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The Makeup Artist Handbook

Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre

  • 2nd Edition - November 17, 2011
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Gretchen Davis, Mindy Hall
  • Language: English

Get professional techniques usually known only by Hollywood makeup artists in this full-color, comprehensive book from accomplished makeup pros Gretchen Davis and Mindy Hall. The t… Read more

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Description

Get professional techniques usually known only by Hollywood makeup artists in this full-color, comprehensive book from accomplished makeup pros Gretchen Davis and Mindy Hall. The two come to you with impressive backgrounds in film and television industries--their projects have included Pearl Harbor, Rent, Stuart Little, and The Nanny Diaries, and Mindy Hall is fresh off her Academy Award win for her work on 2009's Star Trek. This new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook offers even more illustrations to demonstrate techniques visually; fundamentals on topics such as beauty, time periods, black and white film; and up-to-date information on cutting-edge techniques like air brushing makeup for computer-generated movies, makeup effects, mold-making, lighting, and lots of information on how to work effectively in HD.

Learn from the pros and hone your craft with this comprehensive book.

Key features

• Gorgeous full color book shows how makeup artists make Hollywood stars look as good as they do, even in HD!
• Get the inside track about how to work with the pros and all about set etiquette
• Contains tips and techniques from a number of professional Hollywood makeup artists
• Includes a full reference section with useful websites, business listings, and contacts
• Award winning advice from co-author Mindy Hall, Academy Award winner for makeup for her work on Star Trek

Readership

Aspiring or professional makeup artists in film and television, also theatre

Table of contents

Chapter 1 SHAPES

Chapter 2 THE BODY

Chapter 3 COLOR

Chapter 4 LIGHTING

Chapter 5 TECH STUFF
Blue, Green ,White Screens, Monitors, Camera, Script Breakdown

Chapter 6 FOUNDATIONS
Color Theory & Mixing, Skin Tones, Foundations, Concealers, High Lights & Contour, Blending

Chapter 7 BEAUTY & BASICS
Natural, Spot Painting, Beauty, Brow Shaping, Glam, Eye Lashes, Men & Children, Covering Tattoo’s, 5 o’clock Shadow, Body Makeup, Sun Protection

Chapter 8 DESIGN
Designing Looks, Blocking out Eye Brows, Face Lifts, Old Age Stipple, Temp. Tattoo’s, Contact Lens, Teeth, Bald Caps

Chapter 9 HAIR
Lace pieces, Hand Laying

Chapter 10 AIR BRUSH

Chapter 11 EFFECTS
PROSTHETICS, TRANSFERS, MOLD MAKING, BLOOD

Chapter 12 HOW TO BE A PRO

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 17, 2011
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Gretchen Davis

Gretchen Davis resides in San Francisco working as a freelance Makeup Artist, and writer for the entertainment industry. She is highly sought after to work with high profile clients in film, television, and digital media as a personal or department head. Some of her clients include Sony, Paramount, Disney, DreamWorks, Universal, Electronic Arts, Pixar and ILM. She has keyed projects like Feature Film Milk, On the Road, and NBC’s Trauma. Department Headed Films like Hemingway &Gellhorn with HBO, and political drama Knife Fight. Gretchen Co Authored “The Makeup Artist Handbook” distributed World Wide by Focal Press and published by Elsevier in March 2008. The book is critical acclaimed as a must have for the working Makeup Artist. She is a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 706, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists, Hollywood. As an Instructor, she creatively designed a makeup program for The Academy of Art University in SF. Today she continues to enjoy a successful career as a freelance Makeup Artist, Instructor, and writer. Her blog www.gretchendavismakeup.com is an educational web site for anybody working in the entertainment industry.
Affiliations and expertise
Gretchen Davis is a freelance makeup artist, and her projects have included the feature film Milk and NBC’s Trauma.

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Mindy Hall

Mindy Hall’s over 26 years of professional experience as a makeup artist, and her career spans film, television, photography, and theatre. She won an Academy Award for her work on 2009 film Star Trek.
Affiliations and expertise
Mindy Hall’s over 26 years of professional experience as a makeup artist, and her career spans film, television, photography, and theatre. She won an Academy Award for her work on 2009 film Star Trek.

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