Scene 3 Storyboard

Scene 2 Storyboard

Updated Styling, Hair and Makeup for Final Shoot

When initially receiving the footage from Harrison and finding that some of the clips were out of focus I was extremely stressed for many reasons, such as model availability, studio bookings and whether I would use him again; however after calming down I started to see the positives. Re-shooting the scene would allow me to review the footage to make any changes I felt necessary, such as styling, lighting and choreography. Re-shooting also allowed me to take individual images of each styling for each look, which I did not do previously.

I was pleased with how the models' first looks translated on film because they all looked youthful and perfected; however I felt the mature model's second styling did not look flattering and the makeup was not dark enough. I felt very rushed when doing the models' makeup and hair in my previous shoot as we had a time limit, therefore my mature model's look did not look as completed as the others. I also only had one day to find her styling and I was not completely happy with the result as it didn't look age appropriate. All the images on the left were taken on the previous shoot and the images on the right are the improved versions.

Styling

I knew I wanted my model to wear a khaki top because she needed to complement the other society member; however the last minute styling resulted in combining two tops to create a long sleeve and full length top. The two khaki colours did not match and the arms were too short, making it look very unflattering. My model said she felt uncomfortable wearing bare legs and I agreed this would not be suitable for her age, so I decided she should wear beige trousers to give the look of bare legs; however this was, again, unflattering. For the re-shoot I found a warmer toned khaki top, with a flattering and age appropriate neckline. I was too concerned about making the styling look as similar as possible to the other society member; however I think using the same colour in different styles works more effectively in portraying that society are gradually moulding into one. I then chose black jeans to mirror the black mesh shorts on the other model and because they are more flattering. My model looked and felt much more comfortable in her new styling. 

Makeup

I made both society members' eye makeup darker for the second look to give a more dramatic, fierce look; however I don't think this makeup translated on camera for the mature model. I added a smudged line of dark brown on the model's upper lash line for a darker look because I was concerned her eyes would look tired and heavy with any more makeup on; however I don't think it looks different enough from her first look. I therefore added the same khaki eye shadow I added to my other model for a smoked out, dramatic eye look. I think this complements the khaki styling and transforms the everyday look to a dramatic, intense eye look. 

Hair

I was unsure how to style my mature model's hair for her second look, so I decided to keep it the same as in her first look. Looking at the footage, I regret doing this because the other models' hair becomes more slick and tight, so it looks out of place that her hair stayed the same. I therefore decided to add lots of gel to her hair and slick it back and off her face for a severe, more high fashion look. This mirrored the other hairstyles transforming from relaxed to sleek.

These changes in the mature model's second look will complete the outfit changes, making the transitions look more clear and slick. I am pleased I got more time to make these changes as I think they will improve my film's ending scene.

Planning Final Shoot

I was extremely nervous when planning this shoot because I was unsure whether to trust that Harrison was going to be there. I therefore had to think up backup options for lighting incase he didn't show up again. This was my main concern as I didn't want the quality of my film to suffer because Harrison didn't turn up. I made sure I messaged him a few days before and the day before to make sure he was coming and to make sure he knew how important this final shoot was to my project. 

I made a list of things I needed to bring to the shoot, as well as what I needed to bring for my team members. I did this to ensure I did not forget anything. 

Thursday 13th April

Linda (Behind the scenes film)

• Camera
• Big SD card
• Tripod

Fran (Photography)

• SD card
• Get camera out!
• Set up soft box for makeup/hair pics

Other

• Storyboard X2
• Laptop
• External hard drive
• Sophie wrist bands/leaflets

Scene 1

Set

• White covered books X3
• Bed frame
• Mattress
• Plastic to cover mattress
• White sheets
• White pillow case
• White pillow
• White paint

Styling

• Nail varnish remover/cotton pads
• Pj set (already steamed)

Makeup

• Moisturiser
• Powder
• Concealer (blemishes)
• Eyebrow brush
• Supra colour palette
• Big eye shadow palette
• Foundation pans
• Black cross (get dad to make variety of sizes)
• Brushes

