Dionysus Makeup Design
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Transformation, Response, Mythology
Abstract
This project was meant as an emotional interpretation of Dionysus from Polaroid Stories by Naomi lizuka. I chose to do this project to further examine the characters in Polaroid Stories. Last quarter, I was given the opportunity to design makeup and costumes for Polaroid Stories and that is what lead to the design of Dionysus’s makeup based off of an emotional response. Polaroid Stories is a very visceral show. It specifically focuses on emotionally driven choices. The play narrates the transformation of characters due to their emotional driving factors. Being based off of Ovid’s Metamorphosis, the change of identity over time is reflected in each character in the show. The makeup design for Dionysus was a step within the transformation process, between man and snake. My first thought was that Dionysus hides his true self beneath the enticements he promised. I took that idea and decided that I wanted to create a makeup with a underlying deformity, but with a sheen, or shine masking the deformity. I, then, decided to add in the snake-like skin as a realization of his deformity. The process I used to achieve the makeup was via prosthetic design. To achieve the prosthetics, I first had to sculpt out of clay the scales and where they would live on the face. I, then, made a cast out of plaster, creating a negative of the clay designs. After the plaster dried, I removed the clay and poured in the liquid latex. After that was dried, I removed it from the mold and painted it.
Recommended Citation
Gilmond, Shelbi, "Dionysus Makeup Design " (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 68.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/posters/68
Poster Number
60
Additional Mentoring Department
Theatre
Dionysus Makeup Design
SURC Ballroom C/D
This project was meant as an emotional interpretation of Dionysus from Polaroid Stories by Naomi lizuka. I chose to do this project to further examine the characters in Polaroid Stories. Last quarter, I was given the opportunity to design makeup and costumes for Polaroid Stories and that is what lead to the design of Dionysus’s makeup based off of an emotional response. Polaroid Stories is a very visceral show. It specifically focuses on emotionally driven choices. The play narrates the transformation of characters due to their emotional driving factors. Being based off of Ovid’s Metamorphosis, the change of identity over time is reflected in each character in the show. The makeup design for Dionysus was a step within the transformation process, between man and snake. My first thought was that Dionysus hides his true self beneath the enticements he promised. I took that idea and decided that I wanted to create a makeup with a underlying deformity, but with a sheen, or shine masking the deformity. I, then, decided to add in the snake-like skin as a realization of his deformity. The process I used to achieve the makeup was via prosthetic design. To achieve the prosthetics, I first had to sculpt out of clay the scales and where they would live on the face. I, then, made a cast out of plaster, creating a negative of the clay designs. After the plaster dried, I removed the clay and poured in the liquid latex. After that was dried, I removed it from the mold and painted it.
Faculty Mentor(s)
McMillen, Mary Catherine