[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 Official Class How-to Video is a Multiple !?
Yep. But they aren’t that long. The main one is only 23 minutes and you can fast forward through a lot of it. The rest are all ultra fast forwarded to begin with:
More Videos You Might Prefer:
I have found a number of other videos of different sorts of traditional stylized theatrical makeup for different types of performance and different types of faces! Scroll down to see if you find any you think you’d like to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TOe_X3dQx-o
More Traditional Asian Theatre/Ritual Makeup Videos
More Day of the Dead Makeup Tutorials (Link)
Go to More Pre-Columbian Inspired Makeup Videos (Link)
There are many other options for traditional makeup that there are no good videos for, but you can do original research in still images and videos of the completed designs, and use your common sense in learning how to replicate those as well.
Are you concerned that doing this project makes you feel like a Cultural Imperialist?
Don’t freak out, European traditional theatre, festival masks, carnival & circus also have a bunch of non-naturalistic styles you can play with:
European Traditional Masks, Makeup and Performance Playlist
Clown and Circus Makeup Playlist