Face Off (2011) s01e08 Episode Script

Welcome to the season finale of "Face Off".
came to Los Angeles to compete to join the world's elite.
Your time starts now.
You can't play it safe.
They made it really clear.
Time after time, they showcased their tremendous skill and creativity.
- It's genius.
- I'm blown away.
It's a stunning makeup.
And it didn't take long for the pressure to take its toll.
You want to do details? Do details.
I don't want to lose to the guy who's trying to get laid.
Every time I hear her laugh, I want to punch someone in the face.
But challenge after challenge It will be down to the second.
Their numbers dwindle.
The person going home tonight is Jessica Sergio Frank Marcel Jo Anthony Tom Megan.
Now four have risen above the rest.
Your final challenge is to reinvent two characters from a classic fairy tale.
This is a ridiculous amount of work to do.
It's nearly impossible.
They'll have to dig deeper than ever before.
I'm ready to win this $100,000.
I basically just lost the competition.
I'm freaking out.
I am not sure we're getting this done.
But to win it all, they'll have to blow away our judges one last time.
Ve Neill, legendary makeup artist, whose work includes "Edward Scissorhands", "Beetlejuice", and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films; Glenn Hetrick, cutting-edge makeup effects artist on "Heroes", "Legion", and "Buffy the vampire Slayer"; and Patrick Tatopoulus, visionary creature designer for "Independence Day", "Godzilla", and director of "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans".
Who will be the next great name in movie magic and earn $100,000 dollars and a year's worth of makeup from alcone? One of you is our champion.
Find out who claims victory tonight on "Face Off".
It's still setting, like, "Wow, we're the final four.
" And this final challenge is going to be amazing.
They've thrown everything at us.
Growing up was really interesting, to say the least.
My stepfather was a mechanic and my family lived in a trailer that was in the middle of a junkyard.
So being a winner could really help me and my family out.
I'm determined to make that happen.
This next challenge will define each of us individually, artistically.
My girlfriend, she's everything to me.
And we both really want kids, so if I win this competition, we'll buy a crib.
We'll see what happens.
I've been in the middle the entire time.
Always on the safe, you know? It's like, "I didn't really come here to be safe.
" Yeah.
I've made it this far.
I've got this chance to win the prize.
I know the judges have high expectations of me now and they're hoping to see me show them something amazing.
The judges kp harping on me about concept.
I know that the one thing I have to prove to the judges is that I can think out of the box.
They want to see Tate-level - wackiness? - Yeah.
I'm going to do everything I can to win this hundred grand.
This isn't, "Oh, I'm just trying this out to see what I can make in this competition.
" I'm here to win.
We're going in to be introduced to our final challenge.
It's really nerve-wracking.
It kind of feels like you want to vomit and you're happy about it.
So it's weird.
Hey, guys.
- Hi.
- McKenzie.
Well, you should be feeling pretty good with yourselves because you are the final four.
The only thing that is standing in between you and $100,000 is your final spotlight challenge.
Your final challenge is to reinvent two characters from a classic fairy tale.
The judges have very high expectations, so do not hold back.
I'm thinking, okay, this is great.
I have to show my creativity and my ability to conceptualize if I'm going to impress the judges.
These fairy tales are "Little red riding hood", "The frog prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Sleeping beauty", and "The little mermaid".
As usual, it's not quite that simple because there's a twist.
You will also be choosing a theme to go along with your fairy tale.
Your themes are post-apocalyptic, haunted, industrial, psychedelic, and outer space.
And finally, you will be working with our production designer to create a complete background where you will pose your characters, essentially creating a living work of art.
Cool.
And three days from now your tableaus will be on display during an exclusive cocktail party at the "Face Off" reveal stage.
You'll be judged on creativity, technique, and the final presentation of your characters and background scenes.
This is a ridiculous amount of work to do in the time that we've been given.
People have no idea how long it takes to get stuff done in the effects world.
This is "Mission: Impossible".
It is time to pick your fairy tales and your themes.
Sam, as the winner of last week's spotlight challenge, you will get to choose first.
