Zombie Makeup for Thriller

Michael Jackson's Thriller Video was brought to life with Zombie Makeup applied by the Academy Award Winning Special Effects Makeup Artist Rick Baker. This fall bets are on that students will want to perform a recreation of Thriller on stages across the world in memory of Michael Jackson. Teachers will of course worry about the logistics, costumes and makeup. Transforming young faces into Zombies will appear to be a daunting task without the aid of a Special Effects Makeup Artist like Rick Baker, who cut his teeth in the makeup business as an assistant to the legendary Makeup Artist Dick Smith.

Fortunately for all the music teachers and drama teachers across the world who will be presented with the challenge of recreating the Thriller Video, Mehron has made the makeup worry free. As fate would have it Mehron introduced a new complete character Makeup kit earlier in 2009, a Zombie Makeup Character Kit. The Zombie Complete Character Makeup Kit doesn't contain Rick Baker, but it does contain step by step illustrated instructions written for Mehron by Makeup Artists and Special Effect Makeup Artist who have worked on some of the most challenging makeup projects on stage, in films and for video. With this handy instructional sheet provided in the Complete Character Zombie Makeup Kit, teachers will have one less logistical problem to worry about in attempting the recreation of the Thriller Video.

Teachers will not only be thrilled that makeup won't be on their problem list as long as they obtain Mehron's Zombie Makeup Character Kit, they will also be grateful that the Professional Theatrical Makeup in the Zombie Makeup Kit is all made in the USA with quality ingredients and never tested on animals. They won't have to be explaining to the students why the Monster Grey looks brown one day and green the next. Mehron has been producing Professional Theatrical Makeup for over eighty years with a color consistency that is unmatched.

The Zombie Makeup Kit includes all the Makeup Teachers will need to turn their eager thespians into walking dead zombies at an affordable price. The easy to use Zombie Makeup Kit contains the same Professional Performance Makeup that has starred in horror films throughout the decade. There shouldn't be teacher in the world who will be afraid to tackle Thriller armed with the Complete Zombie Makeup Character Kit by Mehron, leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927.

Thriller

As the shock of Michael Jackson's death wears off and the retrospects of his life fill the media, we are reminded of the great body of work that this man left behind. Hit singles, gold and platinum albums are only a part of the legacy of Michael Jackson. With radio stations digging out interviews from the last four decades we are reminded just how young he was when fame came knocking at his door. Bits and pieces of his ambitions and dreams of the future can be gleaned from the video clips and radio interviews that he did throughout the last forty years. From Michael's answers and his performances it becomes clear that Mr. Jackson was hankering for a to delve deeper into the Theatrical and Film business. His stage performances and sets already reflected his affinity to the theatrical. Michael Jackson was already a trail blazer in bringing the two disciplines of music and theater together when he blazed a trail with his immortal music video, Thriller.

Michael Jackson's vision of Thriller was co-written and Directed by John Landis, a film icon in his own right. John Landis enabled Michael Jackson to apply the theatrical techniques a a feature film to flesh out the video vision of his song that played in his mind. The half million dollar budget of the Thriller video was an unheard of sum of money for most independent films at the time let alone a 14 minute video. Thriller included everything a feature film included, a cast, makeup, costumes, multiple cameras, moving cameras, lighting, a sound stage and a world renowned Director. Upon it release The Thriller Video became the gold ring of music videos, setting a standard that changed the course of music videos forever.

The Thriller Video made use of Special Effects Makeup in creating the graveyard scenes featuring the walking dead , Zombies. The Thriller Video featured the immortal Vincent Price, the King of Horror, who has played in his share of Vampire and Zombie movies. Thriller incorporated everything that a feature film would use, a cameo appearance, a love interest, played by Ola Ray, a an ensemble of characters. Plus the Academy Award winning Special Effects Makeup Artist Rick Baker.

As the week progresses and the funeral of Michael Jackson proceeds we will be reminded of many of the excitingly great productions that Michael Jackson was responsible for recording and leaving with us. The concept of the Thriller Video is one of the works that must be looked at to appreciate the creative genius of Michael Jackson.