Hair and makeup is a vital role in not only establishing a plays theme and setting, but also for an actor to feel comfortable in the shoes of their character. The theatre industry should shift into having hair and makeup its own department. Currently, hair and makeup is a murky zone in the theatre design and technician industry. Wardrobe designers usually end up creating the costume and basic hair design and toss it over to the hair and makeup “department” to figure out how to bring it to life. But should this happen? Are all costume designers suitably trained in hair and makeup? My goal with this paper is to bring to light how hair and makeup is often overlooked as a department. Hopefully by opening up this conversation the metaphorical curling …show more content…
Hair and makeup need to be strategically designed and it is never just an everyday makeup look as long as there is stage lighting, at least 10 feet between actor and audience, or fast movement. Elizabeth McLafferty brings us the critical placement of makeup within her article Theatrical Makeup “Theatrical makeup is inseparable from the act of performance itself. The aim of theatrical makeup is to delineate and enhance the role of a character and to give performers an additional tool for conveying the characters being performed. Stage makeup is often used to create visual stereotypes or clichés that will be readily understood by the audience. Stage makeup is usually much more colorful and graphic than ordinary cosmetic makeup. “ The overall application of hair and makeup while the actor is all costumed, helps the actor feel the part and put on a better performance. Vincent J.R. Kehoe also explores the idea that character makeup is necessary within his book The Technique of The Professional Make-Up Artist by showing step by step tutorials with detailed explanations of how to carry out methods of makeup. Credentials are needed for hair and makeup work that not everyone would widely know. Avenue Five Institute published an article entitled The Importance of Quality Hair & Makeup Training within this article there are clear regulations set about how hair and makeup is not …show more content…
Furthermore, Researching statistics for women designers and technicians in hair and makeup, it disappointed me to find that there was nothing specifically in the field. Infographics did a study of direct statistics of women designers within theatre. Across the board there is a steady pace of women not being present. In 2015 Infographics gathered data from The League of Resident Theatres(LORT) over the course of five seasons to see the reality of gendered designers across the board. According to Infographics women designers in scenic only made up 21.4% out of 2,213 positions over a five serson period of time varying all members of LORT Theatres. Within lighting design, women made up 13.7 out of 2,223 positions. Sound was 8.8% out of 2,131 positions. And overall women designers were only 28.2% out of 8,762 total positions. The statistic that shocked me the most was seeing how costumes had an astonishing 68.7% out of 1295 positions. Upon further analysis I am willing to believe that this number is actually much lower than it appears, only because there is absolutely no statistic for hair and makeup itself. I have two theories for the costume percentage being so high in comparison to all the other low designer numbers. Because it is unlikely that one area would spike this high out of all the others, I believe hair
Throughout the year hotels, convention centers, and other high capacity venues are transformed into a social haven and meeting ground for fellow Otakus and cosplay fans or cosplayers for short. The act of cosplay, the abbreviated form of “costume play”, is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game, especially one from the Japanese genres of manga and anime”. However, there is much more to a cosplayer than this simple definition leads one to believe. To its most dedicated patrons, cosplay is an art form incorporating unlimited mediums, such as textile fabrication, woodworking, clay sculpting, resin casting, and even theatrical makeup. Some enthusiasts take cosplay far more seriously than a weekend social hobby. While some would be content with purchasing a commissioned piece or mass produced costume for their convention adventures others are not satisfied until they have handcrafted a masterpiece with 100% accuracy. These cosplayers will spend week or months and hundreds of dollars insure their costume is a perfect adaption of their selected character. Yet for some that is still not enough. There are those who will not be content until they have become the living embodiment of their chosen character. They become the method actors of cosplay, memorizing the characters personality, walk, quirks, and vocalics. Going even deeper into the realm of cosplay, there are still those who are so obsessed with becoming a character they will paint their skin, whether it be pink, grey, green, or any color in between. This is where a sensitive debate explodes. Coloring yourself grey or pink for your Marceline or Princess Bubblegum adventure time cosplays will ...
