An often-cited scientific fact is that listening to music is probably the most powerful types of memory recall possible. A certain song can take you back to the moment you first heard it. In the brand new Searchlight Pictures film titled The best hitsLucy Boynton explores this undeniable connection through non-linear storytelling. But it is not just the superb soundtrack that connects Boynton’s character, Harriet, to her latest and old loves – it is also the cosmetics used to connect the dots in time and illustrate her ever-changing way of thinking as she moves through the stages of grief and into a complete latest Romance.
WITH Donnie Davy there was little doubt that he was in control of the film’s makeup department The best hits featured a few of the most noteworthy beauty looks since Euphoria. Throughout the film, Boynton’s characters’ style ranges from demure and reserved to fun and eclectic, which incorporates statement lashes, trendy blue eye shadow, and a little bit of concert-ready glitter. Boynton describes the duty of aesthetically bringing Harriet to life as a conscious and collaborative one, using each fastidiously chosen beauty and fashion to deepen the film’s emotional realism. In fact, it was this refreshing tackle love and loss that attracted the actor to the project in the primary place.
Ahead, Boynton talks to TZR about her role and what it took to bring Harriet to life.
Building your character from scratch
Deadline The best hits Things couldn’t have been higher for Boynton. She says she was on the lookout for a project that might portray a wonderful love story, but she was especially conscious of the kind of material she was going to put out into the world. “When I read [the script]”I just felt like these two really beautiful love stories were set against this killer soundtrack, but in a very grounded way – it felt just like the portrayal of affection was a little bit less saccharine, a little bit more realistic,” he explains.
When viewers first meet Harriet, she is shocked by the death of her beloved boyfriend. Boynton describes her present tense as more drab and subdued, often wearing simple makeup and her boyfriend’s old clothes. When she meets a new man, everything changes. “It appears like she’s taking things out of her old wardrobe and becoming a little bit more adventurous in the way in which she wants to present herself, as if she wants to be present on the earth again, which is reflected in her appearance,” she says.
The magic of makeup
Boynton explains that much of the narrative is a “show, don’t tell” illustration, using setting and style to show where the characters are literally, linearly, and emotionally. “Thanks to Olga Mill, our costume designer, and Donnia Davy, our makeup designer, we were really able to show the audience who Harriet was before this sadness really took away her colors. We got to do these really interesting makeup looks and show what an eclectic, curious, young person she was,” Boynton says.
Working with Davy and her real life makeup artist Jo BakerBoynton says she considers the experience a crash course in how much makeup can be a form of self-expression. “[Davy] “She’s just wonderfully colorful and experimental and wants to give people a space to be themselves, and I think that’s what attracted Harriet really beautifully.” Boynton said Davy had several printed charts of the face, using them to hand create designs that they discussed together before applying to the skin. “Everything was very smooth and easy, so I always looked forward to it – every time we were getting ready for a new look, I knew it was going to be something fun and interesting.” Davy even collaborated with Boynton in the course of the film’s press tour, which was a real tribute to the character.
Davy’s makeup didn’t just shape the character. Describing a few of her favorite looks from the film, Boynton says the artist incorporated functionality from every viewpoint. There was one moment particularly, a flashback scene where Harriet meets her dead boyfriend for the primary time at an out of doors concert. “It’s a really beautiful, sparkly, iridescent look with green and pink on the eyelid, and then she placed the pearl stick-on gems exactly in line with my pupil. In some context, it just looks beautiful when it catches the light. In other contexts it looks like it imitates a tear, so it worked on both counts.”
By tapping into such universal sentiments through a widely accessible medium, Boynton, Davy and the whole team have some serious success.
The Greatest Hits is now streaming on Hulu.
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