Photo Credit: SyFyTuesday's episode of the reality show, Face Off, featured a spotlight challenge theme titled, "Alice in Zombieland." Nine remaining contestants competed to create their own original take on a zombie-infected wonderland. They had to take their own concept of a chosen Alice in Wonderland character and give it a Resident Evil zombie twist.
The Resident Evil meets Alice in Wonderland theme was chosen because of the influence Alice had in the creation of the main character of Resident Evil, and also the seven feature films that were created off of Lewis Carroll’s original story.
The contestants were described their task, by host McKenzie Westmore, in an outside garden of high flowers and giant pink mushrooms. There they were able to pick from five different original characters including Alice, the Queen, the White Rabbit, the Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. The different takes on the characters included a Hatter, who had his guts hanging out, and a purple Cheshire Cat whose right half of it’s body was in mid zombie transformation and covered with blood.
Face Off features special effects make-up artists who compete to win the finale prize of $100,000, a Toyota Prius, $25,000 in makeup from Alcone and a guest lecturer spot for the Make Up For Ever Academy in New York and Paris. The contestants have three days to finalize their concept and put together a full body design, which includes their sketch, molding, prosthetics and make-up.
During the first day of the challenge, they design and sculpt for five hours, the second day they get ten hours to finish the moldings on the prosthetics, and the third day they get four hours to apply makeup and one last hour for touch-ups. Such effects are widely used in horror and science fiction films and television shows.
The elimination panel includes three returning judges Glenn Hetrick, Ve Neill, Neville Page and one guest judge. This episode’s guest judge was the director of the show, Paul S.W. Anderson, who also produced and directed the Resident Evil film franchise.
Nicole was the one sent home, for her rushed presentation of her zombie Alice. The judges felt Nicole made poor choices with her make-up, particularly the charcoal tone of Alice’s face. This is the fourth episode of season three and Laura, Tommy, Alana, Sara, Roy, Derek and Jason still remain.
Next week's guest judge will be Kevin Smith for an episode themed with superheros and side-kicks. Face Off airs on the SyFy network, Tuesday’s, at 9 p.m.
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