Capitol Citizens Wigs in the Hunger Games Movie

Here is an article from The Los Angeles Times featuring Hunger Games movie's lead hair colorist Cherry Petenbrink. Hear what Cherry has to say on how the Capitol citizens are brought to life.

“The look of the Capitol as it’s described in the book is bright and we stayed true to that,” says Petenbrink, who dyed more than 600 wigs and hair pieces for main characters and extras in the film. “The color couldn’t look ’80s punk, it had to be very high fashion in a couture kind of way.”

How does one make a neon and pastel wig eye-catching with embracing the right feeling? Well it was no easy task. Petenbrink says there was a real mix of time periods. She referenced the ’20s and ’40s as well as Edwardian and Victorian eras, adding that while there are a lot of brights, there are also strange and antique shades like mustard yellow and moss green.

But the key was to keep a refined finish to the hair seen in the Capitol, even if it was an offbeat color. “The people in the Capitol are very refined, almost like a big group of old moneyed people that get together,” she says. “A very rich and disturbing group of people.”

Petenbrink went with candy colored pastels such as pink, lavender and chartreuse for Effie Trinket, played by Elizabeth Banks. Lead hairstylist Linda Flowers gave Banks what she calls “exaggerated Afro texture,” which was tempered by elegant 1930s finger waves in the front. The mix of traditional and out-there is what Flowers refers to as “contemporary classic.”  “We did exaggerated chignons and other classic shapes that from a distance are perceived as very beautiful, but then you get up close you see that they’re green or pink!

“The color is all very bright and intense but in a very couture, chic kind of way,” says Petenbrink, who used Joico’s Vero K-PAK Color Intensity semi-permanent hair colors to dye all the hair.

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Hunger Games Movie Behind the Scenes - The Making of the Capitol Wig by Joico

Joico posted on their official Facebook page some behind-the-scenes photos of their hairstylists creating hair color for The Hunger Games. You can read Beautyhigh.com’s interview with Cherry Petenbrink, the lead hair color designer for all of the leads and over 500 extra’s in film, here.

Source: Hungergamestrilogy.net

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Hunger Games Movie's Capitol People -- How They Are Brought to Life?

Article source: thehob.org

We’ve heard all about the crazy hairstyles and colors we can expect to see on the Capitol citizens in The Hunger Games, and now we actually get a look at one of the wigs!

Alison Shipley of Modern Salon was sent the wig by Joico, a hair and hair color products supplier for professionals, who did all the cut and color for the film.

Joico Guest Artist and Hollywood Stylist Cherry Petenbrink was tapped to create the hair color designs for the film’s leads, and more than 500 extras, (THAT’s RIGHT. 500 EXTRAS!) and she relied on the high performance, vivid tones and vast shade selection of Joico Vero K-PAK Color.

… Cherry Petenbrink was assigned to create a flat, matte brunette shade for Katniss that would defy any trace of warmth.

… In vivid contrast to the mousy hue of Katniss, the citizens of the Capitol were described to Petenbrink as “sophisticated, couture and edgy.” Collaborating with Costume Designer Judianna Makovsky and Hair Department Head Linda Flowers, she was challenged to create unique color designs for each of the 500 extras, using brights and pastels.

“When you work with these colors, it’s a challenge to make them look trendsetting and visionary and not clown-like,” Cherry says. Once again, Joico offered the solution with the pure, vivid clear tones of products like Vero K-PAK Color Intensity. As a result, Petenbrink predicts that several of the color designs will strongly influence trends once the film opens.

…The Hunger Games is the first of four planned films, and Cherry says it was a lot of pressure to come up with 500 completely different looks. “But it was also a really fun and creative challenge. I truly think that once they see the hair, people will say that nothing like this has ever been done.”

How cool is this wig?! Check it all out at Modern Salon.

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