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During this lesson we played around with bases to decide on what sort of colour/ texture we wanted to achieve for our version of a period 'Miss Havisham'. I wanted to look at a younger Havisham and so i stuck to an natural ivory base, the sort of colour you would expect from a young woman in her prime. After applying the base i then went on to add powder to the left side of the face and moisturiser to the high points of the face (such as the on the cheek bones, around the eyes/temples) on the right. Although the right hand side looks less flawless this will be far harder to recreate and ensure continuity, so therefore i will use the same base application you can see on the left hand side and add in any blemishes etc that i wish to have, this way i can be sure of the continuity.
The aim of this task was to take one hairstyle, which was a french pleat and manipulate it based on the keywords romantic, cruel and decaying, words that were taken from Dickens 'Great expectations' based on the 3 main characters- Miss Havisham, Estella and Pip.
The inspiration for these manipulations came from my earlier post:
I like the idea of a tight sleek shape to create a hairstyle that reflects the element of cruel. I like how this hair style shows the different colours throughout my models hair and adds an extra dimension to the style. I also like how I used a lot of volume to create a large french pleat, I think the volume adds to the elements and reflects authority. However i think i could improve this by making the shape sleeker and tighter around the neck line to create a nicer silhouette. I could also look at add in some more detail with a more defined curl added to the top of the pleat or the side of the head.
Decaying:
I love this design and its my favourite of the 3. The bed head curls loosely gathered back into a soft french pleat all add to the feeling that we are looking at something that was once very put together and beautiful and over time has aged and wilted and been taken over by gravity. The added accessories of dead roses and fallen petals only add another dimension to the hair style and really complete it. However i now need to work on reflecting this in a more Victorian hairstyle, that would be more suited to Miss Havisham, i could still use the idea of the french pleat i would just need to add volume to the top and sides to show the height reflected by the women of the Victorian era.
Romantic:
For this style i really like the soft pieces of hair that are loose and let to fall around the face to shape it, i also like the added detail of a section of hair twisted and clipped back into the loose french pleat. However to improve and add a more Victorian feel i would need to add some more structure to the style but still with the softness of the details i have added here.
I had to decide on what sort of colour I wanted to use on the lips for both Miss Havisham and Estella, i decided to go for an orange tone, a red tone and a pink nude tone. Although i really liked the orange and red tones feel they wont suit my natural, period piece and they may be a little to contemporary and therefore it wouldn't suite the brief of creating a period piece.
Therefore i think i will use a nude toned colour on the lips of both my Miss Havisham and Estella although i may have a slightly more brown toned nude for Miss Havisham and a peachy pink tone for Estella.
After discussing the 3 main characters Pip, Miss Havisham and Estella within class, collectively we picked some key words in which related to each character. After doing this we had to find 3 hairstyles that we thought related to these words to aid us in the process of creating ideas for our characters.
Estella's keywords: Cold/ Cruel:
When i think of the words cold/ cruel in terms of hair i imagine sleek, poker straight hair, with each piece precisely positioned. I also imagine mostly up do's like the one you can see in the image above. However an updo like the one above wouldn't be suited to a hair style designed for a period estella, although this will be part of my inspiration in creating Estella's hair design, i imagine a classic victorian updo ensuring i create a lot of height, but with everything neatly placed and secured.
Pip's keywords: Romantic/ Passionate:
When i think of the words passionate/ romantic i envision loosely secured updo with curls tumbling out and let loose around the face, the whole hair do should be soft, much like the image above. For the creation of Miss Havisham and Estella i must decided whether or not i want to reflect a hint of a feminine romantic twist on their hair, more so for Mrs Havisham if i choose to create her closer to her wedding day, rather than further on in her life.
Miss Havisham's keywords: Decaying/ Eccentric
Firstly when i imagine the work eccentric i envision a hair style that is over the top and demands attention from anyone who comes across it, whether this be down to the colour, the cut or the style it had been secured into. I imagine for Miss Havisham that she could have a very grand and slightly eccentric style for her wedding day to ensure everyone knows that its her day. The word decaying makes me think of a hair style that was once as it should be, but over time has now loosened, fallen and matted. This would add texture and volume, 2 more keywords that need to be considered when deciding on a decaying hair style for Mrs Havisham.
All images are screenshots from my pinterest page and can be found here: http://www.pinterest.com/ayeshaneve/
Great Expectations was originally set in the Victorian era, during which life was extremely different to how it is now in the 21st century.
The life of those who were poor left little to be desired for anybody. The living conditions in which they lived were destitute and often lead to many infections and often or not death as the health care was minimum. Although those who were of a higher class also died around the age of 40 or so and that in itself was considered an achievement. Living in the Victorian age you would be faced with many diseases that weren't curable by the antibiotics or such things. People would die of the common cold and sewage laced the streets covering any clothing in it. Diseases:
Cholera: caused by contaminated water, it causes the circulation to slow down in the body and eventually it will lead to death, in the victorian age people even stopped eating fruit and veg in a hope to dodge the disease.
Diphtheria: This is something that was highly contagious and caused a mucus in the throat which made breathing a difficulty, and again often lead to death
Consumption otherwise known as tuberculosis which is caused by bacteria that begins to attach to all organs and shut them down, its was found that only direct sunlight would help with this, but more often than not ended in death and was the common cause.
This era was also known for the gothic architecture, an industrial revolution and many expressive novels just like Great Expectations.
When considering this for my characters i need to create i should consider that the skin may be dull, and pale. It could have a blue or yellow discolouration to the skin to show that they may have a disease, also i could include things such as boils, or sores that may be caused by scratching of bites from flies and rats due to the extremely low standards of hygiene in which surrounded them.
In this modern day adaption of the classic Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations' we see Helena Bonham Carter playing 'Miss Havisham', with Jeremy Irvine as 'Pip' and 'Holliday Grainger' as 'Estella'.
When i watched this film first thing that struck me was costumes as a whole including hair and makeup. It all looked brilliant it really had me hooked and observing each and every detail, down to the spot of dust on Havishams' face.
We see the film portraying period characters however with contemporary twists and this is really interesting to look at how other people portray the characters now in the modern day based up on how Dickens created them within his novel.
This film followed the storyline, being left on the wedding day and all clocks stopped, we then go through the upbringing of Estella and Pip who comes to play with Estella, as they grow we see Pip sent to London to be a gentleman and Estella left in their home village to continue her work, and break mens hearts the way Havisham brought her up. We see Pip visit Havisham and eventually be told never to return. There are many different endings to great expectations and in this adaption we see Estella and Pip finally meet again as the friends they always were.
After watching this modern day adaption it really inspired me to get thinking about ideas and it led to me playing around with makeup and hair ideas for my Havisham piece. However in this film we see a very theatrical hair and makeup used throughout and for my Miss Havisham i have decided i want to create something a little less theatrical and a little more realistic to what i thought she may actually look like.