Ooh.
All right.
This one.
So it looks like you picked "The little mermaid".
And I think I'm going to have to go with psychedelic.
I picked psychedelic because I feel that psychedelic colors and aquatic creatures go together.
All right, guys, I will be choosing you in random order.
- Tate.
- Yes! Thank you, McKenzie.
The last thing I want is outer space "Sleeping Beauty".
So I'm really excited.
"Little red riding hood".
And post-apocalyptic.
I'm already putting together a vision for post-apocalyptic "Little red riding hood".
Getting the opportunity to pick that for the finals is a dream come true.
- Yay! - Gage.
I had my sights set on "hansel and gretel".
But unfortunately Tate took post-apocalyptic, which was what I really wanted.
You have industrial "Hansel and Gretel".
- Yeah.
- All right.
Who's next? My first choice was "Little red riding hood", but Tate got it.
And he got the post-apocalyptic theme, which I also wanted.
- I'll go "Frog Prince".
- Oh, okay.
But I knew a little bit about "the Frog Prince" fairy tale.
I knew there was a lot of potential there.
I'm going to go with haunted.
Remember, this is for $100,000.
Clock starts now.
I know how much I have to do.
I'm not even thinking of whether or not I can actually get it done.
All I know is that I have to.
It's the final challenge.
I want to prove that I can, as an artist, bring something interesting and intricate.
The first step to creating a prosthetic is coming up with a design.
I'm not going to start trying to sculpt today.
I want to really get my characters down, knowing that they're looking at the whole picture.
So what are you thinking of, Gage? I have a scene in my head that I really, really love.
I want to convey something evil and something innocent, because these kids are kidnapped by a witch and they're being fed to be eaten.
They're not supposed to be happy about that.
I think I'm doing the scene in "The little mermaid" where her fin is splitting apart into human legs.
I'm going to have her pinky toe with long spires coming off of it, and then her legs will be together as a fin.
- That's great.
- Yeah.
But I'm trying to figure out the witch.
I see this band of renegade warrioresses called the crimson cloaks, and basically a world overrun with werewolves everywhere.
These women band together and they have to fight the big bad wolf.
So I'm makina werewolf.
I'm doing simple character stuff on the female, mostly wardrobe and scars and maybe making her arm the gun.
The next in creating a prosthetic is sculpting Clay on the cast of the model's face.
There is this passage where the frog describes how he was turned into a frog by this witch and he used to be a prince.
So at that point it struck me that could be my scene right there, where the witch is actually transforming the prince into a frog.
And that can be painful and horrific and that fits my haunted theme.
- Hi, Sam.
- Hello, how are you? I'm good.
Pretty colors.
Thank you.
Well, I have the psychedelic little mermaid.
So things are going to be really splashy.
What I'm hoping for for the background is a stylized coral reef everything brightly colored.
Think of the psychedelic swirls.
What kind of props? She's reclining on something that's either a clam, if you can find a clam shell, or a rock.
I've got a crazy world for you.
I want to set up a battle scene where my red riding hood is facing off with the werewolf.
I'd like to see an industrial cityscape, but the land is icy and rigid.
Lots of blues.
I'd like it to be nighttime.
For the backdrop, what I thought would be cool would be this candy shop.
I wanted to use a lot of bright colors for some of the stuff because it would contrast perfectly with the fact that it's all faded and torn down and dilapidated.
So even though they're bright colors, they can be faded.
I'm picturing the scene in which the prince has the encounter with this witch.
It is probably outside the castle.
So maybe woodsy foreground, castle in the background.
Vines would be great.
I want the whole mood to be as frightening as possible.
All right, that's time.
Time to go, y'all.
I'm freaking out because we have three days to design, fabricate, and execute this makeup.
That's not a lot of time.
Not enough at all.
There's a lot of stuff going through my head.
Then, of course, I'm also thinking, "this is exactly the type of competition that Tate could kick my ass in.
" I always bite off more than I can chew, but I will get it done.
I will make a werewolf in three days.
