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Davis's book e Glamour Factory: Inside Hollywood's Big Studio System, which draws extensively from interviews he and his colleagues conducted for an oral history project Davis administered, provides much useful material about how classical Hollywood's "mature" cra departments worked. In the chapter covering makeup and hairdressing, he states that the design process, as for most cra s, began with department executives-who "usually sat behind a desk"-and their assistants studying the script of a lm being put into production. In consultation with others responsible for what would end up on the screen, the executive estimated what cosmetic and hair supplies the story, or sometimes particular stars, would require, as well as how many makeup artists and hairdressers would be needed on and o the set. Individual stylists (stars o en asked for their "favorites") would also talk to stars whose looks they would create and apply, checking in with "the director, producer, and cameraman to make sure they agreed that what was being planned was acceptable." Next, makeup and hairstyling tests were lmed to evaluate how designs and products would appear on the screen. ("We used to spend days screen t

Author

Adrienne L. McLean

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781978831377