Supermarket Girl

Here is a still from a short film I worked on in the Summer, by new writer Alex Walker.
It was directed by Matt Greenhalgh ( writer of ' Control' the Ian Curtis biopic ) and produced by Nadia Jaynes ( Red Riding , Bedlam )
The underlying story to this off-beat comedy / love story, is a touching tale of support between two young ' self-harmers' .
In the image are the scars I created on the actress Nichola Burley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichola_Burley

The other lead actor was Matthew Beard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Beard_%28British_actor%29

.. and the VERY glamorous location was ... TESCOs in Horwich.. or , Horwichwood as its now known in film circles

We come in peace..

This week, I had to 'teach' students how to apply bald caps ( which we had all made in class from scratch, using a magic liquid plastic called Glatzan )

I was dreading it as I have'nt fitted one for years - in fact I can't think that I've ever had to do a complete bald cap make up actually... anyway, as its the basis for many SFX make up effects.. especially aliens.. and hoping that my students will have more luck than me and actually get to work on Doctor Who or some Hollywood Sci Fi blockbuster, its an important skill for them to know.. and I dont think my efforts were too bad either ! Centre pic is my demo 'bal'head gal' Taryn, and there is a pic of the bald cap in its moulded and powdered state, ready to be fitted, and the end pic is two of my other star students..Sercan creating the ' slap head' effect on Stuart .. literally !

Curtain Twitcher...

Been practicing a bit of latex ageing effects today.. just coz I have to teach it to el studentes next week and I havent done it for ages meself... no pressure then!

Anyway I decided to go for a 70 year old ' curtain twitching ' pensioner theme.. she stil has a penchant for silver nail polish though...