Advertisement Shoot - Behind the scenes

Just a few shots of us having fun and me getting my model ready for the shoot. I had such great fun on this shoot, as it was my first shoot and everything  went to plan though we did stay a little later than expected but it was due to getting all the light down and away in the studio. 

Overall, there would be nothing changed in this shoot or the outcome of the images they where just as I wanted! Cannot wait to edit them!

Week Seven Reflection

This Wednesday was the timed assessment for group A so I still have time to perfect my look and keep doing practice runs on myself each night, as group B is next week. 

I am excited to get this done and out the way and keep to my timed schedule to keep on top of my blog and submit early! 

Moschino & The Rococo Frame

Moschino & The Rococo Frame

The aim in the fashion industry is to produce the best designs of the season and present them in an even wilder way than they had done before, and with Moschino that was taken literally, as models were sent down the runway in scorched dresses, rapped around wire, in chandeliers and looking like they had just be put out with smoke rising from them.  

Moschino's head designer Jeremy Scott is a famous for having a theme and that was clear from the outset of his AW16 collection.

"The set for his runway collection was made up of ashen bars and blackened pianos as eager famous faces such as Charli XCX made themselves comfortable in ageing silk chairs."

Unlike your average runway, models marched to the beat of their own drum as they twirled down the runway in what can only be described as pure theatre. This is what made me think yes! Perfect for my idea and how can I combine Moschinos raw presentation with my own?

In one of the shots, one model posed in the frame of a mirror in a ravaged gown that was still smoking as she appeared to leap at the heat of her own dress! The outfit was easily the designer's showstopper, flaunting an asymmetrical hem and blackened scorch marks, and was paired with long black gloves, this made me think, how could I combine the fashion with my own, the silks, the gold and red dresses made me think my night editorial shoot clothing could mimic these designs, just not burnt...

In another amazing moment is when one model appeared on the runway encased inside a giant crystal chandelier! This made my jaw drop!

So I tried to create a look that best fits my own designs and came up with the images below, I found a frame and edited it on photoshoot to have my image underneath. I then applied on top of my image so cracked paint (seen in the bottom image) to have that old classic feel. I do like them but don't think I will have this as my final image. But great inspiration still!

Normal

With cracking paint

Overall, I do really like the image I created above but again I don't think it would work as a final peice but none the less I do love the frame idea!












http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3464577/Moschino-models-blaze-trail-runway-scorched-dresses-SMOKING-Milan-Fashion-Week.html

Face and Hair charts for Catwalk, Advertisement and Editorial looks

Face Charts for Catwalk Advertisement and Editorial

When trying to create the best catwalk look with my theme of texture, and to also coincide with Illamasqua's style, I really wanted to go out of the 'box' to create a variety of face charts that included texture. So I looked at different mediums I could use, paint, fullers earth, pearls, ivy etc. 

So below the first face chart was to have a simple glowing face, eyebrows lighting drawn on/ a bit bushy at the front. Then on the cheeks have pearls stuck onto the face as a highlighter and a pearl/pink lip. for the day look. If I where to do this for the night look I would simply change the lip colour to a dark plum or black.

My second idea was to have the same as the first, the simple foundation glow base and then to get powder paint and splatter this on the face. so you really get the sense of the different mediums. 

My third look was to incorporate the first two, pearl all over the face on the brows, down the nose on the contour of the cheeks, then get a gold powder paint and splatter this over the face. 

My fourth and final look was to have the simple base again, and on the lids and brows have gold leaf. And to link to my hair chart a butterfly on the mouth. 

This fourth design is my favourite and the one I will use for my times assessment. It is simple but effective and brings across my theme well and links to the wig I have done and Illamasqua. 

Editorial looks:

Advert looks:

Hair Charts for Catwalk/ Editorial/ Advert Looks

So which one to choose for each look! 

Catwalk

For Catwalk it will be the birds nest hair style in the wig with blue birds around the head and small white flowers, the face will be the dewey skin, light pink eyes and pink lips, and sprayed with water.

Advertisement Day & Night

With the make-up in this day and night look I want the difference to be the lipstick, and the base of the foundation is basically the same with just a few differences. 

So with the day it will be a light skin could all over the face where you can see the brush strokes, then over the top of that apply more white and different toned colours to make it look like she is painted.

Editorial Day and Night

With my editorial looks they will have the same basis apart from the added freckles on the day look. The hair will be similar but with the change of butterflies, the night will have gold and white and the day will have white and lavender and maybe a bird or two.

MAC

In these MAC adverts they show colour and creativity. The Flamingo one is what drew me into looking at their lines, as they have a really cutie way of presenting their work and their products. As I was inspired by the Marie Antoinette film, where they heavily use soft pastel colours to enhance the richness of the characters, I watched these short film advertisements and they really have that quality as well. 

