Makeup: Protagonist

For the Thriller we had to do makeup for our protagonist to make her look like before hand she had been done up and pretty but now looked rough from being in confinement. In the end the makeup looked like this...

In the planning we had wanted to use white eyeliner in the eyes however we decided against it as it didnt show up much on camera. Instead we used brown eye shadows to give our protagonists eyes more depth and we used brown tones to show her as very plain and ordinary in character.

We also did some bruising on the face as planned, using eyeshadows. This turned out to look very realistic and showed up well in the camera. To add a bit more believability we ran some water under the eyes and smeared the mascara to make it look like she had been crying. We kept with the plan of having her with pale lips which made her look very pale and sickly. Also it highlighted her eyes more which had to be the centre of attention when she was looking scared.

by Bethany Smith