Make up in movies

Make up is widely used in the film industry to accentuate features, highlight and also to create scars, burns etc. one particular genre that uses it is action. Here they use it either for a female to accentuate her features or a male protagonist if he is hurt or scarred. action movies involves a lot of fight scenes and in real life if someone got into such a fight they would end up with cuts, grazes, injuries, scarring, burns and all sorts of stuff. Now, to achieve this in movies they use makeup. Normal everyday make up involves using concealers, foundations, lipsticks, brow pencils, bronzers, blushers, highlighters(white) and the eye makeup(eyeliner, mascara, eyeshadows, fake lashes). When it comes to scars, cuts and blood, prosthetic makeup is used.

Prosthetic makeupProsthetic makeup (also called Special make-up effects and FX prosthesis) is the process of using prosthetic sculpting, moulding and casting techniques to create advanced cosmetic effects.The process of creating a prosthetic appliance begins with life casting. This involves the process of taking a mould of a body part (often the face) to use as a base for sculpting the prosthetic. Life cast moulds are made from prosthetic alginate or more recently, from skin-safe silicone rubber. This initial mould is relatively weak and flexible. A hard mother mould, typically made of plaster or fiberglass bandages is created overtop the initial mould to provide support.Once a negative mould has been created, it is promptly filled with gypsum cement, most commonly a brand called "Ultracal-30", to make a "positive" mould. The form of the prosthetic is sculpted in clay on top of the positive. The edges of the clay should be made as thin as possible, for the clay is a stand-in for what will eventually be the prosthetic piece. Along the edges of the mould, "keys" or mould points are sculpted or carved into the life cast, to make sure that the two pieces of the mould will fit together correctly. Once sculpting is completed, a second mould is made. This gives two or more pieces of a mould - a positive of the face, and one or more negative mould pieces of the face with prosthetic sculpted in. All clay is carefully removed and the prosthetic material is cast into the mould cavity. The prosthetic material can be foam latex, gelatine, silicone or other similar materials. The prosthetic is cured within the two part mould - thus creating the beginning of a makeup effect.One of the hardest parts of prosthetic make-up is keeping the edges as thin as possible. They should be tissue thin so they are easy to blend and cover giving a flawless look.

Videos I watched:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRouagCm-tYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDHn6Bumq0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v3fkm9MJeA

Fake bloodBlood often involves plumbing. A gushing wound requires tubing to deliver the blood. Technicians often hide the tubing behind latex appliances (porous foam rubber made to look like skin), but it is simpler to have it run behind something, out of the view of the camera. Another way is to attach the plumbing to a knife, axe or scissors. Add a tube to the unseen side of the murderous instrument and have it deliver blood as it slices, chops or stabs. A rubber bulb at the end of the tube is used when blood often involves explosives. To simulate a gun shot with maximum grossness, technicians use a squib, which is a small electronically triggered explosive. To simulate a gunshot wound to the chest, they strap a metal plate to the actor's chest to absorb the impact of the squib. The squib is attached to a small rubber bag of fake blood. The actor dons his costume, and on cue, the technician explodes the squib and blood splats all over.

ScarsMade by using scar wax, eye shadow, fake blood.

More videos I looked at when looking at SFX:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHv_ucV1LbYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-aQsUSvJ18https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yIDUInVtVI