Motion Picture Makeup

It's that time again.... time to look at the dates on all of my personal and professional makeup supplies. This is when it gets tough and my friends start begging...  It's a shame that eye makeup products can't be made to last more than six months after they are opened before you have to throw them out. My friends like to go through my garbage when they know my expiration dates are hitting, but I just came up with the idea to incorporate the old makeup into my art projects. This way, the makeup gets used, I save the environment a little more and also the faces of my friends. This also adds more colorful elements to my artwork. Ha!

Production Makeup for film and television requires a much higher level of technical skill than department store beauty makeup application. The products, supplies, implements and techniques are different. Another thing that separates the two are that in the salon or department store, the makeup artist is applying cosmetics based on the personal preferences and style of the person in the chair. For motion pictures, the makeup artist applies the makeup based on the character the talent in the chair is portraying. See if you can define the following terms, as they relate to the film industry makeup department, without any help:

--breakdown - paperwork that shows all of the elements needed for a specific scene, character, location, etc.

--tapotement - a particular way of applying professional makeup to create special effects

--tuffy head - a cloth-covered, stuffed, manikin head without facial features, for creating toupees and facial hair

--ETA - estimated time of arrival (when will someone be done and ready for camera)
--fullers earth - a powdery product that is used to create makeup effects
--ditty bag - a round bag used to hold makeup and/or hair supplies that are to be used at the set.


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