Horns

Having already researched the film Horns, I decided to look at more examples of horns in films, trying to relate it to animal/human hybrids. The examples I found were all examples of mythical creatures, which is another sourse of hybridisation.

 

The Chronicles of Narnia

 

Adamson, A. (2005) The Chronicles of Narnia

 

Mr. Tumnus is the faun character from the Narnia films. Howard Berger

produced the prosthetics for this character. They are very small horns,

just peaking through the top of his hair. They are quite organic looking, I

mean they are in-keeping with the rest of the characters natural form and

the brown colouring suggests themes of nature. The shape is also not 

perfectly defined, which is accurate, as flaws are a constant in nature 

(nothing is perfectly smooth or symmetrical, and so flaws add realism)

 

Although some mountain goat horns can be huge and curly, I think because of the soft nature of the character, more tame horns are appropriate. I think the type of goat horn they were trying to recreate was more like a farmyard goat, who's horns are small, not menacingly pointly and quite smooth, with little texture.

 

 

 

Minotaurs (Bull Horns) 

 

The minotaurs in Narnia typically play the

more aggressive roles, which make sense

from a physiognomical point of view.

Again, bulls horns come in many

shapes and sizes. I think they chose

to sculpt the horns upwards to

make them look more menacing and 

aggressive, which is still accurate

with regards to real bulls. 

I'm not sure about the mottled

dark colour all over the horns,

I think that might just be for that

minotaurs character, to make him

look more evil in comparision to

the other minotaurs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pan (Del Toro, G. 2006, Pan's Labyrinth)

 

Pan is another faun character, but his physiognomy is

totally different to traditional faun characters, and 

he contrasts hugely with Mr. Tumnus. 

I think because he is more of a fairytale/legend

creation rather than a traditional faun, and the design

of the film is very other-wordly and bizarre, that the 

design of his makeup was much more unlimited than

that of a Narnian faun. Theres obviously a tree-like

element to his aesthetic, which gives him a more

elderly, wise appearance. This also helps tie-in with the

large nature of the horns which I think are much more

comparable to ram's horns than goats. This maybe

to give the character a slightly more devilish element,

as although he helps Ophelia, he seems craft and

beguiling with a slightly ambigious character.

 

The makeup took 5 hours to apply and was made mostly 

of foam latex. The nose down was animated by Doug Jones

but above there was all animatronics to make the 

brows, ears and head move. 

 

These horns seem to be the most extreme, in size

shape and texture. Observing them has made me 

appreciate the detail involved in horns - that they're

not a smooth surface by any means. I'll consider this

reasearch when sculpting my horns.