Engulf VERB To surround completely; to flow over and enclose. John was very surprised when he looked out of his kitchen window to see that his new Ford truck was engulfed in flames in his driveway.

THEATRICAL MAKEUP A TECHNICAL ELEMENT OF THEATRE NC STATE OBJECTIVES: I.AE.1.1 Use technical knowledge and design skills to formulate designs. I.AE.1 Understand how to design technical theatre components, such as costumes, sets, props, makeup, lighting, and sound. I.AE.1.2 Use the major technical elements, such as sound, lights, set, and costumes, for formal or informal audiences. Student Objective: Students will be using 4 class days to learn about essential stage makeup skills, and use these skills to create a make-up map and formal make up design. Agenda: Warm-up, Announcements, Notes, Video Examples, Makeup Map, Closure

Actors are judged not only by their acting but by their appearance Actors who appear on stage must learn makeup techniques ◦ Make up artists are routinely used on movie, television, etc. sets ◦ Make up artists are rarely used in live stage performances ◦ Stage actors must do their own makeup

CHARACTER ANALYSIS ◦ To create a unique characterization you need to analyze the character - what are the factors that make a character different from the others? ◦ FIRST THING IS TO READ THE SCRIPT!!!

CHARACTER ANALYSIS HEARTH is a mnemonic to remember the six elements of character analysis ◦ H- Heredity ◦ E- Environment ◦ A- Age ◦ R- Race ◦ T- Temperament ◦ H- Health

CHARACTER ANALYSIS HEREDITY ◦ Family Traits ◦ Inherited characteristics from parents and grandparents ◦ Red Hair ◦ Firm Jaw

CHARACTER ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENT ◦ Determines a person’s appearance ◦ Work indoors / outdoors ◦ Works day / night ◦ Rich / poor ◦ Time Element /historical period ◦ Deep tan (few years ago) ◦ Peaches n cream (hundred years ago) ◦ Pasty White (Restoration period)

CHARACTER ANALYSIS AGE ◦ Chronological age is only one aspect ◦ Also influenced by: ◦ Heredity ◦ Prematurely gray hair ◦ Pattern baldness

AGE - CONTINUED ◦ Environment ◦ Sun or wind caused wrinkles ◦ Health ◦ Chronic illness ages a person ◦ Temperament ◦ Frown caused wrinkles ◦ Smile caused wrinkles

CHARACTER ANALYSIS RACE ◦ Less common today for actors to portray other races ◦ Some plays it is important to understand appearance related characteristics of major racial groups ◦ The King and I

CHARACTER ANALYSIS TEMPERAMENT ◦ Personality ◦ Person who smiles a lot has “crows feet” (lines at corner of eyes) ◦ Person who frowns has “frown lines” (vertical wrinkles between eyebrows)

CHARACTER ANALYSIS HEALTH ◦ Acute illness ◦ Must know physical / visible characteristics ◦ Measles, cold, seasickness ◦ Chronic illness ◦ Long duration or frequent occurrence ◦ Arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis

CHARACTER RESEARCH Three basic sources of information : ◦ What the playwright says about character: ◦ Time and place of play ◦ If says “the present” must find out when play was written

Sources of Information cont. ◦ Stage directions / descriptions ◦ What a character says about themselves or what other characters say about them ◦ Must read carefully because characters can lie ◦ About themselves or others ◦ Talk, dark, handsome ◦ Must take everything into account including motives of characters

Facial Anatomy Must know the underlying bone structure of the human face to create good theatrical makeup

Facial Anatomy

Facial features are effected by the aging process Muscles in the face used the most retain strength and flexibility Underused muscles stretch and sag due to gravity

Facial Anatomy How the aging process affects specific areas of the face ◦ Becomes more pronounced or prominent with age ◦ Frontal eminence ◦ Superciliary arch ◦ Temporal fossae ◦ Zygomatic arch ◦ Naso-labial folds

Facial Anatomy with age Individual features also become more prominent ◦ Cleft chin ◦ Sunken eyes ◦ Nose (as the skin sags around it)

Facial Anatomy – with age Lips become thinner and loose natural color Sagging muscles create jowls Eyelids sag and droop Complexions also change ◦ Age spots ◦ Red nose and cheeks on heavy drinkers (caused by broken capillaries at surface of skin)

Physiognomy Judging a person’s character by looking at facial features ◦ We associate certain character traits / emotions with certain features

Physiognomy Facial features convey information about a character ◦ Used by cartoonist to immediately show emotion and character ◦ Individual features are influenced by other features so whole face must be considered

Physiognomy Forehead ◦ High forehead / receding hairline ◦ Shows high intelligence (men & women) ◦ Frown lines ◦ Bad tempered person ◦ Deep concentration

Physiognomy Eyes (the windows to the soul) ◦ Prominent eyes = dreamer ◦ Deep set eyes = analytical ◦ Small, close set eyes = dishonesty ◦ Large, well spaced eyes = trustworthy ◦ Crows feet = happy

Physiognomy Eyebrows ◦ Full eyebrows = forceful person ◦ Bushy eyebrows/ hair growing in all directions = disorganized ◦ Close to the eyes and growing close together = cunning & mean ◦ High arched brows = gullible & little intelligence

Physiognomy Mouth and lips ◦ Wide = generous ◦ Small = tightfisted or closed-mouth ◦ Full = sensuous ◦ Thin = strict

Physiognomy Chin ◦ Strong chin = strong / aggressive ◦ Weak & receding = weak willed / passive

Physiognomy Cheeks ◦ Rounded & red = jolly ◦ Thin or sunken = businesslike ◦ Jugal fold (Pronounced wrinkle halfway between the mouth and ear) = cruel

Videos for Support! OLD AGE MAKE UPhttps:// ZOMBIE MAKE UPhttps:// STATUE MAKE UPhttps://

The Assignments Informal – Makeup Map ◦DUE at the end of Class on Friday ◦What you need: Colored Pencils ◦What it is: Your completed design (map) of what you would like the finished product to look like on yourself! Formal – Final Makeup Design Presentation DUE in class on Thursday, February 4 th What you need: Makeup, Home practice time, class time on Tuesday, A phone/camera/video device What it is: Photo/Video/Other form of presentation of your final product that will be presented in front of the class formally. 1-2 minute presentation with pictures. Must be submitted to my via or Google drive share before the beginning of class on Feb 4 th.

Closure What are you looking forward to most this semester? Explain briefly in 2-3 Sentences.