Stage Makeup The Actor's Complete Guide to Today's Techniques and Materials

by Thudium, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780823088393
• ISBN10: 0823088391
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Back Stage Books

Summary

This up-to-date, full-color makeup manual is designed to lie open on the makeup table right as a guide for student, amateur, or professional performers. "Laura Thudium's new bookStage Makeupis a step by step guide to researching, designing and applying stage makeup....Unlike some makeup books from the past, these models vary in coloring, weight, and ethnicity. By using such young models (there is not a real wrinkle in sight), Thudium makes the reader even more aware of how makeup can truly transform an actor's face."Callboard Magazine "Many times, in the flurry of costuming a show, I've wished for a well-illustraed, non-threatening makeup book to ease beginning actors through their first dress jitters. In her 156 page book,Stage Makeup, Laura Thudium fills this need, offering readers a quick, understandable introduction to theatre makeup with plenty of step by step photographs. This book is successful in its enthusiasm, its clarity, and in its directness."Dramatics

Author Biography

Laura Thudium is associate professor in the Department of Theatre at Southern Illinois University.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Your Role	p. 8
Introduction	p. 9
Getting to Know Your Face	p. 10
Facial Shape, Features, and Qualities	p. 11
Effects of Light and Shadow	p. 13
Your Face Shape Schematic	p. 14
Exercise: Turning a Black-and-White Photo Into an Outline Drawing	p. 15
Supplies and "Picture Morgue" Reference File	p. 18
Basic Stage Makeup Kit	p. 20
Constructing Your "Picture Morgue" Reference File	p. 25
Applying Foundation and Caring for Your Skin	p. 26
Apply Foundation Lightly	p. 27
Makeup Removal and Skin Cleansing	p. 29
Highlighting and Shadowing	p. 30
Creating Illusions with Highlights and Shadows	p. 31
Exercise: Toning the Face Shape Schematic	p. 32
Exercise: Highlight Applications	p. 34
Exercise: Shadow Applications	p. 36
Exercise: Practicing Brush Techniques	p. 38
Exercise: Practicing Sponge Techniques	p. 39
Corrective Makeup	p. 40
Problem Areas	p. 42
Studying Corrected Problems	p. 46
Age Makeup	p. 48
Aging Process	p. 50
Designing Age Makeup on Paper	p. 52
Exercise: Applying Age Highlighting	p. 54
Exercise: Applying Age Shadowing	p. 57
Adding Character Traits	p. 60
Exercise: Aging Hands	p. 62
Liquid Latex Wrinkles	p. 64
Exercise: Applying Liquid Latex	p. 64
Facial Stoutness and Slimness	p. 66
Exaggerating or Minimizing Facial Traits	p. 67
Exercise: Portraying Facial Stoutness or Slimness	p. 68
Wounds, Scars, and Burns	p. 74
Materials for Simulating Damaged Skin	p. 75
Exercise: Building a Swollen and Bloody Bruise	p. 76
Exercise: Creating Scars	p. 78
Exercise: Fabricating Burned Skin	p. 79
Period Makeup	p. 80
Building Your Repertory of Makeup Styles	p. 82
Classical Greek	p. 83
Renaissance	p. 84
Elizabethan	p. 86
Restoration and Eighteenth Century	p. 88
Edwardian	p. 90
Jazz Age	p. 92
Stylization	p. 94
Simplify and Exaggerate	p. 95
Exercise: Sumatran Tiger	p. 97
Many Animals Inspire Sylization	p. 100
Students' Animal Makeup Designs	p. 102
Translating Schematics into Makeup	p. 108
Fantasy Makeup	p. 114
Selecting a Fantasy Theme	p. 116
Gender Reversal	p. 124
Analyzing Male and Female Features	p. 125
Exercise: Making a Male Look Female	p. 126
Exercise: Making a Female Look Male	p. 129
Facial Hair, Hairpieces, and Wigs	p. 132
Using Crepe Wool for Facial Hair	p. 133
Exercise: Applying a Mustache	p. 134
Exercise: Applying a Beard	p. 138
Hairpiece Enhancements	p. 140
Exercise: Adding a Fall	p. 140
Exercise: Putting on a Woman's Wig	p. 142
Exercise: Putting on a Man's Wig	p. 144
Making a Life Mask	p. 146
Preparation and Materials Needed	p. 147
Exercise: Creating the Mask	p. 147
Color Mixing Chart, Foundation	p. 152
Color Mixing Chart, Cream Liners	p. 154
Suppliers	p. 156
Recommended Reading	p. 157
Index	p. 158
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