The Makeup Artist Handbook

by Gretchen Davis

Get professional techniques usually known only by Hollywood makeup artists in this full-color, comprehensive book from accomplished makeup pros Gretchen Davis and Mindy Hall. The two come to you with impressive backgrounds in film and television industries--their projects have included Pearl Harbor, Rent, Stuart Little, and The Nanny Diaries, and Mindy Hall is fresh off her Academy Award win for her work on 2009's Star Trek. This new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook offers even more illustrations to demonstrate techniques visually; fundamentals on topics such as beauty, time periods, black and white film; and up-to-date information on cutting-edge techniques like air brushing makeup for computer-generated movies, makeup effects, mold-making, lighting, and lots of information on how to work effectively in HD.

Learn from the pros and hone your craft with this comprehensive book.

• Gorgeous full color book shows how makeup artists make Hollywood stars look as good as they do, even in HD! • Get the inside track about how to work with the pros and all about set etiquette • Contains tips and techniques from a number of professional Hollywood makeup artists • Includes a full reference section with useful websites, business listings, and contacts • Award winning advice from co-author Mindy Hall, Academy Award winner for makeup for her work on Star Trek

 

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Adult, Photography, Film

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 1 out of 5]

I used to do makeup for a haunted house… years and years ago, and have been recently asked to do some stage makeup for a play that my church will be doing this spring.
I picked this book up to refresh my understanding of stage makeup and found it to be next to useless for what I’m doing.

[Syahira · Rating 1 out of 5]

Something that you CAN live without. There are better books than this.

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not for me in every way possible.

First, I'll just pass on doing makeup for my films. I'll definitely hire a professional instead of presuming I can do anything approaching competent.

But even if I were more engaged with the topic, this is so haphazard and presented in such a bizarre way. It didn't seem incredibly useful, at least from the perspective of coming into this completely new to everything.

I'd also like to call bullshit on one thing: They warn that actors should be instructed to not drink the night before they have to have body makeup applied, because "alcohol will seep through their pores". Shenanigans! That's not how that works. You will emit odors, but you're not actually oozing ethanol through your skin that will dissolve makeup.

[Jessica]

Information on how to work in film/TV/etc makeup as well as on makeup techniques. Very in depth.