Early Victorian Hairstyles in Film

The Young Victoria (2009)
Written by: Julian Fellowes
Directed By: Jean-Marc Velles

Young Victoria is about the ending of William IV's reign, and the start of his nieces rule over Britain. Queen Victoria, constantly dominated by her obsessive mother and mean consort when Victoria was not of age to be placed upon the throne. She refuses to allow them the power to act as regent whilst she comes of age.
Victoria's German cousin Albert travels to England. In which he is to encourage her to court for political motives only, only finds himself falling in love with her. The film then follows events that happen throughout Queen Victoria's reign as well as the romance between Prince Albert and herself.

In the image below shows that its Victoria's coronation, although she is wearing the crown jewels, her hair is in a middle parting, I can tell by the way the hair on either side is equal, and has been plaited and hangs low showing the ears. During the Victorian era women hardly had their hair cut so it would grow to incredible lengths, so although you can't see it in this image but I image Queen Victoria's (Emily Blunt) hair would have either been twisted into a bun or plaited and twisted into a bun, which would then be pinned into place.

I like this hairstyle the most out of the others in this film because the front section of the hair is plaited instead being curled which I think it gives the hair more detail, I also think it makes Victoria look a lot younger, innocent and pure.

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This image below is later on in the film and is also used to promote the film. The style of the hair is very much the same as the first image I talked about, however instead of the front section being plaited and hung loose so the ears was showing, this time they have curled the hair in which I imagine was in small sections then brushed into one big one which was then pinned back into the bun. Apart from the front section changing from plaited to curled, it has also changed to the fact that the ears are covered up. In this hairstyle there has also been some adornments added to the bun which also looks like there is a net holding the bun in place, and a floral headdress over the front.

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Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962736/?ref_=nv_sr_2 [ Accessed: 28/02/2015]

Final Design For Miss Havisham's Hair

Below is my final design, although it is similar to my first design there a few changes I made to the look, first off it is that I will not be making it look that messy, however I will be adding in dry shampoo which will give the hair a white spray colour which will make the hair look older and also give the look of dirty and dead hair. I will also be keeping the curls at the side of the head longer than the cheeks, as they were supposed to be by the cheeks but as the years have gone past, they have dropped, I was originally planning on the curls to be quite neat near the front as if Miss Havisham was trying to keep her hair looking like it did on her wedding day, I do feel like I did put that aspect in my design on the day as I left them quite neat I just let them hang loose on the face. For the back of the head I still left it in a plaited that had been twisted, but just before I twisted it around I pushed up the plait with my hand to make it become loose and messy.

  

Design Process for Miss Havisham Hair

My first idea was to have Miss Havisham, look quite old and tired, so therefore did not look after her appearance much either. I was going to section the hair one just behind the ear which would then be curled in tight ringlets which would then be pulled out slightly making it messy and untidy to make it look like the hair had hardly been touched, as Miss Havisham liked everything to be in place since she was jilted at the altar. For the back section I was going to put it in a bun at the top of the head, which would have been plaited and twisted into a bun, where I would pin it in place then pull out some strands to make it messy. I thought this hairstyle would go well with my first face design as I made her face old looking so her hair would have been styled as if she was still in the earlier Victorian hairstyle. However I did not choose this hairstyle as when I practised it, I thought it looked too messy and you could not really see the curls, although I'm still going to use most of the aspects of this design in my final one, but just not as messy.

 For my second face design I thought I wanted to create a younger Miss Havisham where she was just starting to get wrinkles and all the other problems, I had to think of a different hairstyle. I chose to go with the my original idea as I thought it was quite a traditional Victorian look, I would still be keeping the 4 or so tight ringlets to either side of the face making sure that they did not hang any looser than below the cheeks as in early Victorian this is where they sat on the face. Unfortunately I did not want to use this idea either, as I found it a bit boring and I definitely prefer doing the old age makeup making the skin look a lot older.

