Requirements of Different Productions

Every production needs some preparation, but the costume and make-up aspects may require so little that the production assistant will be expected to organize them. The production assistant will have to tell artists when booking them that there will be no facilities for costume and make-up, that they must be prepared to bring a choice of costume and be responsible for how they look.

On small productions it may be that the make-up artist or costume assistant will not know who the artists are until arriving on location. That means that he/ she has to be prepared for most situations. This entails carrying a lot of equipment and materials, especially make-up. Artists would bring clothes and colours that suit them, ...

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