- Hey, guys.
- Uh-oh.
Please come gather around.
- Oh, no.
- Oh, my God.
Here comes McKenzie.
Everybody knows that when we start to hear those heels clicking, that means she's going to throw some kind of twist in and we brace ourselves.
Here comes McKenzie.
Everybody knows she's going to throw some kind of twist in and we brace ourselves.
Yesterday you were given an extremely difficult challenge.
It really is a lot for one person to handle, so I've brought help for you.
Guys, would you please come in? - Wow! - Oh, my God.
That's insanity! It's overwhelming, the fact that, suddenly, everybody's back again.
What's up, guys? Oh.
Awesome.
So some of the biggest names in makeup effects are not only great artists, but they also know how to lead a team.
So each of you will choose two of your former competitors to help you with your final challenge.
There are people that I like.
There are people that I don't like.
I know right away who I want to pick.
I will draw your names to determine the selection order.
You'll each pick one person, and then we'll go back around and do it again.
Let's get to this.
- First name Tate.
- Tom.
What's up, man? Welcome back.
- Gage.
- Marcel, obviously.
I am really excited to help Gage.
I was like, "let's do this.
" - Sam.
- Jo.
- Hello! - Come on down, roomie.
- Conor.
- Frank.
Megan's my buddy, but this is the final competition.
Regardless of all the chaos he likes to cause, Frank's an experienced technician.
Okay, you're second choice.
Tate? Anthony.
I'm happy with my team because we're all indie artists, and he have a huge task in front of us that I don't think a lot of shop people would even consider possible.
- Gage.
- I want Jessica.
- Yay! - Sam.
Um, I'm going to go for Megan.
I was concerned about picking both jo and Megan, but I really believe that the both of them are professional enough that they can take their differences and put them aside.
I wasn't jumping for joy when Megan got picked because I knew that I would have to pick up the slack.
And, Sergio, go ahead to Conor.
How's it going? I have my concerns about Sergio just because of his overall lack of experience.
But I think he also wants a little redemption.
Now, your former castmates are here to help you.
How you choose to use them is up to you, so good luck.
I wanted you because you paint faces a lot.
Yeah.
I know for a fact you can do the eyes on her cheeks with the tears coming down really, really well.
I'm so happy to have another shot to be back.
At least I can show people I have so much more potential that nobody got to see.
So basically it's the little red riding hoods versus the big bad wolves.
First thing I want to do is delegate out the sculpting responsibilities.
I'm going to get on the head.
I know tom has these great chests that he makes.
And Anthony I've got on sculpting the legs.
I would love to have her molded and probably the legs molded by the end of today.
I picked jo because she did very well in the body-painting challenge and I knew that my particular design was going to take a lot of painting.
Megan kind of bounced between whatever it was I was directing her at.
The witch I'm not addressing yet, but it's just going to be a face appliance and fingernails.
And we're going to make a scepter.
So want don't we start with casting your arm? Sergio, start sculpting a right frog foot.
Okay, how's this looking for you, dude? Good.
I'm looking around the room.
I see some of the work that Gage is doing with his project that's orinal.
I haven't seen anything like it before.
Sam's characters, I'm not sure what I'm seeing.
I don't want her to look like she's got a beard.
Okay.
Tate's trying to do this full body werewolf suit, so I think he's a bit stressed out.
There's supposed to be some sort of big cocktail party associated with this.
So there's no telling what else is coming.
- Heya.
- Hey, what's happening? Patrick walks in, and the thing that I'm hoping is that I haven't done something that seems typical to him, because Patrick invented a lot of really cool werewolves.
We're doing arm extensions, legs.
We've got a chest.
We're doing spring action jaw.
Right.
And you have a tail.
Werewolves usually don't have any.
It's kind of nice to see it.
It's very different.
Very impressive.
Really likes the design, the sculpt, he likes everything he's seeing.
So I'm feeling really good about it.
He's going to have a frog left hand, but with a human finger, and his right leg from the knee down will be frog.
The witch is going to have a scepter with leds in it and stuff.