Creating Late Victorian Hairstyles

Equipment:

• Pintail comb
• Paddle Brush
• Hair Band/ Elastics
• Hair Grips / Pins
• Hair Curlers
• Dry Shampoo
• Hair Decorations

Method:

1. Brush through the hair and pulling it back, then creating a centre parting using the pintail comb making sure it is in line with nose.
2.  Section the hair again, from side of the head starting at the ear and finishing off at the other side by the other ear, secure them with hair slides.
3. At the back of the head, section from the line just created with a U shape, with the middle section of hair tie up in a hair band creating a high ponytail.
4. With small sections of hair from the ponytail, use the curlers to create small curls.
5. With those curls, pin the into the hair creating a full bun look without making it look like a ballet bun.
6. With the loose hair that hangs at the bottom, curl the hair into small sections, making sure you keep the tong facing upwards as this will help the curls stay in the position. Once the curls have cooled down with each individual curl pin the hair up near the bun already in place, trying to make sure that it falls down nicely, like a waterfall.
7. With the front section of the hair, which has already been spilt into two, curl into sections and repeat on the other side.
8. Gently comb through the sections so it create one big curl, then gently pulling it around the back near the bun and pin into place, giving it a swoop effect.
9. The final step is to add in decoration, whether that be flowers or ribbon.

   

When creating this hairstyle I did enjoy it as I found it fairly easy to do, the one main thing I did find hard was getting the high pony smooth to the head without there being any shark fins on the sides as this would show. I didn't really like the flowers in the hair as I feel like it has taken away some of the detail in the hair, so when recreating a hairstyle like this for Estella I don't think I will be adding in any adornments.  

To make the hair look aged, the use of either dry shampoo or talcum powder will give the effect of grey hairs.

Final Idea for Miss Havisham's Make-up

After I realised I didn't quite like my second design, I went back to my original idea of when Miss Havisham was looking really old and tired. With my two previous looks I was adding in wrinkles but in both of them I done them both different and after practising with both brown and grey colours I have chosen to go with grey as this came out with the best possible effect. It also adds to the greyness of the face which overall makes the face look duller , older and more skeleton like. I'm going to add the off white colour to the eyebrows, eyelashes and lips a little bit, I am also carrying on using the red greasepaint around under the eye for a tired effect as I think this has worked really well. After carrying out more research into the way Miss Havisham lived and came to the conclusion that because of how dirty her house is that she would have some hygiene issues resulting in not washing creating sores on her skin. To create these sores I'm going to use duo eyelash adhesive as I think this work better than using liquid latex.

The only thing that I am concerned about is the continuity of this look as most of it is really easy to do and quite quick, the thing that I will find the hardest is to make sure that it looks exactly right for the next time I have to shoot it.

Design Progress for Miss Havisham Make-Up

When it came to creating my own Miss Havisham from reading the book and different adaptations both in TV and film. I first wanted to create mine from when she near the end of her life.

My first idea was to have Miss Havisham looking quite old, tired and that living was becoming more of a chore. To do this I was going add wrinkles to my models face using a mixture of, red, yellow and green greasepaint mixed together to create a brown colour. Then using a pale white colour to highlight the darker liner to make the face appear more sunken as in the book Miss Havisham is described as shrunken to skin and bone. I had also done some research into how the lifestyle of Miss Havisham would effect her life, because of this I added in some sores around the nose due to the fact that her house must be really dirty and dusty and because of that something will irritate her skin causes sores. I also thought to add in some red greasepaint around under the eye and slightly into the inner corner of the eye to make her appear more tired and that her eyes are more sunken in, and also giving the effect that her face is sunken in and quite skeleton like.I will also put an off white colour on the eyebrows and eyelashes to make it look like she has aged. Below are photos of my first design, I am really happy in how this look came out and also to the fact that it didn't take me that long to do, which gave me a bit more confidence when it comes to the timed assessment. However I will not be going on with this look due to the fact that after more research I feel like Miss Havisham will look a lot worse than what my design here shows.

