Planning: make up

For this film trailer, we haven decided that we need to incorporate theatrical make up in order to help us create the most realistic scenario possible and to portray the actions of abuse that are occurring in the relationships we are showing. This is different to what we did last year, as we didn't use any specific make up because it wasn't a necessary feature of the trailer. However, we feel that if we didn't use it this year it would reduce the impact that the trailer will have on the audience, which is something we don't want to happen as romance films are often emotionally engaging for the audience.


In order to represent the abuse that the female is suffering from, we need to show the physical tortures that she is experiencing. To help us to achieve this we are going to show a number of bruises and physical injuries towards the end of the trailer because this is where the abuse is more visible and prominent to the audience. To create this bruising, we will use a combination of purple and black eye shadow from this 'Naked Smokey" palette, perhaps with the addition of green to show the age of the bruises. We may have to buy some additional paint in order to show the extent of the bruising. We plan to have the injuries to the face and potentially the neck and arms as this will portray that he is being violent towards her and hurting her.

As the film trailer will show the innocence of the female as well as the decline in the mental well being and her , we are going to show shots of the female crying to help signify her feelings about the situation to the audience. At these shots, we will smudge her make up, mainly the mascara, to fully represent the emotions she is feeling; the audience won't fully be aware of the abuse she is experiencing so this will foreshadow the remainder of the trailer .

We haven't decided if we will use this last element of make up because there isn't any shots that have been storyboarded, however if we feel that there is a suitable moment to use it, we will use fake blood to portray the severity of the abuse that the female is experiencing and to show the audience her injuries.