The final image, like with my previous board, is just a basic idea of posing and facial expression.

Bloody Mary: Final Design Victim

This is the make up design I have ultimately decided to use for my final look of the victim, I feel through all my research this is the design is the strongest and my favours lean towards it. I think by using this design my final looks with be more unique and interesting, the story behind it being more thought out.

I created a style board for my shoot, it shows my model choice and make up design as well as other elements important to the shoot. The model is a friend of mine and I selected her for her light, long blonde hair and naturally pretty face. I then decided on using a white back drop to add more of an innocent atmosphere in the image of the victim, pure and clean. I included a picture of the hair I want to replicate onto my model, messy and uncared for as I mentioned in my ideas previous. I also included my practice bruises and burn images to use as reference during the application of make up. The final image to comment on is one of the stranger ones included on the sheet, that being the young girl covering her mouth as though she has said something bad, this is a pose idea for my model, this way the wrist will be seen and follows the idea of the myth, that being she has chanted the name and shows regret and fear by covering her mouth.

Bloody Mary: Protagonist Hair Design Ideas

Here I roughly sketched five ideas towards my hair design for Bloody Mary, though until I settle on which make up look I want to use, I cannot finalise which design I want to use.

Top Left:
This is a very simple idea and feel it would work well with my first make up design, however, with how plain the make up is for the second two ideas this look really wouldn't work well at all, it would need to be more extravagant and experimental.

Top Center:
This look is very clean and neat, though it is also more interesting and could possibly work with all three of the designs. Thinking about the second design idea from my victim though, this hairstyle would compliment it rather well as the plats hanging down from the sides could be tied around the wrists of Bloody Mary to symbolise the restraints as the victim would have the bruises around their wrists, so this style might be more suitable for the second two design I have done for Bloody Mary.

Top Right:
Going with the idea of insanity and the asylum, this idea is very mad and all the hair has been back brushed to make it messy and out of control. I feel this look would also go better with the last two of my designs as its volume would over-shadow the detailed floral pattern in the first design. Though one again, I feel this look is too easy and doesn't require much effort so I probably won't end up using it.

Bottom Left:
For this look, I took a lot of inspiration from the avant-garde hairstyles I researched previously. I took inspiration from Victorian and Gothic hairstyles and how the hair is sectioned and pinned, though I intend to back brush the hair and make it messier to look more deranged and insane. The plats on either side of the head will also be messy to match to the rest of the hair, and they will then also be tied around the wrists of Bloody Mary to indicate the use of restraints. This hair would be better used with designs two and three, also matching well with the second design I created for the victim character.

Bottom Right:
This was my final idea towards the hair designing, it is just a basic Victorian look matching to Emilie Autumn's own style and would work well with all of my designs for Bloody Mary. However, I have done this look in my previous project and want to test myself further so probably won't use this look though I have considered it.

Bloody Mary: Protagonist Make Up Design Ideas

Design One:

To compliment my first design for the victim, I created a look using the same floral pattern emerging from the mouth. However, as Bloody Mary appears in the mirror to attack her victims, I changed sides of the mark to make it more apparent she is a reflection. Though the rest of the make up isn't the same, Bloody Mary is after all meant to be dead, so other then the mark and black lips, my model will be completely white to give a ghostly effect to the look.


Design Two:

This was my second design, made to compliment the second design from my victim. I liked the idea of having a white base to make Bloody Mary look more ghostly and spirit-like, as because of this I wanted the rest of the make up to contrast against the white to stand out and look more obscure  to do this, I have darkened the eyes to make her appear more sinister and unforgiving. For the lips, I want the inside to seem very red and bleeping out into the white lips, making them look sore and making the look more unsettling and creepy.


Design Three:

I scrapped my third idea for the victim, and this look is a development from the one above so also made in regards to the second design of the victim. It is almost exactly the same as the design above, only this time I want to keep the eyes white as well as the lashes, this highlights the red in the lips and actually makes the design even more unsettling, the complete white look being very spiritual and the bleeding red of the lips almost making the look unpure and evil.

Bloody Mary: Victim Design Ideas

Design One:

This was one of my first designs, influenced by a picture previously in my research, I followed the idea of having a floral pattern emerging out of the moth to continue down the body, acting as a visual sign of being inflicted with the curse of Bloody Mary. I also blackened the lips to imply this is part of the curse spreading out of it. Also with this look I decided the pattern would continue down to the models hand and possibly further, once the mark had spread down to her feet, she will be doomed to death. The rest of the make up is simple and more complimenting the model's own features, this is because I feel any other makeup would over shadow the main impact of the look.
The hair for this look is very simple, it will be curled and slightly messy, I want the model to appear more natural and modern so the hair is going to be very basic but modern.


Design Two:

This was my second design, using my main body of research to influence its development. The make up to be done to the victim will have been the effects of the treatments my 'Bloody Mary' character will have gone through during her time in the asylum. What appears to be bruises on the forehead in this design are actually skin burns made from electroconvulsive therapy, though it is not seen here, I will also bruise the wrist of my 'victim' to give the impression of restaints that would have been used to contain 'Bloody Mary' whilst she's having an episode. The rest of the make up will be very simple to give the impression she is under too much stress to put any make up on after having seen 'Bloody Mary', but I will create the illusion of eye bags so she is more tired and stressed looking.
With the idea that she has no time to make herself up, I won't be extensively styling her hair either, though I will back brush it gently so it give them impression she has just come out of bed though the eye bag will indicate lack of sleep and a restless night.


Design Three:

This was my last design idea for my victim character, I came up with the idea to have a very glamourous look as though she is just about to summon Bloody Mary in the mirror, this look contrasting to the insane and damaged reflection of Bloody Mary. I feel this could work well for a music video, but perhaps some of my other ideas would work even better.
To match the perfect and polished make up, I would give this look perfect curled hair to compliment the make up.