Blood 2 Blood Video Shoot

I am so excited about this new video shoot I have been working on with Curtis from applewagon films. It is for AIDS Thunder Bay for their new project to help the community understand and deal with Hepatitis C.




Blood 2 Blood is Hepatitis C awareness project created by AIDS Thunder Bay, which starts with a simple message: Hep C is a virus spread through blood to blood contact. The reason for this project is that a lot of people don’t know much about Hep C or have misconceptions about the virus. This is why we are creating engaging and accessible resources with the right information on Hep C. Some of our resources include comic books, matchbooks, posters, a play (which will be viewable on YouTube, and even a smart phone App. We’re also running a public education campaign that you’ll be seeing over the next few months.
As the makeup artist for this project, I was to make a few people look pretty, do some stage makeup for the cast of a play being filmed and then also make some cast members look like they have been either un-diagnosed or going through treatment for Hep. C. 




Beauty and stage makeup I am very used to, but the hardest part was to make someone look like they are sick. When you are doing makeup for video, it has to be a bit more then what you would normally do if you just wanted to walk around and look a certain way.




With this making them look a bit more sicker for film is hard, you don't want to portray that being sick with Hep C or going through treatment is horrific: I know many people who have Hep. C who look fine, they get sick a lot but they don't look like zombies.

In fact that was the repeated mantra for the shoot: there are no zombies here for once. haha.



My 2 cast members that "have" Hepatitis C, the left is recovering from treatment and the right is a character with un-diagnosed Hepatitis C.

everyone getting ready and mic'ed up for the meeting scene





day 1 street style look


day 2 beauty stage with flash


day 2 look without flash










I had a really fun time shooting this and watching the whole play, I will post the videos when they are done and up and I hope that this campaign will help a lot of people. I know that I am already using the new information pamphlets in my classroom.

xoxo Mamma S.

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