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LOCAL706.ORG • 57 so she made sure all products were safe to use. Her looks were more pronounced with a black eyeliner and even a bold lip. We set up our team and trailer so any of the male cast members could sit in any make-up artist's chair. It created a seamless workflow, kept everyone moving efficiently, and ensured we stayed on schedule without compromising the quality of the work. On a busy production, time is money, and I believe a well-organized department is key to a successful day. When they were casting Staten's brother on the show, they cast Steve Howey. His character was supposed to be "living on the land." There was no time for him to grow any facial hair because Steve was shooting on another show in LA. To achieve the rugged, lived-in look, we envisioned for his character, we needed a lace beard. We commissioned Zoe Hay to fit him and build a custom beard in Los Angeles. She was amazing and was able to make it in one weekend. Robyn and I both applied the beard together with some hand laying on top. It had its challenges, since he was eating in the scene. Robyn got to pick out the pieces of fish in between each take. When it came to our background, one of the biggest things we wanted to make sure was that our high school students actually looked as much as high schoolers as possible. One of the most time- consuming things was that a lot of our background had tattoos. Most being New Mexico-based tattoos as we were shooting in Albuquerque, but our show is based in Ransom Canyon, Texas. We had a team of fabulous local make-up artists who made that happen. Led by Jennifer "JQ" Quinteros and Sheila Trujillo, we also had Danielle Bridges, Michael Solano, Allie Swift, Yael Rosas, Abril Velez, Karla Muenze, Angelique Holder, Steve Buscaino, Bryan Perkal, and Katya Luce helping us bring our show to the screen. We could not have done it without them and thank them so much for their professionalism and artistry. We had some very large days. The "No Place Like Home" Concert being the biggest with almost 700 background plus every single one of our 20-plus main cast. It was three nights of night shoots and spread over a large area of land. We had teams set up in multiple locations to be able to do last looks in each area of the concert. When it came to our Homecoming game, we had 380 background, all with a different levels of looks. And continuity with these looks on background that we would be shooting on and off for the following two weeks. Keeping continuity was of utter importance to make sure everything matched. Leading up to the two Hights for the Homecoming scenes, we were on location in the middle of nowhere in between Santa Fe and Albuquerque and wanted to add something authentic and fun to our cheerleader and fans. We quickly designed some face tattoos. Robyn found a FedEx Kinko's, and drove 30 minutes each way and had them print on transfer paper and made them. It was a little detail we know made our background look more like a Texas high school Homecoming game. • L-R: Josh Duhamel as Staten and Jack Schumacher as Yancy Robyn Rebbe touches up Heidi Engerman as Sidney