The Dead

Below is a teaser entitled The Dead.

Director Adam Stephenson and I collaborated one night to create this promotion for his soon-to-be web series. He explained the gist of the plot to me, and I gave use both pale faces and tired eyes, and we went from there.



Here are a couple of stills.

Broken Nail

Its very rare that I can talk Trevor into letting me put makeup on him. Even if its tough and manly makeup, like a busted up fingernail. In fact, I've only had the honor one time.

When we were first dating, he allowed me to do this (see photo left). I split a fake nail down the middle and applied it with regular nail glue. I then built up some latex around the sides for the cuticles. A little bruising here, a little blood there... and VOILA! Trevor's horrific hammer accident.

Now that the honeymoon phase is over, he no longer feels the need to humor me by letting me use him as a guinea pig. I'll have to find my models elsewhere!

Makeup on Meegz

This bombshell is my friend Meegz. She's always game when it comes to striking a pose, so when I asked her if she'd model for me for a couple fashion makeovers, she was all for it.

This photo was taken against a wall on the side of Trevor's apartment. Meagan's pale complexion really suits this sultry smokey eye. Yeow!


Here she is again is a forest in a small park in Welland.

TIP: Blues and purples don't always have to look like your eyes are bruised. Try BOLD and VIBRANT shades (see photo left) instead of dull ones, and don't over-blend. Usually tons of blending is a good thing, but in this case, over-blending can just create a messy, murky look. Keep the colors true, and restrict them to the lid only (don't go too high, purple or blue on the brow bone can look a little Mimi-like)

Plastic Wrap

On a whim one day last summer, my good friend Josh Ladouceur and I decided to make him up as a corpse and wrap him in plastic wrap. A half-hour and one roll of Glad later, we had this. We took photos in my basement cellar, and out in the driveway. It was VERY hard for Josh to breathe (despite the breathing hole I made him) so this shoot didn't last very long. But it was fun!

I would love to do a set of CSI-esque shoots, forensic photos, etc. If anyone is interested, give me a shout!

Milan's DOP Reel and Photos

The following is Milan Stanojevic's Director of Photography reel. Throughout the video are clips from several films I worked on last year.



Here's a few photos from the shoots as well.
Photo credit: Michael Lee

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Above: This is several different scenes in which I applied makeup on actor Nick Kusiba for the film Out of the Darkness. The effects consisted of making him appear very tired, worn and strung-out. In the last photo you can also see some "sweat" that I applied (Glycerin).

This last one is a scar effect I did on actor Luke Gallo. In the film, he had been in an accident years earlier where a gun backfired and burned his face.