Student makeup wows crowd

Natalie Murphy nmurphy@foghornnews.com @foghorn_murphy Caitlynn Mitchell arrived at the Fine Arts Building three hours early to start applying her makeup for the 2 p.m. show. “I started working on my character right after Halloween. My fiancé upset me so I decided to make my character eat him,” Mitchell said. The class was tasked with not only creating a unique makeup design but also creating a full character with back-story and costume, said Shara Haghjoo, associate professor of drama. The class got off to a rocky start after Hurricane Harvey put everyone almost a month behind schedule. “This class was able…

Aliens have landed

Aliens invade! Del Mar College’s Drama 1341 Makeup class will present their twelfth year of Project Del Mar Eleven students from Drama 1341 makeup class will premiere their creative journey to present new characters in their show, ‘Creature Collision “The Reckoning”’ that will be held on Nov. 30. The show will be held at the Bartlett Theatre in the Fine Arts Building at Del Mar College from 2-3pm. The showcase will be free and open to the public.

‘Arrival’ is more than an alien invasion film

Director of ‘Sicario’ brings a strong sci-fi flick to audiences If “Arrival” is that movie about aliens that you really want to see, and you heard was good, but you haven’t gone yet — go see it. It’s hard to describe the beginning of “Arrival,” starring Amy Adams, without describing its ending. And that’s what was so amazing about it. This is a movie about first contact as much as it as about the consequences of love. Aliens do show up, yes. The main character, Louise Banks (Adams), is the world’s greatest translator and the U.S. government needs her to…