Stage Makeup by Makeup Expert

"Walking Dead" dressing room....

Makeup Expert is on the release of the «Walking Dead» new series. Actors  that play a zombies in a new movie, not only have to pass this "zombie school" to learn how to howl and  shuffle, but it's requiers entire day of shooting to be in makeup. MAkeup artists professionals spend hours of working on that. We offer you a brief excursion into the dressing room.

Stage makeup - Transforming humans in zombies!

It's not so easy to turn a man into a convincing zombie. Actors have to sit for hours in front of the mirror, while the master of stage makeup work on their way. Also, sometimes you have to use special prosthetics, contact lenses and dentures. Trully Makeup Expert Artists!

Nicotera also said that every day, once again came into the dressing room, the actor comes into the hands of a new makeup artist. "If we all had the same time a zombie - it would have quickly tired of the audience, and every time a new employee contributes to this image of that something, some kind of the highlight."

"How schould look like zombie?" - At this point we have been highly controversial. Everyone had an opinion. The solution? Try it! "We decided to keep it visually interesting for the viewer," - he said, some seem " fresher ", some in a state of decomposition." This should show the degradation of the zombies and lead us to success.

Greg and his team of make-up artists are making a lots of effort, to make actors look like convincing zombie through the shooting day, because very often shooting is in daylight, which can easily reveal any lack of makeup. "During the filming  makeup is constantly under the vigilant control of make-up artist team" - says Greg.

Since shooting the series were held in Atlanta, the crew was faced with the problem of constant heat. Due to the high temperatures were not very easy to maintain "a terrible form of" zombies. "Make-up artists all the time spinning on the set and tinted actors."

"I do not know if there is a zombie better than ours," - says the author, and director of series Frank Darabon.

Stage Makeup Artist in action