In correspondence to our characters we had to create a mood board for each of the characters we created. The first one I did was Claudia and this was inspiration mood board for her, I chose I a variety of images that I thought best visually portrayed Claudia. The women on the bottom left is visual inspiration for her look such as styling and the clothing which is khaki colour. The wired fence is to show she is trapped and feels like she in a prison, physically and mentally. The house in the background is the place she is, surrounded by nothing, gives you that feeling of the unknown and emptiness. The women on the middle right is hair reference, natural curly hair. The top picture which is the eyes portarys fear through what we can see, its also a make-up reference as the make-up will be plain and simple like the eyes with red slightly underneath as shes slightly crazy. The photo on the top left shows cuts and blood as Claudia will have cuts on her neck from being irritated and self harming as she scratches at her own neck.
Here I have created my final Face chart for Claudia's make-up looks. The base of the make-up with be a even light coverage with powder to set it and bronzer on the face to contour with and for a slight bronzed effect. Then on the tip will be a nude colour with Vaseline for a natural look, the eyes with have a think layer of mascara to lengthen the lashes and darken them and under the eye will be a red gel smudged slighly. The brows with be slightly filled in so they look natural and using a bruise wheel and bloody scab create bruising on the neck and scratches.Last face look slightly dirty and sweaty so using the brown from the blush palette to create dirt on the skin and baby oil of the forehead/nose/chin to create a sweaty look.
Products:
Illamasqua primer
Charles Fox Foundation
MAC Prep and prime CC powder
Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess
Charles Fox mini lip palette (nude)
Vaseline
Rimmel Mascara
Rimmel brow pencil
Ben Nye Bruise wheel
Bloody Scab
Johnson baby oil
Charles Fox blush palette
Bloody Scab
Bruise wheel
| Hair Trials |
French Plait:
In the walking dead series their hairstyles aren't very elaborate because they don't have proper styling equipment or products. Therefore a design I would have to do would be something a natural looking to suit my character. I had two different ideas of what I could do on my character Claudia. The first was a French plait, this style is good because its easy to do and looks realistic to the situation. The french plait would be messy and slightly falling out with a few strands hanging down. The top would be parted on the side and join at the back creating one plait.
Curly Hair:
I wanted to try natural curly hair as a possible style for my Claudia character. I started with brushing the hair thoroughly and then curling the whole head with medium sized tongs as I didn't want them to be tight curls. Once the whole head was curled I brushed through it with my fingers and and gave it a bit of volume and then sprayed it with hair spray to set.
Out of the two designs Iv'e practiced for Claudia's character I prefer the curly style because I think it will suit her better. I think the style is more loose and casual which fits in better with the series and her character instead of a plait which takes more time to do so the naturally curly hair looks more realistic.
Garments
I wanted the clothing to fit into the rest of the character series so when I studying Claudia and the women characters in the series there was a pattern in there clothing.. they all wore similar colours and styles. The colours consists of brown, khaki, nude, green, black. The style would normally either be a strappy top and maybe with a cardigan and long sleeved top. Therefore when I went shopping looking for clothing I came around this long sleeved khaki coloured top which was perfect. Luckily it was in Primark and was only £3.50. Bargain.
I wanted to experiment with trying out different parts of the make-up and where I could place the prosthetic pieces on the face.
Products:
Latex
Oats
Blood
Bloody scab
Tissue
Supra colour
( tried gelatine)
Firstly I started with the wound on the forehead where in a bowl I mixed Latex and oats together, I then used a spatula to mix it up and put it on the forehead. Once on the forehead I then used a sponge to layer latex over the area where I placed the oats to make sure it blends with the skin and holds on the face.
While the latex and oats were drying I started on the nose area when I used a sponge to create a layer of latex over the nose, I then Ripped a piece of tissue off making sure the edges were all torn and placed it over the latex and then applied another layer of latex on top.
While this was drying I went back to the oats on the forehead and then used my supra colour palette to apply colour to the area. I started with black, white and green on the area and then added the bloody scab which is like a thick blood paste that sets hard and then I added runny blood over the top and for it to drip down the face slightly.
For the nose I added the same colour as the tissue makes the skin bumpy and dry and the colour give the off-skin colour effect.
