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Stage makeup : the actor's complete step-by-step guide to today's techniques and materials / Laura Thudium.
By: Thudium, Laura
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BookPublisher: New York : Back Stage Books, c1999Description: 159 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0823088391.Subject(s): Theatrical makeupDDC classification: 792.027
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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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Prologue: Your Role (p. 8)
- Introduction (p. 9)
- 1. Getting to Know Your Face (p. 10)
- Facial Shape, Features, and Qualities (p. 11)
- Effects of Light and Shadow (p. 13)
- 2. Your Face Shape Schematic (p. 14)
- Exercise: Turning a Black-and-White Photo Into an Outline Drawing (p. 15)
- 3. Supplies and "Picture Morgue" Reference File (p. 18)
- Basic Stage Makeup Kit (p. 20)
- Constructing Your "Picture Morgue" Reference File (p. 25)
- 4. Applying Foundation and Caring for Your Skin (p. 26)
- Apply Foundation Lightly (p. 27)
- Makeup Removal and Skin Cleansing (p. 29)
- 5. 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)
- 6. Corrective Makeup (p. 40)
- Problem Areas (p. 42)
- Studying Corrected Problems (p. 46)
- 7. 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)
- 8. Facial Stoutness and Slimness (p. 66)
- Exaggerating or Minimizing Facial Traits (p. 67)
- Exercise: Portraying Facial Stoutness or Slimness (p. 68)
- 9. 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)
- 10. 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)
- 11. 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)
- 12. Fantasy Makeup (p. 114)
- Selecting a Fantasy Theme (p. 116)
- 13. 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)
- 14. 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)
- 15. 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)