Working The Makeup Dept Budget With Desired FX

October 12, 2022 in artist news, behind the horror, behind the scenes, behind the scenes blog, behind the scenes film, behind the shoot, campaign, business of makeup, character makeup, character makeup kit, creating the narrative, creating the show, creative colabs, creative talent, creatives blog, crew approved, Earning your craft, featured brand, feautred artist, film makeup, film makeup kit, film/tv makeup, fx makeup, fx makeup kit, HOD distributor, HOD internet TV, HOD TV, hod tv, horror, horror film, horror film creator, horror film creators, Internet TV, internet tv, jamesc approved, jamesc endorsed, JamesC movie makeup, JamesC mua, jamesc tv makeup, like and share, like the blog, lost behind the lens, lost behind the scenes, lost blog, lost creative, lost creative blog, lost creative news, lost creatives, lost horror, lost mua, Lost Stories, lost talent, low budget film, makeup kit, media makeup kit, opening doors, out of kit, out of kit essentials, out of kit film makeup, Out of Kit Prosthetics, out of kit trauma, out of the box fx, professional fx kit, professional fx makeup, project management, share the blog, short film, starting a business, the lost mua, the makeup business, working smart, Desired FX kit, Desired FX, desired fx

In the world of film and TV, budgets can be the biggest constraint alongside time, to the creative process. For the makeup department often this means we have to search out cost-efficient options to create a particular look or downgrade the process to fit the money available, thankfully, there are services like Desired FX that can help with this and give you a budget-friendly, professional add-on to your kit that will push the department ahead.

From silicone wounds to scars, tattoos including bruising and standard designs, Desired FX offers up a range of products that will work for most scenarios and even offers a studio custom service to allow further scope for creativity on a budget.

With increasing options in the digital market from Amazon to HOD TV (Horror on Demand), the indie film sector has never been so popular with the on-demand film/TV sector becoming bigger year on year, but budgets being tight in the circuit, having the option of a team like Desired FX who can provide cost-efficient options for the FX department, there is scope to bring a different dimension as a department head working smart with the available funds.

To learn more about Desired FX or to purchase see:

Desired FX shop ( 10% off on all products with the promo code "JamesClark10")

Desired FX Instagram.

Desired FX Facebook.

Source: https://www.desiredfx.co.uk/

Hitting Deadlines

November 01, 2021 in artist news, beauty, beauty blogger, beauty makeup, beauty photo shoot, behind the beauty, behind the horror, behind the scenes, behind the scenes blog, behind the shoot, building the narrative, business development, business of makeup, character makeup, character makeup kit, cinematic projects, code of conduct, commercial projects, content creator, creating a portfolio, creating the narrative, creating the show, creative colabs, creative direction, creative director jamesc, creative space, creative talent, creative talent UK, creative team, creatives blog, digital covers, digital magazine, digital magazine work, digital magazines, digital submission, digital submissions, digital tear sheets, digital tears, digital tearsheets, Earning your craft, editorial concept, editorial, editorial makeup, editorial makeup kit, editorial makeup shoot, editorial placement, editorial research, editorial shoot, editorial shoots, film/tv makeup, free agent, free agent talent, Global talent, JamesC creative, jamesc creative director, jamesc makeup designer, JamesC movie makeup, JamesC mua, JamesC mud, jamesc tv makeup, like and share, like the blog, location scouting, location hunting, location shoot, lost agency plans, lost beauty, lost behind the lens, lost behind the scenes, lost blog, lost creative, lost creative blog, lost creatives & vshow, lost creatives, lost creative work, lost creative stories, lost mua, lost submissions, lost talent, lost tears, marketing, marketing tools, new wave productions, on screen talent, online magazines, photo shoot, professional fx kit, professional fx makeup, project development, project management, The Lost Creatives, the lost creative, the lost creatives, the lost creatives blog, the vShowcards team, The vShowcards database, vShow Cards, vshowcards, vShowcards, vShowcards casting site, vshowcards crew, vShowcards crewsite, vshowcards new wave, vshowcards newwave, vShowcards portal, vShowcards site

Working from home and doing multiple blogs, consulting with production companies, and doing costings for projects has been fantastic, it has allowed us to be a part of the creative field and opened up conversations with potential collaborators for the next year. What it also means is we have been able to set deadlines for work and give ourselves flexibility on the stock we have with a view to curating and adding what is needed for the near future.

