Ecstatic Glymphatic by Sahra Bhimji

A while ago I did makeup for a brilliant short film by Sahra Bhimji called "Ecstatic Glymphatic" which is now available to the public to view online: https://vimeo.com/108034542


There are also some behind the scenes photos at: http://www.sahrabhimji.com/ecstatic

The Ballad of Queen Victoria Music Video

Following on from a previous post, here is the final result of a music video I volunteered on in the summer. I present to you, Elyssa Vulpes and the Betes Noires with"The Balled of Queen Victoria":

I mainly worked on the ghost character who shows up towards the end, the Madame who appears from the brothel scene onwards, and did bits and pieces of makeup on the other actors. We had a limited amount of time in the studio, so a few others pitched in with the simpler makeup.

"Reverse" - 48Hour Film Project May 2014

We had 48 hours to create a short film in the genre of "film de femme" and had to include the line "it was in the papers this morning", a character called "James", a psychotherapist, and a tape measure.

I was part of a team called "you can't have a polar bear" and my role was to make a fake cut, which you can briefly sorta see at 3 min 40!

Director - Chris Kelly
Photography - Fiona Rix
Sound - Charlotte Aitken
Music - Luci Holland
Make-up - Miriam Wilson
"James" - Alex Donald
"Rachael" - Sarah Ford
"Nancy" - Liz Strange






Some of the team:

Selected Pics from 29.06.14 Photoshoot

Photography by Phillipe Monthoux http://philippemonthoux.com/
Model: Electra Gouni

Forest Photoshoot Ideas

The next venture on my agenda is a photoshoot involving  a member of the cast from the Ballad of Queen music video. To my knowledge, the idea is that the photo will be taken in the evening around sunset/dusk in a forest, so it will be dimly lit and I think only using natural light. Therefore the makeup needs to highlight the structure of the model's face, or a least picking up certain parts of her face.

So I decided to try my hand at using gold body paint and glitter to create this effect. At the moment I'm thinking of creating a dirty muddy look mixed in with gold highlights to bring it together.

The next time, I will make a lot more of the contouring, including more dramatic cheekbones and eyes, as well as possibly putting some gold in the hair.

Another idea I may or may not progress with - this one involves few colours as well.

Crazy eyebrows?

This gives an idea of the makeup under natural light t dusk. I used a lot of highlighter and gold body paint, but also contouring. In these photos much of the detail is lost but the professional photos will be a lot clearer hopefully.

In the end I went fo a more triangular shape under the eye and more contouring in brown, around the cheekbones in particular.

The Ballad of Queen Victoria

Here are a few photographs from the Ballad of Queen Victoria Music Video Shoot (31/05/14), taken by Bleu Hope who can be found on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bleuhope.visualartsanddesign/timeline

The band is Elyssa Vulpes and the Betes Noires:
https://www.facebook.com/BetesNoire?fref=ts
http://www.reverbnation.com/elyssavulpes
http://www.themoonwhispers.com/shows

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                  Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                  Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                   Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                   Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                   Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                                                                           Photograph by Bleu Hope

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                           Photograph by Bleu Hope

Some activities and opportunities

It's been quieter than usual on my blog lately, but I thought i'd update it with some things I've been up to in case anyone's wondering!

A few weeks back I was involved in the 48 hour film project where i made a latex scar on an actress's arm. The main thing I learnt from that was to keep things simple; as I know now scar wax is a lot easier and quicker when you need an on-the-spot effect.


The next project was doing makeup for a music video for Elyssa Vulpes and the Betes Noires, which was based on a song written about Queen Victoria and her oppressing of physical contact.

Here's a link which takes you to the previous draft of the music video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMIGbMZalyk&list=PL4E6DCB0481538A45

I believe they will use some parts of this version along with the new footage, as we ran out of time on the day of the shoot.



And this led to me being asked to help with a short film this weekend, starring one of the actresses in the music video, which apparently will have a 40s vibe about it.

I thought I'd have a crack at 40s style. I will need to go bold for it to show up properly on camera, and perhaps make sketches of various hairstyles to prepare, especially as I haven't met anyone else in the cast.