Practises in lesson

After realizing that my first Miss Havisham was a bit plain for how long she has been living in the same dress, make up and house. I then thought that my second idea should be when she was a bit younger, not by much, I thought that she would just have less wrinkles, like she would have the complexion of early 40's. Instead of using a brown colour to make the lines of the wrinkles I have chosen to go with colour grey as I think it looks more effective this way, I also watched youtube videos of other makeup artists creating old aged and they seemed to used a grey colour. I was going to add wrinkles to around the mouth as this is where some people's skin start to sag, as well as some on the forehead as this is due to people frowning and I can imagine Miss Havisham would frown. A slight brush of off white coloured greasepaint to dash through the eyebrows to show a bit more of the start of ageing, I will also add a small amount of blush to the apples of her cheeks, but very lightly as this would still be the make up that she wore on her wedding day. I also thought to add in some red greasepaint around under the eye and slightly into the inner corner of the eye to make her appear more tired and that her eyes are more sunken in due to all the crying she had been doing since she was jilted at the altar. After thinking about this look I then thought that it might be a bit boring as when I was watching the BBC's Great Expectation the thing I enjoyed the most was when Miss Havisham was looking worse and worse. In which I've decided to go back to my original idea, although making Miss Havisham look more iller and more things effecting her face.

Effects on Miss Havisham's Health due to Isolation

' The figure upon which it now hung loose had shrunken to skin and bone'

'Waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and that looked at me'
Because of this description of Miss Havisham, it is quite clear that she doesn't eat, and if she does it isn't enough to give her the proper nutrition that she needs which has an affect on her health both on the outside as well as inside. These effects are underweight causing her to look gaunt, and having iron deficiency due to lack of food, as well as having other health issues.

Malnutrition:
Its obvious that when Miss Havisham got jolted at the altar she was devastated by the news that the man she was in love with was only marrying her because of her money. I also understand why she would stop the clocks at a certain time as this was the most happiest time of her life, whilst she was getting ready to get married. She also doesn't want to forget it either, that she doesn't want to move from that one moment in time that made her so happy, making it apparent that she wants to stay in her wedding dress and never get out of it even to wash, eat or eat the bare minimum to stay alive or even go outside. Because it obvious that Miss Havisham has lost a lot of weight from the descriptions about, I thought about looking into what effects it will have on her body.
One of the main effects it can have on your body, is your heart as people who are malnourished hearts either beat faster or irregularly. People who hardly are also causing their metabolism to slow down as to conserve energy.
Physical Effects:
- Teeth are in poor condition
- Losing sense of smell and taste, which could explain why she doesn't seem bothered by the way her house has gotten.
- Reduced Movements
It can also cause mental health problems such as depression, which Miss Havisham has anyway but probably doesn't help that she hardly eats and I doubt that it is the right things when she does actually eat. It can also cause her maybe develop schizophrenia, which I think she definitely has, due to the fact that she has been alone for quite a while making her talk to herself then eventually thinking that she sees or hears something that isn't actually there.

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Iron Deficiency:
This illness is where there isn't enough iron in the blood this is caused by not eating enough food that contains iron, which obviously Miss Havisham will have as it's a struggle for her to look after herself. Iron also creates red blood cells, which helps stores and carries oxygen in the blood. Without these red blood cells your organs and tissues will suffer as they are not getting as much oxygen as they normally would, because of this Miss Havisham must be in a lot of pain, making her walk slightly funny.
Having this illness can become worse if left treated which will have a long term effect such as increasing your risk of infections as well as having problems with your heart and lung, with these effects as well she must have some sort of breathing problem as she hasn't really eaten for a good 20 years maybe even longer, causing her to have all the symptoms and them worsen as she has done nothing about it.
Symptoms of Iron deficiency:
- Tiredness                                                
- Lack of Energy
- Shortness of breath
- Pale Complexion
- Heart Palpitations

'You are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born?'
- Miss Havisham 
A lack of sunlight has a massive effect on your body than you think it does. The sun ejects sunlight that eventually will end up hitting your skin possibly, if you are outside,and this starts a chain reaction in your body as your skin absorbs the vitamin D it then goes through your body helping out organs and other important things. Obviously Miss Havisham never left her house, which means that her vitamin D isn't very high, making quite a few health problems. One of the main problems it causes is Osteoporosis. This is a condition that weaken bones, slight movements can cause a bone to break, which is very limiting to the person suffering from this, so when see Miss Havisham it's now obvious that she hardly moved as she would have been in a lot of pain. Because this she would have been sitting down a lot which is also quite bad for our bodies as you are more at risk of getting cardiovascular disease, which I think made Miss Havisham look older than she is due to the above problems I have just mentioned. It has also been said that vitamin D, can help depression, which could be adding to Miss Havishams moods and behaviour.
A lack of sunlight also causes visual differences which are that the skin will look pale white almost transparent, eyes looking quite dark and tired which wouldn't have helped with Miss Havisham looking a lot older than she actually was.

