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| The National Mehron Makeup Design
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The purpose of the Mehron Makeup Awards is to give outstanding student
designers national recognition and the opportunity to exhibit their work
at the Kennedy Center. Designs will be appraised on the basis of quality,
effectiveness, originality, and rendering techniques. Schools with one
or more student designers in participating or associate productions are
eligible for the Mehron Makeup Awards. Entering schools will, at the time
or registration with the Kennedy Center and the Region, inform the Regional
Chair of any student designers in makeup design and will request adjudication.
Specific award information will be mailed to the entering college or university.
Interested designers can also request a copy of the regulations for entering
designs by completing the coupon below and mailing it to KCACTF at the
Kennedy Center. Additional information about regional design awards is
available from your regional chair. Mehron Makeup regional winners will
each receive over $100 worth of makeup products from Mehron. The Mehron
Makeup national winner will be selected from regional finalists by a national
respondent from the Mehron Company during the national festival. The Mehron
Makeup Design national winner will receive an honorarium and an all-expenses
paid trip to New York City, and see a Broadway play or go to Los Angeles
and be a guest at the National Makeup Artists Conference and tour through
Hollywood makeup schools. The winner will be highlighted in the company
publication. Regulations and Procedures One or two representative renderings
of each character with the colors listed for each area, i.e. base, cheeks,
eye shadow, lips, hair color, etc. (Makeup character worksheets may be
used for renderings.) A one page statement of the design approach to the
production should be included separately from the renderings and color
scheme. Color photographs of the finished characters, at least one head
shot and at least one waist shot to show coordination between costume,
makeup and hair.
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| General Information on the
Design Awards |
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Designs entered in the Mehron Awards for Excellence
in Makeup Design may be selected for the regional festival regardless of
whether or not the production is selected for the regional festival. Student
designers will be notified of the selection of the designs for the regional
exhibition according to the procedures of the region: at the time of the
initial screening by the respondent or by the Regional Chair or at the time
of announcement of the productions chosen for the regional festival. |
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The designer is responsible for developing
a suitable method of shipping the design both to and from the regional and
national festival, including appropriate mailing and insurance charges.
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Each regional festival will include a design
workshop. Design judges will give an open critique session of the exhibit
at the regional festival for student designers whose work is on display
and for festival participants. The guest designer will select, or serve
as chairman of a panel of designers who will select, not more than three
designs (one in set design, one in costume design, and one in lighting design)
for exhibition at the Kennedy Center. Announcements of the designs selected
for exhibition at the Kennedy Center will be made at the regional festival. |
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Regional design winners will be responsible
for providing their own transportation costs to attend the KCACTF National
Design Critique at the Kennedy Center. Attendance at the National Design
Critique is not mandatory. For those designers able to attend, KCACTF will
provide hotel accommodations and per diem for the two-day period of design
adjudication. Faculty representatives will be allowed to observe the national
design critique on a space available basis. The design award will be based
solely on the submitted design documentation relative to the entered participating
or associate production. |
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Student design finalists may, at
their option, bring their portfolio to the Kennedy Center. Time permitting,
the national design award adjudicators will be available to examine portfolios.
However, the contents of the portfolio will have no bearing on the selection
of the national winners and the portfolio materials shall not be presented
to or discussed with the adjudicators until after the winning designs have
been chosen. |
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| Regulations and Procedures: |
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Only schools with one or more student designers
in participating or associate productions are eligible for the Mehron Makeup
Award for Theatrical Design Excellence. Entering schools will, at the time
of registration with the Kennedy Center and Regional Chair, inform the Regional
Chair of any student designers. |
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Only bona fide students are eligible
for this award. For the purposes of this award a bona fide student is one
who, during the period of initial screening, is: an undergraduate student
registered for at least six emester hours or nine quarter hours; a graduate
student registered to at least three semester or four uarter hours; a continuing
part time student enrolled in a regular degree or certificate program. |
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All design materials must be labeled with:
Title of Production, Act and Scene, and Designer's name and institution.
The designer's return address should be on the back of each item of the
entry. The complete design presentation, when mounted and displayed on a
vertical surface should not exceed approximately 25 square feet. |
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After the initial screening, the
student designer will send the design materials requested including representative
color production photos (at least two), to the host of the Regional Festival
two weeks prior to the festival or bring materials to the design exhibit
space in person prior to the scheduled time for display at the Regional
festival (unless the Regional Festival host requests a different timetable.) |
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Student designers will submit the
appropriate design materials to the judge(s) at the screening visit. Following
is a list of requested materials. |
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One to two representative renderings
of each character, with the colors listed for each area i.e., base, cheeks,
eye shadow, lips, hair color, etc. (Makeup character worksheets may be used
for renderings.) |
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A one-page statement of the design
approach to the production should be included separately from the renderings
and color scheme. |
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Color photographs of the finished characters,
at least one head shot, and at least one waist shot to show
coordination between costume, makeup, and hair. |
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Photographs of the actors pre-makeup! A headshot
would suffice. |
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Barbizon
Design Awards |
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Thayer
Lighting Design Workshop |
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Make
Up Design Awards |
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Sound
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Stage
Management Awards |
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Graphics |
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