What a great start to the New Year! Week 1 began with introductions and getting to know one another. Louise explained our very busy schedules, it’s a little daunting but we are all very excited.
We received our make-up kits and our inner child came out when we got our hands on them, labeling them took some time but is essential as we all have the exact same kit.
Starting to use our kits, we got to know the products a little better. We practiced on each other, using both grease and liquid foundation, lipsticks, eye shadows, blush, eyeliner and mascara. And turned each other in to (UMMM) let’s just call them master pieces!
We were lucky enough to go out into the workshop and see the amazing work being done by all the technicians for a new movie… ssshhh… I can’t say any more than that!
Showing Nick our prosthetic references for our characters, we were out in the workshop to start our prosthetic sculpts for 2 days... wow!!!
Kim Weeks – Student
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011
Short Film - Thank You
A HUGE thank you to Louise, Nick and your brilliant team of makeup artists.
The makeup made up a big part of the characters in the film and your team pulled it off brilliantly. I am beyond thrilled with the way all the clowns and judges looked - as were the actors.
Everyone was an absolute dream to work with. They are an easy-going, fun but professional group. Nothing was too much trouble. Couldn't have asked for anything more!
Rebecca
Producer/Writer/Director
Project Top Clown
The makeup made up a big part of the characters in the film and your team pulled it off brilliantly. I am beyond thrilled with the way all the clowns and judges looked - as were the actors.
Everyone was an absolute dream to work with. They are an easy-going, fun but professional group. Nothing was too much trouble. Couldn't have asked for anything more!
Rebecca
Producer/Writer/Director
Project Top Clown
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Prosthetics - Clowns & Demons
Congratulations Adrien, Lana & Sherri. Wonderful work - hope you are proud of your first prosthetic make-up - from sculpture to application.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Continuity, Blow-Drys & Airbrushing
We left the bald caps and moustaches behind this week in order to master the art of continuity. With scripts in toe we read, re-read, highlighted, made notes and prepared questions that we would take into a pre-production meeting. We then prepared our continuity sheets detailing the make-up styles and effects required for each scene. Continuity was not everyone’s cup of tea, but an important skill for any make-up artist.
Tanya returned for our final hair class before the exam…(insert scary music). In order to recap and best prepare us, it was time to turn the clocks back and perfect a full body blow-dry. Everything from seamless sectioning to styling was fine-tuned. From here we took our blow-dry into a 1920’s modern contemporary up-style, with the classic Marcel Waves a must.
It was finally time to remove our training wheels and start airbrushing our hero prosthetic pieces. Slowly but surely in amongst the flying paint and noodling our characters began to emerge. Not long now until application day!
Natalie Di Risio - Student
Tanya returned for our final hair class before the exam…(insert scary music). In order to recap and best prepare us, it was time to turn the clocks back and perfect a full body blow-dry. Everything from seamless sectioning to styling was fine-tuned. From here we took our blow-dry into a 1920’s modern contemporary up-style, with the classic Marcel Waves a must.
It was finally time to remove our training wheels and start airbrushing our hero prosthetic pieces. Slowly but surely in amongst the flying paint and noodling our characters began to emerge. Not long now until application day!
Natalie Di Risio - Student
Friday, October 28, 2011
Annie
I'd like to thank Nick, Louise and Paul from Make Up Effects Group Master Classes for the makeup team they supplied for this years season of "Annie" by the Rockdale Regals Musical Society.
Director, Meg Day's vision of a Tim Burton style look was achieved by the makeup team headed up by Rachael Jade who looked after the Daddy Warbucks bald cap and makeup. Annie and Grace were taken care of by Natalie. Rooster and Lilly were in the good hands of Lana, with Nicci, Lea and Tina making sure the pale withdrawn ensemble and orphans during the depression, and the bright happy mood in the Warbucks mansion was clearly felt by the audience through the makeup.
The cast and crew of the Regals were a joy to work with and the appreciation shown by them of the hard work from the makeup team was loud and clear when the production wrapped. They are looking forward to more involvement by the make-up team and students from the MEG Master Classes in future shows in the coming seasons.
More photos to come.
Ken Bowrey – Make-up Supervisor
Director, Meg Day's vision of a Tim Burton style look was achieved by the makeup team headed up by Rachael Jade who looked after the Daddy Warbucks bald cap and makeup. Annie and Grace were taken care of by Natalie. Rooster and Lilly were in the good hands of Lana, with Nicci, Lea and Tina making sure the pale withdrawn ensemble and orphans during the depression, and the bright happy mood in the Warbucks mansion was clearly felt by the audience through the makeup.
The cast and crew of the Regals were a joy to work with and the appreciation shown by them of the hard work from the makeup team was loud and clear when the production wrapped. They are looking forward to more involvement by the make-up team and students from the MEG Master Classes in future shows in the coming seasons.
More photos to come.
Ken Bowrey – Make-up Supervisor
Dead Again!
What great timing for doing cuts, bruises, tattoos and dead bodies, right before Halloween!!!
It’s such fun creating and replicating 'ouchies'! Using all parts of the body, including the heals, to make some very sore looking blisters. A burnt hand was created, and how disgusting and real it looked… so real in fact that someone has already reposted it on a face book page to scare his family!!!
We also dabbled with applying and painting up tattoos, giving each other some wonderful ones to take home and scare mum!! Dead bodies were next on our hit list with so many things to take into consideration when creating a dead body – what was the cause of death, how long have they been dead for, where was the body found…? Lots to take into account.
To finish off the week we were graced with Tanya and her hair classes, braids all the way, then in the workshop with Nick to ‘noodle’ away with airbrushing and a foam latex run of our masks. What a busy week!!
Tina Paul - Student
It’s such fun creating and replicating 'ouchies'! Using all parts of the body, including the heals, to make some very sore looking blisters. A burnt hand was created, and how disgusting and real it looked… so real in fact that someone has already reposted it on a face book page to scare his family!!!
We also dabbled with applying and painting up tattoos, giving each other some wonderful ones to take home and scare mum!! Dead bodies were next on our hit list with so many things to take into consideration when creating a dead body – what was the cause of death, how long have they been dead for, where was the body found…? Lots to take into account.
To finish off the week we were graced with Tanya and her hair classes, braids all the way, then in the workshop with Nick to ‘noodle’ away with airbrushing and a foam latex run of our masks. What a busy week!!
Tina Paul - Student
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