[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
What to do:
Apply Makeup for a Gothic/ Horror /Day of Dead/Character (that is scary for you), to your face or your model’s face.
Have Tara costume and photograph you in the hallway with your Gothic Horror rendering.
OR (if doing this at home costume yourself from the neck up and take your own photos. Give yourself time to get some perfect clear photos from many angles and post at least the best 3-4 to the link below. . It is OK to have a friend take your photos, but if they do, MAKE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!!!
This is a reminder of how to get good photos of your work:
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Definition: Makeup rendering- drawing of a makeup design one intends to execute
Inspired by your research and your childhood/adult fears, draw a color makeup rendering on one of your personalized face outline sheets, a generic outline sheet, or freehand, or with computer software, of your planned Gothic/Horror Makeup Design and submit through the link below . It is OK to alter or even abandon your design if you find there are problems once you try it on your face, but still do a rendering and post it below.
Aesthetic Alienation
You will find that the makeup will work best, if no matter how hideous, you pay attention to style, beauty and balance in the aesthetics of the design. This helps you to find the makeup less disturbing or scary by a process of alienation through looking at it aesthetically rather than emotionally. (This is also useful if you have a friend who insists on dragging you to scary movies: The more you allow yourself to study lighting tricks, the choices of camera angle, and get fascinated by how the horror makeup is done, seeing it as stage blood, latex and wax, the less disturbing you will find the film). This also makes your design look better and be simultaneously attractive and frightening!
Afterwards
When you do your actual face makeup also photograph your rendering alongside your finished face makeup as shown above to save to your Morgue/Portfolio project.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Search for images to guide your design
Research images for your chosen Gothic/Horror/Silent Film makeup design. You may do any type of makeup that falls under this broad category, so long as it pushes your fear buttons, including Vampires, Monsters, and extreme makeup styles such as those found in films like The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (Spanish Subtitles), The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (English Subtitles) , The Phantom of The Opera, Nosferatu Frankenstein, Dawn of the Dead, etc…. or Holidays like Day of the Dead, Halloween, Christmas etc that have scary images attached to them.. Gothic Beauty Magazine…. In short anything you find scary, but also kind of cool. Please note …that both “Gothic” and Horror” are deliberately broad in nature and you may post multiple images here. This is your chance to do something you find scary, like replications of classic horror film makeup, (like in the class video), vampires, werewolves, scary clowns, and a multiplicity of other things that fall in to those two catch-all topics.
Upload photo(s) of your research through the link below for credit . Remember after grading to also to put your research and rendering in your Makeup Morgue/Portfolio Assignment so you build up your morgue gradually and easily over the course of the semester.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
The Gothic Horror project is one where you get to choose any sort of makeup that might be considered Gothic, or Horror, or Halloween, or Day of the Dead as long as it on some level makes you scared. It includes, but is not limited to:
Classic Movie Horror characters like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Man Who Laughed, Phantom of the Opera, Pinhead, etc.
Scary Clowns, The Joker, Pennywise.
Gothic Beauty Magazine/Goth Band Makeup/Gothic Lolitas.
Ghosts, Ghouls, Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves, Weeping Angels, etc.
Pretty much anything that pushes your fear buttons and makes you want to wrestle it into scaring you less.
The Official Required Video:
Below is the (short) official class how-to video. It is for a creepy makeup of a creepy character in the 1919 film, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, seen below on the actor Werner Kraus
Even if you are not a white middle aged female, nor do you wish to do this type of makeup today, you should put the time into viewing this video to learn how to do makeup that works in unnatural colors. The base is a layer of white applied thinly so the skin color peeks through, the brightest highlights are true white, the medium shadows are violet, and the darkest shadow lines are black, illustrating the very important point:
Any Dark color can be a Shadow
Any Light color can be a Highlight
This applies regardless of your skin tone!
However, if you are not creeped out by silent film makeup, you may well wish to ALSO watch other videos, in addition to this required official one:
Required Makeup Video for Doctor Caligari:
More Video Options!
Happily, I have found a number of other videos of different sorts of scary theatrical makeup that you also may find helpful! Scroll down to see if you find any you think you’d like to watch!
