Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Character Make Up

Character Make Up is applied when an actor wants to be someone else that is totally different from the way he or she looks. This process need altering in every aspect so that the appearance will suit the new character. If the character is mean, kind, fat, thin, beautiful or ugly, the features of the actor must be changed in order to match it. Only make up will no do in portraying the character. So, thats when different methods such as wigs, false teeth and facial prosthetics comes into action.









Straight Make up

Straight make up can be considered as the basic make up. Corrective make up is the other term to describe this style of make up. Corrective make up can be applied not only during performances, but also on special occasions when a woman or a girl wants to look beautiful and pretty for all the right reasons.