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Stage Makeup, 10th Edition
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Stage Makeup, 10th Edition

by Richard Corson, James Glavan, Beverly Gore Norcross
September 2015
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
16h 46m
English
Focal Press
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CHAPTER 6 Designing the Makeup

 

Once you have decided what you want the character to look like, the next step is to put your ideas into concrete form—either an experimental makeup or a sketch showing what you have in mind. Which you do will probably depend to some extent on whether you are an actor or a makeup designer. In either case, making a sketch or a drawing of the makeup can be extremely helpful. For a makeup designer, professional or nonprofessional, it is almost essential. (See FIGURES 6-6, 6-9, and 6-12.)

The Makeup Designer

If all of the makeups are being designed by one person, he or she will first study the play, then consult with the director, the costume designer, and, ideally, with the actors before designing the makeups and ...

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ISBN: 9781317350897