Abi Sievers MUA

  Hung Vanngo: Hung Vanngo is a New York-based makeup artist. Born in Vietnam, he moved to Canada as a child and spent his youth and early adulthood in Calgary. Once Vanngo moved to NYC, he began collaborating with some well-known fashion photographers, such as Carter Smith, Craig McDean and Emma Summerton. His work has appeared in the pages of popular magazines, such as Allure, ELLE, Glamour and Vogue. Hung Vanngo has also worked with many different A-list celebrities, such as Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry and Kate Bosworth. However, he is mainly well-known for being a long time makeup artist for Selena Gomez.  His hard work and dedication to his work has resulted in the praise of many others within the industry and has achieved many awards. His collection had most recently included the 2005 Canadian Network of Makeup Artists in the Best Editorial makeup artist of the year category and in 2004, Vanngo became the first winner of Lancome's Canadian...

  Missing limbs research: In ‘older’ versions of film and TV shows, missing limb effects were usually created via green screens. For example: in 1994’s film Forrest Gump, the actor wore green stockings and filmed most of his scenes in front of a green screen . In post production, the background was added and the end of the leg was "neatened up" by digital artists, frame by frame.   An example from Forrest Gump: when Lt. Dan is in the hospital after losing his legs, he's lying in a bed with the stumps covered with bandages. This effect was created by simply cutting holes in the mattress and adding fake stumps onto his knees. Similarly, in The Deer Hunter , John Savage hid his legs in the base of his wheelchair so that he appeared to have had them amputated. However, this wasn’t always the case as Lon Chaney worked on films where he would play a role with missing arms or legs and he would do it by hiding the limbs by physical means. If the arms or legs were supposed to be...

  Midsummer Night's Dream meeting two: 24/11/20 Started - 13:00 Ended - 16:00 Those who attended: Charlotte Francesca  Abi  Stephen Kassie Hannah Isabelle Leah Eleanor Emily  During this meeting, we discussed moodboards and designs.  We talked about the clown's makeup / designs and how the fairies might look - each fairy’s look is linked into their names (e.g: peaseblossom is seen as having flowers and pink contour). Francesca described her design for Robin. Hannah had a good design for Cobweb - grey and dark with cobwebs on the eye(s). Leah described her ideas for Mustardseed - discussed how the eyes would look (yellow colours and a mustard seed as eyeshadow etc). Abi likes the idea of earthly colours for Moth, Stephen likes natural colours. Eleanor described the look of the queen fairy - pinks, greens and purples with some gold (‘royal’ colours). Hannah had a design for Thesis and described how she pictured him. Abi described Hermia - long, black, braided hair...

  Midsummer Night's Dream meeting one: 17/11/20 Started - 14:30 Ended - 16:30 Those who attended: Charlotte Francesca  Abi  Paige Stephen Kassie Hannah Isabelle Leah Eleanor During this meeting, we were each given different character profiles, discussing each one whilst filling out a character chart for each of them. We also discussed the script (quotes) and decided jobs for next Tuesday (24/11/20): moodboards and design ideas for the characters.

  Leeds University meeting: During the meeting we had with Leeds University over teams, she discussed with us information about the extra courses we could take, alongside the makeup course, such as the short courses specialising in hair which would run through the holidays and are delivered by industry experts. These courses are: Ladies hairdressing Barbering Colouring Hair up courses The two different semesters of the course (for both level four and level five) were discussed: Semester one, level four modules include: special effects makeup, historical influences in hair and makeup and professional development. Semester two, level four modules include: principles of flat mould appliances and creative hair and makeup design 1 and 2. Semester one, level 5 modules include: 2D and 3D body art, prosthetics and casting and creative postiche. Semester two, level five modules include: work related learning and managing the creation of a showcase. They also mentioned the opportunities and ...

  What I like about this look is how I used leftover hair from the crepe wool to create bushy looking eyebrows to go with the character. I also like how I managed to cut the beard to the ideal shape. However, to improve this look I would try and soften out the edges of the beard on the face using a comb to make it appear more realistic. I would also cut the beard shorter as in comparison to the design I made, it was too long. I would also change the beard colour to match his hair colour, or vice versa. This technique is used for both stage and screen.

  Daily MUA’s: Daily makeup artists are brought in for crowd scenes or days with a tight schedule. They usually bring their own kit and will either be allocated a workstation in the makeup room or be working out in the holding area. A typical working day will include long, and unsocial hours throughout the week, especially if they are working on a big budget set as there will be a lot to get through, not only doing the makeup itself, but also checking the makeup in between shots. Juliette Tomes, a crowd room supervisor on an ITV show, states how daily makeup artists help to “make a production more powerful and exciting but also more believable”. It is also mentioned how the job is exhilarating for those involved, however, it does take a lot of planning beforehand in order to have everything organised by the time they begin filming as those working on set will need to be told about what they are doing and the kind of things they will need with them weeks before shooting starts in or...