Because Miss Havisham never went outside, I also think she would develop some other mental health issues such as:
- Agoraphobia, which is a fear of leaving the house and being in public places. Which is seen in the seen when family members come and visit and she doesn't want to see them, because of this scene I think she might have social anxiety.

Hygiene:
Due to the lack of nutrition Miss Havisham has, probably has caused her to have bad teeth, and because she can't look after herself very well, I highly doubt that she brushes her teeth, also leading her to have bad breath and gingivitis, which a gum infection causing them to bleed, which will make her breath smell of blood when opens her mouth to speak or breathe heavily.
' I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had long been white.'
It is also clear that Miss Havisham would not have washed or cleaned her clothes so there would be nice smell emitting from her, that there would be this weird musky smell as well, I also think she would smell damp as well because her house would never have been clean and after a while things start to smell damp. I also think Miss Havisham would have troubles breathing, due to the fact that her house was dusty and dirty which I think she could have developed asthma.

A spider diagram of my analyses of Miss Havisham and the problems she would have had with her living lifestyle.


Book Reference:' Great Expectations'; Charles Dickens. 1867. Chapters Seven - Chapter Eight.
Internet Reference: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anaemia-iron-deficiency-/Pages/Symptoms.aspx    [Date Accessed: 20/02/2015]   
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Malnutrition/Pages/Diagnosis.aspx   [Date Accessed: 20/02/2015]  
http://www.livestrong.com/article/290452-side-effects-of-not-eating-enough-calories/                   [Date Accessed: 20/02/2015]  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqguIFMC-Y  [Date Accessed: 22/02/2015]

Death Masks

In the Victorian era the denial of purgatory after the Protestant Reformation had left the dying with the stark choice between heaven and hell. Victorian Evangelicalism gave extra weight to this choice as the moment of death signified the culmination of one’s preparations for death and the moment of divine judgement. Evangelical death was not to be handled lightly.

Good Death: In the early part of the Victorian era people idealised the notion of an end slow enough end to their lives to give the dying the chance to say goodbye to their families and to prepare themselves spiritually and for this all important moment. Families would cluster around bedsides, hoping to catch profound last words of their loved ones or witness religious raptures before death. The reality however was less romantic, leading many to comment on how rare that much romanticised rapture was. Indeed by the late Victorian period people had largely discarded these notions, hoping instead for quick, painless deaths over melodramatic, drawn out affairs.

Mourning:                                                                                                                                               After Queen Victoria's husband died she went into mourning for several years, and only wore black to show her mourning her husband, because of this it became a thing to wear mouring dresses after a loved one had past away. People would wear these outfits for up to two and half years, the outfits for male mourning attire was fairly simple: mourning coats early on in the period and black bands on their hats and black gloves later. Women’s mourning attire would often consist of a black crepe dress, complete with black caps and even black ribbons tied to the underwear.

Death Masks:                                                                                                                                         A death mask is created shortly after their death, the mask is created out of either clay or wax . The masks may be used for either mementos of their loved ones or for creations for portraits.  These masks were also used for the facial features of unidentified bodies were sometimes preserved by creating death masks so that relatives of the dead could recognize them if they were seeking a missing person.

                                           

Below is verson of a death mask:

Spilt Character

In class today, we were asked to come up with a makeup look for either Miss Havisham or Estella. Within that makeup look we were told to make one side of the face completely different to the other.

I chose to do Estella just because we have been learning about Miss Havisham and I wanted to do something else. With the makeup for Estella I chose to do one side of her face when she was younger and was happier with her life before getting sent away to finish off her schooling and ending up in a horrific marriage. This consisted of making her face look younger which I did by applying a normal base that matched my model, although I did make it a bit paler as Victorian women hardly wore any makeup. I added a little blush to the cheeks and a light red/orange colour to lips, and filled in her eyebrows.