Attempt and Fail:
I wanted to practise making and using gelatine on the face so I went to Asda and bought bakery gelatine which it works the same. I got a tub out and poured a small amount of hot (not boiling) water and then slowly started adding the gelatine to the mix and stiring it in. On the package it said if the granules haven't melted in just heat it up for a little bit until they dissolve completely in. After it all had dissolved I thought the gelatine would be quite thick (paste like) because I put half amount of water in or maybe less however it was super runny and wasn't setting at all. I tried applying it to the face and it just literlly just dripping off the face and wasn't building up at all. I evenutlly stopped trying and though I will go back to Asda and buy the other forms of gelatine to see how they work and test them before applying to the face.
| Experiment two |
On my second attempt I pre made some gelatine to use on the ace hoping this technique will work. I used the same getaline granules however put even less water. I searched online ways to make it thicker and it said adding either glycerine or honey to the mix. Firstly I tried adding glycerine to it and then left the mix on the side, I went back 10 minutes later and it was set. I then pulled the gelatine mold out and cut into squares and kept it in a sealed container. When applying it on my model I put 2 of the cubes in a plastic cup and put it in the microwave for 10 seconds. Once it has melted it was still very runny however it was much more manageable. I then started applying it on the face and it was setting much better and building it up on the face.
Creating the look:
Firstly I started with the latex and oats again on the head just so I got another try at creating it. I made sure I applied another layer of latex over the top so it all sticks to the forehead and the lump blend into the head.
I then started with the gelatine on the side of the face, I started on the cheek and started building it up as the gelatine became thicker and started drying. I then used a hairdryer on cool (as you don't want to melt it again) to dry the product and latex area.
Once the side of the face had all the base prosthetics I started applying the surpa colour palette paint to the face. When researching how to create look like this I found a video clip on Youtube of the make-up artist from the walking dead creating a look. After applying the gelatine, latex and oats he used a mix of colour and oil on the face to make it blend into the skin and give even thin coverage. I tried this myself mixing the colour and oil and it worked really well on the skin.
Once the whole face was coloured which I used white and green to make the skin look ill I then powdered the face.
Next I used a spatula and picked the gelatine on the cheek to create creators in the skin and started filling it in with the blood paste and around the oats. I then used a liquid blood and started dripping it down the face and putting random splashes of blood over the face.
I think the gelatine went much better this time when pre making the mix and heating it up. The hairdryer made the process much faster as I dried the product much quicker. I was much happier with how this look came out and I think the over coverage looked good. I really liked the lumpy skin effect with oats and the gelatine makes the skin much more bumpy and uneven. I liked pulling away at the gelatine and filling it in with blood as it looked much more realistic. I think I need to tone down on the green supra colour on the face as I only want a hint of green not for his face to look completely green.
I really liked the tissue effect on the nose in the first experiment as it wrinkles the skin up and gives a dry latex affect to the skin. On the final look I want to apply the oats on the forehead, the gelatine over the rest of the face, down the neck and the ears and tissue over the nose as I liked the effect of it. I also tried making gelatine with honey in it however I was very sticky and the feeling of it wasn't very nice. I also bought the powdered gelatine however It didn't set a good as the granules so I preferred that one. I also bought the gelatine leaf sheet however I didn't end up trying that as I was happy with the gelatine granules and the glycerine mix.
Andrea was an attorney, on a road trip with her sister Amy when the apocalypse occurred.
Michonne
Michonne is the mysterious warrior who saved Andrea from walkers with her katana blade.
Maggie Greene
Maggie is Glenn's wife, who lived with her father Hershel in a secluded farmhouse.
Beth Greene
Beth is Hershel's daughter and Maggie's sister, and has become a caretaker for baby Judith.
Lori Grimes
Lori is Rick's wife, Carl's mother and the emotional center of the group of survivors.
Carol Peletier
Carol has rebounded from the pain of losing her daughter to become a stronger woman.
http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead/cast
Claudia:
Claudia's Character is a survivor from the outbreak of the deadly virus which turns friends and family into mindless killing zombie who only crave the livings blood and flesh. Claudia is a female character in her 20's who is living inside the walls of Alexandria safe zone. Above I looked into different female character in the Walking Dead so I could gather visual inspiration for her character and how to portray her.
She locks herself up inside her house and has no contact with the rest of the group because she doesn't like leaving her room. She fantasises about being the main character in her favourite horror films, unfortunately she no longer needs to pretend as she’s living in a real life zombie apocalypse. She has agoraphobia which is an anxiety disorder. She starts going crazy and self harms herself, she is known from the rest of the group for being slightly weird and unsociable. She looks no different from the other women and is an average looking pretty girl however does give herself bodily harm.
In this photograph of five of the female surviving characters I have studied what they look like ie. there hair styles, which most of them are down or if they are up they are quite messy. There hair would clearly be natural as they have no styling products or equipment, if tied up its normally either with something they've found or a clip/hairband they've had on them all along. This helps me thing of the range of hair styles that Claudia could have and the limits to her design. I've also looked at there outfits which the colour variation is very little in this photo as they all tend it have, brown, khaki, beige which run along the neutral palette and greens. They're all wearing trousers and have either a strappy top on and maybe a jacket/cardigan over it. They all look quite worn out and its hot weather so there complexion looks shiny and there skin is all slightly dirty. There wouldn't have been any make-up worn during the apocalypse as there wouldn't be any access to products however for the character you would apply a natural looking make-up which would be unnoticeable to the eye.
