Make-Up, Hair and Costume for Film and Television

Cinema

As cinema demands top quality pictures, more time and money are available for make-up and hairdressing, and the departments are separate. The hairdresser has to undertake extra training to be able to work with wigs, although any facial hair is dealt with by the make-up department.

However, as television make-up artists were required to do hairdressing as well as make-up, it became apparent that perhaps a good way to work was to have one make-up artist look after one actor or actress. This cuts down on time needed to move from one department to another, and many actors and actresses prefer contact with fewer people. Increasingly, smaller film productions are now working in this way.

The training, work, knowledge and skills of the make-up ...