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
Why?
This week’s lesson originally started plainly and simply to give students a project where they can prepare to have fun for the week of Halloween & Día de Muertos the dynamic duo of North American holidays that feature wearing makeup! But it is so much more! Horror makeup allows you to face your deepest fears and control them.
OK. What are the steps?
You will Research Inspiration Images for your Gothic Horror Makeup
You will watch some Gothic Horror Makeup Videos.
You will sketch a rendering on one of your face outline sheets for your Gothic Horror Makeup Rendering.
You will apply makeup to your face to make your Gothic Horror Makeup.
Tara will costume you in the hall, or (if you are home, you will scrounge in your house to “costume” your character a bit.
Tara or You will do a short photo shoot to get fabulous photos of your makeup & rendering.
You will upload your photos to the makeup and rendering assignment pages.
This week’s lesson originally started plainly and simply to give students a project where they can have fun for the week of Halloween & Día de Muertos the dynamic duo of North American holidays that feature wearing makeup! But it is so much more! Horror makeup allows you to face your deepest fears and control them.
OK. What are the steps?
You will Research Inspiration Images for your Gothic Horror Makeup
You will watch some Gothic Horror Makeup Videos.
You will sketch a rendering on one of your face outline sheets for your Gothic Horror Makeup Rendering.
You will apply makeup to your face to make your Gothic Horror Makeup.
Tara will costume you in the hall, or (if you are home, you will scrounge in your house to “costume” your character a bit.
Tara or You will do a short photo shoot to get fabulous photos of your makeup & rendering.
You will upload your photos to the makeup and rendering assignment pages.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
•Fill in Date:
Group 1: Wax Nose Makeup rendering, Makeup using wax nose or forehead, completed in class. Group 2: Watch Wax Nose Video.
•Fill in Date:
Group 1: Watch Gothic Horror Video. Group 2: Wax Nose Makeup rendering, Makeup using wax nose or forehead, completed in class.
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
This Week’s Learning Objective:
Outcomes we will use to get there:
Face your fears of death, decay, and danger.
Analyze what faces scare/scared you in your life, Design or adapt a face that has that same fear factor for you in a way that is also beautiful, Apply that design to your face to give you control and ownership of your fear!
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
You are thinking right now: “Ok…….we keep getting these. Is there going to be a test later? Should I take notes? Why isn’t there a quiz right after the “Veg Out”? What are we expected to do with these????!!!!”
Be Calm. There is no test, no quiz, and you can skip these videos if you don’t have time for them. These are all just cool food for thought that you may enjoy. I find the more I learn factually about faces the better I can see them, work with them, and achieve our ideal of enlightenment. So, I share these with you so you may do the same…. if you have the time, watch and enjoy. If you do not, chill, and always remember, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR FACE!
[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC. If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need for your classes].
As I said at the beginning, the chief difficulty of working with nose wax it is likes to stick to your fingers more than to your face.
SOME GREAT TIPS I have learned to help fix this since I made my videos back in 2005-2007:
Put a layer of spirit gum on your nose (and let it get tacky) before you start with the wax.
When the gum gets tacky, stick a cotton ball on your nose, press it in, then pull it away leaving a little fluff to help the wax “grab” your nose. Then promptly stick on your roll or ball of wax.
As described in the video, clean your fingers EVERY TIME you touch the wax. BUT you can improve this instruction by putting face powder on your hands after you clean just like you put flour on your hands for making biscuits!
What to do for points:
Apply a Wax Nose, Forehead, or Chin, and incorporate it into the complete makeup design of your face (or your model’s face) based on your rendering.
If in the classroom, go out to the hallway with your rendering and have your instructor costume you from the neck up and take your photos for you.
If at home, costume yourself from the neck up and photograph your makeup. Take at lot of clear photos from many angles.
As a reminder, the How to video for taking makeup photos points out that you want your nose (or horns or whatever) to get photographed in profile against a contrasting colored surface. It is OK to have a friend take your photos, but if they do, MAKE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!!!
Upload the best 4 as jpgs or pngs below for credit.
If you don’t remember the video, or you are having a household member take photos, have them watch this:
generic outline sheet
