Make-up
BY JENIECE TORANZO, MESA, AZ, USA- We are only days away from departure. I feel like it's the countdown to the blast off of a rocket that we have been waiting to board! I just reviewed the storyboards and the movie is becoming more and more real to me. I never thought this day would come. Especially when it kept getting pushed back. I think there were some people who were skeptical about this whole thing actually happening. But it actually is! Whoo hoo!
It's cool to see the different styles of drawings on the storyboards and what technique they used. It goes to show that not every storyboarder has to be the same or will be the same. In the end, the storyboards come together and we understand the director's ideas and vision.
It also helped to get an idea of how the actors will look and how I can get a better idea of how to do hair and makeup. I have been reading up on how to do hair and makeup and let me tell you, it's not as easy as it looks. You have to worry about the lighting and what the wardrobe will look like because it all affects how the hair and makeup will be. And my job, like everyone elses, is to make them look like their characters. We all want to make sure they look authentic because let's face it, we don't want it to look crappy or low budget. The two books that I have received some good tips and highly suggest are "Film and Television Make-Up" by Herman Buchman and "The Technique of the Professional Make-Up Artist for Film, Television, and Stage" by Vincent J.R. Kehoe.