MAKEUP!

Stage makeup is a skill that helps to create an illusion on stage. It is important that you are able to add in effective skills with makeup to enhance the character. As you know from your lighting unit, lights tend to flatten the face of the actor and so we must add in the contours back into the face for the actor on stage.

Stage makeup is NOT the same as regular use makeup as it is meant to withstand high heat from the lights, sweat from the actors and is made to be hypo allergenic and generally will stay on the face being fairly smudge proof.

The stage lights will flatten the face of the actor, and so you must build back in the contours, which also means we must add back in the colour of the face also. We add in a foundation that is 2 steps darker than your natural colour: tanned but not that you have changed race!

There are Three main types of Stage makeup in use.