How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
Stage Make-Up Class: Send in the Clowns?
Went to my first stage make-up class. The first assignment was to make yourself into a clown!?!? hahaha NOT!
Jackie T: I won't do a clown
Instructor: Why??
Jackie T: I hate clowns.
Instructor: What about an evil clown?
Jackie T: No. I hate those too
Instructor (giggles) So what are you gonna do?
Jackie T: A Cat? Anything but a clown.
Instructor: What do you have against clowns? Do I want to know?
Jackie T: I've done make-up before. I can follow the facial charts without clowning around :)
Instructor: What am I gonna do with this guy? OK. You don't have to do a clown!
Jackie T: Thank You.
muahahahaha
PS: I was surprised to find out that virtually all theater actors (even at the higer levels) do their own make-up. If you look closely, there is no general "unity" in method.
PSS: Advice on make-up for camera? They gave me a fat kit of Ben Nye but I'm not digging it. What do folks use and why?
Re: How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
I pitched maybe two dozen story ideas for Star Trek: Voyager way back when... I came close to selling a few stories, but they were always either not quite what they were looking for, or they were working on something similar... that's the closest I came to getting a job in Hollyweird...
Re: How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
Ben Nye is good stage makeup..but i mostly used it for haunted house people.
Other suggestions:
Expensive/Professional Studio use stuff:
M.A.C.
Bare Minerals
Smashbox
Stage/Special FX:
Ben Nye
Cinema Secrets (for clowns!)
Kryolan
Those should get you started :)
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i use crayons, but thats personal preference. whats left i can eat afterwards as well.
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Originally Posted by VoldtaEngler
Ben Nye is good stage makeup..but i mostly used it for haunted house people.
Other suggestions:
Expensive/Professional Studio use stuff:
M.A.C.
Bare Minerals
Smashbox
Stage/Special FX:
Ben Nye
Cinema Secrets (for clowns!)
Kryolan
Those should get you started :)
Cool. Thanks! The Ben Nye: I think the Instructor goes for the overstatement (understandable as obviously u view ppl onstage from afar) Just kind of gawdy for my uses. I was a gutter boy when I frequented clubs so no experience with anything good. I'll check out a bit of the first 3. The Ben Nye will cover any special effects + I get that free.
JT
Re: How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
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Originally Posted by evilstonermonkey
i use crayons, but thats personal preference. whats left i can eat afterwards as well.
:1orglaugh :thumb:
Re: How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
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Originally Posted by Extempus
I pitched maybe two dozen story ideas for Star Trek: Voyager way back when... I came close to selling a few stories, but they were always either not quite what they were looking for, or they were working on something similar... that's the closest I came to getting a job in Hollyweird...
You'd probably have to have an in on the show to get a job like that. I'm actually not going for HW at all. I was surprised make-up is all self-application in theater though.
JT
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Originally Posted by Jackie T.
You'd probably have to have an in on the show to get a job like that. I'm actually not going for HW at all. I was surprised make-up is all self-application in theater though.
JT
Before the travesty called Enterprise, the producers were accepting stories from anyone and everyone, but you had to at least write a script first to show you had some talent (whether they bought it or not), which is what I did (for Deep Space Nine). Somebody there liked it, which is why I was asked to pitch for the first season of Voyager (which I did 3 times)...
Re: How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
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Originally Posted by Extempus
Before the travesty called Enterprise, the producers were accepting stories from anyone and everyone, but you had to at least write a script first to show you had some talent (whether they bought it or not), which is what I did (for Deep Space Nine). Somebody there liked it, which is why I was asked to pitch for the first season of Voyager (which I did 3 times)...
Cool you made the cut. Must have sucked waiting 3 separate times.
JT
Re: How Not to Get a Job in Hollywood
MAC hurts my eyeballs but usually has the best looking salespeople.
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Originally Posted by Amelia G
MAC hurts my eyeballs but usually has the best looking salespeople.
I have to be really careful in terms of my own eyes. Will check the other stuff. I usually just use "pencils" etc. The camera picks up everything though.
JT
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Originally Posted by Jackie T.
Cool you made the cut. Must have sucked waiting 3 separate times.
JT
It wasn't too bad... I eventually pitched 10 times over the first few seasons...
