I like the title of this third-rate tabloid.
"Annabele 3: Homecoming Annabelle Comes Home (2019)" magically released the Korean version of resources around the Chinese New Year Festival. The last time I marked the horror movie I watched was "The Curse of La Llorona (2019)" a month ago. I couldn’t help but I watched "Ann 3" in the gloomy seventh month of the lunar calendar. .
The general appraisal is verbally criticizing the mediocrity of "Ann 3". Nevertheless, with Annabelle's name, it is enough to attract a large number of horror film lovers to watch. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the top-notch North American horror film.
Here, we are not discussing the quality of the film, let's take a look at Annabel's makeup changes.
It’s too long to read the version. At the end of the sentence, Annabel’s makeup changes from "Ann 1" to "Ann 2" are the most disdainful interpretations of darkening by makeup. But then again, if a doll really has acting skills, it would be too scary.
Before analyzing Annabel’s makeup, let’s review the prototype of the story and what the Annabel doll looks like in reality. And trying to solve the unsolved mystery of the "Call of Souls" series: How can anyone want to buy this doll so ugly and so terrifying?
The real Annabel doll is actually quite cute, just an ordinary Raggedy Ann doll with the iconic red woolen hair and triangular nose. If anyone wants to take home such a doll, I understand it very well. In reality, it's no surprise that Donna's mother bought Annabel as a gift for her daughter.
In fact, Raggedy Ann was first created as a children's book role by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) in 1915, and even obtained a patent number in the same year. It has a history of more than 100 years.
As a series of products, Raggedy Ann's official website still sells related products. Let me show you the selling price of these dolls. The price of second-hand dolls may be higher if they are used as collectibles. It is not without reason that Annabel appeared in a second-hand store at the end of "Ann 1".
It may be due to the opposition of the Raggedy Ann brand, or it may be that the movie just wants to create a doll image that will be shocked at the first glance. In the end, Raggedy Ann's ragdoll image was abandoned, and we saw the familiar Annabel with a grim smile in the movie. The final image is said to refer to the image of the little girl Roda in the 1956 evil boy movie "The Bad Species".
Even so, it still cannot prevent the fermentation of such questions: Are all Raggedy Ann dolls haunted? In view of the fact that the official website of the other brand is still conscientiously selling products, the answer is of course no, what are you thinking about day by day.
Back in the movie, follow the story timeline to sort out Annabel's makeup changes. Annabel's first appearance is not scary, and to a certain extent it can be regarded as an answer to the question at the beginning of this article. Although "Annabele: Creation (2017)" is the second part of the Annabelle series, the story timeline is at the forefront of the entire series.
Annabel, who has just finished production, has a rounder face at this time, and the blackened Annabel's face is closer to a heart-shaped face.
After being manipulated by the devil, this is the first time we saw her appear in normal light. In addition to emphasizing the eyes, using smoky makeup, and lighting effects, she has a small V face. There is no big difference.
The demon was transferred to the girl, after the room and doll were exorcised. Ignoring this subtitle, I always feel that Annabel’s face here is a lot fatter than I thought... It may be that the wig was pulled back, causing the whiteness of the face to increase. After all, the bangs are a face-lifting artifact. Then, raising eyebrows really makes your face fat. At this time, the demon attached to Annabel killed the Mullins and his wife, and obtained the body by persecuting the little girl. In the sense of the devil, perhaps Annabel simply "eats fat".
Another thing I noticed is that Annabel’s pupils were a little smaller than before. It turned out that because of her small pupils and white eyes, she always had the feeling of staring at someone. Now that the pupils are smaller, with this almost melted eye makeup, there is a sense of ignorance? Is it really like what the priest said, this time Annabel is just an ordinary doll?
An ordinary doll is not enough, but the demon power remaining on the doll Annabel may become very weak. At the end of "Ann 2" and the beginning of "Ann 1", she was just a "little girl" dressed up. .
In "Ann 1", before the heroine receives her as a gift, Annabel has been repainted or modified. The most obvious is the eyes. In "Ann 2", there are round eyes, and in "Ann 1" they become apricot eyes. The distance between the eyes is widened, the eye sockets are deeper, and the eyelashes and eyeliner are different. In the subsequent shots, we can still see the new eyebrows.
Annabel in this one has exquisite makeup, but her smile is getting stiffer. From the beginning of "Ann 1", Annabel began to show unnatural pulling expression lines from her laughter to her chin. Compared with the other dolls beside, the facial details are richer and more vivid. If it's like a doll who likes to collect realistic style of the heroine, Annabel is indeed a very good collection at this time.
At the moment when the protagonist discards Annabel in the trash can, her makeup has not changed. Although Annabelle had turned black again at this time, until this point in time the protagonist had only developed a fear of known things (being broken into the house by the gangster). After that, Annabel appeared again in their new home. It really triggered their fear of the unknown.
The reunion of the girl Annabel and the doll Annabel is more like a demon who was cut apart in Mullins' house and desperately wants to complete himself.
Annabel, who returned from the trash can without authorization, changes her eye makeup again
After a few waves of fierce operations in the second half of the movie "Ann 1", Annabel, who was in a second-hand store, had cracks on her face and right eye, and her makeup was leaded. It was finally the Annabel we are familiar with.
"Ann 3" begins with Donna's house, facing Annabel of the Warrens for the first time. The lightest pupil in the whole series
Annabel in the same scene in "Soul Recruitment"... I thought the money-saving genius Soul Recruitment team repeatedly used the same material from Donna's house, but in the end, I shot it again.
Generally speaking, before and after Annabel's blackening, the biggest change in makeup is the eye area. In addition, the makeup can't be touched up in time, resulting in mottled and broken makeup, which makes people feel a kind of eerie and weird feeling.
However, after Annabel was blackened, everyone still loved it. Everyone who saw it said: "Nice doll." It really made the audience suspicious. Is it possible that what we see through the lens is the true face of Annabel, but what the characters in the movie see in the fog has always been Annabel's original beautiful appearance.
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