Our group is working very well during class and we are getting the majority of the tasks done, however we have not yet done our technical rehearsal because someone is always absent in our group and our group becomes quite easily distracted. Also, not everybody knows all of their lines yet which is a problem since the performance date is coming up soon, our group needs to start working efficiently during class as well as outside of class and needs to have a full run through with tech and all to see how it is coming together.
The make-up designs are slowly being completed and are all good for strengthening the characters of everyone and for enhancing the play's theme of corruption. I really do feel that my make-up and hair designs are enhancing our performance and will be an important part in our play since the designs also symbolize certain things in our play. What I have come to notice is that there are some things that keep on popping up with every piece of research I obtained as well as my own designs which all have a 1950's feel to them. These things are symbolic to the 1950's and really represent the 1950's well:

• Big, volumnous hair with a big and sometimes tight waves
• Quite dark eyes but nothing too over the top (mostly) with one color lipstick
• For men, often sideburns and almost always hair slicked back with quite a lot of gel (often small poufs are created as well)

Some symbolic make-up and hair designs that do not only symbolize the 1950's but also symbolize corruption in our play are:

• loose hair for girls (shows that they are more bad than good, only characters with loose hair is corrupt)
• pinned up hair for girls (shows that they are more good than bad, when character has pinned up hair, she will not do anything corrupt)
• Dark lipstick to show that they are corrupt (the dark lipstick is symbolic because whoever is wearing dark lipstick (female) is corrupt or is soon becoming corrupt which is the major theme in our play and thus dark lipstick is symbolic for corruption.)

We did not have an official tech rehearsal, I practiced make-up on our actors, Sarah told us what costumes to bring, Robin made sure he had all the sounds, Abrar made sure that all the lighting was good and Saif made sure he would have the props for the final performance. However, I will reflect on my make-up rehearsal with everyone.

What I used this lesson was the make-up packages provided in drama class and used some of my own make-up including certain lipstick, foundation, and eyeliner (primarily for me and Sarah). The intention of the make-up designs is to show what kind of characters everyone is and to enhance these characters alongside costume, lighting, sound, set and script. Also, the make-up and hair will emphasize the concept (which is to show how easy it is for one to become corrupt and drag others down with him/her) and to show in what time period the play is set in (1950's). In this rehearsal I felt like I was on my way to representing these things. The male characters both quite looked like characters from 1950 movies such as grease because they both had side burns, and a little pouf in the front of their hair. Both the female characters in our play (Sarah and I) had certain make-up and hair traits that really symbolized the 1950's hair and make-up (the big volumnous hair and the eyes which were quite dark), therefore I feel like I am well on my way to succesfully representing our intention and concept of the play.

Since Saif did not look much like a man who is corrupt and would do deals illegally (his character), I needed to think of something that would make him look a bit more adult and grown up and corrupt. So, I decided to add a small moustache, which in the end added better to see that he is corrupt and made him look a bit more like the character he is playing. Also, since there are two character changes on the girl characters (both for Sarah and I) I decided that the make-up would stay the same after seeing the costumes because both the costumes would fit with both the make-up and hair designs and the make-up and hair enhances all the different character types which is why I changed it to being just one make-up design for each character .
(underline is the changes I made to my original designs today)

I need to apply Saif's moustache with more care because I was running out of time and decided to do it rush rush just to see how it would look. For the final performance I will need to take the time to do it so that it looks even on both sides and actually sticks on properly. Also, I used a peachy color for Robin which made him look too pink, so I need to change that color to something a bit less peachy pinky.

I got feedback that the foundation color for Saif looked very natural and that the sideburns looked quite natural as well when on stage, also, people commented on how Sarah looked like she was evil of somewhat which is good since it shows that the make-up is giving it's desired effect on people. However, people did comment on Saif's moustache which I will make better for the final performance and I will spend more time on it for the final performance like suggested. Overall this make-up rehearsal went quite well for me and I was able to test all of my designs under the lighting of the stage as well and so now I am able to succesfully create the final designs for our final performance next week.

I decided to change the lip color of Sarah to a bit more reddish since the plum color made her look more goth than corrupt. I believe that this change will strengthen the play and her character because more people will then believe she is corrupt instead of goth which is what we want, also, it will fit in better with the play as a whole since it will strengthen her character and thus put more emphasis on her part in the whole play.

Today we also changed our script. Because the make-up of Sarah's character needed to change from dark to light to dark, we wanted to change it so that she could start with light and end with dark. We did this so that now I changed my design for her eyes so that it will be easier to transition from one character to another during the play. Her eyes are now going to be dark whilst she is a good character, but her lips and the rest of her make-up will be light. Her make-up for when she is corrupt stays the same as it was before. Even though the script change was not necessary our group also decided to do it since it would add another drama component to strenghten our play and to put emphasis on the corrupt part.

