Skills and professional conduct”
Trainer
Stéphanie Orillard
Head Makeup Artist – Wigmaker
Learning objectives
Understand and adopt the rules of the film industry, and master the technique for cameras and lights.
Know how the makeup department is organised: its codes, hierarchy and workings.
Learn the drawing technique to recreate skin and bring out its beauty for high-definition digital images.
Know and use international products and tools.
Who it is for
Professional makeup artists
Duration
64 hours - 8 days
Prerequisites
None
Price
€5,000 excl. VAT / €6,000 incl. VAT
Detailed programme
THE FILM MAKEUP ARTIST AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT (DAY 1)
- Introductions and round-table
- How a crew is organised: the different departments, the hierarchy and everyone’s role.
- Rights: an introduction to collective agreements, the different annexes covering fiction productions, pay scales, regional film support, salaried work, unions…
- Codes of conduct: knowing your place on set and the rules to follow.
HD MAKEUP
Explanations, practice and feedback on all skin types, men and women.
- The natural skin that film demands – “the beauty of skin” – with no “visible” trace of cosmetics, and yet
- Deciding what we keep and what can be revealed, balanced, hidden, kept or drawn using trompe-l’œil, pointillism and the basics of fine art. Drawing and placement
- “Stéphanie Orillard” colour protocol: combining references
- Plant-wax pigments in relation to skin genetics and the effects of sun exposure.
- The human eye versus the electronic eye of cameras and lights: understanding how one translates into the other.
COVER
Recreating the pattern and landscape of the skin (waterproof, transfer-proof) over vitiligo, tattoos, port-wine stains, brown spots…
- Getting to grips with alcohol-activated palettes
- Getting to grips with technical foundations (waterproof, transfer-proof)
- Protocol and colour techniques depending on the subject (hyperpigmentation or depigmentation)
BEAUTY MAKEUP FOR FICTION
Adding cosmetics to the face
- Balance of proportions according to Albrecht Dürer.
- Applying makeup to women according to the character’s situation in the story, in a way that is believable in real life. Sending the right message to the audience.
- Eye makeup, eyeshadow and lipstick techniques. The right tool and the right hand support.
- Practice with choices suited to each scene.
Teaching resources
“Stéphanie Orillard” colour protocol
Products and tools from all brands provided
Technical resources
Projection screen
Flip chart
Assessment
Simulated professional situations
Practical exercises with continuous assessment
Certification
Certificate of completion
