E2 - A Brief History Of Movie Makeup (Part I)

Faking It: An SFX Podcast

Early makeup artists were pioneers who cobbled together monsters with little more than food products, grease paint, and perseverance. But as film itself evolved and changed, they had to adapt with it. In the first part of this two-part series, we'll follow the path that these early innovators carved out, starting in the early days of silent film and concluding at the end of the 1950s. Listen on Soundcloud and iTunes now! And please join the conversation by commenting here or reaching out to me on Twitter @fakingitsfx. TRANSCRIPT https://www.gaylemartinmakeup.com/blog/episode-2-history-movie-makeup-part-1 SOURCES https://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/cdc/panchromatic.php https://cosmeticsandskin.com/cdc/early-movie.php https://intothegloss.com/2015/02/silent-film-makeup/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_stock https://filmphotographyproject.com/content/howto/2018/07/panchromatic-orthochromatic-film/ http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Makeup-HISTORY.html http://www.filmreference.com/knowledge/Max_Factor.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Factor https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-make-up-artist.htm https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/10-special-effects-makeup.htm https://prezi.com/ul3a6nqtvvuj/the-history-of-special-effects-makeup/ http://i.imgur.com/VIujt.jpg (Schreck as Nosferatu up close) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shadow-of-the-vampire-2001 https://books.google.com/books?id=-PWyrLBacYsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lon+chaney+biography&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Tw_yU83XNM2MyATX0IGYAQ#v=onepage&q=lon%20chaney%20biography&f=false http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/36162%7C0/The-Phantom-of-the-Opera.html https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/10/five-things-you-might-not-have-known-about-boris-karloff/ https://www.ifc.com/2008/10/puddy-in-their-hands-ten-old-m https://www.ifc.com/2008/10/puddy-in-their-hands-ten-old-m-1 https://www.chaoscontrol.com/ben-chapman-interview-with-the-gillman/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon#Production http://mentalfloss.com/article/84080/11-nightmarish-facts-about-nosferatu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Laughs_(1928_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#Special_effects,_makeup_and_costumes https://www.kazanlaw.com/the-wizard-of-oz-lethal-asbestos-exposure/ https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Horse_of_a_Different_Color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Haley#Final_years_and_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film) MUSIC Theme: "A Tale of Vengence" by Aakash Gandhi Background Music: "Far The Days Come" by Letterbox

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