Make-Up, Hair and Costume for Film and Television

Dirt or Breaking Down

‘Breaking down’ is the term used for creating the effects required when an artist is affected by environmental conditions in the story. It can be just making someone look hot and sweaty or showing that they have been in a dirty place. Again it is important that these effects look realistic.

The make-up artist needs to ask the following questions:

  How did the person get dirty?

  If a child has dirty hands and rubs his or her face, where would the dirt be?

  If a person were perspiring, where would it show most?

  If someone ...