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According to 10 Weird and Wacky Beauty Facts by Andrea Lavinthal, in ancient Greece, the most sought-after hair color was blond. Not many Greeks were naturally blond, so light hair was probably perceived as beautiful because it was so exotic. Women would lighten their hair using plant extracts or arsenic. They also washed their locks with a mixture of ashes, olive oil, and water. She also explained how “it was a shame that extension weren’t available during the Heian period when a Japanese woman’s beauty was judges by the length of her hair, since the ideal was considered almost two feet longer than her waist. We’re assuming that ponytails were a popular hairstyle back then.” There are many other crazy facts about beauty facts like Vaseline makes your eyelashes grow and can take off makeup, or if your finger nails are discolored from using dark polish, use a slice of lemon on them and they will regain their color (The beauty magazine, Roselyn Miller, pg. 67). Going into the field of Cosmetology helps you express yourself and it brings out your inner creativity. That is one of the many reason I love this line of work, because when I do hair it lets me express myself while creating a hairstyle of my own. The first time I started doing hair was when I was about 10 or 11, I was a natural! I want to be able to know my clients and exactly what will look right on my clients and read people, so I would know what they do like just by talking to them. I need to learn to separate family from business. I do know some things about this field I before this assignment that cosmetology is not just about doing hair, it’s also about learning about the Skin; Doing make up, eye lashes, etc. You also learn about nails; doing a...
Make up has been around for about 12 thousand years. Woman use makeup to make them look more beautiful, woman now and back that weren’t happy with their natural beauty so they chose to event or come up with something that would make them beautiful. Woman got the idea that they would use some things form nature that they found and smashed it or do something to but on their face. At first it was a poisons thing to use but now a days makeup have reached a point that it’s not dangers to put on now. In this paper making to talk about the different make up their development of each. Some of the makeup history that I’m going to talk about are lipstick, mascara, eye liner, Eye shadow, body painting and a little about nail polish. I’m also going to talk about who wear makeup. I am going to explain why they wear makeup and what it meant to wear makeup.
All women wish to look their best on their wedding day, prom, or their ten year anniversary, so it is a makeup artist’s job to fulfil this desire. The art of emphasizing one’s most attractive features by highlighting the inner corner of the eye to brighten the eyes, contouring the cheeks to make the cheekbones appear higher and painting on bold lipstick to form perfect, plump lips make the face appear flawless. Some people do not wear makeup everyday, so when they do, their face can appear brightened and awake, therefore they believe they look wonderful. Although many people are confident in their appearance and do not demand makeup to boost their self-esteem, wearing well-applied makeup will always make someone feel
Female artists are barely making their mark in the art industry compared to men now, because of the long history we have with art- how it was always dominated by male artists. Yes, there are a lot more female artists now than in the past, but not all of them are written down in art history books. This is because women artists simply lack the exposure they need to even be considered a professional artist. Strangely enough, some male artists find female ones to be inferior to them in the fine arts.
As part of our culture, while growing up boys and girls are expected to learn the basic skills to fulfill the "roles of their gender." For boys this includes learning all of the the routine maintenance on a car, to work out and be stronger then the girls, and are usually expected to be better with electronics. While at the same time girls are steered towards learning how to cook, clean, and look pretty. All of the female roles require a lot of practice and trial and error before they can be mastered, but the hardest and most time consuming skill to be learned still remains applying make-up. Just as anything else (even writing an essay) the finished product always seems so simple and easy enough to be done by a child in a few minutes. Although, in reality girls spend years doing trial and error to find out what looks good on them and a few more years making it look "natural." This is necessary for every girl go through on her own, to be able to have her own look. However, there is a routine make-up application process that will help any beginning girl with he basics.
Makeup has transformed the lives of so many individuals and continues to play an important role in the daily routines of many women (and those men who choose to wear makeup). [Pause] The main reason why makeup initially became integrated into the daily lives of many individuals was to help conceal facial features that people were insecure about. Now, as of 2018, makeup has helped many people in terms of their general self-confidence. The stereotype that makeup is used to impress others is as far off as one can get. No individual would put so much time [Pause], effort [Pause], and education [Pause] into a task that is only to impress others. It is nice to present our self-expression to others, but it all reflects how one feels. One can change
Since kabuki actors sometimes have to portray a female, dress and cosmetics play an important role in the performances. Costumes used are elaborate, detailed, and show the traditional dress of historical Japan. The primary form of cosmetics is called kumadori. The Asia Society's 1988 Video Letter: Noh and Kabuki translates kumadori as "making shadows" (1).
Just like the constantly changing fashion world, makeup fads come and go. However, what never changes is the correct approach to applying makeup to achieve the ultimate goal of looking the best you possibly can.
What is set designer to me? A set designer is the most important person in the theater production because their innovative imaginations help the directors how he should peruse the story. Set designer manager is like a central man because he has to communicate with everyone who is working in their play at some point. Such as costume designer, lighting designer, and stage manager. These three managers are important because the scene design should match with the character costume, the light effect will help the set to glow, and stage manager can tell the actors how to perform based on the set space provide. Set designer has the advantage of working anywhere because their job is to be creative. In the 1900s the production has to spend lots of money
...ently, one may act differently as well with a new attitude and confidence. While makeup is concealing the faults in appearance, it is also concealing the faults in character, which is another myth.