Why use theatrical makeup?

Christchurchs Theatre Make-up shop,

You need to explain why make up is used; remember to match your makeup design with costume design.

Makeup task {Performing Arts Technology Standard"

Preparation tasks - Full task ; witches description and script in your google drive Drama folder.

Read the script you have been given. You will be allocated a character. Consider the dominant characteristics of this character and the role of this character in the story.

Make some notes on your character. You may find these questions helpful:

1.    Is this a real character, an mythological or a fantasy creature?

2.    • What are the dominant physical features of this character, eg. age, gender, size, shape, texture?

3.    • What are the dominant emotional features of this character, eg. kind, fearful, fierce, happy.

4.    • What is the status of this character, eg. how important is the character, how much power does this character have?

5.    • What is this character’s role in the story and how does this character relate to the other characters in the story?

6.    • What else is important about this character? Consult with the production team, in particular the director and costume designer. Record the director’s concept. [see above]

7.     Record the costume designer’s ideas (colour, shape). Consider the performance space – how close is the audience, what kind of lighting is being used? How will the lighting effect the make-up? Make appropriate notes that will guide your decision making later on. It is more supportive of achievement at the higher levels to create your own design.

Safe working practices with Stage Makeup

How can I use safe working practices with Stage Make Up

NZ rules

Witches and other scary creatures

We are going to do a design task - we have discussed witches and looked at some scenes of the witches from Macbeth. The context is: "We are doing a Shakespeare Festival performance with the  2 witches scenes from "Macbeth", [1:1, 4:1] the witches summon a range of evil creatures from the dirty, swirling mist around them. We want the audience to feel that the witches have opened a portal to the supernatural world. The time period is distorted and creatures from past and future times appear. The mood is threatening, malevolent. The witches speak in the words of Shakespeare and evoke a sense of frenetic ritual." If you want to do the NCEA task you need to do 2 designs.
Example of PAT makeup task
Level 1 NCEA exemplars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clG8ha2D26g