Sfx Makeup
Special effects makeup has been used for centuries. From small silicone prosthetics, to elaborate full body suits, sfx makeup is used in cinema, theater and a lot more. There are many different techniques to sfx makeup, including sculpting, painting, and molding. Sfx makeup is a form of special effects that allows the artist to transform a perfectly normal human into something spectacular. One of the first uses of sfx makeup was in 1923 in the famous play, Phantom of the opera. In the play, Lon Chaney played the Phantom of the opera he was famous for his, as Jeanne Baird says, simple yet innovative ideas. Back then, actor often had to put on their own makeup. To achieve the look of a ghost/phantom Chaney painted his eye sockets black,
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The creature of the black lagoon was played by Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning. The suit was made of airtight molded sponge rubber to make it look like scales. The costume cost around twelve-thousand dollars. Finally, in the 1970’s color came into movies. Artists finally could incorporate color into their designs. An example of this was how in the 1973 film, The Exorcist, Regan was able to vomit green vomit all over the priest.Dick Smith created a device similar to a horses’ bit that forced pea soup to spray from Regan’s mouth whenever she bit down.(Hannigan) Also in the movie, Regan’s head spins a full 180 degrees. This is done with a exact replica of Regan.The entire process took almost 4 weeks to make. In 1975, the film that still haunts us today, Jaws was released. Jaws is basically a story about a rogue shark terrorizing a community that needs to be killed. Since the technology back then did not allow very realistic animation a lot of the effects in movies had to be done physically. After a lot of attempts Joe Alves was able to create successful puppet sharks powered electrically along with a full body prop shark (Hannigan).. In the movie there are a lot of scenes where the killer shark bites or kills a person. As you might expect there is a lot of blood but, of course, it is all fake makeup artist Del Armstrong and his crew uses fake body parts, prosthetics,
The creature of the black lagoon was played by Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning. The suit was made of airtight molded sponge rubber to make it look like scales. The costume cost around twelve-thousand dollars. Finally, in the 1970’s color came into movies. Artists finally could incorporate color into their designs. An example of this was how in the 1973 film, The Exorcist, Regan was able to vomit green vomit all over the priest.Dick Smith created a device similar to a horses’ bit that forced pea soup to spray from Regan’s mouth whenever she bit down.(Hannigan) Also in the movie, Regan’s head spins a full 180 degrees. This is done with a exact replica of Regan.The entire process took almost 4 weeks to make. In 1975, the film that still haunts us today, Jaws was released. Jaws is basically a story about a rogue shark terrorizing a community that needs to be killed. Since the technology back then did not allow very realistic animation a lot of the effects in movies had to be done physically. After a lot of attempts Joe Alves was able to create successful puppet sharks powered electrically along with a full body prop shark (Hannigan).. In the movie there are a lot of scenes where the killer shark bites or kills a person. As you might expect there is a lot of blood but, of course, it is all fake makeup artist Del Armstrong and his crew uses fake body parts, prosthetics,