- Wow.
- That's your prop.
I haven't done any props up until now.
- This is a new Conor.
- Just add to it.
I know! Patrick is the big creature designer.
If anyone needs to be impressed when it comes to creatures, it's him.
My two characters are the witch and gretel.
All the classic witches have this witchy nose.
And I want her jawbones to be dislocated and hanging down.
McKenzie oh, so that's her jawbone up there.
And gretel is sitting like this and her mouth is going to be stuffed full with candies.
I really want to present something that I haven't done.
Something that's fresh and new, and bring it to the plate this last and.
The jellyfish is going to have a hood that goes over the top and back.
And coming down from that, instead of hair she has her tentacles, which will then cover her chest.
Time wise, how do you feel? Now that I have help, so much better.
He knows that it's a lot to get done and it's something that's really quite different.
It's certainly not your typical special effects getup.
- Good luck, Sam.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
So what did you think of Tate's to start with? ? So what do you think about what Conor's come up with? He knows we keep bringing back to the table, we need him to go about beyond boundaries and show us something more creative.
He knows this is the time to do it and he's going full blown, and I like to see that.
What do you think about Gage's work? Gage is happy.
There is so much excitement.
He's got the ultimate team you could ever dream of.
I love seeing that.
But more than that, I'm extremely impressed how vibrant and imaginative Gage's vision is.
He could take the whole thing if he pulls this off.
Sam's seems the least dark of all of them.
I love the color scheme and her idea to use tentacles but I'm worried that if she runs them in silicone they could be really heavy.
You know, it's great.
This is going to be four very different tableaus, and a very different vibe between the four of them.
That's going to be exciting.
Good luck, guys.
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks, guys.
- Thanks.
- Bye.
When the sculpture is finished, it's time to make the mold by putting a cement-like substance on top of the sculpture.
Once it hardens, you clean out the Clay and fill it with foam or silicone, which eventually becomes a prosthetic.
Since the clock was ticking down, we got to get this mold out.
So we're going to open up one of the molds and run it in foam.
It's one of those things where you're either behind or you risk it.
- The back's coming off.
- Okay.
No.
- We got a major split.
- What was that? I hear that crack and immediately my heart stops.
I am.
What? We just lost it.
When we opened one of the leg molds it broke into four pieces.
Go get some plaster bandages and a bucket of water.
We'll get it wrapped on our way out.
You can't get mad at yourself.
You know if you pop a mold too early, it's probably going to crack.
But sometimes it doesn't, and that's where the reward of risk entices you.
There's no way we're going to get the bandages to set in three minutes.
We'll fix it for tomorrow.
It's lucky that we sculpted ambiguous legs.
They will work on either side, so we're just going to run two of the one.
So just stack it under there and make sure that we get it right.
You want them all in foam, right? All right, guys, that's time.
Let's hit the road! All of the sudden there's more people here again.
I love having you guys here.
I think it's what we all needed, you know, me and Sam, Tate and Conor.
While I'm happy to see everyone, they're kind of in party mode and I'm in the finals.
So it's hard for me to escape to anywhere to really evaluate what I'm dealing with.
Actually, it's kind of stressful having everybody here again.
Honestly, it got loud again.
Having everybody back is definitely a mixed bag.
There are people who I'm happy to see again.
And then there are people who got eliminated and I was happy to see them go.
The minute that the competition and winning and money become your main focus, you lose sight of your actually makeups.
You've kind of already lost.
I didn't come here just for the hell of it.
I came here to win.
Walking into the lab, there are lots of little things we're behind on.
We need to finish sculpting the tentacles and run them out of silicone, and the mermaid fin has to be finished.
I'll divide that between jo and Megan.
So we should cut these and yeah, we could cut them and make two sets of intestines with them.
Or not intestines.
Tentacles.
I'm really surprised at how well the team is working.
That definitely looks like so what are you going to do about this? We're going to sculpt this.
We're going to sculpt two lines of that.
Or maybe we can do more lines and it will help push them out.
- Cool.
- Go for it.
This is the finals.
There's never enough time.
There's always pressure, there's always too many things to do.
But I do really well under pressure.
Alright, so we've got you in arm land - foot, yeah.
- Correct? - Yeah.
- Paw land.
Today we have to start assembling the werewolf suit and putting the hair on it and I've still gotta make the gatling gun for little red riding hood.
That's awesome.
That looks good.
I'm gonna use this cotton latex stuff for the vine, I want to wrap it around there.
Once we get that, we'll hit it with some browns and stuff.
Frank's working on the scepter.
He did exactly what I saw in my head.
He even came up with a Cole of cool ideas that I didn't think of, like putting cellophane in the globe to give this even glow.
My hat's off to him.
The witch, I'm gonna start painting the face.
Right away, starting off the day, I feel really good about where we are.
You're so witchy! I'm gonna start pre-painting my foam pieces and they can focus their efforts elsewhere.
Which boob do you want out, Gage? - Huh? - Which breast do you want exposed? It would be, well, she's gonna be, it's gonna be on her right side.
Marcel and I start sculpting out the chest and the belly of the witch, you know, Jessica's gonna start working on the gretel, so I feel really good because we're already starting off with a really great spot to be in.
- Go crazy.
- Go crazy? I'm gonna go get started on that leg.
Uh.
I grab the frog head and I turn it.
It's useless.
The whole back of it's collapsed, there's this air pocket about an inch thick between the foam rubber and the skin.
For sake, really? - Is it on the front, too? - Yeah.
I'm thinking I can't use this foam.
What do I do? What do I do? Conor's over there freaking out.
He's in trouble.
It's collapsed everywhere.
The entire back is collapsed.
I've just lost the competition.
Might as well give up now.
Coming up So much is going on, we were so crunched for time, it could make or break your career.
She's very disturbing.
What's the concept about, though? Just an intricate and well-executed concept.
You achieved what it was that you set out to do.
The winner of "Face Off" is Upon first examination, my frog head looks great and I turn it and I start to think this is like some kind of bad dream because the whole back of my frog head collapsed.
I've just lost the competition.
I'm really lost at this point.
And I go back to sculpting the witch and I'm thinking, okay, "what do I do? What do I do?" I just have to make this work.
So I assess it and decide to glue the pieces back down just hoping this will work out.
Can you flip the switch from there? Let's go out and start sticking the metal pieces on.
What that time say? Five minutes? Five minutes and 27 seconds.
That's time, everybody.
We are done.
So today is application day.
It's a race against time and it's a race against challenging yourself and what you're capable of.
I'm gonna try.
I'm gonna try my damnedest to take this competition with my makeup.
Once the prosthetic is set up, it can be removed from the mold, applied to the model's face and painted.
- Hi, how are you? - How you doin'? It's good to see you.
They bring our models in and I sit Deb down and I say, "look, this is the witch we're gonna make you.
" We glued the chest piece and the stomach piece down.
We started applying her face.
We're really able to put in all these little details and it was just awesome.
This is a balloon that inflates the throat.
So it's gonna be your task to Make it do that.
Normally, when it comes to any kind of articulation in a prosthetic, ideally, the makeup artist handles it himself so the actor can act.
But in this case, I can't stand behind him blowing air into a throat bladder.
Although I run the risk of it looking like crap by exposing a tube, it'll be worth it if I can make this throat do what it's supposed to.
Blow into that tube.
Oh, my God.
We're not just doing a static piece, we're doing a frame from a movie.
These two are gonna be at war.
This is going to be a battle between them.
There's blood, there's cuts, there's actually going to be a spear penetration through the wolf, bullet holes from the gatling gun.
Oh, wow, man, that came out awesome.
With the time given, I am very worried about something falling through the cracks, because it's a whole lot of running back and forth and quickly switching tasks and I'm feeling a little bit off my game.
All right, guys, that's time.
Time is up.
So much is going on, we were so crunched for time, like, there's so many pieces that still need to come together and we only now have an hour.
Two minutes.
