<h1>Prosthetics artist brings movie magic to new short film</h1>
An award-winning makeup and prosthetics artist is helping to bring a new fantasy film to life.

Ciara Doyle, who lives in Tadworth, has started work on ‘<em>Odilo Fabian or (The Possibility of Impossible Dreams)</em>’, which stars Kacey Ainsworth (<em>Call the Midwife</em>) and Isabelle Allen (<em>Les Miserables</em>) in lead roles.

The short film tells the story of Odilo Fabian (Luke Brandon-Field), an optimist on the outskirts of a town called Doubt, who uses wishes and nature to grow himself a real chance at love.

To fully realise the fantasy elements of the project, director Matthew Rowney tasked Ciara with creating otherworldly and artificial plants to populate the film’s sets.

Ciara said: “I started with the intention of trying to show people something they’d never seen before. I visited the tropical greenhouses at Kew Gardens for inspiration and from there, Matthew and I came up with some unusual and exotic designs which I then set about making out of foam and fibre glass.

As filming approached, my studio ended up looking like a strange alien greenhouse which was quite funny!”

But the most challenging aspect of the project came in the form of facial prosthetics, which Ciara specially created with liquid latex and alcohol-based paint for actress Louisa Connolly-Burnham (Wolfblood and Call the Midwife).

Michael Rowney, who wrote the film, said: “Without spoiling the story, my screenplay called for Louisa’s character to be transformed into a plant-like creature. Ciara did a great job of bringing the script to life, and Matthew and I are really excited for everyone to see the final look.”

‘Odilo Fabian’ marks Ciara’s third collaboration with the Rowney Brothers. In 2016, she won an award for Best Makeup at Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival for ‘I Am The Doorway’, which Matthew directed.

To see more behind-the-scenes images, follow Matthew (@mjrowney) and Michael (@michaelrowney) on Instagram.

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