Make-Up Artist Magazine: Sian Grigg drew upon tricks from Titanic and The Revenant to create Kate Winslet’s make-up for The Mountain Between Us
As unique as the make-up challenges were on The Mountain Between Us, Sian Grigg couldn’t help but have a sense of déjà vu while working on the film. The past kept popping up every step of the way.
An adaptation of Charles Martin’s 2010 novel, The Mountain Between Us stars Kate Winslet and Idris Elba as strangers who forge an indelible bond as they struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them atop a glacier in the remote wilderness.
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I found this article really interesting both because of the relationship between Winset and Grigg, but also the techniques he talks about. This article show how important professional relationships can be. Not only was Grigg qualified for the job because she had worked under similar conditions before, but also often people want a makeup artist that you feel comfortable with especially under difficult conditions, so it makes sense that Winslet wanted someone that she had worked with before. I also think it’s really interesting, how Grigg went about achieving certain effects to sell the struggle of these two characters. And because when the makeup is so subtle it is the little details that sell the overall look. For example, I think the eyelash trick is such a small thing, but it creates a visceral reaction in the audience.
I would never think about the weather playing an impact on the makeup. That just goes to show how many things have to be thought about when you are doing a show especially on location. Shooting on location would be really fun. But being on a frozen glacier for shooting must be really cool but also very complicated. You have to consider the conditions and the budget of travel and transportation to the shoot everyday. The unpredictable nature of the weather is also something that the production team also has to think about. I bet it made the timeline for the show much longer because they had to extend shooting because they might have had to cancel because of unworkable weather conditions. Shooting on location would be so fun but so challenging and some of those challenges need to be figures out while you go.
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