Female Character's Makeup/Hair

For the test shoot I did my hair and makeup how we imagined the female character's hair and make up to look. I think it looked really good but for the real thing I think her hair should look a bit more messy and the eyeliner should be a bit more over the top.

- Mel -

Heyy guys...sorry i didn't get a chance to check the blog yesterday but all the prop ideas sound really good...i've found a red handbag, really simple red jewelerry box thing, a red tie for the guy and two fake red roses =) haha we're all going a bit red mad! Also Alice i think your corridor shots are really good and it would make it more interesting to shoot that scene from all different angles!...See you guys tomorrow!!...oh yeah i've also got a camera now so can take pictures tomorrow of 'the process' etc lol

Props

Yeh they do sound quite good. I just called my sister (I'm not home) and she's gonna take a pic of our wine glasses and I'll post the pic as soon as she sends it to me.

Here's the glasses:
I thought they would be quite good because they're those ones that suposedly fit half a bottle so when you only put a bit of wine in them they look really good.


- Mel -

Props

Ohhh wine glasses. Good point - ( i just this second posted a blog about props, and that was one thing i forgot to include! haha )
You can bring them if you want, but it's not absolutely necessary because for the test shoot i have loads of glasses, and you'll have all the equipment and stuff to bring.
I just looked in my cupboard & we have glasses with little bubbles in ( lol ) which i dont think would be suitable. And we also have glasses with like a swirl around them. Which are quite elegant and could work.

Those candlesticks are perfect, they'll look really good with red candles in them. And that knife is so good, I can really imagine the final shot now I've seen that and more of your kitchen.
Btw do u want me to bring the wine glasses for the test shoot? or should I not bother?
Thats so funny, just as you posted the props we needed I was writing the list out lol
- Mel -

Props

We discussed this yesterday in our meeting, but here is a list of things that we need to get/find somewhere in our house or to buy:
(please update the list, because i've more than likely forgotten some!! ) :)
1) White towel
2) Photo frame - picture of the girl and the guy. (More discussions on Actors needed. We can do this on Monday:) )
3) Red Nail varnish. I have a perfume bottle with a red lid. My sisters got a little red clock. etc , just general 'girly' things that we can put on the dressing table.
4) Phones - Aarti mentioned a more old fashioned house phone to fit in more with the 'elegance'. We'll see what we can do!
5) Red Necklace - if no one has one , then i was in M&S yesterday and they have like a whole array of red jewelerry. It's quite dear though, but if one of us likes it and will wear it again then that's something we can do.
6) Clothes - i spoke to Laura about the dress yesterday. We were talking about the one with the roses on that she wore to Rememberance day - but it's a zip up the side dress. And we wanted to have a shot of her tying it from the back ...
She mentioned a navy blue dress that has a ribbon at the back. Navy blue can be quite elegant?
I also have a black dress that i think would be really suitable, but i don't know if it will fit. We'll also discuss this on monday.
7) Red Lipstick - got this covered! :) haha, thanks Mel.
And i have really light foundation. Eye liner etc is easy to do.
Lots more discussion needed on the guy ...
8) Red Wine
9) Roses (we said we were going to put dried out roses in the fireplace as well -Mel-)
10) Some sort of knife
11) Matches
12) Wine Glasses! (-Mel-)

-Alice