Gretchen Davis

Came across this photo of the Hemingway and Gellhorn crew!

Article in the New York Times on the Movie Of Men and Mavericks! To read more go to www.newyorktimes.com

• Riders on the Storm

  By ABBY AGUIRRE Photographs by THOMAS CAMPBELL
  It is an almost inviolable rule that Hollywood attempts at surf movies are not received well by surfers. Part of it has to do with a studio tendency toward surf tropes and clichés (“Cowabunga!” “Hang Ten!”). More of it has to do with the nature of the sport itself: it breeds localism. Not just the xenophobic, occasionally violent expressions of localism that enforce the pecking order, but, more prevalent, a fierce love of place. To learn the personality of a particular wave is to become intimate with the contours of a landscape, to map that landscape and make it yours. Surfers will say that the character of a break influences the local culture. In other words, a filmmaker who wishes to get a surf spot right by its locals has his work cut out for him.
  It was with this in mind that the team behind “Of Men and Mavericks,” due out this fall, went to rather prodigious lengths to make their film anthropologically correct. Directed by Curtis Hanson (“8 Mile,” “L.A. Confidential”), the biopic tells the story of Jay Moriarty, a surfer who helped put Maverick’s — an enormous break a half-mile offshore near Santa Cruz, Calif. — on the map when, in 1995, a photograph of him wiping out in a 30-foot swell made the cover of Surfer magazine. He was 16. Though he died young, in 2001, Moriarty remains the spot’s most celebrated stylist, the standard by which all performances at Maverick’s are judged.
  To get Maverick’s right meant a few things. It meant that many of the surfboards had to be guns, which are boards designed to be ridden in very big waves, by Bob Pearson, the renowned Santa Cruz shaper who made Moriarty’s boards. (Pearson shaped 173 boards for the production.) It meant that the wet suits had to be by O’Neill, the venerable Santa Cruz company, and full length and extra-thick, as the water there is cold, especially in December, when Maverick’s is at its biggest. Onshore, it meant that the clothes had to be inexpensive work wear (Levi’s, Dickies, Carhartt) and, because the film focuses on the early ’90s, oversize. For Sophie de Rakoff, the film’s costume designer, this meant resisting any temptation to make the silhouettes more current (read: fitted). That period was “not an attractive time for casual clothes,” she says. It also meant that a host of surf stars, like Dan Malloy, Greg Long and Grant Washburn, had to be enlisted to help with everything from training the actors to stunt surfing. “I can’t think of a prominent big-wave surfer from the area who wasn’t involved in some capacity,” says Brandon Hooper, one of the film’s screenwriters and producers. “You’ve got to nail it.”
  Surfing Maverick’s is a different kind of activity than, say, the comparatively casual affair of riding a long board at Malibu. If you misjudge your timing, or if you drop in with anything less than full commitment, and especially if you panic, you may not make it out. The script therefore centers a great deal on the relationship between Moriarty, played by Jonny Weston, and his mentor, Rick “Frosty” Hesson, played by Gerard Butler. Under Hesson’s tutelage, Moriarty studied Maverick’s, drawing diagrams of the reef at low tide and even writing essays to train his mind. He also trained physically, paddling long distances and, to prepare his body for the dreaded multiple-wave hold-down, free-diving. Tragically, this is how Moriarty died — not out at Maverick’s but diving alone in the Maldives, 50 feet below the water’s surface, practicing holding his breath.

• The lineup in a winter swell at Maverick’s, about a half-mile off the shore near Santa Cruz, Calif.
• The big-wave surf spot is the setting of Curtis Hanson’s new film.
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  The actor Jonny Weston playing Jay Moriarty.
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  Greg Long, one of the world’s best big-wave surfers, left, with Butler.
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  The actor Channon Roe, left, who plays the shaper Bob Pearson, with Pearson, right.
• A surfer on shore.
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  Gerard Butler on set.

Here is a wonderful video from the New York Times about Matthew Mungle. He is so helpful, kind and very talented. Wanted to share.

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/the-art-of-goo-and-innards/?scp=5&sq=carpetbagger%20makeup%20artist&st=cse

On the Movie Men and Mavericks there were special circumstances to which all makeups were designed for. One was the Ocean. Salt water and waves. The other was maintaining and creating a tan or tan weathered skin. Treatment products were a must. Each actor had their own products to address the different skin types. Re creating northern california surfers meant actors were surfing, swimming in pools for under water work, diving, hiking up and down cliffs,and exposed to the sunlight on a regular basis.  The following products helped achieve the looks for this wonderful movie.