All I ever said when I got here was I wanted to build a werewolf, and today I built a werewolf.
I'm ready to show them what I'm about.
Okay, guys, time is running out.
Let's get the characters placed in front of their backdrops.
This is it.
Right foot back a bit.
This is make or break time for me.
I feel my reputation is on the line.
A little more, like, down, yep, there you go.
This is the finals.
There is a lot at stake here and it's really kind of scary.
Everything's good with your gatling gun? Yeah? Just go ahead and pop yourself in.
Looking around the room, I know that mine is not nearly as engaging as some of theer pieces.
It's not the over the top thing that I really hoped to be putting out there.
We understand that there's a lot on the line.
The possibility of $100,000.
That's a big deal.
All right, guys, that's it.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
When the party guests come in, I'm thinking, the pressure's really on here.
What do you have going here? "Hansel and gretel.
" Guests at the party are huge in our industry.
It's a little overwhelming, because it could make or break your career from this point on.
My version of "Hansel and Gretel", the only thing I did different was that the witch gets the kids.
Doesn't have a happy ending.
This final challenge, I'm able to create my vision, my characters my way with the people I want and I'm super happy with the way it's turned out.
Gage's witch makeup is just nuts, there's just metal Springs and shards of steel everywhere.
He has a great concept.
That's the kind of thing that the judges are looking for.
He brought it.
In this scenario, little red riding hood is the aggressor.
The werewolves are the victims.
I'm completely satisfied.
Yes, there are technical issues.
You can't lay 30 pounds of hair in two days, it's just not possible.
But it is an accomplishment that no criticism can make me feel bad for.
I love it.
I'm looking at something that I'm extremely proud of.
I think Tate's whole character dynamic, it's so intense and so well conceived.
In "The little mermaid", there's the witch that she goes to have herself transformed, and this is my my best stab at psychedelic.
I know that I just made the best thing that I've made this whole time, and I'm really satisfied with it.
It's the piece that I'm the most proud of.
Sam chose a real tough one.
But I love that she challenged herself, you know.
Very imaginative, isn't it? - It's really nice.
- Thank you.
I wanted to give the illusion that she's something that grew out of the ground.
This isn't human tissue.
Looks like tree bark.
And when rob operated that bladder, just like, wow.
That's awesome.
So I feel good.
I'm proud of what I've accomplished.
Conor's is really well-executed, but it's not my favorite of his, honestly.
I feel like his creativity is still somehow typical, but I can't take away from how beautifully it's done.
Gage's is just the most disturbing thing I've seen in years.
I'm looking at all the fine details and I'm thinking, boy, he hasn't missed a mark here.
I think what Sam did is really neat.
There's a lot of vibrant colors.
I actually like the story that Tate's tells.
You get a chance to look around, and it says a lot to me.
I really like Conor's.
It's a beautiful design in the amount of time he had.
I can't believe how great he did.
If I had to pick one, I think I'd probably go with "hansel and gretel," because of the imagination.
- Hi.
- Who'd you pick? - I was dying to do two of them - I know.
It's so overwhelming.
I'm not gonna ask you who, but do you have your favorites that are simmering in your head? - Not yet.
- Not yet.
Really? This party seems to be wrapping up.
Why don't we go talk to these guys? - Great.
- Yeah, let's.
The party dwindles down, then McKenzie brings in the judges and that is very nerve-wracking as well.
- Hi, Gage.
- Hi, guys.
- How are you? - Good.
You gotta be ready to explain yourself and explain your decisions.
You have industrial "Hansel and Gretel", Yes, ma'am.
So, Glenn, why don't we start with you? I'm sweating bullets.
I'm freaking out.
- Hi, Gage.
- Hi, guys, how are you? - Good.
How are you? - I'm good, thank you.
So you have industrial "Hansel and Gretel", Yes, ma'am.
How do you feel you did with this? I feel really good about it.
It was a clear vision in my head and I feel I conveyed it pretty well.
It's very, very frightening.
Frightening is not an easy concept outside of the movie cut and edited, you see it as a piece.
