Thursday, February 4, 2010

mak-up in the movies (the early years)

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make up has a long history with the film industry. in the early film days, traditional stage techniques were used. An Orthochromatic film stock was the basis for make up. (orthochromatic=

1. representing correctly the relations of colors as found in a subject; isochromatic.
2. (of an emulsion) sensitive to all visible colors except red; isochromatic.)
to counter the effect of the stock, actors/actresses wore heavy pink greasepaint
(steins #2) along with black eyeliner and dark red lipstick (which if applied too lightly would apear white on the screen). However these masklike cosmetics smeared too easily under the intense stage lights once the actors/actresses began to perspire. actors/actresses also applied their own make up until the mid-teens. Once close ups became more common, make up and the face was heavily focused on, therefore making refinement essential. as this radical change came to be, two progenitor artists,Max Factor (1877–1938) and George Westmore (1879–1931) invented enduring cosmetics and make up techniques for cinema. also what arisen from this was the invention of fake eyelashes.

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