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Summary: Celluloid Illusions
Review: Anyone with an interest in the field of makeup SPX will find and gain knowledge that this book offers.Every page is a joy.You'll read each article again and again unlocking unlimited possibilities towards gaining your own personal goals.This book alone will give encouragement and birth to future artists in this field.Need I say more,you must add this book to your library.It's a must and seeing is believeing.*Don't give it a second thought!*
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Summary: Celluloid Illusions
Review: Anyone with an interest in the field of makeup SPX will find and gain knowledge that this book offers.Every page is a joy.You'll read each article again and again unlocking unlimited possibilities towards gaining your own personal goals.This book alone will give encouragement and birth to future artists in this field.Need I say more,you must add this book to your library.It's a must and seeing is believeing.*Don't give it a second thought!*
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Summary: Fascinating look at appearance and identity
Review: I'm a fan of several actors who have performed in prosthetics, and I was extremely excited to find this book. The psychology of physical transformation fascinates me.The author intelligently explores the role of physical transformation in myths and fiction and how we as an audience and a society view transformation, willing and unwilling. He also shows the practical and psychological side of actually designing, applying, and wearing transformative makeup. He explores several different aspects of makeup artistry, and how each of these transformations affects the audience and the performer. Some of the most interesting parts of the book for me was the exploration of willing versus unwilling transformation fantasies -- the horror of looking into the mirror one morning and seeing a giant cockroach, as opposed to the fantasy of shapeshifting at will, escaping consequences, seeing how people treat you when you're wearing another face. He touches on this last part from the actor's perspective as well -- imagine the psychological effect of working with fellow actors and crew who never see your real face, who wouldn't recognise you if they saw you out of makeup. I've heard actors speak about this disconcerting feeling, and it's one of the most interesting aspects of prosthetic acting, in my opinion. I was hoping for more exploration of the effect of prosthetics on the actor, and the craft of performing in prosthetics, rather than this book's true focus on the audience, and by extension, society. But the questions this book raised had me talking incessantly for a week, to anyone who would listen. It costs more money than I'd usually feel good about spending, but in this case I think it's worth it.
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