Is this always accurate in drama and film?

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In a moive say for example there is a character and towards the end of the movie the clock goes forward 30 years into the future and we see the character look older in apperence. I know this is done by make up artists etc...but is this awlays an accurate representation of how that person will look when they get older?

more or less. . .since it is the spectactular looks of the movie star under the makeup, I would think that they would make them look spectacular as an older person.

of course, OUR milage may vary, not starting out with spectactular looks in the first place!


Merle

There are lots of variables involved in the aging process. A lot varies depending on the individual and how they live their life.

absolutely! I mean, if you have a younger woman and use prostetic make up to age her, you don't know if the actual actor will, say, smoke cigerettes and live with out sun block in Arizona and get those deeply etched wrinkles around the mouth. It is just an approximation of what the character would look like in this ficitonal account of the film.

YES it's always accurate.

hard to say. Back in the 60s, someone sat down and did a 'when I'm 64' sketch of the Beatles, which may or may not be accurate, but it had 2 too many ex-Beatles in it.. You never know ...

To an extent...I mean there is only so much you can do with make-up. Some people's faces become more gaunt or sag more, and you can do optical illusions with make-up and sometimes prosthetics, but you can't remove part of the face/skin, that is already there, like baby-fat or what-not. The wrinkles are usually pretty accurate, because they have the actor squint or wrinkle up their face and then the artist paints off the natural wrinkles that are already there, or show up when the face is slightly contorted...the wrinkles that show up on your face from smiling/frowning ect. are the ones that become permanent as you age. It's not just guesswork.