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Special Effects Makeup By Matthew Mungle

What makes a movie notable and unforgettable? For many, they would say it’s the special effects like Lee Daniel’s The Buttler, Ghost of Mississipi, Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Carribean, and other movies which you can watch for free at http://fullonlinemoviesfree.com/.

A special makeup effect on movie takes a week or more to complete and it gets shot in the film for just a matter of minutes. However, this great work is one thing that makes any film more vivid and real.

Makeup can be an elusive art usually at its best when you don’t notice its there at all. Doing makeup is just like painting, however, your canvas is a live human face. But the makeup artists does not stop there because they too create great real looking replicas of people, parts of the body they use in films, and etc. I know you get the picture. They are great at what they do, but this is also an area where people tend to look less and receive less credit for what they do.

Meet Matthew Mungle – Award Winning Makeup Artist

Matthew Mungle had been in the industry doing makeup and special effects for several films in Hollywood for many years. He has hundreds of clients coming to him for his great work.

Matthew Mungle grew up on a dairy farm in Oklahoma. As a kid, he has a great fascination with monster movies. He adored Frankenstein, The Mummy, Dracula, and all of those old black and white movies.

When Mungle was just 15 years old, he made himself up to become as one of the characters in Planet of the Apes to help a local theater promote the upcoming movie.

His love for art progressed and had become his addiction. In 1993, his addiction paid off. He took home an Oscar for his make up on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Movies are only the half of it. His works had been used in many heavy crime shows such as the CSI. He is the lead special make up artists for the show. His work usually ends up in an autopsy table where his works look so realistic.

Most veteran actors he has worked with are usually shocked and impressed with his work. His cadaver dolls looked so real. The exact feature that CSI directors loved with all his works.

Actor Robert David Hall, CSI’s coroner worked closely with all the work of Mungle. His words – Mungle’s work is a genius. He never gets it wrong.