Brian Kinney is a primetime Emmy-nominated makeup artist and a Journeyman in IATSE Hollywood Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hairstylists Guild, where he serves as Makeup Craft President and Executive Board Member. His work can be seen in feature films and television shows, such as Fear The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Purge: Anarchy …
#66 – Lars Carlsson
Lars is a generous self-taught artist from Sweden. He works in film, TV and theatre productions often using new technology to scan and print items for practical effects. We wanted to chat theatre stuff, as that is not something we have spoken much about on the podcast. It’s an area which may well be more …
#65 – Ghosts, Goblins & Cutting Edges
It’s Halloween. A Saturday! A full moon! Also not happening because of Covid. It’s a damn shame, but I imagine around the world, a lot more horror movies will be watched. I can only hope such mass consumption will drive production to make more stuff as we burn through the back catalogue of shows with …
#64 – Danny Marie Elias
Danny has done some interesting things with prosthetics, leading with fashion and high concept looks and bringing appliance work into the mix. Most demonstrations at trade shows involving appliances are showing just the tail end of a much longer hidden process which perhaps isn’t at all evident in the final piece. It’s nice to hear …
#63 – Things That Go Wrong
We have all spotted things in shows which were never meant to be there. Scars swapping sides, hair up one minute and then down the next, blood which moves shot to shot or an errant edge which can’t be hidden. Those are the things which you notice, and maybe take great pleasure in spotting and …
#62 – Mould Closure
Closing moulds correctly is vital to get good casts out of them. There seems little point in making a good mould and then getting bad casts out of it. In this episode, we take a look at things to consider in ‘mould closure’. Essentially, a mould other than a flat or open mould will usually …
#61 – Cutting Edges
Cutting edges are the point at which a core meets the mould, and is crucial in creating a fine edge for many appliances. In flat moulds, there can be something similar even though a core isn’t involved, as it establishes where the appliance actually stops and the skin begins. A cutting edge and overflow are …
#60 – Tim Baggaley
Tim Baggaley played the one-armed zombie in Shaun of the Dead. He’s a damn nice fella, an actor, talented graphic designer and a fabulous dancer. In this episode, we chat about his experience on set and his recollections of being among the undead. As we chatted, he reminded me of a few other things we …