Stage Makeup How would I explain the makeup
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Stage Makeup How would I explain the makeup process?
Stage Makeup • Straight—enhance natural features • Character—creates a specified role – Old age • Cream or grease base preferred – Variety of colors – Easy to blend • Highlight and shadow – Correct and change features
Stage Makeup • Spirit gum – Attach beards and mustaches • Sable brush – To apply liner • Don’t wear makeup outside theatre – Amateurish • First and last step of process – Wash face
Stage Makeup • Old age makeup=lighter base • Crepe hair – Beards and mustaches • Stipple sponge – Stubble • To age a character, apply wrinkles – To eyes – To forehead – To laugh lines
Stage Makeup • In blue lights, red lipstick is black • Chiaroscuro – The ancient artistic technique which stage makeup is based upon • Bone structure – Key to makeup • Makeup is expensive. – Not all programs can afford much.
Stage Makeup • A skilled makeup crew is essential to a production. • Facial soap and cleanser are effective ways to remove makeup. – Avoid cold creams • If the face is too wide. . – Use a darker base on the sides to shape it.
Stage Makeup • If the nose is too short. . – Shadow the tip and highlight the ridge • Boys should never have a definite lip line. • Worry and excitement cause breakouts, not makeup. • Hands usually are forgotten in the old age makeup process.
Stage Makeup • Too much light from above results in shadows under all the bony prominences of the face. • It takes ½ hour for straight makeup. • It takes 1 hour for character makeup.
