Alice in Wonderland

When watching the 1951 version of Alice in Wonderland, I have always loved the costumes and animation. I decided to do a Alice in Wonderland photoshoot using the characters Alice, The white rabbit, The red queen and The mad hatter. My models did an amazing job and I don't think that the shoot could of went any better. I really enjoyed gathering the costumes and props. I used a pink table cloth, cups, saucers and a cake stand to make the tea party look more realistic. I set the shoot in my friends back garden, it was alot of fun. I made sandwiches and cakes. I also bought lots of biscuits to make the table look more colourful. 

For costumes, I didn't go for the original costumes seen in the film. I made the costumes up of a lot of different clothes. The Mad Hatter costume was made up of a blazer, my headband, black trousers, a white shirt and a hat that my friend had made. The makeup for the Mad Hatter was one blue eye and one green eye.

Daniel was so good at playing the character to the camera and even started a food fight with the White rabbit which resulted with food being chucked everywhere.

Daniel (The Mad Hatter) got on top of the table and walked over to Yvonne who was my Alice. They both done such a fantastic job. Yvonne used her own Alice in Wonderland costume for her character. The costume was so pretty and looked very similar to the original costume.

After the tea party scene, I had each model do a single photoshoot to focus on their character. Yvonnes photographs really well and didn't let me down as Alice. All 4 of the models just laughed the whole way through the shoot. I use Yvonne in the majority of my photoshoots and She did such a great job as Alice. 

Molly was the Red Queen for my shoot! We used the makeup that Helena Bonham Carter wore when She played the Red Queen in the 2010 version of Alice in Wonderland.

I liked the blue makeup with the red love heart lips which is why I used the makeup on Molly. There is a massive difference between the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts in the 2010 and 1951 version of Alice in Wonderland. 

I tried to combine the two characters into one for Mollys costume, I did want to use a gold crown on Molly but I didn't in the end as I couldn't find one anywhere :-( Either way, Molly really did do a perfect job.

My friend Hannah played the white rabbit in my shoot. The white rabbit in both films are also a little different. They both have clocks, I went for the large clock in the 1951 film.

Hannahs costume was my personal favourite because we made it up of my jumper, waistcoat and hat. Hannah brought her own ears, shorts and shoes and the outcome of the outfit was awesome. I painted a nose and whiskers on Hannahs face. 

After the shoot, I decided to photograph Alice and the White rabbit together as He brings Alice to Wonderland.

This is one of my favourite photos of the day! I think my models were absolutely amazing and created such a great atmosphere. I loved the day!