As you can imagine we are now close to one of the deadlines for an in-house project, small, but nonetheless important. So within the next 10 days, we have to complete a minimum of 3 shoots that will be submitted for a competition we have had our collective eye on for a while now.

It also has been a good time to work on a marketing plan for the new year, which is scarily close and our creative director and head of makeup JamesC has now got a profile with the fantastic vs ho wcards which is in need of some small updates but is officially live!

Something we have discussed at length is websites, JamesC will revert to his old website soon with some much-needed changes as we have a huge amount of his work saved on the old site, we felt it made more sense just to edit and relaunch versus a rebuild.

Another option we are reviewing and giving serious thought to is an electronic notebook to reduce our paper use or at least a tablet with a good note keeper app, with so much in the market changing we are working to keep on top of this and be as practical about our work as possible.

Stay tuned for updates and further information.

Festive Thoughts From The Lost Creatives

December 24, 2020 in a meeting with style, Amber Richards stylist, artist news, beauty, beauty blogger, beauty makeup, beauty photo shoot, behind the beauty, behind the horror, behind the scenes, behind the shoot, bollywood, business development, business of makeup, character makeup, character makeup kit, cinema, cinema news, code of conduct, comedy horror, commercial projects, content creator, creating a portfolio, creating the narrative, creating the show, creative colabs, creative direction, creative director jamesc, creative management, creative meeting, creative space, creative team, digital covers, digital magazine, digital magazine work, digital magazines, digital submission, digital submissions, digital tear sheets, digital tears, digital tearsheets, Earning your craft, editorial, editorial concept, editorial makeup, editorial makeup shoot, editorial placement, editorial plan, editorial plans, editorial research, editorial shoot, editorial shoots, facechart, fashion film, fashion film plans, fashion films, fashion styling, featured brand, feautred artist, festival films, festival projects, film festival, film makeup, film makeup kit, film management, film shoot, film/tv makeup, Global talent, hod tv, HOD TV, HOD internet TV, horror, horror cinema, horror cinema fan, horror film, horror film creators, horror film sales, horror tv, Internet TV, internet tv, jamesc approved, JamesC creative, jamesc creative director, jamesc endorsed, jamesc makeup designer, JamesC movie makeup, JamesC mua, JamesC mud, jamesc tv makeup, location shoot, location shoot management, Lord & berry Powder, lord and berry, lord and berry elite, lord and berry fashion, lord and berry grooming, lord and berry make up, lord and berry makeup, lord and berry pro, Lord and Berry Touch Up, lost tv, lost agency, Lost Agency, lost agency plans, lost beauty, lost behind the lens, lost behind the scenes, lost blog, lost boys, lost boys shoot, Lost cinema, lost covers, lost creative, lost creative blog, lost creative shoot, lost creative shoots, lost creative stories, lost creative work, lost creatives, lost film, lost films, lost girl shoot, lost girls, lost horror, lost in the horror, lost management, lost mua, lost mua team, Lost Stories, lost submissions, lost tears, lost TV, lost tv projects, lost video, luminar, luminar ai editing, luminar creative, luminar photo, luminar photo editing, male model shoot, Male Models, media makeup kit, meetings with style, mens grooming essentials, mens makeup kit, mykitco, Mykitco, mykitco and the po kit, mykitco brushes, mykitco pro, mykitco range, mykitco storage, photo shoot, photo shoot team, press release, pro artist kit mykitco, pro makeup brushes, pro makeup for men, product placement, professional brushes, professional fx kit, professional fx makeup, project development, project development team, project management, shoot planning, short film, short film festival, stylist amber richards, style team, the lost agency, The Lost Agency, the lost agency blog, the lost creative, The Lost Creatives, the lost creatives, the lost creatives blog, the lost mua, The Lost Project, the lost stories, tv makeup, tv makeup kit, tv management, tv projects, TV shoot, wardrobe team, world fashion editorials, world fashion creatives, world fashion media, world fashion media news, world fashion talent, Youtube business, youtube content creator, Youtube Creators, Youtube news

Featured brand Lord and Berry (UK)

