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THE ART OF MOTION PICTURE MAKE-UP
Max Factor*
AS I LOOK back on time and reminisce over my experience, which r\ has been crowded with interesting contacts with celebrities of ■*• ■* stage and screen, I recall the time when make-up was not the subtle art it is today. As a matter of fact, it was not until comparatively recent years that the science of make-up really gained recognition as an art. But, art it is, and one of the most important arts in the motion picture business.
Without make-up, properly applied, the players would appear as almost hideous individuals on the screen. With make-up artfully applied even a decidedly homely woman can be made to look beautiful, and close-ups become joys to the observer. However, there are not many people who can make themselves up without considerable instruction. The art of make-up, like other arts, is not something that comes naturally to all. As a matter of fact, I have given most of my life to the study of make-up, and am constantly learning new and fascinating tricks of the trade.
As there are no two complexions or faces exactly alike, each individual presents a different problem. In a word, make-up must start where Nature left off. The task is to fit the face for the part, and some parts are so unique that they challenge the skill of the make-up artist.
Yet it is fair to say that type-creating make-up and its application has been developed to a high degree of achievement. Indeed, some of the effects gained with make-up have been so wonderfully successful that many have come to believe that with an average outfit of make-up materials a thousand possibilities await the studious mind and the skillful hand.
To the beginner, let me say this: The art of make-up calls for great patience and earnestness, plus practice. With the will to master the art, and with the proper patience, one can become proficient in make-up; but it requires earnest work. In this article I shall attempt to give as practical and complete an outline of the procedure in making up for the screen as possible. I shall try to give as simple and comprehensive a method for beginners, amateurs and professionals as can be done.
This outline is the result of twenty years of study and experiment in the science and art of make-up, and before I give it to you I wish to express my appreciation to the Motion Picture Make-Up Artists Association, the American Society of Cinematographers and the Academu of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their valuable cooperation in bringing the. art of make-up to its present high stage of development.
* Internationally famous authority on wake-up and head of the Max Factor Make-Up Studios, Hollywood.
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