Employment Percentage
-4.834605598
SOC ID
39-5091
SOC Title
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
ONET ID
39-5091.00
ONET Concat ID
39509100
Median Salary
118518.44
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
26.09
Ed Level Certificate
43.48
Ed Level Some College
13.04
Ed Level Associates
4.35
Ed Level Bachelors
13.04
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a certificate
Career Description
Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.
Core Tasks
- Apply makeup to enhance or alter the appearance of people appearing in productions such as movies.
- Duplicate work precisely to replicate characters' appearances on a daily basis.
- Select desired makeup shades from stock, or mix oil, grease, and coloring to achieve specific color effects.
- Cleanse and tone the skin to prepare it for makeup application.
- Alter or maintain makeup during productions as necessary to compensate for lighting changes or to achieve continuity of effect.
- Assess performers' skin type to ensure that makeup will not cause break-outs or skin irritations.
- Study production information, such as character descriptions, period settings, and situations, to determine makeup requirements.
- Analyze a script, noting events that affect each character's appearance, so that plans can be made for each scene.
- Confer with stage or motion picture officials and performers to determine desired effects.
- Establish budgets, and work within budgetary limits.
- Write makeup sheets and take photos to document specific looks and the products used to achieve the looks.
- Requisition or acquire needed materials for special effects, including wigs, beards, and special cosmetics.
- Provide performers with makeup removal assistance after performances have been completed.
- Evaluate environmental characteristics, such as venue size and lighting plans, to determine makeup requirements.
- Attach prostheses to performers and apply makeup to create special features or effects, such as scars, aging, or illness.
- Examine sketches, photographs, and plaster models to obtain desired character image depiction.
- Advise hairdressers on the hairstyles required for character parts.
- Design rubber or plastic prostheses that can be used to change performers' appearances.
- Demonstrate products to clients, and provide instruction in makeup application.
- Create character drawings or models, based upon independent research, to augment period production files.
Start Annual Earnings
43413.98
Top Annual Earnings
181199.82
EMSI Career Title Slug
makeup-artist-theatrical-and-performance