The Positive Effect of Make-up on the Portrayal of Characters in Films—An Example from the Film “Sheep Without a Sheperd”

Fanting Hong

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2025.21583

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The Positive Effect of Make-up on the Portrayal of Characters in Films—An Example from the Film “Sheep Without a Sheperd”

Fanting Hong *^,1,

¹ Faculty of Public Administration, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710054, China

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2025.21583

Abstract

Make-up is an indispensable and important component of film images and narratives, and it is also one of the most important criteria for judging the quality of a film, which is important for the unity and harmony of the images and the promotion of the storyline as well as the portrayal of the characters. This study examines the make-up of the character of Lawen in the film “Sheep Without a Shepherd” and analyses some of the ways in which Lawen is styled in the film. Through a combination of literature review and case study, this paper examines the costume and make-up of Lawen, and finds that reasonable costume and make-up have a favourable effect on establishing a three-dimensional character image in the film.

Keywords

costumes, make-up, characterisation, positive effects

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Psychology and Humanity Studies

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ISBN：978-1-83558-933-5(Print) / 978-1-83558-934-2(Online)

Conference date: 14 February 2025

Editor：Kurt Buhring, Javier Cifuentes-Faura

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