Stage Makeup - The Actor's Complete Step-by-step Guide To Today's Techniques And Materials

Whether you are an actor in a summer-stock or regional theater, anacting conservatory program, a high-school or college production, acommunity theater, a local holiday pageant...or anywhere else, thisis the best all-purpose"how-to" guide to makeup for the theater.Besides period makeup, age makeup, and special-effectsapplications, the book delves into fantasy makeup, animal faces,and other kinds of stylization found on the contemporary stageandwith the use of the most up-to-date materials. Explaining all thebasic techniques the actor needs, the author offers tips on puttingtogether a personal makeup kit, analyzing one's own facialfeatures, creating a picture file, caring for one's skin, and usinga colour-mixing chart. Here, then, is the most complete makeupresource - for students, for amateur groups, for everyoneperforming on today's stage, and at any level.