Miss Havisham continuity assessment(part 1)

Miss Havisham Continuity assessment

As part of my continuity assessment I had to create a makeup and hair design for Miss Havisham a character from the great expectations, the makeup had to relate to the correct historical period and the hair had to convey elements of the early Victorian era.

The makeup and hair design which I created in my first assessment will have to be recreated exactly the same  again in a couple of weeks to highlight continuity.

Continuity is important especially when creating makeup and hair design in TV and film, due to the amount of time it takes to film a scene this means during every take the hair and makeup must be exactly the same otherwise the audience will notice changes.

In order to help with continuity, during my assessment I created a face chart conveying different elements of my makeup design with the products used on the left hand side, and a hair sketch conveying the different elements incorporated into the design , by creating a step by step tutorial with the tools and products listed this helped me to created my final design for my first continuity assessment.

I took several photographs of the hair and the makeup after my first assessment in order to make it easier to recreate . I took a photograph of the side  the back of the hair and the untidy parting . I also took a photograph of either side of the face and the front of the face. By taking  photograph of the hair and the makeup at a different angle this will be a good idea to use  guideline to recreate my look for my second continuity  assessment.


I firstly created the hair for my Miss Havisham design. sectioning the hair into a centre parting, and sectioning two small sections of hair from the front of the hair line to just before the ear which will be used to create ringlets. Due to recreating the Miss Havisham character when she starts to turn a bit crazy I wanted to highlight this through the hair by making sure that the   centre parting wasn't sleek and tidy.

Once I was happy with the centre parting I then tied the remaining section of hair into a ponytail, I then curled the ends of the ponytail using the curling tongs and used plenty of hairspray in order to make the hair easier to section and roll into a Victorian style bun , once I rolled each section of hair I then secured the section in place using a hair pin. In order to complete the Victorian style bun I secured slightly washed out flowers into the hair which I had stained using a tea bag.
Once I was happy with the Victorian style bun I then sectioned  the two sections at the front of the hair, into three smaller sections which I then rolled and secured in place using the same technique   which I carried out  when creating the bun , the top hair roll at the front of the hair on either side of the head I curled using the curling tongs to create a ringlet, I carried this out after the makeup was completed therefore the curls wouldn't have dropped  too much . In order to complete my Miss Havisham hair design I applied dry shampoo to portray the hair as slightly aged, however this may b a difficulty to recreate during the next continuity assessment. 

In this photograph the ringlets on the left side of the face have dropped however I feel this works with the makeup design due to the face being portrayed as melted.

Overall I was very happy with the hair design, I felt I managed my time well and the outcome was good due to the amount of practice I had. I was particularly happy with the Victorian style of bun but felt I could have improved on making the ringlets at the front of the hair more sculpted, however due to the Miss Havisham character being a crazy old women who lived in her wedding dress for many years the untidy ringlets tends to work .

When recreating my hair design the things I ill need to take into consideration, is the sections of hair which are sprayed using the dry shampoo, the untidy parting and the uneven ringlets.


For my final ideas for my Miss Havisham makeup design, I wanted to include my own fears into my design in order to highlight the use of gothic horror, I find dolls and wax works slightly eery therefore I wanted to makeup Miss Havisham appear as if she was made out of wax as well as porcelain in my design. However due to the makeup having to be close to the historical period I was concerned that my makeup was a little contemporary, after speaking to Kat on a one to one tutorial she explained my design would work as a metaphorical interpretation of Miss Havisham as long as I kept the makeup application Victorian.

In order to create my Miss Havisham makeup design, I firstly applied a light foundation to my models face neck and ears taking into consideration blending the product into the face. Next I heated gelatine in the microwave , whilst the mixture was cooling slightly I started to make the other side of the face appear aged, by using my eyeshadow pallet from kryolan and my camouflage pallet to make any visible lines stand out on the face, then using a lighter colour I applied this slightly around the lines to act as a highlighter. next I contoured the convex areas of the face using a grey from my kryolan eyeshadow pallet.

Once I was happy with how the aged side of the face looked i then began to apply the gelatine to the face by using a paintbrush which  pointed down the face in order to create a drip effect, once I applied the first layer I slightly dried the gelatine by using a hairdryer on a cool heat I then applied a second layer of gelatine using the same process. Once the gelatine was dried I then used my illamasqua loose powder to secure the gelatine, next I applied the light colour foundation of the gelatine to make it look more like flesh, then using my kryolan eyeshadow pallet, and camouflage pallet I created the aged look overtop of the gelatine by mirroring the makeup on the other side of the face.

Finally in order to complete my look I applied a pallet white from my camouflage pallet to the lips, a light pink to the cheeks to add a subtle colour, a grey to bring out the eyes and the yellow and white fro my supracolour pallet which I mixed together and applied to the brows and lashes using a mascara wand.

Overall I was very happy with the makeup design I had created, the wax effect created a metaphorical interpretation of the Miss Havisham character from the great expectations, and the makeup on the other side of the face appear aged and the colour scheme I used highlighted the Victorian era makeup. The only thing I found difficult was making my model appear aged, this caused me to become a little worried about time keeping.

The things I am going to consider on my second part of the continuity test is : where the gelatine has been situated on the face and where the lines on the face have been highlighted.

After my continuity assessment  Lottie looked at my tutorials face chart and hair sketch in order to compare it to my final design I had  created in the assessment, she was happy with the face chart and said it clearly showed where he gelatine drips should be situated and by listing the products and colour codes on the side of the face chart this will help with the next part of my continuity assessment, she also explained the hair sketch I created clearly showed the use of techniques I incorporated in my final design.