Last fall semester, I took a theatrical makeup class. It was SO cool! We learned how to apply stage makeup and how to make people look older and--my favorite part--we learned how to make people look like they have legit wounds on their bodies!!! Let's just say that when Halloween rolls around, I'm the coolest person on the block! Gang fight, zombie wounds, good ol' black eye... Seriously. Let me practice exercising my talents!
Anyways, this has also really come in handy when I watch movies. Because now I understand that everything is fake, I can sit there during some really brutal fight scenes and be thinking, "Hmmm... I wonder what technique they used..." instead of going crazy and yelling, "OH MY GOSH! THAT'S THE NASTIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!!!" I laugh at myself every time I do it. Even more so, I laugh at all my friends next to me who have to cover their eyes so they won't be scarred for life. (No offense if you do. People can make things look REALLY realistic!)
That's funny. One of my friends took that class freshman year, and when she went to the cannon center for dinner, the girl at the desk told her she couldn't come in because of her facial hair. My friend then told her that it doesn't say anything about girl's facial hair in the honor code. She got into the cannon center with a full out beard.
ReplyDeleteI am so amazed by what people do! I get so scared during scary and gory movies, but I think I'm going to try your technique of realizing that the makeup is so fake. Maybe I'll take that class too! :)
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