The last change I made from my draft of the final designs is for the make-up of my good character. Her eyes are now going to be quite dark as well since as seen on the research I have done, the eyes of the good, light colored characters, are mostly dark as well but still make the overall character seem good and sweet. Therefore I have decided to change the eye make-up of my good character to darker and thicker so that it will also be easier for me to transition between character between scenes during our performance.

Based on what we have in the make-up packages at school I have decided to change a few things. Since there is no black hair in the packet, I have decided to draw the side burns on which will make them more accurate and neat. Also, I have decided to give Saif a moustache using the grey hair in the packet, but then coloring it black once it is stuck on his face. I decided to add a moustache to saif's make-up because it would make him look more mature and police-like as well as enhancing the seriousness of his character. I believe these two changes will strengthen the character of Saif and will strengthen the play as a w

These designs are based on my written drafts I created, I did this using the make-up packs provided in drama class.
I feel like the light color is too light and the dark color is too dark, also I will need to find a way to change her make-up from light to dark during a scene since she is a different character then.
I though this practice went well and it has made me think more about the designs for the play and what I need to pay attention to whilst creating the final designs. I will be changing the designs due to a few things that I do not like (color being too dark or too light) and because it needs to be able to change easily when character change is needed during the performance which it currently is not.

Looking at the research I have done and how those characters are represented through make-up and hair I have created a written draft of the final designs:

This is the draft of the final make-up designs (written). I have made these decisions based on what the characters of the play are like, and on what many people from the 1950's looked like depending on their character. There are a few problems with these designs but those will be dealt with as I continue in my process of designing.

This is a typical haircut for a man in the 1950's. His hair is slicked back with a lot of gel to create an overall neat-looking hairstyle.
This hairstyle makes the man look very good mannered, and not corrupt, however, it also has a hint of bad to it, it depends in what context it is put in which is what is good about this hairstyle, it can be used for different types of characters.
I will be inspired by this design because it perfectly represents a man from the 1950's and thus something inspired by this look will enhance the character and the play as a whole. I will definetely have the guys in our play use gel for their hair since it is used so much during this time period, also, almost all the men had their hair short and slicked back with gel (sometimes with a little pouf like this). Through this research I am more sure about what kind of hair to design for the men in our play.
http://76.12.200.158/mens-1950s-haircuts/slides/1950-mens-hairstyle-004.html

I will use this picture as an inspiration because it shows a similar character that we have and the hair and make-up go paired very well together to show this character. Immediately the audience can infer what type of character she is throught her hair and make-up which is also my intention. The hair once again is volumnous and big and wavy, and the make-up is made up of darker colors.
This piece of research has helped me with my final design since now I have yet another good combination of hair and make-up that I could do something similar to for my final design.

These two designs are very influential on my final design because the female represents a good girl and the hair and make-up go well together as a combo to represent this. Also, because we have a character that is similar to her and this combo or something similar would be very good for our perfomance. The man in this picture is also something I want to incorporate into my final design because he looks like a typical 1950's guy and could be considered bad or good depending on what he is wearing and what he is like. This picture is very helpful for my final designs because I now know that I can use quite dark eye make-up for a lighter color palette and still make the girl look like she is not corrupt, as well as knowing two more hairstyles and thus producing more ideas for how I can design the hair and make-up for the characters in our play.

This is a very good design for representing woman in the 1950's because the hair is just like many woman had it back then: wavy and quite volumnous. The good thing about the hair, is that often you only see the big volumnous waves on loose hair, but here it is shown in a ponytail which is a good thing for our play since there is a change of character about halfway through, which also needs to change the hair, and through having it in a ponytail and then changing it to loose might be a good idea since it shows two different types of characters (because hair can affect the way the audience thinks about a character, or what kind of character the person is in combination with make-up). Often girls with their hair up are considered to be more of the good girls and girls with their hair down more of the bad (depending on the combination with the make-up, but it is often shown in movies that way, Sandy from Grease beginning had her hair up and when bad she had her hair loose). What I like about the make-up of this design is that it is quite dark but does not make her look emo or goth, which is what I intend to do in our play as well for the woman that are corrupt. Also, the make-up looks very sophisticated but not over-done, whilst if you closely look at it, it is very simple and not that hard to do.This hair style and make-up design is a good idea for my final design or to do something similar to this for my final design since it is able to show a certain character well.

This is a bad character from a movie in the 1950's. Again, the hair is volumnous and wavy and the hairstyle enhaces her character as well (in combination with the make-up). The make-up is dark and layered quite thick which gives the desired effect of making her look like a bad girl.
I will be inspired by this picture for the corrupt female characters in our play because this perfectly represents a bad female from the 1950's. My thoughts on the dark make-up scheme were similar to what this character represents (dark red and black colors) and thus this picture is a rough representation of what I was thinking about of designing.

We made our play longer through adding a few scenes, we added in the reasoning for the killer to kill, how it all started, and we added two murders and changed the story from being about how Saif cheats on his wife, to how Saif does an illegal deal with Sarah to make it a bit more original and corrupt.