GREAT EXPECTATIONS

For anyone that has seen or read a version of Great Expectations would agree that this film a real spooky feeling to it. 

At the beginning i couldn't seem to get my head around the whole storyline of what they were trying to portray. After watching the film i began to watch the BBC episodes to try and understand the story in more depth.
Throughout the film and episodes i wrote notes on each character and how they will interpret in my final designs. 
Great Expectations has a good spook factor a real gothic scenery to play with from where they are in the house to the graveyard when pip meets the convict. 

BEAUTY IN THE VICTORIAN AGE

My understanding of the beauty in the victorian age was little, but after a few hours of researching into the Victorian era, i became interested in what they thought was beauty.
While the Victorian Era was a time dominates by a strict moral code, religious values, modesty and sexual restraint, during this period cosmetics were considered immoral and frowned upon. This didn't mean ladies stopped wearing it all together though.  

Little did i know was actresses and prostitute where classed under the same category, both wore strong makeup, while the well-off (wealthy) ladies used very little and in very natural tones.  After reading this i would still find myself agreeing to this statement, Even though contouring and bold eyebrows have dramatically changed, you will still find the upperclass category wearing natural based foundation rather than a face full of makeup. 

Throughout the first semester we explored in to Elizabethan makeup an one thing both Victorian and Elizabethan beauty in common was their complexion. A pale complexion was a sign of nobility, wealth and upperclass. 
What changed though was the way to achieve there pale fair skin tone. The victorian Era was the time women started using Zinc Oxide, a white mineral powder which was known to be safer than some of the deadly mixtures of the past which in fact was still around. 

Bibliography

ANON., 2015b. Beauty in the Victorian Age [online] [viewed 23 Jan 2015]. Available from: http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/08/06/beauty-in-the-victorian-age/

Citation

(Anon. 2015b)

THE START OF THE JOURNEY...

Gothic Horror! Throughout the next semester i will be researching into gothic horror  and how it has changed throughout the years. On main book i will be researching into is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. This will in tail my journey to start by researching into Victorian beauty Ideals and the characters within the book. 

Ask yourself one thing, what scares you?