Special Effects Make up

On week 7, in class Toula shows us an interesting series of very short films. They are created bu Isabella Rossellini. They talk about the sex life of bugs, insects and various creatures. In fact the content of this film is simple. It can applies in education for child. However, the series are so interesting, es specially the make up.
And I am so impressive with the effect make up in the series. That's why I find some books that talk about that such as Special Effects Make-up: For Film and Theater (Special Effects) (Paperback)by Janus Vinther. This book is so useful for me.
Come back to our topic and script, it is very close to our life. But if we want to make it special, we should think about how to create some strange and new in characters, in actions, in outfit, and in make up as well.


From this book I have found: there are three categories in make up for film:



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Basic - designed to compensate for undesirable changes in appearance introduced by the television process.
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Corrective - designed to enhance positive attributes and downplay flaws.
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Character - which introduces major changes in appearance
Although people might think that makeup is reserved for people "who just want to look better" on TV or in film, in actual fact, makeup may be required to just retain a subject's normal appearance.

This is because the television and film processes to some degree can introduce (or make obvious) undesirable attributes to skin tones and features.
After making up the lighting is also important make the make up effective.
Makeup should always be checked, and if possible even applied, under the lighting that will be used in photographing the subject.
Even when video cameras are properly color balanced, sunlight, incandescent, and fluorescent lighting will all affect subject matter in different ways. For this reason, many makeup mirrors have adjustments for each of these types of light.

This consideration is particularly important with standard fluorescent light (if you can't avoid that type of lighting) because these lights tend to be low in red light and high in green.

Because normal skin tones contain a significant amount of green to start with, you may note obvious green skin tones under standard fluorescent light. The problem may be compounded if the makeup, itself, has green elements.

This is just another reason that you should use a high-quality, properly color-balanced video monitor to check the results.
In our film we have an old lady. It is hard for us to find an old lady actress. We discuss and think the best way we use the make up, it will be fun and we can explore the process to produce the film.

Ripina