24 September 2007 par Pascale

Hi, back in London.

For those who don’t know the off courts festival, check my previous posts : Off-courts, Trouville day 1 and the official page of the festival where you will be able to watch at some videos done during the festival through podcast. don’t miss the mini-journal ! it’s worth ! don’t miss the wally hunt on the 8th septembre mini-journal !

I miss the Off courts ambiance, the way of speaking of our nice cousins from Quebec all over the place, foreign filmmakers from Hungary, Austria, Australia… Good creative energy indeed !

The second day, we’ve been working harder to finish the shorts for the very evening. Christian Laurence did a great and funny short giving the tone of the festival. As I have said sooner, Christian is one of the active people behind the kino movement, I really like him, as a kind guy, and a talented and positiv director and team leader. You know what is their motto at kino ? “Do well with nothing, do better with little but do it now!” I think it’s quite good, and some people may say it’s appropriate for even more than kino…
To get more info about the kino, check the story here.

Well, let’s talk about make-up by the way.
I got myself a little workstation in the festival Village, where actors were invited to get made-up before their filming. Too many filmings for my going everywhere, but at least, actors would not be bare in front of the camera.
It was funny because before seeing oneselves on the 4k screen lend by Sony, some of the actors and directors haven’t paid much attention to my offering doing make-up. But the screening made them face the truth : gosh ! HD is cruel !

With HD, skin without make-up is not something quite nice, except for the very very few who has already a flawless and prone-to-be-dry skin. For the most of us, HD get every flaw and redness visible, more than that : obvious. The skin, if not matified properly looks easily greasy, moreover in the nice sun we’ve had those days in Trouville.

Red ears, beard irritation, to name a few, are quite eye-striking. For ladies, well, take care of those foundation who reflect light to get a glooming look. The result will not be as flattering as thought.

It was a pitty I need to get back to Paris on the 3rd day of the festival, it was so much fun and teams were beginning to understand what make-up can do, both for the quality of the image, and as a tool for the story.
Click on this link to discover a great kino I have worked on, to change good-looking Gianni into a lost and down-hill junkie : Chers Parents, a film by Stephane Godron on Gianni’s Myspace.

Thank you all, organisation crew, filmmakers, actors, Sony and Apple… that was great !
See you next year !

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