Who's idea were the eyes on the outside of the lids? Mine.
I put lenses in her, too, just in case they asked to open her eyes.
Oh, could you open your eyes? And they're like she's been blinded.
- It's freaky, too.
- Wow.
Can wewe see the back? You may want to step back.
Back it up.
She's very disturbing.
What's the concept about thshrapnel? She was human at one time.
So then more of the witch started to come out and she started doing all kinds of things to herself with pieces of metal, and I wanted her to be really be fused with that industrial feel.
Little bit of piercing going on as well.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Got ya.
Conceptually, the strongest thing you've done.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- Nice work.
- Good job.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Thank you.
- Hey, Conor.
- Hello.
- How are you doin'? - Good, thank you.
So you had the haunted frog prince.
How do you feel you did with this? I know that a big issue with me was concept, and so I really pushed this as far as I felt I could.
How does the haunted part come into this? I tried to take the transformation from prince to frog, tried to make it look painful in the design and the paint scheme, and you can see it's not happening to him easily.
The left side of his face has a lot of bruise coloring and so on in it.
Tell us about the bladder.
How does it work? I took the foam run and I cut out all this and built latex in a tube right into the mold, hid the tube up underneath the lip.
So he operates the bladder himself.
- Yeah.
- By blowing into the tube.
I love that that's integrated, I love that that's intrinsic to the makeup.
Look at the top of the head.
That's a great paint job, too.
This entire color scheme is very unique, it intrigues me.
- Nice job.
- Great.
- Well done.
- Well, thank you.
- Conor.
Thank you.
- Good luck, man.
- Hi, Sam.
- Hi, guys.
- How are you doin'? - All right.
So you have the psychedelic little mermaid of hans Christian andersen.
That's right.
How do you feel you did with this? I started off by wanting to have something that was obviously bright, almost cartoony, bubbly.
I wanted most the texture to be subtle texture.
The background is extremely powerful.
Very vibrant colors and you got the characters muted and so I wish the opposite would have happened, 'cause if they were in front of a much more mellow background, they probably would come out stronger.
Exactly.
What was behind the thinking leaving the arms, feet and the middle of the face flesh tones? It was part of the transition.
Her limbs would go first.
The face is pink.
I wanted to have it one more element of the skin tone in there somewhere.
Just to not have, "oh, well, here's some arms and some feet that are skin tone.
" I think I would have liked to see the makeup continue onto the face.
It would have pulled it together.
Yeah, because the arm now starts to feel quite alien, because the arms are that pink like the face and you wonder what's a natural color in there.
I do really like the shapes that you've created.
- Yeah, I do, too.
- A good concept.
Thank you, Sam, good luck.
- Hey, Tate.
- Hey, what's goin' on, McKenzie? - How are you? - Good.
So you have a post-apocalyptic little red riding hood.
Yes, I love it.
Tell me about the idea behind the lights in the eyes? I'm, you know, obviously a big graphic novel comic book fan, and from the beginning that this story popped into my head, I saw japanese anime and I wanted to traditionalize it with that kind of style.
I know there's a cheese factor, but I really wanted to go into the red glowing eyes, and also, the red is my overall theme of this so well, it actually makes sense when you describe this.
I think she's an incredible character.
She really fits well in this world, and the proportions, the way she's dressed, she's very successful for me.
You created something very cool there.
You made the right choices, you know.
Thank you very much.
I also like the fact that you actually put bullet holes in him, because she is carrying that gatling gun, so that was kind of a nice little touch as well.
I'm really happy with what you've done.
You did a really good job.
Thank you very much.
- Thank you, Tate.
- All right, Tate.
Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- I appreciate it.
Well, judges, what do you say we go chat about who the winner is? - All right.
- Let's do that.
Okay.
So it's time to figure out who our champion will be.
When I walked out here I went, - "Oh.
" - Yeah.
It's gonna be really hard tonight.
I mean, they all are, like, neck-and-neck.
I think Sam, the fact that she is even here tonight says a lot for her.
