ATTRITION

Makeup & Hair Dept. Head        

Dir. Kelly Holmes                          

Prod. Creative England

Cast. Jack Roth, Edward Hogg, Jack Parry-Jones, Lewis Mackinnon

Genre. WWI Drama

Plot. Supernatural drama set in the British trenches of WW1. Along with the rest of his platoon, young Private Edwin Childs fears imminent German gas attacks. As the dreaded attack begins, how much will Edwin give of himself in the ultimate act of compassion towards his fellow men?

Hair & makeup involved researching and creating historically-accurate styles for British men in the trenches in 1914 (there were a lot of rules for how men could keep their hair and facial hair) and making and applying a variety of makeup FX looks, including mud, sweat, blood and wound prosthetics.