And a further note...

[cassaclyzm]

So, the role I'll probably be playing - mum's usual role - is that of a 40-something woman. At least, it's supposed to be. First off, this is funny because when I was in in High School I was always cast as old ladies or fat girls. 40^* may not be old, but it's way older than me, at my spry 21. People often mistake me for 25. I don't think they'll readily accept me as being 40+.

So I have two favours of those folk on my friends list who are make-up inclined:

1) How can I make myself look older, for stage? I need something fairly subtle, since I'd also be close enough to people to wait on tables.

and

2) Help! I need to femme-ify myself. (Or, more accurately, heterosexual-married-woman-ify myself.) I have little idea as to how to do this. Y'all see my user icons. This is what I've got to work with. Help?


* Actually, I'm very tempted to change the supposed age of my character. They're supposed to have been married for around 20 years, but there's a line I can change that would make it much less, and much more believable. Besides, the original line goes: "We'd been married for 10 years at the time, and he was the nicest man I'd ever known." So I'd be sorely tempted to change it to: "We'd been married for two years at the time, and he was the nicest man I'd ever known." (beat) "Actually, he was the only man I'd ever known."

Comments

[poers.livejournal.com]

As for the makeup, subtle shadowing and highlighing can help a lot. You can use an eye pencil to give yourself a couple of little wrinkles around the eyes and so forth. And also watch how you carry yourself. 40 year old people often carry themselves a lot differently from 21 year olds.

[cassaclyzm.livejournal.com]

I remember back in High School they did some subtle stuff around my eyes to try and make me look older. I'll have to experiment a bit over the next week and see if I can come up with something decent.

Luckily, my mum is great inspiration for my movement. She has great posture. I hope I can channel her come performance time.