Existing Portrayals of Estella

BBC - Great Expectations:
After watching the BBC's adaptation of Great Expectations and reading the description of Estella in the book, I found this version more how I imagined her as she is cold hearted and is not afraid of being mean. In this first image Estella looks like she is a mean girl just by the way she is posing as well as the facial expression she has. Estella's hair is very traditional with the middle parting and the rest of the hair put back into a bun and the fact that the sides sweep back into the bun.
 
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Later on in Great Expectations, when Estella goes off to study abroad in Paris. On her return back to England she has grown up, but still has her cold hearted traits just like Miss Havisham wanted. Estella does not wear much makeup as she is from an upper class and women who wore it were seen as prostitutes.

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Mike Newell's Great Expectations:
Whilst watching this version I didn't enjoy it as much as the BBC one as I didn't feel like description of Estella in the book was the same as I saw in the film. Although she was still a cold hearted little girl, I didn't think it came through enough. Her hair at the start of the film when she was a little girl is fairly simple, it still has the traditional middle parting, however the rest of the hair is just left curly, in which I understand where the person come came up with the idea for her as Miss Havisham is her adoptive mother and she can hardly look after herself meaning that Estella would not have elaborate updos and was left fairly plain.

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Later on in the film, Estella's hair styles become more elaborate as make up for the upper class was seen as a bad thing, so the only way they could decorate themselves in anyway was in either clothes or hairstyles and hats. With the image below and the hairstyle in it, it has aspects from the start of the Victorian era, as the front of the hair is in tight curls that are above the cheeks and this indicates that 
it was at the start the of Victorian era, and with the bun at the back it is high up and looks like an apollo knot/ bun which is at the end of the Georgian era and at this part of the film they in the latter part of the Victorian era.


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Analyses of Estella

' Scornful young lady'

'" And what corse hands he has! And what thick boots"'

- Estella 

When reading the book, I thought that Estella was a mean little girl, since she lived with a woman who was stuck in a time, and who even says that she brought Pip to play with her so she can practice being horrible to, so when she finally meets a man who loves her she can break his heart just like Miss Havisham's heart broke the day she got jilted at the altar.

Because of the way that Estella has been brought up, she is also very quick to judge someone just by their looks without getting to know them, I thought this straight away after reading the bit where she comments on Pip's appearance especially on his hands and boots.

As Estella gets older I also thought that she would have some problems as she had grown up around Miss Havisham as she clearly has some problems, and as Estella grows up i can image her cruelty gets worse as she becomes more confident with the way she is presented.

Mid - Late Victorian Hairstyles TV Series

Bleak House (2005)

Written by: Andrews Davies, Charles Dickens 

Directed by: Justin Chadwick, Susanna White

Bleak House is a mini tv series in 2005 based from Charles Dickens, which was published in 20 instalments throughout 18 months.

The image below, it is off the character Lady Dedlock played by Gillian Anderson, the hairstyles in this image is based around the mid of the Victorian era as the curls haven't stopped at the cheeks they have gone dropped down a little bit, where they almost touch the shoulders, because of this change, it had changed the way women were looking as it was seen more romantic. They still kept the dead straight middle parting, as well as having a bun at the back of the head, in which they would either plait and twisting it into a bun or just in a simple bun.

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The image below, it is off the character Ada Clare played by Carey Mulligan, her hair style in this is very different to that of Lady Dedlock. The hairstyles are of the latter part of the Victorian era this is because the curls at the side of the head are not at the cheeks anymore, they hang looser, going past the shoulder. Although the hair styles have changed quite a bit since the start of the Victorian era, they still have the middle parting.

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Reference:

Internet Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442632/?ref_=nv_sr_1 [ Accessed: 01/03/2015]

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.