What is Three Dimensional Makeup?
July 1st, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized — Movie Critic
While watching a horror flick or a thriller we come across many scenes in which actors appear to be deformed and in a bone-chilling version. This is possible through the latest developed technology of a three dimensional makeover. Almost every movie requires this sort of a makeover for its cast whether it is a comedy movie or horror movie depending on the scene.
A three dimensional make up is one of the most intriguing forms of makeover. It provides a complete transaction of the physical structure of a person with the help of products, techniques and builds up remarkable effects. All these techniques are then used to pull and push or mold the actual skin into something that fulfils the requirement of the character in the scene.
There are certain materials required to apply this technique of a three dimensional makeup. In olden times, prosthetic appliances were usually made by hand using almost every possible food item, gauze, cotton, and horsehair. However, nowadays the items used are foam rubber, silicon and gelatin.
Foam rubber is treated clinically to form latex rubber. Latex rubber is usually used on the stage for giving the actors an aging effect and casting shell prosthetics. Foam rubber is more popular and widely used on television. Although it quickly adheres to the skin and gives a realistic touch to whatever form you stretch it to you but it does not give the real effect of the translucency of natural skin.
Whenever foam rubber do not prove to be that effective, gelatin was used, but time proved that it did not adhere to the skin properly thus failing to give a realistic touch and can be easily detected on television. Therefore, it was only used for stage. As the resolution of televisions got better, silicon was being used instead as it is soft and can easily adopt a nice form.
Silicone gel filled prosthetics was discovered for soft skins. The stretch and pulling techniques have been used on various characters on television as Marlon Brando in godfather used this technique to create excessive wrinkles. In an encyclopedia it was mentioned that you could even use nut shells to swell your nose or change its shape.
If you want to try it out yourself, it is a very simple procedure. You can start-off by using the material alginate which dentist usually use. First, spread it out on the actors face and make sure you create a mold of your desired model that you want to create. Put a couple of bandages on it if you want the mold to come off easily and make sure you avoid using it too close to the nostrils and the person is able to breathe freely.
When you are done with this step and the mold has hardened enough, remove it softly and you can carve in the designs and fill it with latex or silicon. This is the hardest step if you succeed with filling it you are ready with the soft mold to apply it to the skin.
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