I feel the character that relates most to Claudias look will be the character Maggie Greene. I think her features are very natural and pretty and fits the ideal look for my character. I think the above photos shows the standard look for the surviving women in the walking dead because it shows her hair down and naturally wavy and very little make-up on. She looks hot and slightly dirty as washing is limited. The additional makeup I will add to Claudia would be how she self harms so she will have cuts/scratches on herself.
First Practise:
Claudia
I experimented with creating mt Claudia Character on myself at home, for the look I kept the make-up really simple and kept the hair natural. I started with the base make-up which I applied minimal foundation, powdered the face and then contoured the face slightly with bronzer. I then filled the brows in with a brown pencil and put one layer of black mascara on the top lashes, and on the lips were a mix of a pink/red colour and Vaseline. For dirt on the face on body I used two different browns and uses a blusher brush to apply over the body and then uses glycerine on the chest and face to give a sweaty look, I think next time I will try baby oiling the skin to give the hot look. For hair after washing it I left it dry natural wavy, then brushed through it slightly and then hair sprayed it into place. I also tried experimenting creating scratches on the neck with a product called bloody scab, it a gel blood and dries forming a scab. I also used a bruise wheel and created slight bruising around the cuts.
Variety Artisans: Zombie Bites! Greg Nicotero and 'The Walking Dead'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J2RdOaTi_4
Published on 24 Mar 2015
Makeup master, director and producer Greg Nicotero takes us behind the scenes at his f/x makeup studio to reveal how "The Walking Dead's" biters get their trademark grimace.
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'The Walking Dead' Surreal Zombie World Behind the Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZxOXeHvmTA A presenter goes on set with the walking dead cast and finds out how they create the zombie looks and get one created on himself. He also speaks to well-known make-up artist Greg Nicotero where hes shows him prosthetic pieces and gets to speak to the actors on set.
“The Walking Dead,” which is heading into its fifth season, has had legions of fans hooked from the beginning, not just because of the gore and heart-stopping plot lines, but how terrifyingly real the zombies appear to be.
The show has won two Emmys for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup and a lot of thought goes into the gruesome looks for each “walker,” as zombies on the show are called. Eulyn Womble, the show’s costume stylist, believes the clothes tell a character’s back story.
“The costumes have changed throughout the season,” Womble said. “The first season was in the city so lots of suits and ties and skirts, shorter skirts, and then when we got into the country, longer dresses more bad... patterns, definitely different from the city.
When the costume stylist and her team get new clothes, they will stretch them out, add rips, dirt, make-up and stain them with fake blood of different colors and thicknesses.
“I do like blood a little bit too much,” Womble said, laughing. “This is my favorite part. Sometimes [executive producer] Greg [Nicotero] is like, ‘that’s enough, why does she have that much blood?’”
If they need more clothes, Womble and her team will buy pieces from whatever local stores are nearby. “We buy everywhere, from Goodwill to Saks, depending on what they’re doing to do,” she said.
But a big challenge for the costume stylist is that the show’s fans “watch everything,” Womble said, so she won’t put anyone in the same outfit twice. Character looks are meticulously tweaked, down to tarnishing buttons that are “too shiny,” to appease “Walking Dead’s” very active fans – the show’s official Instagram account has almost 800,000 followers, and its Twitter account, almost three million followers.
“We get Instagrammed and Twitter questions about the littlest thing,” Womble said. “Our fans are incredible. They keep us on our toes.”
Drawers upon drawers of latex foam and prosthetics add-ons line the make-up area on set. Nicotero said all of the show’s prosthetics – from fake zombie bites and “zombie rot” to fake bullet wounds to “full zombie face” -- are manufactured in Los Angles and shipped to the shooting locations.
“So if you want to do a full face zombie … you have the bone structure, you have the small rotted nose, you have bits of decomposition, there’s a jaw bone sticking out,” Nicotero said, pointing to various pieces laid out in one of the drawers.
And all those wounds? Those are applied like temporary tattoos.
“These are like those tattoos you just wet, you put it on transfer paper and spritz it and peel the paper off and it transfers,” Nicotero said.
“We’ve spent five years acquiring different sculptures and different molds,” he added. “And you know the exciting thing about what we do is every person that comes in the trailer, it’s a new canvas.”
Although the number of zombies the make-up and costume teams work on every day varies depending on what the script calls for, how elaborate a character’s look has to be depends on their camera time, said make-up artist Jake Garber. So, for example, so-called “hero make-up” means the character will have a lot of close shots and needs lots of detailed features.
