Makeup & Hair
July 14/15 (Sat/Sun) - 10am-6pm
Sylvie Mazerolle & Paul LeBlanc - Advanced Makeup and Hair
Often a film director has a very specific look in mind for a character or characters in the story. Creating just the right look is critical in giving the film its flavor or identity. Picture Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands for example. The character had to look a certain way to capture the appropriate tone for the film. Had the look been altered just slightly one way or another, it could have resulted in the character coming off as too scary or too pathetic. Once the director settles on the look he or she wants, it falls to the makeup and hair people to execute this vision.This Makeup/Hair advanced workshop is designed to give trainees both the theory and the practical skills to create a look suitable for any time period or artistic vision. Trainees will be asked to create certain looks and styles within the workshop. The work will be critiqued by the instructor as well as the other participants.
People who take this advanced workshop will emerge with the following skill sets:
• How to research the appropriate period and styles
• Breaking down the script
• Preparing and maintaining a department budget
• Controlling continuity of hairstyles and make-up throughout a production
• Applying “street” and “character” make-up for actors
• The different types of make-up done for the different shooting formats
Prerequisite:
None
Background on the Instructors
Originally from Baie-Ste Anne, New Brunswick, Sylvie Mazerolle began her make-up career in esthetics. She quickly gained praise from local photographers for her clean and flawless beauty make-up. Working on local TV productions in Moncton soon led to assisting on her first feature film that was shot in Saint John. (When Irish Eyes are Crying with Daniel Baldwin).
That gave her the courage and confidence she needed to take the next step. Sylvie moved to Toronto in 2002 and quickly began making her way through the tangled web of the industry. In May 2006, in a world search by "Make-up Artist Magazine" she was voted one of worlds' Top 10 Hot New Talents.
Her resume includes:
Films & TV productions: Stuck, Dawn of the Dead, Siblings, That
Beautiful Somewhere, Canadian Idol, Burnt Toast, Comedy Network.
Commercials: Nokia, Pantene, Volkswagen Jetta, Billy Bee Honey,
Panasonic, Rogers.
Print and Advertising: Chatelaine Magazine, Glow Magazine, Sears,
Zellers, Harlequin, Shoppers Drug Mart, Ford, Life Magazine, Pink Tartan, Urban Fitness, Allure Leather, Today's Parent, Sunlight, Second Cup, Aquafresh, Joe Fresh, Canadian Family Magazine, Bank Of America, Meridian Credit Union
With an expanding roster of clients and personalities Sylvie continues to challenge her creative spirit!
Oscar-winning hairstylist Paul LeBlanc has moved home to Dieppe, where he released a book and opened a salon.
Dieppe native Paul LeBlanc made his career as a film-set stylist, fixing the famous locks of leading ladies including Sharon Stone and Susan Sarandon. He also managed hair and makeup on movies produced by the likes of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
His movie resumé includes The Terminal, with Tom Hanks, the 1997 American-made version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina and Valmont, a 1989 adaptation of a French novel starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening and Fairuza Balk."I discovered this business, this show-biz thing while I was in England. I never knew it existed before and it was an accident. I just happened to get a job where they [worked on] films and such," he said.
LeBlanc won an Oscar for his work on the Milos Forman's 1984 film Amadeus, a portrayal of the urban legend surrounding the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
"When you realize you stand up and shake hands with the few people around you. It's a major thing. You know your life is going to change," he said. Now in semi-retirement, he's written a book about his experiences. He has come home to Dieppe, the hometown he left at 20, never imagining a career in hair could lead all the way to Hollywood and back.
