Claudia is a character trapped in her own world of horror. When I think of Claudia I think long hair, pale skin like a character out of a horror movie. Claudia could either be the sweet, innocent victim in the movie or the ultimate femme fatale bitch sort of character. She could be completely insane. My mood board shows all of the images that remind me of my character Claudia. I could take it either way. She could be held captive, a complete freak or dainty.
I have been watching many horror movies to try and establish how I would like my Claudia to look.
Considering we are to be creating the looks for a music video I decided to look at some music videos to see what type of look goes on in Gothic horror music videos.
The first video I would like to reference for gothic horror is Blink 182 I miss you. The video is very Gothic within setting, the big mansion. The trees. The pale women in gowns. Spiders. I also love the extreme makeup that the models in the video are wearing.
Another video I chose to help provoke my thoughts in terms of design is My Chemical Romance Helena. This is set in church making it very gothic. The styling, and makeup is gothic. The corset and skirt is another element.
Gothic elements within pop culture.
I think that the videos above are more likely to include obvious gothic elements due to the music genre. However I think I would like my characters in the video to be more of the pop culture image with hints of the gothic element but not too much that its oblivious.
To me Lady Gaga Judas, has many gothic horror elements but done in a modern, stylish way. As in the styling, the chains, and weapons, the lavish,religion jewellery. In fashion the black clothing. The makeup includes; pale complexions, blood red lips, and graphic liner. The liner has swirls in it, it could possibly of been inspired by the gothic architecture. I love the big claw like nails to. It also reminds me of modern femme fatale as she is this powerful woman in control in the video.
In terms of setting the setting at the castle is gothic, yet enchanted.enchanted. Katy's costume and styling has gothic elements to it especially the mysterious looking cape. Her hair is sort of punk within the coloring. However the pale complexion and dark lips has a gothic feel to it I really like the makeup.
This video includes elements of Gothic horror. There's bats in it which has a link with vampires.There's skulls on the floor. There's fangs. I love the dark makeup. I really like the tear of blood which runs down Rhiannas face I feel this is a subtle yet striking touch to the makeup. I love the claw like nails. this video also has a sci-fi element to it which I may explore.
When I think of Gothic horror I imagine all things dark, and mysterious. I also think that Gothic architecture and fashion, even the trees to be very beautiful in a dark way and very inspiring and detailed.
Gothic horror is a genre of novels, and films containing horror and romanticism. In this mood board I feel I have included elements of both. I feel as though I understand clearly what Gothic horror is.
For our new project we have been given the opportunity to create two characters both fictional. I will develop my characters by beginning with discovering Gothic horror. Through agents of socialization such as film,music video, through text and images. I will keep track of how I will get to my final idea.
Claudia.
I understand that Claudia has always had an unhealthy relationship with movies. She has a soft spot for horror.She does not get out of her flat making her become rather unwell mentally and perhaps physically. She is isolated from the world. All she knows is from what she watches. Therefore her clothing will be inspired by the latest horror film she is watching; as well as how she wears her hair and makeup. However i understand that this look is or a music video. Usually in music videos the women look attractive therefore she will be very attractive with references with horror and Gothic within her makeup and styling, keeping up with pop culture.
Quentin.
Quentin is Claudia's boyfriend. Sometimes he's nice to her, sometimes he is vile. He messes with her emotions. He really is a different person everyday. He looks different everyday.However Claudia is completely in love with him. However like Claudia depending on what horror movie she is watching again he dresses, wears his hair etc like the characters in the movies. He has personality characteristics to the men in the movies. One day he's a hero the next day he is a psycho. The only problem is about Quentin is he does not exist. He is a figure of Claudia's wild, terrifying imagination. By understanding this I will try and get in the mid set of the character that I choose for Quentin. Again I will apply characteristics of horror to my character but in a pop culture/fashion sort of way.
For this project I think it is extremely important to pick the right model for the characters, as models make a huge difference. I will take a good think about what I visualize the image to look like.
Here is a face shot of my Estella design. I was really pleased with the black and white outcome. I used strong contouring and deep toned colours as I knew it was going to be in black and white the colours needed to be rich in order to show up. The makeup was meant to be fresh and innocent looking. It took me quite a long time to perfect the makeup therefore I struggled for time with the hair; which is why the hair does not look that good. I wanted to use a head piece to adorn the head it also adds a contemporary look to the makeup.
If I could re-do my Estella I defiantly would of taken more time on the hair. However I was pleased with the makeup.
Here I practiced my total look a week before my assessment. I would like my assessment to look exactly like this as I was really pleased with the outcome. I wanted to practice on my partner as she has distinctive eyes I wanted to make sure the design worked well to suit her features.
I added a necklace to the hair. As I feel this makes the look more interesting. The necklace also has Gothic/Victorian elements to it. I did not want it to look too innocent.
However for the day that the image is to be taken I will contour a lot more as the image is in black and white.
For my final hair design I wanted the hair to be extremely simple as I am not confident with hair. I also wanted the prior focus to be on simplicity. I wanted the hair to convey a once tidy,controlled style that is getting messy and loosing shape and control. To symbolize Estella slowly loosing control as she is further away out of her mothers reach.
