My Miss Havisham

I chose this as my final image for my Miss Havisham interpretation as I loved how heartbroken and numb my model looks within the photograph, which for me is the true essence of Miss Havisham. 

 

The sore, cracked and dry lips I have to admit I did use PVA glue as I didn’t have anything else to create that affect with. In, future I do intend to buy something more professional, suitable for face make-up,  although I did do a patch test on my model in advance to see if it was suitable for her skin, it was fine, and the final outcome looks lifelike.

I aged my models hands by creating age spots with eyeshadow and also using a yellowy/brown colour to her fingernails. To make the age-spots look realistic I looked at my grandmothers age-spots and accurately replicated the exact same ones on my models hands.

I feel like this image shows a successful version of the infamous Miss Havisham.

My Estella

This is my final image showing my interpretation of Estella. I was pleased with my final outcome of Estella although if I was to do it again I would make the bruising on the cheek and around the eye more prominent as it did come out more faded than what I wanted. I really liked the effect of the bloody nose, and was surprised how easy it was to create; just by using a bit of lipgloss it gives the effect of fresh blood. 

 I wanted to portray through the image Estella’s pride, even though she had been badly beaten it hasn’t affected her hard exterior and that she is still keeping up her front of a cold hearted woman incapable of true love.

Victorian Women

A Victorian Woman was meant to be seen and not heard. Her life was dedicated to finding a suitable suitor to marry to.  She would then live her life inside as a homemaker and up bringer for her children. . The qualities a young Victorian woman needed were to be innocent, virtuous, biddable, dutiful and be ignorant of intellectual opinion. 

As such pressure was put on a Victorian woman to get married and to settle down very early I can understand how humiliated Miss Havisham would have been after being jilted at the altar. She would have been seen as an embarrassment and so staying inside away from the rest of society may have been the only way she could cope with this tragic life shattering event.

Satis House

To comprehend the characters I’m creating in more depth what I thought would be useful is to look more into their surroundings.  In Satis House, Dickens creates a magnificent Gothic setting. Satis house is a decaying, dark yet grand mansion. Miss Havisham has stopped the clocks in this gloomy house, determined to wallow in the moment of her heartbreak. Estella of course is brought up in this disheartening home and perhaps it’s one of the many elements that have contributed to her ruthless nature.

Here's a few images that I visulise Satis house to be like ...

 

Victorian Earings

As my final images will only be head/mid shots I want to focus on earings when it comes to choosing my jewellery for the shots.

I have some dangly glitzy earings, sort of similar to the ones shown below (without the pearls) and so I feel they’re too modern. To make them look more suitable for the Victorian era i've stuck pearls in the centre, and this is what i'll use for my final images.