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Text Chapter 67 Special Effects Makeup

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    Many directors have the habit of showing their faces in their films, the most famous of which is Hitchcock. He has to find ways to show his face in every movie.  When filming "Lifeboat", due to the limited space in the boat, there was no way to put him in. For this reason, he even thought of playing a floating corpse, but the doctor tried hard to stop him because of his physical condition.  However, this did not trouble the clever Hitchcock, because he was losing weight at the time, so he made up a fictitious advertisement for the weight loss drug "Licuda" with photos taken before and after losing weight, and printed it in the newspaper.  This newspaper was carefully laid out in the lifeboat.  After the film was released, Hitchcock actually received a large number of letters asking where to buy this weight loss drug.  Cheng Peng is an actor and has special feelings for acting. He also wants to appear in his own movie.  However, there is only one male role in the whole play, and this role has been given to Lian Kai, so he can only play the monster.  To play a monster, you need to make a mask, but the makeup artist has limited manpower and can only make models for two people at a time. Cheng Peng called Huang Bo and asked him to do it first with him.  Lian Kai saw Cheng Peng and asked with a smile: "Do you really want to play a monster? This is very troublesome. I won't talk about the process of making the mask. It takes several hours to apply makeup for the performance. You are the director!"  It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay, I¡¯m not afraid of trouble!¡± ¡°As long as you¡¯re not afraid of trouble, prepare yourself and make a cast of your head first!¡± ¡°The cast is the plaster head, right?¡± Cheng Peng pointed to the plaster head on the table and asked.  He said, that's the portrait of Lian Kai. It's very similar, almost exactly the same.  "That head is called a male mold. The monster's mask must be processed based on this head. Put mud on the face, carve out the monster's face, and then make a mold outside the sculpture. This is called Yinmo. Then  Next, put the male and female molds together, fill them with foamed latex, and dry them in the oven, and the mask is made." Lian Kai briefly explained the mask-making process.  Huang Bo touched his hair and asked: "That model has a bald head. I have hair. Do you want to shave it?" Lian Kai smiled and said: "No, just put on a bald headband for you. Okay, you guys  Take off your shirts and sit down on the chairs. We are ready to start working!" Cheng Peng and Huang Bo were both very interested in the process of making models. They quickly took off their shirts and sat down on a chair, waiting for the makeup to begin!  .  Several special effects makeup artists first covered them from the shoulders down with oilcloth, then put a hood on them, pasted the edges of the hood with glue, and then used brushes to brush things on their faces.  Cheng Peng felt that what the makeup artist applied to his face was greasy, so he asked: "What is this?" Lian Kai reminded: "Stop talking, this is Vaseline oil, which can protect your skin from plaster."  At the same time, it can prevent facial hair from being pulled out when the model is opened. I heard from friends in the industry that once the makeup artist did not brush Gong Li's head properly, and her eyebrows were stuck to the external mold.  I couldn't take it off, so I finally shaved my eyebrows before taking off the mold." Cheng Peng couldn't help but laugh: "Gong Li must have been so depressed that she vomited blood. She's too good at this level!" Lian Kai sighed and said, "The molding is very good.  Basic special effects. The person who can do special effects for Gong Li is definitely not an ordinary makeup artist. To make such a low-level mistake shows that the level of special effects makeup in China is really problematic. Okay, I have to put plaster on your face, don't do it.  Speak, otherwise the expression of the model may be distorted. " Cheng Peng wanted to say that it is a monster anyway, so it doesn't matter if it is a little distorted, but before he could say it, a lot of cold, mud-like things were painted on it like a wall.  On his face, he felt as if he was being buried alive.  Lian Kai reminded: "You need to wait three hours for the plaster to harden before you can take it off. Relax a little and I'll play some music for you." Cheng Peng soon knew why Lian Kai said it was hard to make the cast.  It's very heavy. When the plaster is dry, his face becomes hot and sweaty. It's also itchy and he wants to scratch it but can't. It's extremely uncomfortable. Moreover, as long as he makes the slightest movement, he will immediately attract a few makeup artists to yell and scream.  He could only stay motionless.  Three hours later, the plaster on Cheng Peng¡¯s head was divided into two pieces and removed. He let out a heavy breath. This job was really hard. It¡¯s not easy for a special effects actor!  Huang Bo, who was next to him, slapped his face with his hands and shouted: "Oh my god, I'm really suffocated. It's too painful not to be able to speak!" Cheng Peng knew that this guy was a chatterbox. He couldn't speak for three hours, so he was probably suffocated.  Feeling frustrated, he glanced at the mold he had just made and asked, "The next step is to make the sculpture. How long will it take to complete?" Lian Kai nodded and said, "We will modify the sculpture repeatedly and then let you confirm it. Only  Wait until you think it¡¯s okay, ?Only then can we proceed to the next step!  " "From making the head mold to finishing the mask, how long does the whole process take?  ¡± ¡°It takes about a month and a half from making the avatar to the final filling of the skin!  " "There's enough time, don't be anxious, work slowly and carefully. The biggest key to the success or failure of this movie is the monster, so I'll leave it to you!"  " Seeing that Cheng Peng wanted to leave, Lian Kai shouted: "It's not over yet!  " Cheng Peng was a little strange: "If the avatar is not ready, what else is there to do?  " Lian Kai explained: "The skin of monsters living in caves deep underground is different from human skin. Their skin is a kind of transparent white. Do you think it is enough to just paint your body with white dye?  Absolutely not. What you make must conform to common sense in biology.  This is very rigorous. You can¡¯t just do the head, but have to cast the whole body!  " Cheng Peng didn't think it was about painting, but about making a large piece of skin and then sticking it to the body. Since Lian Kai said it would be a full body, he could only nod in agreement: "Then let's do the whole body, but now it's close.  At noon, let¡¯s eat first and then come back to do it.  " "Okay, then go ahead!  " Cheng Peng and Huang Bo went out to have a meal and drank some wine. They returned to the dressing room with glowing faces and prepared for full-body casts. "It is necessary to take off clothes and pants to cast body casts, but there are two makeup artists.  Cheng Peng felt a little inconvenienced by the foreign girls, so he glanced at them and asked Lian Kai: "Should I strip naked when doing body casting, or can I wear underwear?  " "You can't wear anything, you must take off your clothes!  " Cheng Peng was a little helpless, nodded and said: "Okay, just take off your clothes, but you let the two foreign girls go out, and you guys will do it for us!  " Huang Bo also nodded and said: "Yes, you ask them to go out, and you guys will just leave it to us!  " Lian Kai didn't agree: "The two of them, as well as Robert, are specialized in doing this. They have the best skills. Girls are not afraid of them. What are you two gentlemen afraid of?  Cheng Peng nodded and said, "Yeah, what's there to be afraid of? Let Robert and the others do it for me, and the two foreign girls will do it for Huang Bo. That's it!"  " Huang Bo suddenly became depressed and looked at Cheng Peng with resentment. He was saying, you cheated me! Cheng Peng was a little proud. Being a director is good, and others have to listen to you. However, when the fat foreigner Robert was holding a plaster  When it was applied on his body, he couldn't stop laughing. He was being touched anyway, and being touched by a beautiful woman was a pleasure. But having a man touch you all over your body, even touching key parts, was hell.  Ah! Looking at Huang Bo again, there are two foreign girls waiting on him, with comfortable faces. Cheng Peng is even more depressed. He is too embarrassed to change with Huang Bo, so he can only endure the process of molding the body, just like the head.  Apply oil to the body, apply plaster, and then fix it with a plaster bandage. However, after wrapping the bandages around it, only the head is exposed. It looks like a mummy because the head is exposed and can talk. Huang Bo said this.  Lao just stood there and sighed, but before he could say a few words, the two foreign girls shouted at him, but he couldn't understand, so he asked Cheng Peng: "What are the foreign girls talking about? You're bullying me."  You don¡¯t understand English, do you?  " Cheng Peng explained with a smile: "They said that when the plaster hardens, your diaphragm will be unable to move and you will not be able to speak, otherwise it will quickly make you unable to breathe and cause coma.  " Huang Bo made a "cut" sound and said: "The two foreign girls are scaring people, just because they are afraid that if we move around, the plaster will be damaged and we will fall into coma if we say anything. How can they be so exaggerated?  I feel very relaxed now and have no breathing problems at all. How are you?  Cheng Peng nodded and said, "It's pretty good. I don't feel much. It's just that it's hot, wet, burning, and not very comfortable!"  " Huang Bo said with a smile: "I feel the same way, it's hot, but now I finally know how the monsters in Hollywood movies are made. I always thought that they just use paint on their bodies, but I didn't expect it to be so complicated.  I don¡¯t know how it will turn out in the end.  " Faced with Huang Bo's talkative attitude, the two foreign girls were also quite depressed. At first they reminded him to be careful and don't talk so much, but later they didn't bother to care about him. " After the movie is over, if you put it on  This monster costume will definitely scare people to death if they wander around the streets at night!  "Huang Bo is really good at speaking. He has been talking about it for more than an hour and is still talking. But at this moment, Cheng Peng felt that there was something wrong with Huang Bo's voice. He looked up and found that his face was a little pale.  He asked: "Huang Bo, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"  " "Maybe I'm a little dizzy after standing for a long time. It's okay!  "However, before he finished speaking, Huang Bo rolled his eyes and said,Like a tree, he fell down straight.  Cheng Peng was startled, not caring that he was still wrapped in plaster, and shouted: "Huang Bo, Huang Bo!" Several makeup artists were also startled, and they scrambled to remove Huang Bo's body parts.  After the plaster was removed, one of the foreign girls leaned down and started artificial respiration mouth to mouth.  Huang Bo was just in a coma caused by poor breathing. He woke up after two breaths. He sighed and said: "I, a young man like me, was taken advantage of by this foreign girl today!" He heard the foreign girl talking to him.  Not thinking about what he was going to say, he asked Cheng Peng: "What did this foreign girl say? She won't commit herself to you. Tell her that I have a girlfriend!" Cheng Peng couldn't laugh or cry: "You kid, just dream, she said,  They are professionals. They have warned you many times, but you just don¡¯t listen. It¡¯s very dangerous!¡± Huang Bo didn¡¯t joke this time. He nodded solemnly and said, ¡°I won¡¯t do it next time. Professionals really don¡¯t brag.  I'm really in a coma!" The plasters on both of them were ruined and they had to be remade. This time Huang Bo kept his mouth tightly closed and didn't say a word during the whole process.  After the cast was completed and several makeup artists removed the plaster from his body, he let out a heavy breath: "Oh my god, I'm really suffocated. It's too painful to be able to speak. I'll never do this again until I die."  !¡±
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