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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 33: Makeup Morgue/Portfolio Assignment 1 : Create a Place to Collect Your Makeup Morgue/Portfolio [Assignment]

[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].

Assignment Overview

To set you up for success you will be creating a space to collect and organize a morgue/portfolio of your research/renderings and makeup photos from this class.  This can take many forms, and you may choose any form you like:

What is a Portfolio?

Most artistic and craft based occupations require you build a portfolio of your work.  You need this so employers and clients will be able to see the quality of your design and/or construction work before they hire you.  A portfolio is there to show the employer/client your aesthetic abilities, your range of styles, and demonstrate your ability to present and organize your work product.  In broad general terms this applies for all artistic professions, regardless of type.

What Is a Morgue?

In this class you will combine both these types of thing into a single Makeup Morgue/Portfolio of your projects.

Types of Portfolios

There are multiple formats portfolios can take. Many folks choose to do more than one type of these so they can show their work to the largest audience.  However, to begin with, it is best to choose one, and work up from there.  Read through these descriptions of the main types, and then consider which portfolio type you wish to work on.  Most probably you will want to pick a format you feel most comfortable working on. 

Traditional portfolios …

Are ones you can carry around with you.  (Port=to move about, Folio=pages, or a book of pages.  Portfolio=a book of pages you can carry about).  Most commonly used for bringing to an interview.  This is very easy, but expensive because of color printing costs.  You get a binder and some sheet protectors and print out pictures, stick in your research and renderings, and it’s done. 

Slideshow Portfolios …

Are very old school as well, (and used to be the very expensive old way to mail out duplicate copies of the above format, on actual film slides) but they have been significantly modernized by PowerPoint, and Google Slides and are now one of the cheapest and easiest formats to create and share.  They also can form a basis for making PDF Portfolios and even video portfolios. PowerPoint is included in the Microsoft Office software that you as a DVC student  can download freely to your own computer, and Google Slides is also free by letting Google spy on you (which you already are having them do unless you do everything with a good VPN to hide in) . 

Web Site Portfolios…

A portfolio webpage can be used to both collect the work you are doing in this course but also to use at a tool throughout your program to document the work you’re completing in and out of the classroom.   If you have an existing online portfolio (like Linked In., Wix, WordPress.,  Google Sites., or Portfolium. ) you do not need to reinvent the wheel, you can just add a makeup section in your existing site.   However, if you don’t, or are frustrated with the one you have, conveniently, there is a built in software Portfolium for directly importing all the work you do in Canvas, in all your classes, from Canvas into a portfolio that you can use for free during and after you leave college. You might already have made a Portfolium Folio, for a previous class that you can reuse for this, in which case just send the link. If you already have another type of portfolio like LinkedIn, Google Sites etc, and prefer to insert  your class projects into it, you can and should send that link instead.  

PDF Portfolios 

Are sometimes simply scans of a Traditional Portfolio like the first one above, or may include more extensive text for explanation, as these are usually sent to a remote interview where it will be judged before one is chosen for an interview.  These can usually be made in PowerPoint as a PPt slideshow (or Google Slides. in Google) first, or instead made in Word like a paper before saving as a PDF.  These also can be inserted into online book/magazine sharing sites like Issuu. to be viewed by the public without having to build a a full web portfolio.

What to Do to Get Points

Choose which type you’d like to do, (you are NOT limited by the options I’ve outlined) and show me that you’ve done something to start it by any of the following:

Send me a working URL of a web site, or a photo of your binder, a screen shot of a tablet based portfolio,  or the beginning of a slideshow or pdf with an assignment from this class that you have put in it.  That is all.  This is step one: choosing where to save your project photos to.  Pick a format you feel comfortable with that you like the looks of.  Your goal is to make a space that is easy for you to collect and show your work in.

If You Want to Use Your LinkedIn Profile, but don’t know how to add Portfolio Stuff

 Go to How To Add a Portfolio To LinkedInLinks to an external site.

