Paranormal inspiration for Claudia Development

Having decided that my gothic horror inspirartion would come from Paranormal activity a ghost film I previously researched. I began to gain lots of ideas from previous research and began being inspired by this genre. When flicking through my Instagram page i can across an image posted by Charlotte Tilbury on 101 how to straighten hair the image below shows the hair sitting upright and curved around a pillow while the iron is being used to straighten it out.

This instantly inspired me to a hair design i could create for Claudia i thought about levitating and this reminded me of levitation of the hair and how creating this on my Claudia character as though she has an ora of Paranormal happening about her. This would be the basis for my inspiration i felt i need some hair inspiration to help me create a structure so there hair wasn't just upright by i could combine techniques used in class how i could use this as my idea by still create a fashion style thats sleek perfect and smooth while creating this sense of levitation and the femme fetale female. I began researching on Pinterest for my inspiration- http://www.pinterest.com/milliejohns/claudia/

This first mood board from images of my Pinterest account shows my research of ghostly hair many elements of this are long sleek hair covering the face and masking the features, this reminded me of the Ringu (the grudge) films main character of the girl to me one of the classic horror films that began using the idea of the awaking of the dead and bringing our imaginations into what they would look like. I love the right hand side far top image the ghost like element of the hair creates such a strong effect although i need to think about covering of the face as i need to show my makeup but taking elements from this mood board of how you can use hair to create an eerie unsettling atmosphere.

Millie Johns . (March 2014 ). Claudia . Available: http://www.pinterest.com/milliejohns/claudia/. Last accessed 2014 .

The next mood board shows my development of ideas from my first into more high fashion and relatable hair to my target audience while using my inspiration from ghostly levitation and abnormalities in hair to create my Paranormal gothic horror characterisation of Claudia. I love the elements of the hair being brought onto the face relating to the grudge character but using techniques such as the wet look pin curls onto the face takes the look into more of a fashion editorial look. I love the technique used on the white hair in the centre top right it shows how you could create defined waves into the hair while potentially keeping that perfect smooth element. (This technique looks like they have straighten hair sprayed hair something i could easterly recreate) This hair design on the right second row shows how you can create a structure while still portraying an element of unearthly levitating hair.

Millie Johns . (March 2014 ). Claudia . Available: http://www.pinterest.com/milliejohns/claudia/. Last accessed 2014 .

I drew a very rough hair plan of my initial ideas i would create very smooth soft waves that look very sleek and shiny using tongs and setting the curls in pins till cool, after brushing the curls out this will create my soft waves, i will further experiment technique to create the idea of levitating by either using hair spray and straighteners or using the idea of chicken wire to secure onto the head and cover with the soft waves by threading them through and masking the wire. the curls onto the face i want to create a wet look snaking down onto the face. i initially just created the look without the bottom section as shown on the left all the hair levitating up wards but i wanted to have the elements of the long eerie hair down the side of the face so i added this as the top section just levitating upwards. I need to experiment further on hair with this look to work out all the techniques and elements i will have to use to achieve an unrealistic paranormal feel to the hair.