Make-up for film and photography

Posted on March 25, 2009 in Makeup | 2 Comments

Submitted by IQ forum member Dark Water

Completely overlooked in amateur filmmaking, make-up is a great tool for improving the look of your. Without it, video makes the actor look pale and pasty, their face flat and without tone.

You will need -

  • A towel
  • A head band
  • Hair brush
  • Mirror
  • Cotton swabs
  • Tweezers
  • Make-up brushes
  • Moisturizer
  • Foundations
  • Translucent powder
  • Eye shadow and applicators
  • Mascara
  • Eye pencils
  • Rouge, toners and brushes
  • Lipstick and lip brush

Remember to choose the make-up’s colour and tone based on the actor’s, as well as their hair and eye colour.

First apply the moisturizer and allow it to soften the skin. Then apply the foundations, a pale colour to the centre forehead, below the eyes, nose, upper lip and the chin. Then apply a darker foundation which matches the neck to the sides of the face and forehead.

Apply the translucent powder to the whole face.

Use a dark eye shadow to outline the eyes. You can exaggerate the corners but try to follow the overall shape. Apply a bright highlight above the lashes and below the brow. Brush on a shader the socket line.

Use a pencil to lengthen and emphasize the the eyebrows. Prepare the lashes before applying the mascara.

Shade the cheeks by applying blusher to the area under the cheekbones.

Define the outline of lips with a lip pencil, which should be darker than the lipstick. Use a brush to apply the lipstick over the whole of the lips. If requiered, and a gloss to really bring them out.

I must stress that less is more, make-up is not war paint. Fell free to experiment, subtle variations can create dramatic differences.

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