How we made the cut, from actual opening sequence

To film, we decided to create a cut on Layla's arm (process shown below) and also create a bruises on her and her face to make the audience question why and also show a part of her backstory - but also adding mystery. We also made her look more tired and ill by making her face paler and adding shading.

To start we layered glue onto her arm in the area and size that we wanted the cut to be.

Once it had dried a bit, we cut a line down the middle and made the edges and inside rough to try and recreate a flesh wound.

We then used lipstick and lip liner to make the skin around the cut redder to make it seem more affected, and also used a deep red and black to make the inside darker so it seemed deeper.

We then made the sides red using the same technique, and added purple on the inside to make it darker, and also on the top to create a bruise to make it seem more violent and realistic.

To finish, we added fake blood and put more red onto the wound. When we applied the fake blood, we made sure that it was dripping down the arm to create the idea that it was a fresh wound.

The Bruise

To start, we began with layering a lighter colour underneath the skin to create a pale colour, and then blended a dark grey on top of it - working from the corner of the eye outwards.

We then added purple in to make it seem more realistic and spread it up to the eyebrow. After blending purples, blues, blacks and greys together, we spread it to above the eyebrow to make it seem more realistic and noticeable.

This is the finish look, we also added darker eyeshadow onto the bottom of the other eye to create bags to make her look more tired and ill. We wanted to emphasise this ill look, so also added shading onto the natural bones in her neck. 

This was the final look including costume and hair.

For the hair, we backcombed it normally first. And then made the brush wet and backcombed water into the hair to make it seem more 'wild' and more like she had been walking through a forest. We also backcombed leaves and twigs into the hair to emphasise this.

For the costume, we had a plain white dress to link in with the mental home, and we rubbed mud and the fake blood into it to make it look messy and disturbing. We chose to not make her wear shoes as this is one of our main shots and it emphasises that she isn't 'normal' in the head, which makes the audience fear her more.