A slight departure from our normal scheduling but we wanted to get this post out before Christmas day and say a big thank you to all our supporters, the brands, and of course our readers as we share our final thoughts for 2020. From here we will be focusing heavily on the future and what will be happening for the team in the new year. We have been busy over the last few weeks setting in motion concepts, finalizing and in some cases reediting images for the various websites we run, there will also be a run of work that is designed specifically for editorial (we have some really fantastic magazines we have shot work for). We do want to look at the festival circuit, there will be an announcement of a new film festival media partnership in the new year, the goal of this will be to boost our video content and bring a little attention to talent. Naturally, these projects will be small crews/cast to keep the costs down and very much in the kitchen sink drama territory which will develop into other areas and our ultimate goal of tackling the horror/thriller market for TV, scripts are already earmarked for this.

One of our biggest supporters and our favorite writer, has offered us a development contract that will expand our portfolio to include video games for a variety of platforms which is an exciting prospect.

Our creative Director; JamesC, is working around different ideas and is editing, shooting, and managing our background work such as the brand placement and of course stock levels.

We will of course keep you all in the loop of changes and updates through the website and till then we want to, again, thank you for the support and wish you a Merry Christmas.

Nepal Film Festival News Featuring Allied FX

November 23, 2020 in a meeting with style, allied fx makeup, art, artist news, behind the horror, behind the scenes, behind the shoot, bluebird fx, business development, business of makeup, character makeup, character makeup kit, cinema, cinema news, cinematic culture nepal, cinematic nepal, cinematic nepal culture, commercial cinema nepal, commercial projects, content creator, creating the narrative, creating the show, creative colabs, creative direction, creative meeting, creative space, creative team, Culture and Film Center, digital submission, digital submissions, digital training, Earning your craft, featured brand, feautred artist, festival films, festival projects, film festival, film location, film location services, film makeup, film makeup kit, film management, film services everest, film services nepal, film services south asia, film shoot, film/tv makeup, fx makeup, fx makeup and glues, fx makeup kit, Global talent, horror, horror cinema, horror cinema fan, horror film, horror film creators, horror film sales, horror tv, Internet TV, international film fest, jamesc endorsed, JamesC movie makeup, jamesc makeup designer, JamesC mua, jamesc tv makeup, lost tv, lost behind the lens, lost behind the scenes, lost blog, Lost cinema, lost creative, lost creative blog, lost creatives, lost film, lost films, lost horror, lost in the horror, lost mua, lost mua team, Lost Stories, lost submissions, lost tv projects, lost video, makeup kit, media makeup kit, meetings with style, nepal cinema team, nepal cinematic, Nepal Culture and Film, nepal film festival, nepal film location, Nepal Film Partner, Nepal film partners, Nepal film Production, nepal film production, Nepal Film Production, nepal film productions, nepal partnership, nepal tv locations, nepal tv production, out of kit, out of kit essentials, out of kit film makeup, out of the box fx, press release, professional fx makeup, professional fx kit, sideshow fx, Sideshow IPA Palettes, sideshow makeup, sideshow palettes, the allied fx company, the allied FX lab, the lost creative, The Lost Creatives, the lost creatives, the lost creatives blog, the lost mua, The Lost Project, the lost stories, tv location nepal, tv makeup, tv makeup kit, TV presenter makeup kit, TV production Nepal, tv projects, allied fx kit, allied fx media

With the 2nd Annual Nepal Cultural International Film Festival streaming from December 1st to the 29th, it is really gratifying to know that the work is paying off and that the Allied FX team is on board to support this: Allied FX are amongst the most respected brands in the FX market and understand the difference that makeup can be in a film, especially for character work and stand tall with their portfolio of clients and body of work hitting the highest marks in International cinema and TV.

Combining these two elements of the Nepal film festival showcasing international talent in cinema with Allied FX is a huge coup and shows the creatives that are behind the films are respected, redefining boundaries and bringing a whole new level of artistry to Nepal is something that the festival organizers are passionate about with their training and Q and A Sessions designed to bring about a creative dialogue.

Taking a commercial and intellectual stance on the film sector this media partnership is going to change the game of many artists in the FX realm both pros and trainees allowing a greater dynamic of creativity.

To learn more about the Festival click here. For more information and details on the Allied FX range see the Allied FX Facebook page.

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Sideshow IPA Palettes by The AFX Company

August 12, 2020 in a meeting with style, art, artist news, behind the horror, behind the scenes, behind the shoot, business development, business of makeup, character makeup, character makeup kit, creating a portfolio, creating the narrative, creating the show, creative space, creative team, editorial plan, editorial plans, editorial research, featured brand, festival films, festival projects, film festival, film makeup, film makeup kit, film/tv makeup, fx makeup, Global talent, horror cinema, horror cinema fan, horror film, horror tv, Internet TV, internet tv, jamesc approved, JamesC creative, jamesc creative director, jamesc endorsed, jamesc makeup designer, JamesC movie makeup, JamesC mua, JamesC mud, jamesc tv makeup, lost tv, lost behind the lens, lost behind the scenes, lost blog, Lost cinema, lost creative, lost creative blog, lost creative shoot, lost creative shoots, lost creative stories, lost creative work, lost creatives, lost horror, lost in the horror, lost mua, lost mua team, Lost Stories, lost TV, lost tv projects, lost video, makeup kit, media makeup kit, out of kit, out of kit essentials, out of kit fantasty, out of kit film makeup, out of kit trauma, out of the box fx, press release, product placement, project development, project development team, project management, shoot planning, short film, short film festival, the lost agency blog, the lost creative, The Lost Creatives, the lost creatives, the lost creatives blog, the lost mua, The Lost Project, the lost stories, the makeup armoury, the makeup business, thriller sales, tv makeup, tv makeup kit, tv projects, TV shoot, Sideshow IPA Palettes, allied fx, allied fx makeup, sideshow makeup, sideshow fx, sideshow palettes, bluebird fx, the allied FX lab, the allied fx company, professional fx makeup, professional fx kit, fx makeup kit

The Allied FX company is widely known for their professional-grade IPA (Isopropyl alcohol activated) palettes under the name Bluebird FX and their latest addition to the family: Sideshow, an affordable, quirky, high-grade palette that since its launch in February has in short order become a go-to for makeup artists across the spectrum of the creative fields.

“With a clever mix of old favorites and brand new colors, the sideshow palettes are stealing the show for their cost-effective quirkiness. “

Currently, a range consisting of 7 palettes (with other elements being added soon) each with its own unique color set and vintage style cover image, the palettes are designed carefully to suit a particular requirement and has the savvy of a team who are working artists themselves looking to make not just their jobs a little simpler but also a little more fun, beyond the quirks you can see what is a genius move for the Allied FX Company, opening the door to a whole host of new clients from students to professionals the Festival range is perfect for those working in the low to mid-range budgets of film and TV (with the increasing use of internet services such as HOD TV, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Streamlette, this will be a welcome addition to a makeup kit) and carries over the larger, high scale budget productions, a professional palette that transcends its price range of $59.10 in Australia (in the UK £36) and puts a whole new slant on character work and development.

Body art: designed for body art and tattoo creation.
Bruiser: a unique and carefully structured palette suited to its name, bruising.
Dark Ride: a series of day glow shades that come to life under blue light.
Dead-Alive: Perfect for zombies and illness, the death pallor look of haunted houses and Halloween.
Gore: for the creation of scratches, cuts, and wound filling a box of tricks that is worthy of note.
Gothic: aethereal and suited to those deeper, more cool tones looks (think vampire).
Rouge: designed for breaking down and creating crusty characters and drunks.

For us at the lost creatives, yes we can see a use for the whole set but standing tall in this are 2 in particular that we are adding to our working kit via creative director and head of makeup JamesC, to match the work and styles of shoots we have planned for TV and print: Bruiser and Gore, which will be perfect additions to our work and will see multiple uses with the possibilities of this range being endless and others coming into play with projects in development (early stages of scripting).

In what is a market-led move, the Allied FX Lab are tackling and offering up quality products at a lower price point without compromise, the AFX company are amongst an elite of the profession and are pushing the boundaries of the makeup world giving us what we need to create the most realistic (and surreal when required) and putting the prosumer at the heart of their thinking.

The Festival range fits perfectly with a wide array of requirements and situations including: