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THE1040 Theatre Make-Up
Spring Semester
Tuesday 7-9PM
 
   
Course Objective This course will introduce the student to stage make-up, make-up materials, and the process of make-up application. Through lecture, demonstration and lab work, the course will examine and work with all forms of stage make-up and the process of make-up design.
Attendence Policy Attendance in the course is mandatory; roll will be taken. Class meetings will begin and end on time. Repeated absences and tardiness will result in the drop of one letter grade, but before that drop of the letter grade, the instructor will try to have a conference with the student.
Class Texts Required: Stage Make-Up. 8th Edition, Richard Corson. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Optional: Stage Make-Up. Herman Buchman. New York: Watson-Guptill.
Materials The student will also need a make-up kit and make-up supplies for projects. The student will also need a towel and old clothes for lab work. The student will be assigned to collect five pictures for each make-up project.
Schedule   
   
Week 1   Orientation, materials, make-up morgue, white face. Chapters 1-4, 8, 10, Appendix A
Week 2 Straight. Chapters 5-7, 9.
Week 3 Middle Age. Chapters 11 and 12
Week 4 Old age
Week 5 Latex and putty. Chapters 13 and 14
Week 6 Hair and beards. Chapter 15 and 16
Week 7 Lab for play
Week 8 Spring Break
Week 9 Race and nationality. Chapter 12, Appendix F
Week 10 Special effects. Chapter 12 19, 20, and Appendix H
Week 11 Animal. Pp. 266-268
Week 12 Clown. Pp. 268-269
Week 13 Character make-up. Chapters 17 and 18
Week 14 Fantasy - Not a face. Chapter 18
Week 15 FINAL EXAM - Achieving a likeness. Chapter 17