Wednesday, January 08, 2020
Turn Back Time: How The Hair And Makeup Came Alive In ‘Dolemite Is My Name’
www.forbes.com: It’s hard to stand out when the 1970s have been so often recreated in cinema. But that only galvanized the makeup and hairstyling crew of Netflix’s Dolemite is My Name. Led by department co-head of makeup Vera Steimberg and hair Carla Farmer and Stacey Morris, the trio sought to create looks for the film’s A-list lead, Eddie Murphy, and the cast that would both spotlight the era and the characters everyone was portraying. To say they succeeded was an understatement. Steimberg, Morris and Farmer sat down to discuss the long-time working relationship with Murphy and how they sought to avoid peppering the frame with afros.
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This is a very interesting article. I have not seen Dolemite is My Name but this article made me want to. I love in-depth analysis of hair and makeup, because too often those aspects get swept into the costume design bubble, when, especially on large projects, they are very much a separate entity that brings an entirely separate and greatly important design aspect to the stage or screen. I love the team dynamite of a hair and makeup crew because you often see the same people working together for decades, and they form a great bond that allows for really incredible communication and consistency in a design. And hair and makeup is HARD. I have worked a few hair/makeup crews and the research can be really difficult, because although there may be plenty of photo references, the actual techniques and products used in a specific time are often lost, so you have to figure out how to organically recreate a style from 50 years ago with nothing but a photo reference.
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