Evaluation

For my last post on this project I wanted to write a brief evaluation. 

I have enjoyed this project quite a lot really, the thing I found most challenging was getting going with this project because I didn't know where to start but once I got going I began to notice and think about different things I could explore. I found it interesting looking at all the different reference points we could find (for example how Dickens created his characters) and developing my final looks. 

I am overall happy with my final looks/photos and they portray what I wanted them to, the only issue I had was that the lighting for the Estella shoot was a bit too bright and so made the black eye a bit less obvious and the colour work for the black eye (it mainly affected the yellows and greens I used) doesn't show very well, however because this would be filmed in HD for HDTV there wouldn't be this problem because it would be more detailed and so more realistic. 

So I guess that't it, another project over.. time for the next one!

Final images for Miss Havisham

Final Images for Estella

"Love her, love her, love her"

""Love her, love her, love her!  How does

she use you?""

""Love her, love her, love her!  If

she favours you, love her.  If she wounds you, love her.  If she

tears your heart to pieces ­ and as it gets older and stronger, it

will tear deeper ­ love her, love her, love her!""

""Hear me, Pip!  I adopted her to be loved.  I bred her and educated

her, to be loved.  I developed her into what she is, that she might

be loved.  Love her!""

(all from chapter 29, page 180)

In my first post on this blog I said that i had named my blog "Love her, love her, love her" because I had found it an interesting poignant repeated line in the book, bu I have come to realise over the course of this project that it completely fits with my concept of Miss Havisham living her life through Estella now she has been deprived of her own life. The quote now means more to me and has become even more poignant because I think Miss Havisham repeated it and desperately wanted Pip to love Estella so much not just so she could break his heart but so she could feel loved through Estella now that she couldn't feel loved herself.. It's all fallen into place!

Styling

I tried to style my looks to the best I could but keeping to quite a tight budget, luckily I realised I already had quite a few things I could use..

Estella

For the styling of Estella I picked a vintage black lace evening dress that I already had. I decided upon it because I wanted her to be wearing black because it was quite a somber and mysterious colour which suited her and it also had quite a Victorian neckline. I also chose to use some vintage purple dangly earrings because they fit with the rich colours of the Victorian era and I also thought they could have been a gift from Miss Havisham because Estella is her prize possession. I didn't want to use a necklace or hair accessories too because I see her character as being neat and tidy and elegant so it wouldn't have fitted for her to have lots of accessories.

Miss Havisham

To style Miss Havisham I found a high neck lace top (to look like a wedding dress in the photo), I thought this worked because I feel that lace is generally associated with younger people because you can see through it so by having it on an older woman I could show that she was young when she first got into it but she hasn't taken it off. I also chose for her to wear a thin shawl and a veil with a trim, this is to complete the wedding look, I also dirtied the veil and made sure nothing was too white so that it looked realistically old and worn. I also thought that the vale could show how she is hiding behind the image of her marriage and how she is desperately trying to hang on to the memories. I will use a prop for this look which will be a dead bouquet of flowers, they are very authentic because they are my bridesmaids flowers from my sisters wedding about 6 years ago! The flowers will not only be part of her hanging on to the memories but they will also represent how she is deteriorating, is fragile, is just holding her structure but also was once very beautiful.

Products lists

Here are the lists of products I will use for the two looks:

Estella’s look :

Face –

Illamasqua satin primer

Illamasqua and Screenface foundations

Illamasqua blusher in ‘Disobey’ & ‘Rude’

Illamasqua loose powder

Eyes –

Screenface concealer palette

Kryolan Supracolour

Maybelline Colossal Volum’ mascara

Screenface eyeshadow palette

Lips –

Screenface lip palette

Miss Havisham’s look :

Face –

Illamasqua matte primer

Illamasqua and Screenface foundations

Illamasqua blusher in ‘Disobey’

Illamasqua loose powder

Eyes –

Screenface concealer palette

Kryolan Supracolour

Screenface eyeshadow palette

Lips –

Screenface lip palette

Liquid Latex

I didn't realise until i had compiled this list but I'm going to use a lot of the same products for both looks. This might seem odd as the looks are so different, but the difference is that I use the products for different reasons and I use the same palettes to start from and then blend my own colours depending on what I need for that look.

Context for my characters

Just a brief overview of how i would see my looks coming alive if they were going to be used for a production.

Who?

I would have Emma Watson or Olivia Wilde playing my Estella because they are both young, have dark hair and have the right face and slightly something behind the eyes look which my look requires.

Playing Miss Havisham I would have either Dame Judy Dench or Dame Helen Mirren (if she hadn't dyed her hair pink recently!) because they are both about the right age, have grey hair and are good at expressive acting.

Where?

My looks would be used for an HDTV production of 'Great Expectations', maybe one that shows Estella and Miss Havisham in a more in-depth/personal way. Because of the famous Actors and Actresses and budget restrictions it would only be a 4 part series, but detailed none the less.

Audience?

My audience would be families because it is interesting/suitable for all ages, people who know and love the story well might appreciate it more though because of its slightly different in-depth/personal take. The famous faces will also help attract lots of different people from all ages to watch.

On-Set?

The make up would be able to be done pretty much anywhere on set however extension leads or plug will be needed for the curlers etc. A lot of attention will have to be payed to continuity of the looks and modifying them to fit the story as it progresses. The budget for hair, make up and styling would have to be pretty decent because quite a lot of make up is used although the make up for the looks is pretty similar.