My mood board featuring images torn from the pages of 'Love' and 'Vogue' |
One magazine that was of particular use to me when completing my mood board for this project is 'Love', a bi-annual British magazine founded in 2009 fashion journalist Katie Grand. To a makeup novice such as myself this magazine represents the holy grail of inspiration and opened my eyes to the different styles of fashion photography, makeup and hair styling that are available within this diverse industry. What attracted me to the magazine in particular was that as you flicked through the pages you were not presented with pages of bland celebrity endorsed campaigns, but rather numerous small collections of up and coming designers, makeup artists and photographers exploring the taboo and unconventional, with support from iconic designers such as Dame Vivienne Westwood.
In addition to creating our own mood boards we also had to discuss in groups what our boards meant and how they represented us and where we wanted to be within five years time. This exercise was very interesting because it drew attention to just how diverse we are as individuals but also how we each have a completely unique goal for the outcome of our degree. To accompany our mood boards we also discussed in groups how we each interpreted the beauty styling of two films that we selected. It was interesting to discover that the majority chose 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961) but paid more attention to the fashion styling, having almost completely neglecting whether the film explored any groundbreaking iconography within its makeup. However this will most likely become a skill that will be developed as we begin our studies of makeup and are able to focus our eyes to analysing the cosmetics of a production rather than purely the costume.
Georgia Warick, interested in beauty and high fashion makeup. She would like to specialise in editorial makeup and styling. |
Sarah Louise Leftly, wants to specialise in special effects makeup and would love to work in Hollywood Blockbuster cinema. |
Lucy Allen-Baines is also interested in high fashion makeup and aspires to be one day working as a makeup artist at London Fashion Week. |
My written film reviews for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'Belle De Jour'