Behind film strip Bars.
Raine in Prison…
Towards the end of 2008 I worked a TV series Called “ The Prisoner”
-a 60’s British TV series, with a huge cult following…
NOW… the Americans have remade it. There are no names just numbers,
& everything that happens is in the mind of a dreamer.
So that’s a really short description, let me tell U what it was like as a make-up artist from MY point of view.
The Shooting started in Namibia a great place to go for a “Short time”
With that in mind, there were of course delays!! This meant staying longer in that sand pit- if u could have seen my face, eyes rolling.
*#!%#%** Great !!! a whole month! (In the movie world that's really long.)
In the Mica (beautiful sparkly stuff u see in the sand) infested sands of Swakopmond, which by the way can give non-local’s chest infections.
Clearly I’m not a sand person?
Raine in Prison…
Towards the end of 2008 I worked a TV series Called “ The Prisoner”
-a 60’s British TV series, with a huge cult following…
NOW… the Americans have remade it. There are no names just numbers,
& everything that happens is in the mind of a dreamer.
So that’s a really short description, let me tell U what it was like as a make-up artist from MY point of view.
The Shooting started in Namibia a great place to go for a “Short time”
With that in mind, there were of course delays!! This meant staying longer in that sand pit- if u could have seen my face, eyes rolling.
*#!%#%** Great !!! a whole month! (In the movie world that's really long.)
In the Mica (beautiful sparkly stuff u see in the sand) infested sands of Swakopmond, which by the way can give non-local’s chest infections.
Clearly I’m not a sand person?
Don’t get me wrong, the Desert is Mysterious, beautiful, aw inspiring & unforgiving. This was my Prison!
The work day’s are long, from freezing cold to boiling hot & sometimes U are shooting out in the desert.
U miss breakfast, The Base camp toilet is miles away & they have run out of honey, there’s no shade, u get caught in a sand storm & they’re chasing the sun… down a mountain.
Then there’s on set Politics, not something I enjoy, but for some (world wide) reason the Make-up Dept is sometimes targeted. Maybe because we’re all very strong independent woman surrounded by ego driven insecure men.( not all of them)
Everyday there was a new drama!!! ( Boring)
For eg: If the lead Actor ( no names mentioned) decides to have a chat & drag his feet getting to set or have some big issue about something really small… The Make-up Artist is blamed… even though we have arrived on set already??
It was Make-up’s fault they lost the day… It became the running joke
The weather turned its Make-up fault, the bus broke down it’s make-up- having mechanical knowledge they sabotaged the bus & so on…this carried on for most of the movie…
Point they never finished the day!
The work day’s are long, from freezing cold to boiling hot & sometimes U are shooting out in the desert.
U miss breakfast, The Base camp toilet is miles away & they have run out of honey, there’s no shade, u get caught in a sand storm & they’re chasing the sun… down a mountain.Then there’s on set Politics, not something I enjoy, but for some (world wide) reason the Make-up Dept is sometimes targeted. Maybe because we’re all very strong independent woman surrounded by ego driven insecure men.( not all of them)
Everyday there was a new drama!!! ( Boring)
For eg: If the lead Actor ( no names mentioned) decides to have a chat & drag his feet getting to set or have some big issue about something really small… The Make-up Artist is blamed… even though we have arrived on set already??
It was Make-up’s fault they lost the day… It became the running joke
The weather turned its Make-up fault, the bus broke down it’s make-up- having mechanical knowledge they sabotaged the bus & so on…this carried on for most of the movie…
Point they never finished the day!
Hayley Atwell Sir Ian McKellen Lenny James
My Artist’s were all great Lenny James, what an absolute pleasure to work with, Sir Ian McKellen a professional Make-up & Artist relationship,
Hayley Atwell wonderful & funny & our Jamie was very entertaining.
We finally came home to Cape town, YAY!!
Only to be imprisoned in a Studio!!! The last day of shooting we couldn't wait to crack the
Champagne & disappear… We got our get out of jail free card..I do have fond memories & there were definitely times I enjoyed
BUT the drive Home “The BIG sigh” Thank God its over, Out of Prison
Run, Run & don’t look Back…
TIP: for make-up Artist’s who find themselves in Prison… Suck it up,
it’ll END, it always does…
I LOVE MY JOB sometimes…
By Raine Edwards
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