If you want to use Portfolium, and don’t know how to sign up for it…

Just go to your Canvas account profile (click on the big dot with your face  and “Account” written under it at the upper left of your computer screen: Sample of Canvas Account Face Dot 

In the lower left of your profile page is a list of stuff including the word “Folio“.

Click on the word “Folio “…

and a pop up will appear to walk you through site creation on the Portfolium Network.

Guidelines

Create your Portfolium Folio Profile:

  1. Add a Profile Image (You can just use the one you did for Canvas unless you hate it)
  2. Add a Cover Image (Anything horizontal)
  3. Add an Introduction (1-2 sentence like “I’m NAME and I hope to work in JOB.  I am studying MAJOR at DVC and will be graduating in YEAR.)

Upload your Profile Link:

  1. Copy your Profile URL and submit to this assignment. It will be like https://portfolium.com/USERNAME You also should make your Folio public so I can see it.  If you want to keep it private, just send an individual Invite URL instead.  (how to do this is in a video below).

* Special hint, do not pick a username that sounds unprofessional as it becomes permanently and publicly part of your portfolio URL and this will be bad for you in job searches!

Mine is https://portfolium.com/TheCostumer if you want to see one as a sample.

Help Guides

I just made the actual video you need: https://screenpal.com/watch/cYjUYGmN5t

You can then either send me an “Invite” link just for me (while otherwise keeping your site invisible) or you can make your site public and just send the regular URL.  This is how you can do both these things: https://screenpal.com/player/appearance/cYQnVnHlev

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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 24: Examples: Face Outline Sheets

[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.

                                      

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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 22: Optional Extra Credit: Photograph Your Funny Faces for up to 10 extra points 

[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.  

PicCollage of Tara doing 12 Different Emotions

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:

Collage of Tara stretching the muscles of the face.

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:

Phone Gallery of face images

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. 

 In PicCollage, open Grids:

PicCollage Opening Screen

Pick a grid  with space for at least 9 images.

Grid chosing screen on PicCollage

Select the photos to put into the grid.

Selecting images in PicCollage

Arrange the photos to taste and click on the check mark to go to Save or Share Screen. 

Finished Collage with face pictures

On the Save or Share Screen, save the finished Collage to your Library. 

Uploading Your Photos to Canvas:

Then go to the share options below, and clip on the lower right hand circle with three black dots for “More”

Save & Share Screen on PicCollage

This will make the screen show you all the apps you can share with, including Canvas Student.  Select Canvas Student.

The PicCollage Screen for "More"

Choose Introduction to Stage Makeup, followed by the name of this assignment:  “Photograph Your Funny Faces” and upload to turn in.

PicCollage screen showing your Classes in Canvas

And for your amusement..,

Grumpy Cat Emotion chart. A grid of identical cat faces ironically labeled with different emotions.

Funny Face Grid

CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome:
Did you follow instructions?
Did you Finish?
Were you putting sincere effort into being silly?		10 pts There are 9 or more pictures, you are doing your best to be funny (or stretchy), and the pictures are in a grid.

6 pts 9 or more does not mean 8 or less. Your faces are legit funny, but there are not 9 or more of them.

2 pts OK I get the joke but, that is not the assignment This assignment should not resemble the “Grumpy Cat Emotion Chart”
10 pts
Total Points: 10
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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 16: Learning Objectives: Straight or “Corrective” Makeup Week

[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:
Learn basic straight/”corrective” makeup needed for many stage roles. Learn to take better photos for your portfolio. Bond with your fellow students in a less tedious way than class zooms or message boards. Start to develop a portfolio for job-hunting.Do a straight/”corrective” makeup on your face (or that of a volunteer). Watch how-to videos and take headshots based on the lessons. Start making and sharing “Pass-the-Brush” videos. Post your projects to Portfolium.
Mona Lisa Slideshow
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Stage Makeup Class Pages 4: 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].

