Google search SF, fantasy and horror and you’ll come across a score of freaky faces, bloody bodies and chilling creatures.
Even fantasy in film shoots out gore, guts and mythical monsters. If you have doubts, ask Peter Jackson or James Cameron! Imagination takes the genre to another world!
As we progress in technology, the illustration, gaming and film industries have a field day playing with all the new toys. So naturally, talent creeps out of the woodwork (literally) onto our computer and movie screens in the form of artists who love rolling up their sleeves to create a firework display of fantastical super beings, inside and out, all for the purpose of entertaining us.
My
good friend Jamie Scott has worked in both theater and film. She’s offered a short ‘Gore 101′ course just for Amazing Stories.
Asked how she got into stage makeup Jamie says, “In high school I was the girl who did everyone’s makeup. It just kept up through my life. I started my training 10 years ago working at beauty counters such as Estee Lauder, Clinque and Lancome. I later moved on to working as a freelance makeup artist and spray tanner doing bridal, prom and special events for clients. I began to get the theater bug 7 years ago to fulfill a need to expand my makeup knowledge. Working on such grand theater productions such as Into The Woods, Peter Pan, Rocky Horror and Pirates Penance gave me the opportunity to really be creative in my art. 2 years ago I arrived on my first film set. It was exactly what I needed to further my creative outlet. Doing film especially HD film is very different from theater. I was quickly learning to make effects look realistic.”
So Jamie, please do show us!!
Step 1: Apply liquid latex to the skin in desired area
Step 2: Take a cotton ball and form a small amount to spread out
Step 3: Form a cotton ball to create ridges and holes
Step 4: Cover with liquid latex and allow to dry
Step 5: Paint green black and other colors to create dimension
I like to use Ben Nye paint
Step 6: Paint red blood and veins to tie it into the rest of the skin and finish the look
Jamie has done theater production make up for Man from La Mancha, Peter Pan, Into the Woods, Oklahoma, Rocky Horror, Pirates Penance, South Pacific, Freak Like Me, Guys and Dolls, and is currently working on a theater production of Les Miserables.
Her films include The Olympians Series, Tears of the Fallen, A Person Known to Me,Kill Her- pickup, Money and Betrayal, Mayors of Liberty Music video, Dead Weight- Teaser, Harvest –Teaser, M is for Mackinaw, All For Love, Alistair, Orca Comercial Shoot, I Don’t Believe in Ghosts, and Choose
Jamie has worked with Kate Dixson Killer Makeup FX, Allen Esparza, Epic Sanchez Productions, Ryan Herring, Dave Shector and has recently begun her own production company
Diabolic Damsel. We are a full service production company. Script to Screen we get the job done.
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I’m an award winning artist, author and screenwriter who spends a lot of time in a fantasy world, writing, painting, and creating artistic what-nots to post everywhere I can.
I’ve dabbled in film-making. Local indie filmmakers and I have created a few short adaptions of my books.
I’m a lover of the classics, both visual and literary. Prone to pick up a paperback over a digital copy. I believe a story should be good enough to hand down from one generation to the next.
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