i had dinner last night with a film editor. he's got his paws on a number of different projects, but one of his big accounts is working on the television advertising campaign for a major cosmetcis company.
here's what i learned:
1. the Lemon-Basil Martinis at Marion's on The Bowery are delicioso. like a spring picnic in a glass!
2. Kate Moss has cellulite.
ha.
ha.
ha.
3. i knew that every commercial still photo was touched up in some way - skin smoothed, eyes brightened, wrinkles buffed - but i had NO IDEA that they could do that with film and television, a seemingly "mobile" medium. as recently as the 80s, they didn't have the technology to "correct" a physical flaw for an entire commercial or film, but now they do. he assured me that even baby-faced, 16-year old models are touched up to perfection. and...those commercials for make-up that feature "mature" women with charming little eye crinkles? those aren't even their real wrinkles. they're half-ass wrinkles. they've softened those too, just not as much.
so, the next time you're in a movie theater, asking yourself, "how is it that she has skin that clear up this close?" remember...she doesn't. she has an excellent make-up artist and Director of Photography, and she's sleeping with the "Special Effects" guy.
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Thanks for this post. I've been reading your blog semi-regularly for a week or so, and coincidentally enough you just answered a question I was pondering this very morning. Not so much with the 'reality' of female bodies even on tv, apparently.
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