Decomposition

Decomposition is the process that begins at point of death and involves various stages of the body naturally decomposing including the visual aspects such as; the skin becoming loose with layers of skin becoming more detached and falling away, a blue-ish tint appearing on  the body due to blood becoming stationary and the skin shrinks back on the nails and hair line. These more visual aspects can be replicated for TV and film through the use of make-up; Creame or alcohol paints can be used to pale out the skin and also add the blue-ish tint to it whilst silicone prosthetic pieces can be used to create the effect of the skin falling away and detaching itself. Furthermore, in TV and Film, dead bodies are used for fictional creates such as zombies which are walking corpses, for such things further work can be done to the make-up such as the use of latex and silicone to create wounds, rotting flesh, although the silicone is most commonly ised for prosthetic pieces such as the brow area and cheekbones to build on the natural areas in order to create the appearance of decomposition as these prosthesis enhance the hollowed areas of the face, as well as fake blood, zombie creme paint colour wheels, contact lenses, fake hair and fake teeth for the more supernatural zombie effect. Zombies are fictional creatures based on the process of decomposition, therefore the make-up artist,s job is to create an exaggerated look at decomposition whilst keeping a element of realism, although this can vary depending on the overall vision the director has.