7. Creating Miss Havisham: Continuity

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Miss Havisham

First Look

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Miss Havisham

Second Look

|Continuity Evaluation|

My step by step of creating the look was exactly the same, I made sure I did everything the same and everything in the same order. On the day of the assessment I brought in all my original notes from the first time I created Miss Havishams character this was, Make-up chart, hair chart, make-up instructions and hair instructions. These all helped me to create the look the same for continuity as I just repeated what was on the charts and instructions. On the day I brought in a mood board of photos of when I first created it, the images showed close up detail to the burn, close up to the face and hair and a variety of angles to help create the look again. I think for the continuity part the original photos of the look I created the first time round helped the most as when getting the burn and hair in the exact same place I kept looking at the photos to make sure I was getting everything spot on.

I didn't have any trouble with forgetting anything such as products/equipment/accessories because I kept a list of all of the products and equipment needed together and the original products together to be used the next time around. The flowers, veil and material I kept all together so I could just bring it in on the day and it would be prepared. The flowers and the burn sizes were kept in a container together, the burn templates were vital to have as it was the exact size of the burn I first created and was very helpful with continuity for the burn. 

I felt the hardest part of the continuity is using products such as latex because its hard to create the same thing again as latex sometimes dries different. Also things like colour is hard to repeat again especially when the burn is so detailed and colours start mixing together. Even though I have a burn template and photos of where the burn was placed on the skin it still was quite hard to make sure it was in the same place and the same angle across the face, I definitely found the burn the hardest part to recreate. I think the second hardest part was probably the white colour through the hair, the white was sprayed in different layers of the hair and throughout the front curls, it was difficult to make sure I got the right amount of white and in the same place. Overall I feel with the difficulties of certain things the look has I executed the continuity to a high standard and did everything I could to keep the look the same from, notes to face charts, photos, templates, containers and bags of certain items and equipment. I really enjoyed creating Miss Havisham as she was interesting to research about and look into her character aspects. I really enjoyed the continuity even though it was a little challenging mentally and physically to recreate the look however that's the fun it being tested on our skills as continuity is a vital aspect in the TV and Film industry.