Pre-production: Make-up (Protagonists)

 In the two pictures on this post you'll see the make-up I applied to my face to show how I will similarly use make-up on my two protagonists. I've gone for a look that will give the best reading that the two have been living 'wild', as it were, for days on end. I used dark brown, dark green and red tones of eye shadow across the whole face. I may also add some purple to give the impression that the characters have some bruising on their faces.


In my pictures I'm wearing mascara and eye-liner which I'm happy for the female protagonist to use also. As for hair, my characters will ideally have very messed up and slightly knotted hair. I may be tempted to go for a 'greasy' look to enhance the verisimilitude of the state and situation the characters are in also.

For the male character's hair I can't decide between two pictures I found. For one, I like Zac Efron's hair because of how unkempt it looks. Then again, the actor doesn't have enough hair to resemble Zac's hair so I think I will probably combine the two styles when it comes to the male protagonist's hair.