makeup and hair

When I was put into the group for makeup this week I thought to myself, “is Paul crazy?” I didn’t think that there could be a whole lot learned from the makeup of a movie, let alone the hair. As we began to watch clips from the film, I realized that these two elements mean more than they get credit for. I began to understand why there is an award category for makeup. It also made me think about the skills of those people who do these jobs for a living. I take for granted putting on makeup in the morning and doing my hair, I send the same message everyday—not that I know what that message is—and the professionals have to create countless looks every year, maybe everyday. There is a lot of variety in the world, I think that is one of the biggest lessons I learned this week. There is a lot of variety and how that variety is portrayed can mean the difference between innocent and naive, and angry and fuming. In the complex world of film and theater, there are a lot of things I don’t understand, but a lot can be learned from a few moments of taking a deeper look.