2007年6月13日 星期三

Movie Makeup:From DIY to Digital Effects

Summary
Lon Chaney was a silent movie star in early days. He acted over 100 movies, for example, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925-1929). In these movies, Lon Chaney usually plays the role of horrible monsters and he often to make up himself. Today, this technology has improved, professionals use computer to change the actor’s look. Movie makeup is very important in the film, however, makeup artist were late to be recognized. There are some materials on using face paint, for instance: flexible rubber or plastic pieces affixed onto the faces and other different parts of the body to change their appearance. Both Horrible and science fiction are all attracted makeup awards.

Reaction
After I finished this article, I realized movie makeup plays a very important role in the movies. Many successful movies rely on movie makeup. It also helped these movies to win prizes.

Outside Reading
http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/chaney/

Lon Chaney is a great person which help movie got more progress. Even though he meet a lot of trouble, but he never give up, that’s why he succeed finally. I think when I want to do something I want; I should never give up, and do not afraid of getting into trouble.

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