Hair

• Tail comb
• Brush
• Hair gel/oil
• Blonde hair grips
• Small brown hair bands/elastics
• Black sticks (at least 16!)
• Hair spray

Final Scene

Styling

• Double sided sticky tape
• White belt
• Leather top
• Leather skirt
• Nude high waisted pants
• Full nude pants
• White blazer
• White high waisted pants
• Natalie look 1
• Louise look 1
• Linda look 1
• Louise look 2
• Linda look 2

Makeup

• Moisturiser
• Mac store cream
• L’Oreal pale foundation
• Boujois medium foundation
• Stila colour correct palette
• Stila Concealer/Mac pro longer nc15
• Translucent powder
• Big eye shadow palette (white)
• Hola bronzer
• Mac cream highlight
• Ofra highlight wheel
• White supra colour
• Eyeshadow primer
• Eyebrow brush
• Eyelash glue
• White eyelashes
• Maybelline liquid lipstick
• Clear lip gloss
• Mac fix+
• Body glow (oil or moisturiser)
• Dark sleek eye shadow palette (khaki)

Hair

• Hair gel/oil
• Brush
• Tail comb
• Brown hair bands/elastics
• Blonde hair grips
• Hair spray
• Hair piece
• Padding

Final Preparation

I was shooting two scenes in one day so planning everything was crucial. For the first scene, I needed to make sure all the sheets were ironed into their folded positions so they looked neat and clean. The bed was already in the makeup storage cupboard, so on the day I would have to carry the bed down in pieces and reassemble it in the studio. I was concerned the white paint on the bed would chip or flake so I brought some white paint to patch it up if that was the case. I wanted some perfect looking white books to be placed at the end of the bed, so my father covered three evenly sized books in white paper.

I decided to shoot the final scene in the studio at my house because it is where I shot it previously and I had no problems with the space. Also my model can get to it more easily as she lives locally and I could prepare all the styling and makeup etc the day before to make it quicker and easier when the team arrived at my house. Harrison suggested shooting the final scene in the studio; however we could only book the studio until 4pm so that wouldn't have given us enough time. I felt very grateful having the option of shooting in a studio at my house because it meant that we didn't have a time limit which made the whole team much more relaxed. 

Creating my Storyboards - Scene 1

I found creating these storyboards extremely useful, not only because they helped me to clarify what I wanted in each scene, but because I could see the styling, makeup and props come together. I decided to first do a rough sketched draft of my storyboard so I could create exactly what I wanted in each scene, I then did a photoshoot to make each sketch come to life. Creating my storyboard with images allowed me to see exactly how each scene was going to look and how all the aspects of the scene would look together, rather than drawing what I hoped the scene would look like.

Creating this detailed storyboard gave my models and cameraman a clear understanding of what I expected for each individual clip, meaning I could concentrate more on the makeup/hair than explaining every detail to my team. However I still worked very closely with my team to make sure they understood everything and the footage was looking how I had envisioned. I printed out a storyboard for every member of the team so they could follow what was happening.

Storyboard Scene 1

Planning the Re-Shoot of the Final Scene

After receiving the footage and being disappointed with the lighting and some of the quality, I decided to put together a rough draft of the scene so I could locate the sections I wanted re-filmed and see if all the clips worked together in creating my vision. The rough draft is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu8hN4YGuLE

I think the movement translated well on camera and the use of three models was effective in making her feel more included my different generations. The use of two sets of styling introduces her growth in confidence because I entwined the more dramatic styling in small clips towards the end until she appears in her full white leather styling. I originally wanted to show She in the white styling throughout; however I think the styling would have been too dominant if used throughout, distracting from the emotion and movement.

Harrison said I would need to colour correct each scene to create my desired effect; however I still felt some clips were too dark for this to rectify them. I made a clear list of all the clips I wanted to re-shoot and why I wanted to re-shoot each one.

