[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].
Research images of actual older people, not “old age makeup” (pictures of your own older family members are good to include), especially those with interestingly aged faces, aged faces with similar features or skin color to your own, etc. Gather together source material and submit through the link below. The internet is filled with TONS of great images of old faces of all ethnicity and character, so you can find images that may help you for all three of your upcoming aged makeup projects. Remember afterwards to also to put this in your Makeup Morgue/Portfolio so you build up your morgue gradually and easily over the course of the semester. YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER, JUST UPLOAD SOME OLD FACE PHOTOS OF YOUR GENERAL LOOK/ETHNICITY.
[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].
All humans originate in Africa, so where did lighter skinned people come from and why?
How do differences in melanin content and sun exposure affect aging?
So, different coloration when in different sorts of sun exposure gets different vitamins, and different degrees of aging sun damage.
[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 the assigned video is again me doing a self-aged makeup. Obviously, the details will not directly apply to you, but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you watch this video anyway. In it, I not only talk about details of aging, but also face changes that come with the process of dying, as well as show you ways to stretch your face in order to find your own locations of future wrinkles, using this method will help you whether your usual gender is male, female or non-binary, or your usual color is pink, tan, brown or green! (Lizard people need not remain in hiding here… DVC wants to promote inclusivity with all inhabitants of California!)
Your main goal in this lesson is to find what parts of your face stretch and form into folds as your face moves, because if you know those spots you can design makeup to fall into line with those moving parts and have your makeup amplify your facial expressions on stage. So, while this likely will be your least interesting looking of the three aged makeups you do, it is the most important lesson of the entire semester as it can teach you the most about your face, and faces in general.
Given that many of you will not be old white women, I also include some additional videos from the interwebs that you can optionally use in addition to the official class video. So, here are mine:
And here are those other handy videos for your perusal, please note, not all of these are in English…
If you find any other great old age makeup links, please forward them to me (Tara) and they will get added to these links lists! Videos are added (as you can see) on the basis of visual content, irrespective of the language used. I am trying to find MORE good videos in other languages to help ESL students have an easier time.
Now, watch what you feel you need, and then move on by hitting “next” below.
[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].
•Monday September 5: Labor Day Holiday
•HOMEWORK: RESEARCH FACES OF ACTUAL OLD PEOPLE (NOT AGE MAKEUP) TRY TO LOOK FOR REAL OLDER PEOPLE WITH FACES SIMILAR IN SHAPE/COLOR TO YOURS, PHOTOS OF YOUR GRANDPARENTS ARE OFTEN EXTRA HELPFUL.
•Wednesday September 7: Group 1: View Aged Self video, Group 2: Bring in your evidence of research on “Corrective” makeup. “Corrective” Makeup, 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 Objectives:
Outcomes we will use to get there:
To learn about the places that move and fold on your face where you personally are most likely to show signs of age in your face as you grow older. To learn how to collect and organize a Makeup Morgue.
Stretch and scrunch up your face to find those folds, and make an “Aged Self” makeup to reinforce which parts of your face move.Start to import your past assignments into Portfolium and organize them into components of a Morgue.
[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 I asked you to do some very weird stuff, which will hopefully help bend your mind into shape going forward.
Made lots of stretchy and emotive faces at home in the mirror.
Learned how to do corrective makeup for your face.
Next week we will be starting on a three week set of age makeup lessons, so you should start now at looking a old people faces (particularly those who are related to you) to mentally prepare you for this all-important section of the class!
You will find the weeks going forward will tend to follow a steady and simple pattern, where you get to play with your face:
You will always watch an assigned video, and then choose from some supplemental videos to adapt the instructions to your face.
You will usually be assigned to do a little bit of research online to find images to inspire you.
You will usually be assigned to draw what you plan to do on one of your Face Outline Sheets
You will always be assigned to do a makeup on yourself or on a human model you provide.
We will always do a brief photo shoot to get good pictures of your makeup, (or you will do one at home.)
[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].
Step 1: Make lines on your selfie
Using a very narrow black pen or sharp pencil (Don’t use a regular Sharpie!) take your 8.5×11 printer paper selfie print and mark edges that may be hard to define once the paper is flipped. Mark the bottom edge of chin, eyebrow outline, and details of the eyes. If your hair is close to your skin color mark your hairline also.
(Special note: if you have a tablet and love the free app You Doodle (or another similar app) you can do this process on that app. You also are allowed, but not required, to do makeup renderings on your computer.)
On the nose go around the outer curl of the nostrils as shown, and do the gull wing “V” line of the tip of the nose. Do not join the nostril curls and “V” line either here or later on the other side, or your nose will look weird and knobby on your Outline Sheet. Finally mark the bridge of your nose by running lines slightly inside the two sides of the shadows on the sides of your nose as shown here, don’t connect to the nostril curls, or this will look odd:
Step 2: Flip your photo
Take your photo and flip it around to the blank side and tape it to a window (or lay it on a light board if you own one). This will make your face outline sheet a backwards version of your face, the same way you see your face in the mirror. If you are making a face outline for you doing makeup on a friend/actor put a sheet of paper over the front of the photo and tape both sheets to the window so the sheet comes out frontways.
Step 3: Draw outlines & eyes
Draw a simple outline on the back of the photo for the outline of the face. Put in light, vague suggestions of hair, neck and shoulders. Put in details of the eyes, but don’t put in heavy lines or every single eyelash. Put a light dotted line where the outline of the eyebrow was drawn on the other side. When you do makeup you may cover and “move” your eyebrows, so a dotted line will make your makeup renderings avoid having two obvious sets of eyebrows
Step 4: Draw the nose and mouth
Draw the lines of the nose as you did them on the other side. Remember not to join the curls of the nostril to the “V” of the tip of the nose. You want minimal lines. Lips are another area that moves with makeup. Draw another dotted line around the lips, (or a very thin line) where you marked your guideline on the other side so if you increase or decrease the shape of your mouth, you don’t get the outline lips to overpower your lip color/outline on your Makeup Renderings.
Step 5: Scan your outline
Take the page off of the window and scan it so you can make more copies. If you don’t have a printer/scanner, there are lots of free and easy phone scanner apps you can use. I photographed this one on my phone (see at right) then ran it through the free version of of the Adobe Scan app to make a more high contrast PDF that is easy to send to a printer:
You can send a jpg, gif, or a pdf in the next step.
Step 6: Upload
Upload a copy of your face outline sheet below for points
Step 7: Make Copies
For your own use in class you will want to have multiple copies of these for your projects (at least 15). And most weeks thereafter, you will do a makeup rendering (color sketch) using one of these sheets before you do your makeup. I recommend printing copies on card stock in beige, white, tan or “brown paper” color depending on your preference.
[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].
These are a small sample of hundreds of face outline sheets I have made for the face to face class. On the first day of the F2F class I take a hideous “deer in headlights” photo of the student that I print in B&W and trace from the reverse side to make an outline. You can print one of these if you have an emergency where your toddler chews on all your copies, or you dog poos on them, or vice versa. You can also see how wildly different face shapes, eye shapes, eyebrows, noses etc are and why it often really helps to do your makeup plans on a sheet that looks like you, instead of looking like this.
[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 Master Plan For World Domination:
For this project you will again use a phone app to do something that is both useful and very silly looking. You will take your photo straight on (no tilting or you will look more “Space Alien” than you intend) on your smart phone, and process it in MirrorPhoto (or another photo mirror type app) then manipulate it in the app to make two new “Alien Replicant” versions of your face with the two right sides repeated on one, and the two left sides on another:
As you can see this makes slight asymmetries in your face easier to see. When we do “Corrective” makeup it will let you see which areas you may wish to try to even out.
Step 1:
If you use an iPhone, download the free MirrorPhoto App.
NOTE: If you are on Android or another system, just go to your system app store and check out a few of the hundreds of available free “photo mirror” apps that are out there, till you find one that lets you do what you want. I tried 3 apps in the Apple system before I found the easiest one for iPhone, but unfortunately I don’t have the other types of phones to test. However, if my own experience holds true you may find some fun free apps that while they wont let you make an alien twin they can do other fun things with your photos, so your time is not wasted.
Step 2:
Take your photo with your phone. Try to get your face to take up most of the frame, and not to tilt one way or other, take photos till you get one that does this.
Step 3:
Save the face to your phone by using the up arrow at the top of the screen. Hitting the up key opens options for saving and/or sharing including a down arrow key button at left. Hit that button to save to your phone. The image will show a Save Success rectangle on the photo when it saves correctly.
Step 4:
NEW! Video with more detailed updated explanation:
Hit the first mirror key in the app (shown here as blue) to mirror-double the face. Then drag the image towards the center till the sides merge into a single face. Save the face to your phone.
Step 5:
Click the next mirror key which will show the other side of the face. Adjust the position of the face to look normal. Save the image to your phone.
Step 6:
Upload your three pictures below:
Optional Step 7:
Play with your face and the app to do fun silly stuff to share with your friends. (Or not.)
I like the 3 eyed photo so much I use it as my identity photo on Portfolium!
[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].
Making a collage:
Once you have practiced making funny faces for a while you can make an extra credit PicCollage. of your faces and get up to 10 points for it. This is not required, this is just a fun way to get spare points.
You can choose to do a series of exaggerated emotions like the set I do here, ————->
or you can do a series of face stretches where you focus on the particular muscles that move the parts of your face.
Need Help with Face Stretching?
If you are still having trouble doing face stretches there are two European acting teachers in the video below who will teach you how to flex your face like putty (this is a funny video, but you mainly need it if you are having difficulty with flexing your face and want to learn more of how to do this):
This type of exercise can let you make all sorts of face muscle stretches like this:
How to do this project:
Take your phone and take a lot of pictures of your face as you try to pull each of the muscles of your face as far as you can. Try to:
Raise both your eyebrows as high as they can go
Lift one eyebrow
Crunch your brows close together like you have a terrible headache
Make you eyes wide and big as possible
Crunch up your nose like you smell something very bad
Raise one nostril
Grin as wide as you can with teeth clenched
Pull your lips into a small pucker
Try to touch your nose with your upper lip
Pull the corners of your mouth down and your lower lip out
Try to crinkle the corners of your eyes.
Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t do movement as extreme as I do. I am now over 60 and I have been practicing pulling faces in the mirror since I was 2 (and I still can’t lift just one eyebrow). Results will vary by where you grew up, who you grew up with, your temperament, your family, your facial expression recognition, your friends, your genes, and your age. Most of all it will vary by practice. The more you do it the better you will get at it.
If on the other hand, you are still having fun:
I suggest you watch Jason Hewlett, a man who has made a very successful performing career built on the foundation of being able to do this (Watch this one even if you don’t think you “need” it, as it will teach you face tricks you likely have not seen before, with an explanation of how to eventually do them):
His motivational speaker talks are even better. But now it is time to…
Take photos of emotions:
Then do a series of photos where you try to show the most extreme emotion you can show. There is a list below to give you ideas. If you have a neurological difficulty recognizing just facial expressions, you can try copying them from this awesome Emotions and Facial Expressions chart.
There is also a handy lecture on the 7 “Universal” facial expressions, that will demonstrate them for you. While most of you are lucky enough to just understand intuitively what they mean, it is very helpful for actors and for life in general if you know exactly what muscles you need to move to correctly to “fake” these emotions on cue. One of the most important skills to learn in life, and one most people do not learn, is how to “fake” the smile of genuine enjoyment on cue, simply by doing the correct eye-crinkle. Being able to flash this at people when they need reassurance (or on stage) is a great way for getting people to like you. The best bit is when you do it, it bio-feedbacks to your own brain as well and actually makes you feel a little bit good too:
However, you need more than 7 emotions for a good face grid, so to try to do:
Joy
Fear
Anger
Sadness
Confusion
Contempt
Disgust
Smugness
Surprise
WTF?
Amusement
Annoyance
Dislike
etc.
Choose your collage theme:
Look through the photos and decide which of the two groups you want to use for your collage:
Making the collage on your phone:
Download the free version of the phone app PicCollage, or any other free (and easy to use) collage-maker app you can find to work with your phone, tablet or laptop.