For the second half of the face I decided to go with Estella when she is married to Drummle, who abuses her. For this makeup I decided to make her pale and have a few wrinkles and generally just look run down as she is in this abusive marriage. Although in this photo you can't really see the wrinkles, I had this idea to add in the wrinkles because she is in this abusive relationship that it's having a toll on her life and it's starting to physically show. I also added in a bruise to chose that her husband is hitting her. I added some brown to the eyelid as well to make it look like she isn't happy and that it is having an effect on her appearance now as well as emotionally.

        

High Definition Broadcasting

High Definition (HD) cameras can produce nearly three - dimensional detail, however it is most cost effective than cellulose (Film). HD can be filmed in low levels and still get ultra clear images. There can be occasions where filtration can soften the light or diffuse the image that can be used to make the appearance less defined. However the fact that every imperfection , unevenness and change in texture shows on the camera, which has led to some creative challenges for makeup artists. High definition camera changes quickly , so what worked for one thing may not be applicable for another. Testing makeups on camera beforehand is the best way to check for any problems or imperfections.

Brushes and sponges can still be used to apply a first layer of foundation but for the final look it has to be seamless and subtle, to achieve this airbrushing is the final step to complete a look, which will help blend the look and create a light diffusion.
Due to HD camera picking up every bit of detail, a natural makeup may take longer to achieve, prosthetics, wig lace and anything else that has an edge will need extra time to adjust.
Certain reds can drastically change on HD cameras, lipsticks, blush and blood can require changes to the compositions of the colour.

Foundation:
Avoid ingredients that can alter the natural look of the skin, the basic guideline is to match the artists skin tone  no matter appears on the screen, as this will make the skin look more real. Use a foundation that has very little texture and because everyone's skin isn't all the same colour, work with 2-3 different shades. It's possible to apply any liquid airbrush foundation, not only with airbrush but also with a sponge, or brush to contour the face. Products that can be used are; MAC's Micronized Airbrush Foundation, Kett's Hydro Foundation, Kryolan's Airstream and Temptu's Hi Def S/B Makeup.

Powder:
When using creme makeup use powder sparingly and any touch ups on screen should be on the areas that are shiny, there are powders that have microfine pigments that are talc-free and silica based. The feel of these powders should be smooth, almost liquid with no grit. The face should be neither too shiny or too matte but has natural fresh look to it.

Concealer:
These are used to cover blemishes and get rid of dark circles. When choosing the correct concealer, chose one that is one or two shades lighter than the foundation colour, and that has a yellow tint to it as this will counter act the purple undertones found around the eyes. A subtle green tint concealer will get rid of any redness on the face and then a subtle orange colour to tint any blue areas. Avoid using white or very light concealers as this can make the face appear chalky and create a racoon effect around the eyes.
When applying the concealer, it must be placed in the most important places, when applying it start with under the eye and work the product up the lower eyelash line  and to the inner corner of the eye where it is the most darkest, it should only be applied on the discoloured areas and carefully blended out to the natural highlights, if the product is used outside these areas it can increase the effect of bags under the eyes. Do not over blend as this will swipe away what you were correcting, finish with translucent powder.

Eyeliner:
The purpose of eyeliner is to darken the roots of the eyelashes and therefore should be the same colour as the hair colour or darker. There are four types of eyeliner which are; pencil, powder, cake and liquid. The pencil liner can be smudged and easily blended away creating a soft natural eyelash line, but due to the waxy colour it is affected by body heat and can smudge during long shooting schedules.
Cake and liquid liners require a bit more of a skill to apply, they have the advantage to not smudge and drying quickly. These liners can be left with a hard edge or blended with a damp brush or cotton-tipped applicator. For blonde hair people or light skinned, a light brown, sable or slate coloured should be applied.

Book Reference: 'Stage Makeup:Tenth Edition';Richard Corson, Beverly Gore Norcross, James Glavan. 2009. Chapter 17 ' Natural Makeup for Film and Television' Page: 252-258.