Watch this video where I explain the whole theme of the class in the weirdest way possible:

Grab a mirror and start making faces.  Don’t be shy, go for it!:

Man pulling face
Laughing Jester
Two court fools grimacing.

Think that I’m telling you to do something I don’t do myself?  WRONG!

Tara smiling and frowning animation
Tara smiling in wonder animation
Tara making multiple facial expressions
Tara wiggles her lips from side to side
Tara squints and laughs

“Tara’s Glasses” AlbumLinks to an external site.

Then watch this video and start to feel your face to find the bony bits:

So, now, feel your face, and the bones and muscles as you move your face.  Find the indent near the back of your jaws, find the subtle ins and outs of your forehead, the edges of your eye sockets.  Feel the bone and cartilage of your nose and the location of your brow ridge in relation to your eyebrows.  In the next few days, whenever you feel tense, pull out a mirror, flex and massage your face and start looking at the interesting component parts.  It is relaxing, and will help you in the coming weeks!

Always remember,

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR FACE!!!

Beautiful female heads opening in a loop revealing another identical head looking at the viewer, calm and repeating endlessly.
Animated Gif of simple mask like faces falling into each other in a mesmerizing inward tunnel-loop of calmness.
Animated Gif of assorted smiling face photos of differing kinds all with eyes looking at the viewer.
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Stage Makeup Class Pages 3: Meet Your Professor: Tara Maginnis

[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].

Tara in trick hat with ears that move

I am very pleased to have you in my class.  Really, I actually am. You student people are fun!  If you are in doubt check out 10 years of photos of how much fun my DVC makeup students are. Some facts about me: 

Tara on her 1st birthday with her mother Marion Maginnis
  • Born in Northern California.
  • Went to a California Community College (College of Marin).
  • Transferred to San Francisco State University and got a BA in History.
  • Got a MA in Theatrical Design at CSU Fresno.
  • Got a Ph.D. in Theatre History at the University of Georgia.
  • My dissertation was on Fashion Shows, Strip Shows and Beauty Pageants.
  • Tara in Russia 1994I once presented papers at two conferences on the same weekend in Los Angeles. One was a UCLA Conference on Burlesque, the other a Strippers Convention!
  • I worked as a Professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks for 18 years.
  • You can vaporize hot water into a cloud instantly there in Winter.
  • I’ve been teaching stage makeup classes since the early 1990s.
  • I took a year off to live alone in St. Petersburg, Russia in the mid 1990s as a hippie theatre artist.
  • I don’t speak Russian. I can’t do times tables.  I will likely be unable to remember your name or connect it properly to your face. (This is part of why I take your “mug-shots”.)
  • As my mother was dying in 2007 and her vision was messed up, I read her all 7 Harry Potter books out loud, including doing all the funny voices.
  • I obsessively collect 1860s-1920s men’s detachable shirt collars.  
  • I watch MSNBC while I cut up my old soda bottles into flowers like this:
  • I have been working at DVC as Costume Designer for the Drama department since 2008.
  • You can see my costume designs here.
  • If you need to contact me you can always text or call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX 11am-11pm, but if you just want to visit at my office half “hour” this is when it happens: Tara Maginnis Office “Hour” Mondays & Wednesdays 1-2pm in PA 121 (cubicle off the Greenroom with giant wooden scissors in the window).

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Stage Makeup Class Pages 2: Week 1 Schedule: Syllabus, Mugshots & Info!

[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 January 23: Pick up the Syllabus. Explanations about makeup kits & have me take your class “mugshot” photos.

•HOMEWORK: READ THE SYLLABUS, FIND A KIT, MAKE FUNNY FACES IN THE MIRROR, TODAY AND EVERY DAY THEREAFTER.

•Wednesday January 25:  Split into two groups to watch the Short Makeup Videos in the Men’s Dressing Room, and then do Practice Drawing Makeup Renderings on Face Outline Sheets in the Make-up room by turns.

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