LSOH meeting 8:

LSOH meeting 8:

29/04/2021

On Thursday, it was decided that we would be practicing the makeup on the performers in time for their

rehearsal. This contributes to the show as by being able to practice our makeup designs on the actors

themselves, we can make any necessary changes, whether that be changes in the makeup or hair, or

even changing the actor we would be working on if anyone feels uncomfortable doing that makeup in

particular. This also gives us a chance to see approximately how long it would take for us to complete

the makeup in time for their rehearsals, demonstrating good time management and organisation skills.

This also shows good collaboration and communication skills as everyone knows who they’re working

on and who their peers are working on. Trying out the makeup on the actors was also important as they

can let us know if they feel comfortable and confident going onstage wearing that hair and makeup,

therefore if they don’t, we will be able to discuss any changes they want to make.

Stephen worked on practicing the male makeup on the actor who will be playing Orin. This makeup

was a straight male makeup, therefore it only consisted of foundation, contour, eyebrows and some

light mascara.

The image above shows Orin’s completed makeup.

Paige and I worked as a team to practice the Audrey Two makeup on the designated actress.

Throughout the progression of this makeup design, it was consistently inspired by drag style makeup,

which included accentuated eyes, overdrawn lips, and prominent eyebrows. Paige and I took most of

our inspiration from the drag queen Crystal Methyd, especially for the lip shape as her makeup has a

very unique style to it that could be used for the performance. 

This makeup consisted of green eyeshadow, green eyeliner with a white inner corner that blends into

the green nose contour, dark brown, arched eyebrows, pale skin, a gradient purple to pink contour on

the cheeks, jaw and forehead. We also applied a red lip colour.

Since there were two of us applying this makeup, we communicated with each other and had decided

to delegate different aspects of it to each other depending on each others strengths: Paige and I worked

together on the foundation and the contour, I did the eyebrows and the lips whilst Paige did the eye

makeup. This also shows effective teamwork and time management skills as by delegating different

parts of the makeup to work on to each other, we were able to speed up the process as well as seeing

what works best for us (for example: it was easier having Paige work on the eye makeup whilst I worked

on the opposite eyebrow). 

Whilst applying the makeup, we spoke to the actress about hair. The actress had mentioned how she is

going to be keeping it the same length, but will be dyeing it a dark red colour. This was helpful to us as

we had decided that putting the hair in a bin would be the best option since during the show, she will be

moving around a lot and having the hair down (or even in a ponytail) would just get in the way, to which

the actress agreed.

The images above show the final result of the makeup. Once this was finished, Paige and I had noticed

some changes that will need to be made. This included the foundation, lip shape and the eyeshadow

angle. For the foundation, when we applied it, it layed on too thin, therefore once all the rest of the

makeup had been applied, we could see that the foundation didn’t lay well on her skin as it came out

patchy. To fix this, Paige and I discussed using a primer before applying the makeup to give the

foundation a better hold on the skin. We had also decided to lay off the powder until the rest of the

makeup had been completed, just in case we needed any touch-ups by the end. For the lip shape,

we had originally decided to extend the outer corners of the lips outwards. However, this didn’t work

too well as when she smiled, the corners couldn’t be seen. To fix this, Paige had suggested changing

the angle of the red lip to angle upwards rather than outwards as this will make it more noticeable when

she smiles. For the eyeshadow angle, since the eyebrows are further down than we had anticipated, this

means that to prevent the eyeshadow from overlapping the eyebrows, Paige would need to extend the

eyeshadow outwards rather than upwards.

The images above show Paige and I working on the actress and how we organised our base.

This demonstrates good health and safety as we wore masks at all times when working on the actress,

had a clean and organised base and made sure there was enough space for us both to pass around her

when needed.

Francesca, Isobel and Kassie each worked on practicing the hair and makeup for The Girls on the three

actresses that will be playing these characters. They all matched the makeup by continuously using

browns, as well as making the makeup appear glamorous. They each (as well as Eleanor) tried out

different hairstyles for The Girls as it was important to make them unique in some way, whilst matching

in another. These hairstyles included space buns and braided pigtails.

The images above show Kassie, Francesca and Isobel working on The Girls makeup and Eleanor

working on creating space buns for one of The Girls.

Once the makeup was finished, it was decided that the makeup done on one of The Girls needed to

have thinner eyebrows as the actress didn’t feel comfortable going onstage with thick, dark eyebrows.

To change this, it was decided that she would have thinner eyebrows applied on the night.

The hair for Orin was also discussed, the actor may be getting short back and sides and plans to use

hair gel to style it.

This shows good communication skills as we discussed our ideas with the actors, and took in any

feedback they had in terms of whether or not they liked the different aspects of the makeup, and if not,

what they wanted changing.

Once the actors had left for rehearsal, we all decided what to do next. Eleanor and Francesca worked

on creating face charts for the remaining characters that weren’t completed prior to practicing the

makeup. It was important to finish them beforehand so that they knew which product to use and how

they were going to apply the makeup.

Whilst they did this, Paige, Kassie, Leah, Isobel and myself worked on creating designs using a trace

of the actors face. We did this because it gives us a better idea on where to apply the makeup on their

face/how it would look, and how we needed to adjust the makeup depending on the actor's features

(for example: the placement and angle of the eyebrows).