prosthetics
Prosthetics is the wizardry that transmutes actors into monsters, elders and aliens on stage and screen. Adhesive prosthetic pieces often take command of the wearer's features, and sometimes even hinder breathing. Fragments of silicone or latex paint an illusion so vivid that the audience gasps, while the actor silently endures hours of wrenching application. The astonishing realism of the final creature is the trophy of a backstage ordeal that tests the limits of flesh and patience.