Pre-Production - Make-Up Testing - Henchman

For the Henchman, we decided that he should have a scar across his face to make him seem more intimidating, and to give the impression that he has survived multiple fights.

Whilst we won't be giving the Henchman this exact scar, we will still use the techniques shown here to achieve the look we want. We will also have the wound as an old scar rather than a fresh, bleeding wound, as using fake blood in our shoot would be more difficult and time consuming, and could cause potential problems such as being ruined during running shots.

We have decided to use Snazaroo Special FX Wax, as group members have used it before, and it gives the realistic effect that we want for our shoot.

For both characters we have decided to apply the make-up before the shoot begins in order to save time, and because applying make-up on location would be more difficult. However, we will still bring the make-up on location in case it needs to be reapplied in order to maintain the continuity.

We took inspiration from a number of action villains. One being Darth Vader, who has a burnt, disfigured face and covers it with a mask. Another one is Two-Face from batman who has half a burnt face. This dis-figuration and abnormality is a common characteristic of villains throughout the genre. This is because they more frightening and shows evidence of violence.

For the scar, we used eyeshadow and foundation to make it look more realistic - on the main shoot we will make the scar thinner, using less wax, in order to make it more believable and less likely to come off and stick to the inside of the mask.