Tim Burton

Tim Burton majored in animation at the California Institute of Arts, where once he graduated work as a Disney animator for less than a year, before starting to make a name for himself. Tim became known for creating visually striking films that blended genres of fantasy and horror. These included: Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Corpse Bride

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Reference: Corpse Bride played by Helena Bonham Carter

Film: Corpse Bride

Director: Tim Burton

Year: 2005

Corpse Bride is set in the late 1800 hundreds, in a small victorian village, where a man called Victor Van Dort, a son of a fish merchants, finds himself in an arranged marriage with Victoria Everglot, a high society women whom he's never seen or spoken to. After Victor badly messing up the wedding rehearsals, he ventures deep into the woods while practicing his vows. Once he finally gets them right, he discovers he has accidentally recited them to a corpse. His new dead bride takes him with her to the Land of the Dead, whilst his living fiance, longingly waits for his return in the Land of the Living. With both brides pining for him, Victor has to decide between his love at first sight fiance Victoria, or his dead corpse bride Emily.

This character in the film Corpse Bride, I feel like there are elements of Miss Havisham in there as both characters Miss Havisham and Emily, don't exactly have the best wedding as Miss Havisham gets jolted at the altar making her an emotional and having an unstable mind, where as Emily gets murdered on the night she was planning to run away and get married, which in the Land of the Dead made her slightly paranoid and leaving her unable to trust anyone, also making her a jumpy and quite a skitzy character.

Another thing that I find similar between both characters is that they are both insistent on things being perfect as for Miss Havisham she made sure everything is in the same position it was on the day she was supposed to get married, and it has stayed that way and I assume if anything ever got knocked or misplaced if it ever happened to get moved she could freak out and be in a delicate state until it is back in its original place. As for Emily in the end of the Corpse Bride she ends up marrying Victor, but she wanted her wedding to be perfect as she didn't want her wedding in the Land of the Dead but she wanted it in the Land of the living making every dead person cross over, which to me makes her sound quite bossy and obsessive that everything will be perfect for her second attempt at a wedding.

High Fashion Interpretations of Miss Havisham

Reference:

Title: The Grand Couture

Magazine: Vogue Italia September 2010

Model: Kristen McMenamy

Photographer: Paolo Roversi

Stylist: Edward Enninful

When searching for high fashion interpretations on the character Miss Havisham, I came across these photographs, which I thought resembled her quite a bit, with the location they are on and how dirty it is,which is what Satis House is like as someone has lived there for a long time but made no attempt to keep it tidy, clean and dust free. Another this is the way the body is positioned in them and how different they all are, as I interpreted this as the different sides you to see to Miss Havisham throughout the book as well as in the TV/Film adaptations. I also like the fact that she has a veil on her head that covers her eyes, as this reminds me of the film of Great Expectations, as Miss Havisham wears her veil. Also the fact that they have chosen a model with fairly pale skin which reflects Miss Havisham even more because she has become a recluse, he no longer see daylight making her look pale white almost transparent, which was kind off the look in the Victorian era.

Characters That Could Be Linked to Miss Havisham

INTO THE WOODS
Into the woods is a modern concept of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, but in a musical format that follows the traditional story of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel. Which are all tied together by a back story of a baker and his wife who live in a village where they all wish for something they can't have. The baker and his wife wish for a child, but they soon find out that there is a curse on the bakers family and they can't have any children until they fins multiple things for the witch that had cursed them in the first place.

THE WITCH

Looking at other characters from other films, I found that the witch in the recent film 'Into The Woods' can be related back to Charles Dickens' Miss Havisham in the novel ' Great Expectations'. The similar characteristics I think are about these two is that there is this revenge both characters have, although into the woods Meryl Streep is a witch who looked for revenge after someone stole some important beans,by putting a curse on the family who lived next door to her, whereas Miss Havisham adopted a little girl who became a cold hearted women, who broke hearts of young men who loved her due to Miss Havisham's upbringing. Another similarity is the way they both have been portrayed in the film and in the BBC adaption with their hair you can even see it in this photo,with the dark grey almost blue coloured hair, its messy and hasn't been looked after just like Miss Havisham.