They make the viewer look on in a different mind set and help them become consumed in the product and the creative way they present it. It helps them also become more creative themselves in the application of the product. 

With my work I really was to highlight the lips as that is my product, but also get the surroundings and fashion to mimic this also. 

Creating the ink drop - Advertisement

For my advertisement shoot I am wanted to create the day and night look basically the same, the difference being, the lipstick, the background lighting and the wig. 

I want to have the model on one side of the page either slightly looking at the camera or to have their profile looking at the other side of the page which has the product on in. Now as always I want to be difficult and present the product in a ink droplet. Below are some I have created from online images of the lipstick from Illamasqua and an ink drop by Alberto Seveso. He created these beautiful images of think ink that look like mini galaxies. This is something that is hard to do, but with the help of my photographer friend who has his own studio and the equipment that can capture this look. My main inspiration came for a series of images found on pintrest, they are a beautiful way to create different forms of texture and presenting the product. The ink links into my designs as I am following the line of texture and showing I am influenced by many means, ink, paint, powder etc.

So to create this I basically got the ink image from the online source and the lipstick and put them into Photoshop. I then selected the part of the image I wanted to and copied this to another page with a white background.  I then selected from the image of the ink the bottom half and copied this, for later. 

I went and did the same to the lipstick and pasted this onto the ink image. With the bottom ink part I copied I overlaid this on top of the lipstick to make it look like it was already there. I then changed the colouring and shaded the areas to make it look like the lipstick is sitting there. 

I also added text into it with the collection name 'Find The Royalty Within' I chose this as from my idea of Marie Antoinette, she was a royal, the lipsticks chosen have a royal finish and colour and the ink drops fit with that as the colours are so rich and intense.

Test Images:

I have tried this with my final image and it just doesn't look right. I am annoyed as I loved the idea, however I not happy with how it looked with the images taken in the studio they just didn't match so back to the drawing board! 

Week Six Reflection

So this week we got to test out one of our shoots in the studio session which was so good as I now know what I want to do for my advertisement and have booked in the studio for Tuesday to shoot it for my final images! which is exciting and a bit nerve-racking but I know what I want how to set it up and have to get the look so no worries... hopefully! 

In Lotties lesson I had a bit of a stupid moment, I knotted up one of the dolls hair very badly but the outcome on another doll head turned out fine! Don't know how I did it but Lottie fixed it so no harm done!

We also got to test our make-up and hair look for our chosen Catwalk looks to do as a test run which was good as well as I got to see what face-chart worked best and which I one I like the best and is best to do in the timed assessment! 

Overall this week was fun in what we got to do and I have managed to get a lot of work done and get everything structured so I don't loose where I am which is really good for my mental state! 

Timed Assessment

I came into the timed assessment confident in my design and procedure, I had made sure I had all the equipment and the list of how to do the look in a short time frame. 

I laid out all my products, set my model up in her clothing and bib to prepare for the assessment. I had all my designs and procedure on the mirror to stick to. I feel that the assessment went better than I had anticipated and the images showcase that. 

The look is clean, neat and shows the painting effect that I wanted. The camera settings didn't really pick up the oil look I wanted but it came out with a soft finish which looks beautiful. 

My application of the wig we very well also, I have got the accessories already laid out and already new where to put them in the wig before putting in on my model. 

Overall, the look went exactly to plan and if I were to do this again I wouldn't really change anything, the only fault I can think of is maybe next time change the camera settings to really show the oil on the face so she looked more shiny. 

However, I loved this outcome and I did it in under an hour which really made me proud of my final Catwalk look.  

Butterfly inspiration

So for my editorial Day look I really wanted to incorporate butterflies onto the face and in the wig itself. I found the images below on instagram and google just looking around and taking inspiration on where to place the butterflies on the face. The main image that really made me fall in love with the idea is the one with Justin Dingwall (Top left image) his contrast of white skin against the subtle coloured butterflies is so soft and gentle. I really want to imitate this on the skin of my model for this look. My model also has freckles and I think that when it comes to the shoot I will make them more pronounced to have that really sweet and innocent look with the gentle butterflies placed on top.

When actually attaching them to the face, I think my best bet is to use Duo glue, hold it there for a bit and then they will be stuck, simple but effective. Cannot wait to get down and do this shoot just currently waiting for my photographer to be free to get the look done!

Inspiration for skin

Paint and powder

So my inspiration is texture so I really wanted to have a good look at what other artists have created with wet looks, painted look, materials etc.

I want to be able to say I have done them all and found what works best for me and my shoot!

Below are all images found on Pintrest that are all about texture and creating the different dimensions on the skin that I want to achieve.

Dewey/ wet skin

Links:
https://uk.pinterest.com/ghostriverart/war-paint/
https://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=wet%20skin&rs=typed&0=wet%7Ctyped&1=skin%7Ctyped