To begin, I applied a pale concealer and a thick white face powder to Connor's face in order to give the illusion of a drip-white face as his character was a ghost and was therefore supposed to look deathly pale. However, when looking into the deeper semiotics, the colour white is also a symbolism of innocence and virtue; therefore, reflecting the fact that this character is not actually an antagonist as the audience may believe at first, he is simply a protagonist who has innocently moved into his new property which is- unknowingly to him- haunted by the spirit of a young girl: Agnes.
I then contoured Connor's face using a mixture of dark brown and grey shadows, applying to his cheekbones, temples, the sides of his nose and jawline; this was in order to give the illusion of a gnawed, skeletally thin appearance as I thought this would add to his overall scary, ghostly look of this character. Also, the dark colours signify the sinister aspects of this particular character when perceived through Agnes' point of view, especially in the living-room scene when he creepily walks past the doors. Popular films such as 'Dark Shadows' also use this technique when trying to portray a male character in a sinister way without applying too much drastic makeup as that will scare the audience and defeat the point of the particular character being a protagonist as the makeup would inflict fear on the audience and oppose the persona; contrasting with the entire significance of the character.
I applied a red substance underneath the eyes and slowly blended in brown shadows to create dark under-eye circles which, again, relates to the fact that he is supposed to be a ghost as it suggests death and decay. To add a finishing touch to the look, I applied a drip of fake blood to Connor's nose to not only add to the overall shock factor of his ghostly appearance, but to use the blood as a semiotic to signify danger and so that his face looked particularly striking when on camera.
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