The Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre

by Gretchen Davis, Mindy Hall

Learn first-rate techniques and tips from some of the best makeup artists in the business in the new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook . Renown makeup pros Gretchen Davis and Mindy Hall bring an impressive set of experience in all areas to the book, including work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Steve Jobs , The Wolf of Wall Street , Blue Jasmine , Star Trek , Pearl Harbor , HBO’s Looking and many other films and TV shows. This full-color, comprehensive new edition offers brand new photographs and on-the-job examples to demonstrate makeup techniques and fundamentals on topics such as beauty, time periods, black and white photography and up-to-date information on cutting-edge techniques like computer-generated characters, makeup effects, mold-making, air brushing, and plenty of information on how to work effectively on set.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Adult, Photography, Film

326 pages, Paperback

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.