I am 18 years old, and was recently cast as a 24 year old science teacher in a play. I understand that costuming and presentation will help me appear older, but are there any tips on how to use makeup or other appearance changes to look older? Right now I have fairly short hair, above my ears but still long enough to style or cut. I wear glasses or contacts, and i don’t know which makes me look older.
Any advice on how to look six years older?
I am a guy, and I cannot grow full facial hair, its not in my genes.
There’s not enough age difference for you to have to change makeup. You may want to comb and part your hair, or something else that looks "professional," rather than looking like you just rolled out of bed. Glasses or contacts doesn’t matter, but you should probably stick with contacts. Glasses can reflect the lights and make it harder to see your expressions (check with your director on glasses/contacts).
Most of the "age" is going to come from your costume and the way you carry yourself. Sounds like costume is covered. For presentation, just remember who you are. 24 is still young, but you’ve been around the block a couple more times than an 18-year-old. Most importantly, you’ve learned how to behave differently around different people. You may still be able to party it up with your friends, but you know that when you’re at your job, you need to be well-behaved, straight-laced, and professional. And you’re good at that, but maybe still young enough to get rattled when you venture into new territory.
Also, the way you interact with the other characters will matter. If the other characters are all adults, especially older than your character, then you definitely don’t need to worry about age. If you’re in contact with, say, your students, then it’s different. Do you want to make sure they learn what they need? Do you envy their youth, that you recently lost? Are you happy to have power over them that you didn’t have when you were in school? Just know who you are–your age will come from that.
If people learn how to play instruments from teachers who taught the teachers?
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Are you a girl or a guy? If you’re a guy just grow a rasputin-sized beard… that should do the trick. I guess it could work for a girl too
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well the 18 to 24 isn’t that hard but i would say grow a little facial hair and practice walking differently
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There’s not enough age difference for you to have to change makeup. You may want to comb and part your hair, or something else that looks "professional," rather than looking like you just rolled out of bed. Glasses or contacts doesn’t matter, but you should probably stick with contacts. Glasses can reflect the lights and make it harder to see your expressions (check with your director on glasses/contacts).
Most of the "age" is going to come from your costume and the way you carry yourself. Sounds like costume is covered. For presentation, just remember who you are. 24 is still young, but you’ve been around the block a couple more times than an 18-year-old. Most importantly, you’ve learned how to behave differently around different people. You may still be able to party it up with your friends, but you know that when you’re at your job, you need to be well-behaved, straight-laced, and professional. And you’re good at that, but maybe still young enough to get rattled when you venture into new territory.
Also, the way you interact with the other characters will matter. If the other characters are all adults, especially older than your character, then you definitely don’t need to worry about age. If you’re in contact with, say, your students, then it’s different. Do you want to make sure they learn what they need? Do you envy their youth, that you recently lost? Are you happy to have power over them that you didn’t have when you were in school? Just know who you are–your age will come from that.
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