[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].
Apply the Angry or Negative themed Aged Character Makeup to your face (or your model’s face) based on your makeup rendering.
Go to the hallway with your rendering and have Tara take your photos.
If you do your makeup at home, give yourself over to doing a serious photo shoot on this project, because (in my experience), this makeup is often the one where the ideas you have been absorbing for weeks finally “click” and people do a great makeup. Give yourself time to get some perfect clear photos from many angles (including with your rendering) and upload at least the best 3 to this assignment. Dig up a bit of impromptu costuming and/or props from around your house for best results in your home photo shoot. 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
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 Angry or Downbeat Aged Character Makeup Design. You may base your Angry or Downbeat aged character on a character from a play, or novel, or a real person. Any character is fine so long as they use elements of one or more downbeat emotions like anger, frustration, hate, disgust, fear, sadness, etc. in the design. 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. Bring your rendering out in the hallway to be photographed with your makeup. If you do this project at home, photograph your rendering (preferably alongside your finished face makeup as shown above). Submit the photo through the link below . Remember afterwards to also to save any research you did as well as the rendering assignment into your digital Makeup Morgue so you build up your morgue/portfolio 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].
This is the official class how-to video. Again it has pieces of advice that apply to all skin colors, ages and gender identities, but you may want to watch more than this video of you don’t happen to be a middle aged white chick, and/or want to express a downbeat emotion other than anger :
BONUS! STUDENT NOTES ON THIS OLD AGE VIDEO (SO YOU DON”T NEED TO TAKE THEM): Old Age Notes.pdfActions
NEW! Video of how to make your wrinkle lines less “line-y”:
Happily, I have found a number of other videos of different sorts of age makeup for different downbeat types of characters and different types of faces! Scroll down to see if you find any you think you’d like to watch!
This one is based on the “Witch” disguise of the evil Queen in Snow white which looks very predatory:
This makeup is inspired by the same Disney character:
and yes, a third makeup inspired by the same animated character from Snow White:
This seems to be a nice character with a very sad looking face:
This makeup is kind of attractive looking, yet emphasizes a look of disapproval:
More sad than angry:
Woman does a great Angry Scrooge with a false nose:
Not actually a tutorial, but an inspiring slideshow of all the old ladies in a production of The Madwoman of Chaillot:
This one combines Age makeup with Female to Male Transformation!:
[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 typically is where most students have their big “Ah ha!” moment:
You will watch some Angry Aged Character Videos.
You will look at your face in the mirror while making Angry or Miserable faces and sketch your first color rendering on one of your face outline sheets for your Angry Age Character Rendering.
You will apply makeup to your face to make your Angry Aged Character Makeup.
You will have Tara photograph your makeup and rendering, or…
You will scrounge in your house to “costume” your character a bit.
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: Happy Aged Character makeup rendering due at beginning of class. Happy Aged Character Makeup, completed in class. Group 2: View Happy Aged Character Video.
•HOMEWORK: COLOR IN A RENDERING FOR YOUR ANGRY OLD AGE CHARACTER MAKEUP
•Fill in Date: Group 1: Watch Angry Aged Character Video. Group 2: Happy Aged Character makeup rendering due at beginning of class. Happy Aged Character 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 Objective:
Outcomes we will use to get there:
Learn how to create downbeat character makeup designs. Learn how to plan out makeup in advance
Create extreme downbeat facial expressions. Draw a rendering where age lines emphasize those facial expressions Copy the rendering plan in makeup on a 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].
Apply your happy or upbeat aged character makeup to your or model’s face as per your makeup rendering.
Have Tara photograph it in the hallway.
If you are doing this at home, try to dress yourself from the neck up in stuff you have found that works for your character.
Do a photo shoot where you take lots of nice photos of your makeup, including ones where you hold your face up next to your rendering. It is OK to have a friend take your photos, but if they do, MAKE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!!!
Post the rendering & face image along with just the rendering image to the rendering assignment.
Post at least 3 of your best makeup images to the link below.
Here is a reminder of how to take good photos 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].
Definitions:
Rendering: Drawing of a plan (architecture, costume, machine, etc) for an object to be made or altered.
Makeup rendering- drawing of a makeup design one intends to execute
Draw a color makeup rendering on one of your personalized face outline sheets, a generic outline sheet,Links to an external site. or freehand, or using computer software of your planned Happy or Upbeat Aged Character Makeup Design . You may base your upbeat aged character on a character from a play, or novel, or a real person. Any character is fine so long as they use elements of one or more upbeat emotions like happiness, serenity, love, surprise, wisdom, in the design. 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. Bring your rendering to class and also bring it out with you to the hall for your photoshoot with Tara.
If you end up doing this makeup at home for some reason, please photograph your rendering (preferably one shot alone, and one shown alongside your finished face makeup as seen above). POST those photos here to get credit for your rendering.
If you did any research also save and post that here.
[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 we finally get to the really fun part! You have dutifully done all your prep work, learning about your face, getting comfortable with the items in your makeup kits, and stumbling through the steps you need to do basic makeup. Now, we get to play!
You now know where your face movement/wrinkle lines happen, and now you get to manipulate and move them to make different sorts of characters. Just because your face moves a certain way does not limit you to only one sort of character. In these two fast time-lapse videos I show two characters from The School For Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who are both upper class middle aged women of 1770s England, the first is Mrs. Candour, a gossipy woman who delights in being in the know about scandals, because knowing and spreading the latest gossip gets her in with richer and more fashionable people, and they find her interesting, when really she is quite vacuous, and none too bright. She wears too much makeup to try to look fashionable, but is pretty empty headed and mostly harmless:
Her friend, Lady Sneerwell is also an older upper crust lady, and the villainess of the comedy. She is not harmless. Rich, once beautiful, and now an aging cougar, she wields gossip like a weapon to get what she wants. She wants two things: One she enjoys destroying reputations by scandal (as hers was in her youth) as a general revenge on the world. Two, her main goal is to to break the true romance of the impoverished hero and rich heroine to financially force the young hero into marrying her. She wears too much makeup as well, but it can’t hide her perpetual sneer at the world:
You will notice that between these two styles of makeup the former seems rounded, happy, curious and clueless, the latter sharp, angry and disdainful. This is primarily done by stretching one’s face into the most extreme expressions of a character and then emphasizing the facial lines that form when you make those expressions. This is why I want you to practice making extreme and funny faces in the mirror!
Today you will watch the following Happy Old Age video to learn how to make happy cheery expressions and then emphasize them with makeup. This will 90% apply regardless of color or gender.
And remember how to avoid “liney-ness”:
If you like, here are more optional happy old character videos I have dug up for seeing how other folks get to those sorts of characters:
Despite the splash photo below, this makeup looks kind of like the hot grandpa who gets all the old ladies on the cruise ship when you see him with a normal expression in the video.
