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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 32: Aged Self Makeup [Assignments]

[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].  

DVC makeup student in old age makeup looking surprised

Based on your research images, and the instructions in the video(s) Apply Aged Self makeup to your face or your model’s face and photograph it for grading. 

On this particular project you are only responsible for emphasizing wrinkles that happen when you scrunch your face in the suggested manner, because for this project, you are largely only trying to identify WHERE YOUR FACE MOVES because you need to know this for your future projects.  This being your first age project, many of you will be having a tough time doing this makeup, particularly those of you who don’t have super stretchy faces that are  inclined to wrinkle.  If you have a low wrinkle face, this project will look somewhat more bland on you than those who already are folding and stretching. This is normal, it will allow you to add wrinkles wherever you like in the later projects.   Some of you will have lots of folds and wrinkles, because you may be older or have thinner skin or more mobile features.  You will have an easier time with this lesson, but may have a slightly harder time repositioning some wrinkles for the later two.  Your goal for this project is primarily to learn how to highlight and shadow wrinkles and to FIND YOUR CURRENT/FUTURE WRINKLE LOCATIONS. Those locations are where your face moves, and those spots are the key to letting your other makeup designs be an amplifier of your facial expressions on stage. If you do this in class, Tara will take your photos, and you should post your favorites here for credit. 

If you do this at home it did not happen grade wise unless you take lots of clear photos and submit the best 3-4  through the link below to get credit.  As a reminder, this is how to get good photos: