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Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:46 am  |
Hi all,
I'm looking at signing to extras agency can anyone suggest makeup brands that can be used in front of camera - basically stuff that doesn't 'wash out' when the lights are on? |
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Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:12 am |
If you are in shot, you'll get made-up by the tv company shooting. If you are going for initial test shot, avoid light reflective stuff (especially if it's only around the eyes) in case they use direct flash. Touche eclat is fab, but you may end up like a negative panda under bright flash!
Leichner has been used by stage and tv for aeons. Make-up for tv etc is also usually thicker, as it doesn't show so much. I went out on photo make-up once and what looked great in the photos really scared the wildlife!  |
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Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:18 am |
Cheers! a nd aquick reply.
I had a friend go for a photo shoot, she looked great on the photos but her skin looked plastered in orange in natural light |
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Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:04 am |
hi there,
MAC, MAC, MAC! heavily pigmented and designed originally for theatre. The price is great too! (maccosmetics.com)  |
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Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:20 am |
| Sassyred wrote: |
hi there,
MAC, MAC, MAC! heavily pigmented and designed originally for theatre. The price is great too! (maccosmetics.com) |
somewhere I did read about MAC cosmetics for tv/film.. or was that a tv ad by any chance?  |
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Thu Oct 28, 2004 1:34 pm |
| Sassyred wrote: |
hi there,
MAC, MAC, MAC! heavily pigmented and designed originally for theatre. The price is great too! (maccosmetics.com) |
Not true. This was a line of make-up orginally only available to professionals. This product line has been available for retail for about 16 years, and on a more-broad range for the last seven, since Lauder bought the company. M.A.C. does have some great products that are conducive to film/tv, but there are a lot of products that we make-up artists use. It depends on the lighting (blanket, filtered, etc.), whether the commercial or t.v. spot is shot on video, film , or digitally, and so-on. You are not responsible for doing your make-up for a production or photo-shoot. This is why there are professionals on-set.
For those of you who are curious, some of the cosmetics lines/products that are often used: M.A.C. Studio Face/Body Make-up, M.A.C. Full-Coverage Foundation, Christian Dior Visiora foundation (available to pro's only), Joe Blasco, Ben Nye .... |
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:08 am |
thanks everyone you've given me things to look in to - from what I've been told by a couple of agencies, as an extra in a modern setting you'll be expected to come prepared ie hair makeup done, if you're a walk on (more screen time)etc, they do it for you. I guess as I get in to things I'll learn more.
Casper's Mum, would you suggest something like MAC full coverage as an over the counter brand that would be good enough not to white out on film? |
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