Continuity Assessment Of Miss Havisham

This week was the continuity assessment of my Miss Havisham look. I had to recreate the original look that I carried out a few weeks ago and try to make it exactly the same. The aim of this assessment was continuity which is an important skill, and something that I need to practise if I want to be a make up artist. In some film and television productions scenes can be shot on a different day but the make up, hair, styling and props all needs to be same, otherwise it will be distracting for the audience and detract from the story or point to the film or television show.

In the previous assessment I had made notes on things that I thought were important when carrying out my timed assessment, therefore going in I was confident that I was able to carry out the look well. As well as the notes, I also took step by step images of the stages of the look in the first assessment which I printed out and could therefore refer to throughout the second assessment. I had also practised a lot so this also added to my confidence. During the assessment I began in the same way by starting with the hair. I made sure I referred to my notes so that I had the same amount of curls and figure of eight twists. Overall I was pleased with the look of the hair style, I think that it looked very similar to the original look, so I was pleased with the way that it turned out. In the images the placement of the hair is slightly different, which does alter the overall effect of the look, which I am slightly disappointed with. When creating the make up look I also started off doing exactly the same way, always referring to the notes and images that I took in the original assessment. I was pleased with the way the make up turned out I do believe it looks similar. It was difficult to create the dry lip effect as I was creating it using duo lash adhesive, this means that I had to create the dry lips effect from scratch each time meaning that it was difficult to create them exactly the same. I consequently spent the most  time on this and focused on the images that I took of the lips previously. I was pleased with the way that they turned out and do believe that they look similar. Overall I think that the whole look does look similar but I believe that the eye make up does look slightly darker in the first assessment image, however I think this could be due to the lighting, as there is more shadow. I was also concerned in the second assessment that the colour of the hair was not as white and looked very dissimilar. However after looking at the images side by side I can see that there is not a huge amount of difference.

I thought this was a good assessment and I enjoyed creating the look again, I thought it was challenging but interesting as it highlighted the importance of attention to detail as well as writing, and taking visual notes.

Assessment 1

Assessment 2