Close up of hands on body
- Put the camera on a tripod to keep the camera completely still
- Change the model’s positioning to look like my previous test shoot
- Pull the model’s sleeve up to her shoulder to show more skin
- Make the hands come in and out more randomly and slowly

First image of Louise
- Have the models twist to get the their positions to continue the roll from the previous clip
- Have Natalie in focus, then out of focus, then in focus again
- Make the focusing in and out quicker

Falling section
- Make the lighting brighter but adding a fill light
- Natalie should keep her head straight the whole time to make the movement more subtle
- Capture a closeup of Louise’s hands when she catches Natalie (second fall)
- Do the side angle shot with the same lighting

Arm across body
- Make the lighting brighter throughout this long clip, especially when the model turn around
- Move the camera down slightly so you can see the arm movement more clearly
- Do all the angles in the test shoot with the new lighting

Extended arms
- Make the arms softer and less robotic
- Make sure the models look up at the same time, to keep synchronised
- Increase the brightness of the lighting slightly

Dance face to face
- Make the lighting brighter, but using a fill light on the shadows
- Do all the same angles again with new lighting

Stand in line
- Shoot the side angle, but make it in focus

End clip

- I need to re-choreograph the ending as I think it is too long and monotonous.

This clip is with all three models, when She reveals her unedited self in her rebellious white leather gown. I want her to look empowered and confident; however I don't want her to look like she thinks she is better or more important than the other two models because this scene reflects her feeling of acceptance into society. I felt like in the shoot above, it looked like she was the leader of the other models because she was stood in front of them and they were in such dark lighting. However I have spoken to Harrison and agreed the lighting should be more evenly spread across the models and I think She should be positioned within the other models rather than always in front of them. She's styling is very dominant so the choreography needs to reflect that she belongs to society.

I will keep how She slowly unfolds upwards; however I will place the two models in front of her and facing her for a more inclusive feel. The two models will then place their hand on She's shoulder to reflect their acceptance and they will continue to do a slow, smooth body roll in unison, as shown similarly in the shoot above. After this they will all turn to face the left in a line and then fall slowly forwards onto each other, reflecting their trust and built relationship. This clip will then fade into the final clip which I did not choreograph for the shoot above, so I will need to decide how the final scene will show She's reality of discrimination crashing down on her.

Other Changes

I will make the older model's eye makeup slightly darker when she changes her styling towards the end because the other two models seem to change dramatically; whereas her makeup and hair stays very similar. To make her look more confident and slightly fierce I will slick her hair back with gel as it will look more dramatic and high fashion than her more relaxed hair in the previous styling.

I have organised a photographer to take images of behind the scenes to give me images to reflect on and image to add to my website. I was disappointed that I didn't get many images from the last time I shot this scene so I got a photographer to make sure that I didn't have to worry about this happening again.

Choreographing the Deteriorating Final Clip

The ending of my film will show She's fantasy of feeling accepted disintegrate to her initially feeling of ostracism. After the final scene of her engagement with accepting members of society, She's state of mind will rewind to depression and isolation.

When I still planned to use paint of beauty products to represent her liberation, I was going to use black paint to engulf the model's freedom; however I agreed with Sebastiane that this sounded cliche. I then decided to have the members of society wrap the She up in black mesh to mirror the black mesh She was originally tangled up in; however I later decided not to use the black mesh so this would no longer make sense. I therefore needed to think of more options to show her deterioration.

I had to re-style the dancer in the final scene to wear her khaki styling; however I had initially planned for her to mirror She's white leatherette styling and so had made a white leather blazer. I thought it would be effective for She to appear confident in her white structured blazer and for them hands to appear from different angles to remove her individuality. These hands mirror when She is lying down and feels suffocated by the anonymous hands of society picking and pushing at her body and clothes. I would introduce the whispering when these hands appear to remove her clothing to reflect the constant damaging voices in her head and the constant forced opinions of society.

Filming

I want the anonymous hands to remove her styling, makeup and hair to leave her looking bare. I want there to be extreme closeups of the eyelashes being removed and the hair being pulled off. I think the footage needs to look raw by showing little details that some people may choose to hide to make it believable, for example, the glue of the eyelashes and the pins in the hair.

I needed to be extremely organised when deciding what order each clip needed to be filmed in because once the eyelashes are removed or the hair is taken off, the following clips need to continue that stage in the deterioration. I therefore wrote a clear list of shots I wanted in the order I wanted them shot in so that I could work with Harrison to build the scene correctly.