Costumes and Makeup: Character by Design
February 19th, 2008 by Andre Soares
For the past nine years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been teaming up with curriculum specialists Young Minds Inspired to provide free instructional guides to students in English, language arts, visual arts, science, and communication classes at 19,500 high schools across the United States.
According to the Academy’s press release, the guides are "designed to encourage critical thinking, expand knowledge of filmmaking and increase overall interest in film and its cultural influence."
This year’s guide is titled "Costumes and Makeup: Character by Design." Each teaching kit includes a teacher’s guide, activity worksheets in English and Spanish, resource lists, take-home activities, and an Academy Awards commemorative poster.
Additionally, the Academy will provide free supplemental DVDs with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Academy Award nominees and winners from several films, including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Walk the Line (2005), and Dreamgirls (2006) for Costume Design, and An American Werewolf in London (above, 1981), Dick Tracy (1990), and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) for Makeup.
Produced by the Academy and Acme Filmworks, the DVD also includes segments on the Oscar-winning makeup of Pan’s Labyrinth and the Oscar-winning costumes of Marie Antoinette.
For additional information about the program and to download previous years’ teaching guides (animation, art direction, cinematography, documentaries, film editing, screenwriting, sound and music, visual effects) visit the Academy’s Web site at www.oscars.org/teachersguide/.
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