“We’ll give it an hour and a half and this character will eventually have teeth, contacts and styled hair,” he said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/walking-dead-cast-transforms-terrifying-zombies/story?id=26109123 Oct 10, 2014
When researching previous looks for how to create a zombie look from the walking dead I came across this video on YouTube which is created by the Walking dead crew. In the video makeup artist Greg Nicotero who is consulting producer and special EFX makeup and Andy Schoneberg who is special effects makeup artist demonstrate a look that is easy to make with homemade products and products you can buy from a supermarket and is at reasonable value. This is perfect for a student like me if I can't splash out on the cash on all profession special effect products. I found this video very useful and gives me a variety of products I could use myself when creating my own zombie.
Screen shot of the final point of creating the look
Products used:
conditioner (greasy hair)
Latex
stipple sponge
white powder
hair dryer
instant oatmeal
Geletine
Spatula
Cosmetic sponge
Tissue
Sponges
Pale base colour
Mineral oil
Dark colours for shadowing (black/grey)
Unnatural green/yellow colour
Blood (can be made with food colouring and corn syrup)
Firm paint brush
Inside Walking Dead: Bicycle Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVHoO2Jd9iM
Short footage of how they created the first zombie ever shown on Screen in the series 'The Walking Dead'. Greg Nicotero talks about the look and application, and then shows footage of the 3 hour process sped up to being shown in 2 and half minutes.
Quentin: I feel when researching and looking into clips of the process of how to create looks and the application. I found the videos that were created by the Walking Dead channel which showed the make-up artists creating looks on the actors and the steps of the process. I found the first video I watched at the top extremely helpful when researching how you can create the zombie look because it explained steps of how to create it and also home made products. I feel this research has really helped narrow my idea down and also helped me with the selection of products I will need to complete the look. Also how the video shows how to create lumpy skin with oatmeal and latex which gives me ideas of how to I could try and create my own products with food items which saves money on rather than buying professional all products and the budget being high.
Zombies Progression:
The Walking Dead's walkers are rotting corpses controlled by a brain which manages - somehow - to reanimate itself...
But their bodies are still decomposing.
This is what showrunner Glen Mazzara said about them: "A walker would not starve to death, but the corpse would continue to rot so over months it would probably rot and fall apart... As we continue from season to season and those months turn into years, we do think that the older walkers would continue to deteriorate. But now we learn that anybody who dies becomes a walker so there would always be new walkers — fresh walkers."
You might assume that technical accuracy on the AMC show would come second to zombies getting smashed with crow bars and crazed survivors shooting aimlessly at each other from abandoned locations. However, the show's producer, Greg Nicotero, wants those corpses to decompose - and he damn well wants them to do so realistically.
Apparenty, he "has the show's makeup team pay special attention to how the zombies' skin has been affected by heat and dehydration, considering that unlike the show's target audience, the undead hordes spend most of their time outside."
Season 1
Season Ones little girl, still has mostly human features however the eyes have changed, a cut on the forehead and a torn up mouth with blood. Season 2
More evident sores start to appear on the majority of walkers by Season 2. Violently eating a human and covered in blood. Cuts over the body and the eyes are set deeper with again the different eye colour.
Season 3
Evidently the skin has completely changed colour showing obviously where there is no circulation. Patchy skin with multiple colours,, skin is saggy and wrinkling, no hair and eyebrows. Clothes are very battered, eyes are off colour and deep set, mouth area is deteriorating with a lot of blood on him and his clothes.
Season 4
The zombie here has clearly been around for a while and has turned into more of a skeleton as there's not much left on him. Clothing and majority of his skin had deteriorated away from him.
information and photos from: http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/09/23/ever-notice-this-about-the-walking-dead-s-infected-2292085?lt_source=external,manual
As my character Quentin is being set in the Alexandria safe zone which is in Season 5 Quentin could be extremely deteriorated and not much left on him if he has been a zombie for quite a while. However I'm creating Quentin in Season 5 but he is going to be recently bitten so he won't be extremely decomposed like the older zombies. Quentin will averagely been bitten a month to two months prior to him walking into Alexandria Safe Zone therefore he will have characteristics of being human however his skin is a deathly colour, the eyes have changed and also deep set, the face is cut up and covered in blood, his hair is still there however greasy and dirty. Make-up Face chart ideas:
Here I experimented with another face chart for my Quentin character. I used elements that were shown in the top video where Greg Nicotero and Andy Schoneberg created a zombie looks such as the oats and latex on the face. I started with contouring the face with a grey/green/tan colour to get the skin colour and then applied products on top however if creating this chart on a person the make-up would go different than creating it on paper. On the face I wanted to use a mix of latex products and geletine to create the scaring and uneven skin. Then over I would apply the skin tone and contour the face, then add colour to he wounded/infected area and then add the blood.
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