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Reference: The Witch played by Meryl Streep

Film: In The Woods

Director: Rob Marshall

Year: 2014

SWEENEY TODD 

In late Victorian London, a barber name Benjamin Barker is married a women called Lucy and they have a little child called Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who then falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later gaining custody of her. Fifteen years pass, Benjamin leaves prison and returns to London under the new name of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy took arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. Sweeney Todd opens a barber shop above Mrs Lovett's store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.

MRS LOVETT:
Mrs Lovett is another character that I think has some of the same traits as Miss Havisham. As words associated with Miss Havisham are; cold hearted, relentless revenge,unlucky in love which is just like this character after falling in love the new barber who has just moved in upstairs, later on in the film Mrs Lovett founds out that Sweeney Todd doesn't love her back, which she tries to take revenge on him by killing him, however it back lashed against leading to her death, by burning alive in the oven. Just like Miss Havisham where she tried to get revenge on what happens to her and also ends up catching on fire and dying.

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Reference: Mrs Lovett played by Helena Bonham Carter

Film: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 

Director: Tim Burton

Year: 2007

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

An eccentric family which are fairly wealthy living with all the trappings of the macabre, including a detached hand for a servant. The Addams family have a crooked accountant and his loan shark who also is an evil doctor who has found out that the Addams family have a missing family member Uncle Fester, who has been missing for the past 25 years, and the accountant and doctor have a plan to slip in the doctor's son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester, in an attempt to get the Addams' family money. Although the youngest daugher Wednesday Addams has some doubts as to the sincerity of the new Uncle Fester, however the fake uncle adapts very well to the strange family.

GRAN

Another character that I feel that has similar to Miss Havisham is the gran from the Addams family, although she does not act much like a lonely, bitter, cold hearted women but it's more of her appearance throughout the film. She has crazy white hair that is all over the place, and looks like there is no attempt to keep it under control as she would rather concentrate on her potions and other odd things she tries to create, which in a way is a bit like Miss Havisham as she concentrate a lot on making sure Estella turns into a cold hearted women. Personality wise theses characters are the same in only one aspect that they are both quite crazy and mad.

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Reference: The Gran played by Judith Malina

Film: The Addams Family

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Year: 1991

My Analyses of Miss Havisham

'-An immensely rich and grim lady who lived in a large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of seclusion'

' - She was dressed in rich materials,- satins and lace, and silks- all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependant from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair,but her hair was white. Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half packed trunks, were scattered about. She had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on, - the other was on the table near her hand, - her veil was half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a Prayer-Book all confusedly heaped about the looking glass.'

'-Everything in my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre and was faded and yellow.'

'- I saw the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes'

' The figure upon which it now hung loose had shrunken to skin and bone'

Above are sections I have picked out of the book the 'Great Expectations', which describes Miss Havisham. These descriptions made me imagine a middle aged women who is mistakenly taken as an elderly women, due to the fact that she's stuck in time when she was jilted at the altar as she still has her wedding dress on and only one shoe on as that was as far dressed she was when she received the letter. I also imagined that she wasn't all there either, oblivious to what is happening in society as well as the people around her. I also thought that she has some sort of nervous twitch, when meeting for pip for the first time as it is something new and not in her usual everyday routine that she has been used to for so long.

When watching the two different versions of 'Great Expectations', I found that the bbc adaptation was more similar to how I imagined, I also like the way they had kept her hair at the front a bit more tidy than it is in the back showing that she is making a little bit of an effort to keep her hair the same as it was on her wedding day. Another thing I really liked about her portrayal as well is that they should her having this sore on her hand where she kept rubbing on it making it worse every time an event happened that made her realise her past and what time era she actually is in. 

'There, there! I know nothing of days of the week; I know nothing of week of the year.'

-Miss Havisham

Upon reading scenes with Miss Havisham and Pip in, I found that she is just like an animal, you must not rush into it, but to let her come to you when she is ready, as you could say something small  that could set her off as she is already in a fragile state. Especially when reading this quote, as I interpreted that she didn't want to be reminded of what the date was, as time stood still on the worst day of her life.

Book Reference:' Great Expectations'; Charles Dickens. 1867. Chapters Seven - Chapter Eight.