How would I explain the makeup process? 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 Sable brush Don’t wear makeup outside theatre 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 Stipple sponge 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.