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Maleficent was released on May 28, 2014, starring Angelina Jolie (Maleficent), Elle Fanning (Aurora), Sam Riley (Diaval), Sharlto Copley (Stefan), Brenton Thwaites (Prince Phillip) and Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville and Juno Temple (The three flower pixies).
The film was directed by Robert Stromberg.
Maleficent is a fantasy film which is based on sleeping beauty but has a different twist to it because in the film sleeping beauty maleficent is made to be the bad one, however in the maleficent film she is the good one.
I chose this film to watch and reflect on because I feel all the make-up and costumes created are all so fascinating and amazing! It is something completely different and with all the dazzling special effects used I knew it would give me inspiration.
The film was directed by Robert Stromberg.
Maleficent is a fantasy film which is based on sleeping beauty but has a different twist to it because in the film sleeping beauty maleficent is made to be the bad one, however in the maleficent film she is the good one.
I chose this film to watch and reflect on because I feel all the make-up and costumes created are all so fascinating and amazing! It is something completely different and with all the dazzling special effects used I knew it would give me inspiration.
The main character I have decided to reflect on is Maleficent
herself; she is a fairy who is very kind, loving and caring to everyone in the
kingdom in which they live in, the Moors. A boy named Stefan comes from the human kingdom to the Moors
and spends a lot of time with Maleficent and they grow together until
Maleficent realises she has fallen in love with him. However the king said
whoever brings Maleficent dead to him can have the crown, so Stefan cares about
nothing more at this point apart from making his fortune, so he therefore decides
to turn his back on Maleficent and betray her. Stefan felt that he could not
kill her so instead he decides to cut Maleficent’s wings off and takes them to
the king. Stefan is now king and Maleficent is astonished by what he had done
and becomes heartbroken; she never believed he would let her down like this. In
time to come the king then meets a lady who he marries and has a baby with
called Aurora, however because Maleficent is still very upset and angry because
of how Stefan betrayed her to become King she curses the newborn baby by saying
on Aurora’s 16th birthday she will prick her finger on the needle of
a spindle and will fall into a deep sleep and will only be able to be woken by
a true loves kiss. The King and Queen take Aurora away from the Kingdom of
Moors to keep her safe and put her in a small cottage in the middle of nowhere
with three pixies, one red, one green and one blue who are all disguised as
normal human beings. Maleficent watches over Aurora continuously and overtime
she becomes to love her and then wants to take back the curse in which she made
and wasn’t sure how this would be possible. Aurora then puts her finger on the
needle of spindle wheel and she falls into a deep sleep and the three pixies
then take Aurora back to the kingdom. Maleficent then goes to the kingdom with
a prince as she knows that true loves kiss can break the spell but it didn’t
work. However because Maleficent had fallen in love with Aurora after all this
time she then decides she will kiss her and it worked but the King still thinks
Aurora is sleeping. Maleficent then goes into a room and finds her wings in
there so puts them back on and when the King sees this they both battle it out
and the King eventually dies. Aurora then goes to live with Maleficent in the
magical forest where they live happily ever after.
The way I believe Maleficent's character changes throughout the film is because in the beginning she is very sweet, loving and caring and when she becomes heart broken she turns bitter, angry and hurt which is when she curses the spell on Aurora. However throughout the film you can see how she slowly learns to love again by falling in love with Aurora and eventually her soul comes back to life and she becomes the nice, loving fairy she was in the beginning.
The make-up used on Maleficent in the film I feel is very bold. Prosthetics was used to create Maleficents prominent cheek bones and she wears a subtle nose piece, pointy ears and sharp molars.
In the film Maleficents face looks very pale and this was created by using MAC Select Cover Concealer with a wet sponge in a colour paler than Angelina's natural skin tone without any blush.
To get the red lips MAC's Pro Longwear Lipgloss in Anthurium was used.
Labradorite stone was used to get the colours for the creepy eye look for Maleficent and the contact lenses in which she wears are hand painted which matched Angelina's natural eye colour but they just made them look more magical.
Maleficent's nails were painted a bone colour red on the inside of the nail and on the outside of the nail was just clear, however they looked slightly different in certain scenes of the film.
With the costumes in which Maleficent wears they all have very exaggerated shoulders and collars. Cow leather was used as well as sting ray and ostrich leather.
For Maleficent to have those amazing horns, a bald cap was put over her head to cover her hair and the horns were attached with magnets so it would be easy to take them on and off. The horns gave Maleficent an extra foot of height and the shoes which were created for her gave her an extra five inches in height!
Source Information
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587310/
http://www.disney.co.uk/movies/maleficent/characters/maleficent
http://fashionista.com/2014/05/maleficent-makeup-costumes
The make-up used on Maleficent in the film I feel is very bold. Prosthetics was used to create Maleficents prominent cheek bones and she wears a subtle nose piece, pointy ears and sharp molars.
In the film Maleficents face looks very pale and this was created by using MAC Select Cover Concealer with a wet sponge in a colour paler than Angelina's natural skin tone without any blush.
To get the red lips MAC's Pro Longwear Lipgloss in Anthurium was used.
Labradorite stone was used to get the colours for the creepy eye look for Maleficent and the contact lenses in which she wears are hand painted which matched Angelina's natural eye colour but they just made them look more magical.
Maleficent's nails were painted a bone colour red on the inside of the nail and on the outside of the nail was just clear, however they looked slightly different in certain scenes of the film.
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For Maleficent to have those amazing horns, a bald cap was put over her head to cover her hair and the horns were attached with magnets so it would be easy to take them on and off. The horns gave Maleficent an extra foot of height and the shoes which were created for her gave her an extra five inches in height!
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| http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/interviews/a2446/maleficent-costumes-oliver-garcia/ |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587310/
http://www.disney.co.uk/movies/maleficent/characters/maleficent
http://fashionista.com/2014/05/maleficent-makeup-costumes
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