As a lighting director on two shows back in high school, i can vouch for this. When you're on stage, between how far away you are from everyone and the bright lights, you need to have makeup on you to look human. I swear, in the second pic, your skin would have looked fine on stage, whereas your natural skin would have been too pale, too yellow-toned, and too shiny. And that goes for lip and eye makeup too, Maugie's exactly right. You can't be subtle on stage. I remember one (black) chick who pretty much just drew a really big outline around her eyes in a shade just a tad lighter than her skin, and applied eyeshadow and stuff out to there. In person, it looked like she had cartoon eyes, but on stage, those cartoon eyes were exactly right -- the director said her eyes "popped" and told everyone else to copy what she did. Without that makeup, during rehearsal, her eyes looked beady and her whole face just wasn't attractive. The makeup didn't cover anything up, it allowed her to project her natural attractiveness and stage presence farther away from herself. (oh, and mascara makes the motions of your eyes more visible.)
Anytime anyone is on stage or in front of a camera, they have makeup on. No exceptions.
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Date: 2009-04-10 04:17 pm (UTC)As a lighting director on two shows back in high school, i can vouch for this. When you're on stage, between how far away you are from everyone and the bright lights, you need to have makeup on you to look human. I swear, in the second pic, your skin would have looked fine on stage, whereas your natural skin would have been too pale, too yellow-toned, and too shiny. And that goes for lip and eye makeup too, Maugie's exactly right. You can't be subtle on stage. I remember one (black) chick who pretty much just drew a really big outline around her eyes in a shade just a tad lighter than her skin, and applied eyeshadow and stuff out to there. In person, it looked like she had cartoon eyes, but on stage, those cartoon eyes were exactly right -- the director said her eyes "popped" and told everyone else to copy what she did. Without that makeup, during rehearsal, her eyes looked beady and her whole face just wasn't attractive. The makeup didn't cover anything up, it allowed her to project her natural attractiveness and stage presence farther away from herself. (oh, and mascara makes the motions of your eyes more visible.)
Anytime anyone is on stage or in front of a camera, they have makeup on. No exceptions.