Stage makeup

Author: (English) Rosemary Swinfield
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: Stage Makeup is a professional guidebook on makeup, including basic techniques and application skills for various types of makeup such as theater, film, and television. It covers different scales of stage makeup, as well as methods for applying makeup to characters of different ages and races. The book uses practical, comprehensive, and visual makeup examples to guide beginners in learning the fundamentals and basic techniques of theatrical character makeup. It employs light and dark contrasts and subtle color changes to make actors' facial features appear fuller or thinner; to distort nasal bones or eliminate scars and blemishes; to transform ordinary children into ballet dancers or to turn healthy young people into; to age young people or to make elderly people look younger; to transform a person's appearance into that of a lion's face or to make a regular actress resemble the former film star Marilyn Monroe. Through a series of color illustrations, the book introduces basic steps and methods for fantasy makeup, makeup in different styles from various periods, and highly realistic special effects such as cuts, scrapes, and bruises. The book also showcases stage character makeup designs for various productions, such as Cats and Starlight Express. The special guest makeup artist, Mandy Furlonger, has extensively participated in makeup design for film and television characters and has worked with many celebrities such as Diana Ross, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Meat Loaf, and Benny Hill. The book demonstrates film and television special effects makeup techniques, such as sculpted makeup, makeup for cuts, bruises, burns, and latex wrinkles.