English National Ballet/ Twenty 6 Magazine

Saturday 9th February

For the H issue of Twenty 6 magazine Chris Turner was asked to direct a film for the English National Ballet.  Twenty 6's fashion editor David Hawkins was styling the shoot, and the lovely Alex James Fairbairn was on hair.  As always we had a lot to get through, and we had to shoot it all in one day instead of the hoped for two day shoot.  Because of this we had Beth Alderson to do special effects and body painting, and Claire Kirby on hand to do the nails.  She made some crazy long spiked ones among others.  We also had Tamara Walsh who made some amazing head pieces incorporating hair.  6 dancers were taking part in the film and there was 9 different scenes to shoot with each dancer being in about three scenes, so there was a lot of rotations.  We had a small room to fit all these people in, and the clothes which made the situation a little stressful at times, but we got through it and I worked non stop practically for 12 hours, stopping for a short time to eat a few mouthfuls of food.  I was exhausted and very achy by the end!  What I saw of it though at the end of the day was amazing, as it always is when Chris is directing.  They shoot a lot on a phantom camera which means it goes super slow and the effect was just breath taking!  I can't wait for it to be finished so you can all see it!!!

http://www.twenty6magazine.com/issue-h/moving-image/hallowed

Knomo look book

Friday 8th February

Back shooting with Knomo who make gorgeous bags, for their SS 2013 look book.  We shot some of it on location in the Spitalfields area, and some indoors at the Espero studio on Brick Lane.  I had two girls to make-up.  One make-up had a slight futuristic/ 60s feel to it, another was a laid back natural look, and then I did an evening look as well.  One of the models was deaf since birth.  She was amazing!  She actually lives and grow up in Norway and flew over for the shoot.  She could write perfectly in English so we communicated by writing on our phones.  She just knew what to do in front of the camera and modelled really well.  She picked direction up straight away.  She was an inspiration!

http://www.knomobags.com/uk/?gclid=CPXCn7D0sLUCFUvHtAodzgEAMA

Jonathan Ross Show

Wednesday 6th February

Sony got in touch with me to ask if I was free to make-up the Hurt's dancers for the Jonathan Ross show.  They were performing a bit of Wonderful Life, and Miracle.  They wanted the same look that I did for the Miracle music video so I already knew what I was doing. Two of the dancers were from the video, and there was two different girls, all of whom are lovely.  The show is recorded at the London TV Studio's near Waterloo. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX0ZuTO_2pU

Athena Procopiou look book

Friday 1st February

The amazing stylist Vanessa Coyle got in touch and asked me to do the make-up for Athena Procopiou's AW 2013 look book.  She makes beautiful scarves and cover ups and this time is going for more of an evening feel.  We shot the look book at her studio near Imperial Wharf, and I went for an Alexander Wang inspired make-up, quite androgynous with a strong brow and gorgeous skin which the model was perfect for.

http://athenaprocopiou.com/

Hurts Miracle video

Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th January

The amazing director Chris Turner asked me to be on board for this music video.  It was a great two days, I got to be very creative and create some strong graphic make-ups, which I love.  We were shooting in a multi storey car park one day, and in an old derelict shopping centre the second day, which looked like it could house the homeless and drug addicts, and was just as cold as being outside, if not colder somehow!  I was very glad I wasn't the angel who had to do a scene in a bath of milk!  The poor girl was apparently ill for weeks afterwards bless her, but she was such a great sport on the day.  There was a lot of different characters to make-up and we were on a very tight schedule so it was tough going, especially as we were making everyone up in a Winnebago which had barely enough space to swing a cat in,  but still everything went smoothly and everyone looked amazing.  On the second day we also had the addition of Neil the raven, he was beautiful!  I didn't have to put make-up on him though! ;o) The song is amazing, you must listen to it!

http://www.informationhurts.com/gb/splash/

All Saints

Monday 7th January 2013

Today I started working for All Saints shooting their e-commerce.  We shoot in a studio in Haggerston and it's the coldest studio ever, ha ha!  But we have some nice big heaters which I am very grateful for.  We are like a family now, we shot 16 days just in January.  The team is so lovely, and I love working with them all despite the cold conditioons!!!