Makeup Class Banner
Classes, Distance Education, How-to, Makeup Designs for Theatre & Film, Stage Makeup Class

STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 29: Watch Aged Self Videos

[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.