{"id":5176,"date":"2020-07-10T12:50:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T11:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wbstudiotour.co.uk\/?page_id=5176"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:48:32","slug":"movie-makeup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wbstudiotour.co.uk\/de\/resources\/movie-makeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Makeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25c0\ufe0e<\/span> Back to ‘Studio Tour At Home’<\/a><\/p>\n

The starting point for any department on a film, including the Makeup Department, is the script. The Head of Department will read the script<\/b>, finding descriptions of characters, and work out what makeup will be needed to achieve the look<\/b> described.<\/p>\n

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Did you know?<\/h4>\n

Harry’s lightning scar had its own stencil, to ensure that it looked exactly the same in every shot.<\/p>\n

\"Make<\/p>\n

On the Harry Potter film set, movie makeup was not confined to human actors: Argus Filch’s cat, Mrs Norris, had a prosthetic replica made when she was petrified by the Basilisk. Her dummy had colour-matched hair and eyelashes which were hand-punched into the artificial skin!<\/p>\n

Discover how Makeup Effects and Prosthetics Makeup Artists worked to art finish the Gringotts goblins:<\/p>\n