Pre-production: Actors (Protagonists)

Pre-production: Make-up ('psycho-people'/ extras)

For the extras in my short film, I've decided on using purple, brown and red eye-shadow below the eyelids for the same reason I chose to do so for the Archans: to look antagonistic and psychotic. I then applied some white powder to the face along with a light grey tone to subtly make the skin pigment look unnatural. Although it's not clear in the pictures i've taken, I applied purple lipstick to the inner part of my lips to create the illusion that my lips would look thinner and closer to how films's present ghostly figures. When it comes to actually filming the characters I would need to make this more obvious. I'm thinking of adding some white powder on the edge of the characters' lips also.

As for hair, the characters would have hair styles similar to the protagonists but which is more controlled and neat. I don't think it will be necessary to picture this since it's easy enough to think of a balance between knotted hair and smooth hair.

Pre-production: Storyboard

Shot 92 would last 20 secs and cuts in

Extra storyboard-shots

Extra storyboard-shots

Pre-production: Update

Pre-production: Make-up (Archans)

My intention for the Archans is that they have a white powder applied to the whole of the face. Along with this, I've applied brown, purple, red, and a little bit of black eye-shadow beneath my eyes to give the impression the characters are sleep-deprived. It also instantly gives the reading that the characters are psychotic. I also applied black lipstick to the inner part of my lips to appear as if the characters have a tar-like sludge/bile coming from their mouths. This will help to make the Archans appear sinister and vindictive, which is the nature of their characters. What's not shown in these pictures is how I plan on presenting the characters' hair. I intend to use a hair gel for the two Archans whose hair will be slicked back and appear greasy and unpleasant so the viewer feels even more repulsed by these characters. Ideally I would like to slick the hair from front to back but because the actors' hair is quite short it might be easier for me to have the hair parted whilst still being slicked back. Below are a few example of how I envisage the Archans' hair to realistically appear.

Revised Script

Derange: The Script (revised)

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.