Research – Level 3 UAL Diploma Performing and Production Arts

The Ritual

Storyline The ritual is a horror film based in Sweden, four friends decide to go hiking there after the untimely death of their friend in a mugging. They choose to do this in a way to honour the friend that passed. Whilst hiking one of the friends hurts his knee, leading the group to decideContinue reading “The Ritual”

Final Faceplan

For this look I’m going to mainly be using my airbrush, this will be to apply the base of the whole look as well as some other small details with a handmade stencil across the body. I’ll be using makeup sponges to apply latex and blend it out as well as to add blood asContinue reading “Final Faceplan”

Initial Faceplan

This is the basic design as all I know at the moment is that I want to do a look based on deer. I’ve ordered a pair of antler prosthetics as well as a antler headband. I also know that I want to create an on the face prosthetic to create the illusion of aContinue reading “Initial Faceplan”

Primary Research

For my primary research I made a survey on fantasy, mythical and horror creatures. I then put this on my social media for any friends to do. These are their responses. Q1 What does the term Mythical mean to you? Fantasy and exotic 2.not real/made up 3. magical, fake, a far away land 4. notContinue reading “Primary Research”

Final Moodboards And Colour Palettes

Final Character Moodboard For my final design I decided to do it based on deer and deerlike creatures. Deer in of itself isn’t used that much as a scary or horrifying creature in film or TV. One of the only films I have seen that uses a deerlike creature that also happens to be oneContinue reading “Final Moodboards And Colour Palettes”

Colour Palettes

Dark/Horror Palettes These dark palettes are for a darker, more horror based theme. Many people associate darker and more muter colours with horror, thrillers and scary films, games and tv shows. These colours help convey a dark, grim and unsettling feeling when used correctly. Pastel Palettes Patel colours give a vintage feel to whatever they’reContinue reading “Colour Palettes”

Fantasy Mood boards

Animalistic Creatures I find animalistic creatures to be harder to recreate and design human wise. But I would like the challenge of possibly creating a look reminiscent of an animal. As well as this I was impressed with the adamant amount of detail and thought that’s gone into these illustrations to begin with. Humanoid CreaturesContinue reading “Fantasy Mood boards”