It's testament to her raw skill.
And I think she realizes that she did not quite bring it all to us tonight.
What do you think about Conor's work tonight? As usual, Conor has succeeded at a technical level, very well thought out, and I think he did finally expand his design.
I almost wish that he would have gone a little crazier throughout the whole show.
I wish he would have taken that note a little earlier.
I was blown away with the witch concept, that non-traditional approach of coming up with this sort of elemental that was very effective.
And the bladder was absolutely amazing.
Yeah, that worked great.
I mean, that was very clever having it be self-contained.
What I also liked, it felt like really something that was in transition.
There was a lot of energy on the way the skin was pulled on the face.
Bottom line is, he really went all the way with this.
That brings us to Tate.
What are your thoughts on him? I think he did a great job.
I mean, he actually did a full suit.
I loved the storyline, I loved that spin on red riding hood.
I thought it was awesome.
I loved the color choices, I love the fact that the werewolf is white instead of brown.
The decision to just make the red riding hood character a really strong character with very little makeup, it's a great story, it's a great idea.
And then he poured it all into the werewolf.
I think it worked out really well for him.
All right, what about Gage? I think Gage knocked it out of the park tonight.
I think he totally blew me away.
- I didn't expect it, I mean - None of us.
He has made this challenge very difficult for us to judge.
I think that it is, by far, his best work.
Oh, yes, definitely.
and I was excited to see what he was gonna do.
And he blew me away as well, I think that it was absolutely amazing how far he went for this challenge.
- He brought it.
- He did.
You know how much things were in the pieces that told the story of what was going on, was happening.
Like the candy in the mouth.
Like the hands pushing in the stomach of the witch.
All those things were telling you a story without, I think, he didn't have to explain to us.
They all did an amazing job tonight, I this is a really, this is a tough one for us.
Appropriately, the hardest so far.
So, have you reached a decision? - We have.
- Yes, we have.
All right, let's bring them back out and crown our winner.
Welcome back to the "Face Off" reveal stage.
Tonight, one of you will win $100,000, and a year's worth of makeup supplies provided by alcone.
Glenn, tell us about the looks overall.
Tate had a really robust concept and it was just a really ambitious, huge makeup.
A lot of application and clearly a lot of passion to bring that concept to life.
Conor, a stellar performance, technically very, very beautiful makeup.
The application was tight, the painting was tight, the sculpture was tight.
Thank you.
Sam, huge concept and some really interesting color choices.
And Gage, huge leap forward for you.
Just an intricate and well-executed concept.
I really feel like you achieved what you set out to do.
Thank you.
Well, we still have four of you and only one can win.
Glenn.
The first person to be eliminated tonight is Sam.
Sam, you've done so much progress from the beginning.
Look where you are tonight.
We're very, very proud of you.
Thanks.
Sam, if you would please, step next to the others.
I'm really proud of how much I've progressed on the show, but I wish I could have represented the ladies with a stronger piece.
All that included, I'm pretty proud of being where I am.
All right, leaves us with the three of you.
One of you is our champion.
So, Glenn, who is the winner of "face off?" The winner of "Face Off" is One of you is our champion.
Once Sam was eliminated, it got very real.
Tate couldn't stop swaying, so now I'm nervous.
This is it.
So, Glenn, who is the winner of "fe off"? Before we make that announcement, I just want to say something to you guys.
You all succeeded this evening.
You've really made this hard on us because we loved all three makeups.
The winner of "Face Off" is Conor.
It feels fantastic.
I can't be any happier than I am right now.
Oh, my God.
I am extremely happy for Conor for him, for Gage, for Sam, proud of myself.
I I feel like I've gained the respect of the judges.
It's been an amazing experience.
I feel really good about my placement, and I feel really good about what's to come from it, because it's just the beginning of something greater, so I don't know what will happen, but I'm excited for it.
I think it's awesome.
Oh.
This experience has meant a lot of things.
It's meant validation, it's meant exposure, and also, personally, it's forced me to look within myself and develop creativity.
I'm proud of what I've accomplished.