Steps to tan a medium, medium light, to fair skin tone:

Night before remove makeup and self tan face and body with Roxanne Rizzo Bronze glow and Neutrogena Micro Mist Deep 3( no frost or shine). Roxanne Rizzo products work well because you can self tan the face with a sponge when the actor sits down in your chair five minutes before you apply makeup.

For example: Apply self tan on the face. while setting move down to the hands and arms. Then move back to the face to apply makeup.  This also works for the body when you need a quick tan that wont rub off onto clothing.

Prep/treat skin according to skin type (will go over products later)

1. If covering any skin problems like blemishes, sun damage or scars use skin Illustrate flesh tones rose tones or peach tones very lightly just on top of the areas you want to cover. Keep the product thin and build slowly. Do not cover all the way. The skin Illustrate was our first defense against the ocean.  Also Skin Illustrator in flesh tone Dark was used to deepen the skin tone, contour and give the look of sun-kissed tones under a makeup or used alone.

2. Using a sponge for the face, neck, ears, hands arms and chest apply an even layer of Glazing Spray Tan.  Do not apply directly under eyes.

3. Follow with Mac Face and Body N12. Again cover all expose areas except for under the eyes.

4. Go back and any spot coverage can be done with Derma Blend Cover Creme. Colors Golden Brown, chocolate, and Olive brown.  Temptu SB 007 was used to spot cover cuts and scrapes that a heavy makeup would look to obvious. Apply with a concealer brush let dry down a bit and stipple pat the product to blend. Add more if needed.

5. under the eyes blend to match a concealer that is deep in tone. Like Eve pearls Tan and Dark.

(I used Guerlain #4 on top of the makeup to blend the tones together . Sweep this color also under the eyes for blending. Great for touch ups to maintain the tan)

6. If any sun burn was needed Glazing sprays Sunburn, and glazing gels sunburn were used to redden high points of the face and body.

7. Spray Green Marble SeLer on a sponge and lightly tap on top of makeup (For surfing, swimming etc).  You can also use Blue SeLer for everyday.

(If needed Eve Pearl Dark anti shine was used for touch ups) No powders were ever used.

More product suggestions to come!

 Roxanne Rizzo Bronze Glow

 Neutrogena Micro Mist Deep 3 Sunless Tan

   Skin Illustrator

 Glazing Sprays/Gels

 Mac Face and Body

 Temptu SB 007

 Derma Blend Cover Cremes

 Green Marble

Guerlain #4

Eve Pearl Tan

 Eve Pearl Anti-Shine

For more information and to vist their web sites:

www.skinillustrator.com

www.ppi.cc

www.maccosmetics.com

www.evepearl.com

www.dermablend.com

www.roxannerizzo.com

www.temptupro.com

www.guerlain.com

  Garnier

Nutritioniste Ultra-Lift Anti Wrinkle has rated slightly higher than other wrinkle creams according to consumer reports. Anti-aging creams that follwed were:

Aveena Active NaturalsAgeless Vitality

CVS Pharmacy Firming Anti-Wrinkle

Lancome Paris Renergie Double Performance Treatment Anti-Wrinkle

L’Oreal Paris Revitalift Face&Neck

For my clients texture and aromas is a deciding factor . Heavy floral smells or sticky residues I will not use. So if that means spending more money on treatment products to get what I want? I will.

For more information: www.consumerreports.org

 Devon Keene/Photo

Consumer Reports has a good article in the sept issue about bottled waters. The article is: Bottled doesn’t mean better .  Bottled water doesn’t mean what you are drinking comes from fresh spring mountain water.In fact most of the brands do not disclose where the source of their water comes from or how the water is treated.  Except in California. Does this mean I might stop carrying around a bottle of water all day on set to drink?Have a case of bottled water for actors? Or when a trailer is not set up right bottled water is used to dampen towels to heat up, fill coffee makers, and use for general purposes? Not sure but it wouldn’t hurt to know which companies do disclose information for everyone’s well-being.

For more information: www.consumerreports.org