Mrs Laderman Face Chart Designs

Mrs Laderman - Face Chart Designs 

Below I have three face chart designs which are for Mrs Laderman a character which we were given but we had to slot them into a TV series of our choice. I have chosen Bate Motel which is also inspired by the film Psycho which I have done a lot of research into and also done other research into film where there is a woman as the villain in the story line. 

I also watched The Others because that was a good example as well as Psycho of a woman which has gone crazy, in Bate Motel and Psycho its Norman Bates which is crazy and ends up being the killer for all the innocent people. 

I have taken parts from all my research and put them into face charts below...

In this face chart I have got a smokey black eye, with thick eyeliner and dark long lashes. I have also got a bold strong red lip and a full face of foundation. I have also done a strong brow to create a more intimidating look on my model. 

I have also aged this model by creating subtle wrinkles on the forehead to show that she is older. 

I was inspired to do this look when reading a artical about how they make woman scary in films. I decided on doing a face chart like this because I think having a sharp stern looking makeup could create an intimidating effect on the audience and the other characters. 

I decided not to use this one as my final outcome because I didn't think I would come off as well as I would have wanted it too. 

Plus I have wrote in my story that I wanted her to look slightly ill and I don't know how I would make this look work when being so made up.


In this face chart I have based my ideas on her looking skinny and ill. I really wanted to focus mainly on the fact of her not looking very well in this face chart by creating harsh contour on the cheeks and nose. I would do this in greys so it would create slightly more ages effect.
I haven't chosen this face chart as my final design because I would like to shoot my ideas in the studio to get the best quality images I can but using studio lighting normally cancels out a lot of makeup because of the lighting which I experienced in the past. The only way I could keep a defined line would be through using the supra colour but I feel like that doesn't look as effective and realistic. 

This is the face chart I have decided to take forward, this face chart design would be done by starting off with a base of latex over the face to create the old age looking skin. I would then powder the face but I wouldn't be putting any colour on top because I don't want to make it look too fake and stand out which I feel like if you put foundation on top it doesn't look effective. I also wanted to use my Charles Fox bruise wheel under the eyes to create a tired stressed look on the face. 

This look was inspired by the old lady and the mother of the children in The Others because I really liked the idea of using the old woman looks to create the same effect with the wrinkled skin and also the pale skin, I am going to do this by just not adding colour to my model. 
In the film The Others the old woman has grey hair but this is to replicate that she is quite old which Mrs Laderman isn't old she's 40. My model has blonde hair so I'm not going to colour her hair because I didn't want her to look too old as that doesn't suit her character profile  I was also inspired by Psycho but more in the way I would like the model to pose more than the face chart. I would like a slightly creepy and eerie look in her eyes. 
Bate Motel and Psycho they have the same character of Norman Bates, like I said in my earlier post I want the makeup to be obvious that I have done something too the face but at the same time not extremely obvious because having a split personality doesn't make you look any different on the outside, its all inside their heads which I would like to capture while taking the image. 

Claudia Face Chart Design...

Claudia Face Chart Designs...

After doing all my research on Bate Motel and watching the whole series i understand how i can properly slot my characters into the series like i explained in a previous post. I also done other research that linked to the film. Looking at other films which shows a link.

I then gathered all my research and my main idea of the characters background and story of what happened. 

I then came up with three different ideas of how to create a look for Claudia based on this research. I decided that i didn't was to go too extreme for the makeup on both of my characters because I felt that it wont look real which is what i'm going for. 

Also the reason why she as been beaten and bruised is because Mrs Laderman is in love with Claudia so she wouldn't have properly beaten her up. I also wanted my model to have a slightly dazed look in the images which i couldn't show on a face chart because Mrs Laderman is ill and weak so shes had to drug Claudia so she can stop her from leaving which is the reason she is slightly bruised and cut because shes had to try to restrain her. 

Claudia's designs are very much influences by the film Pycho from the woman in the shower, the makeup isn't inspired as much from the film just becuase you dont really see much special effects makeup but its more like the look of being vunerable and scared which i would like to capture in my images.

In my first face chart i have done shows a very tried scratches look. To create this look i would use a very light weight base of foundation and then i would create the scratches with wax and blood. The just do light scratches using a sponge and the blood and just do light scratches on the skin. I also would have no eye makeup on in this design. 










In this face chart i have just done a dirty, bruised look. To do this look i would use mostly the Charles Fox colour wheel as it has really good greens and blues in it which work really well for this look. I think i would also use real dirt on the arms and chest to create that dragged effect on the skin.











In this face chart i have decided to do a slightly bruised effect up the side of the face and then also give her a black eye. I also like to do a few scracthes on the face just using a sponge not using wax. 
I really liked this face charts compared to the others becuase i wanted the bruiseing to be suttle. This face chart i think i have done them slightly darker than i am going to do them on my character but it shows what im going to do. 
I will be using my Charles Fox Bruise Wheel and a slight bit of blood across the bruising and on the forehead.