Cinematographic annual : 1930 (1930)

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162 CINEMATOGRAPHIC ANNUAL Panchromatic Masque Brown Brown Brown Brown Panchromatic Dcrmatograph Pencil Brown Brown Brown Brown (For extreme types the number may vary to suit the conditions) . Individual Panchromatic Make-up items are known by numbers as follows: Panchromatic Grease Paint Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Panchromatic Powder Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Panchromatic Lining Nos. 21, 22 Panchromatic Lip Rouge Nos. 7, 8, 9 Panchromatic Dermatograph Pencil Brown The lowest numbers represent the light shades, and as the numbers become higher the shades are correspondingly darker. Dry Rouge is eliminated in make-up for black and white motion picture photography. Basic Principles of Character Make-Up Let us start by denning the word "character" as it applies to the acting profession. It is the representation of a particular personality, an impersonation, if you will, as interpreted by an actor. And he is a great actor only insofar as he creates in his audience that necessary "suspension of disbelief." He must look like an actor. He must look his part. And he does this by making a careful study of every phase of it. If the character he is to play is not vividly clear to him he will seek out authentic sources, — examine pictures, read descriptive material, and he may observe his model in real life ... in the mines, the Ghetto, or wherever his problem takes him. It is an erroneous notion that "any old way" will do in making up. The art of make-up is full of details, and to be slip-shod about any of them may entirely affect the success of a performance. Good make-up creates an illusion, but there is no illusion about a poor make-up. No matter how far back you are from the camera, or how unimportant your part, it is not good business to try to fool your audience with poor make-up. True, the work calls for studied detail, but on the motion picture set there is nothing trivial about details. High-lighting nose, pace properly shadowed cheeks and chin High Lights and Shadows In make-up this is an art that employs only light and shade, an arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts, to produce a har ■M