Description
Hair stylists wash, dry, cut and style the hair of singers and presenters and various types of actors, including stage, movie, tv and music video actors. They work together with the art director to design the look of every person. Hair stylists also dress wigs and hairpieces. They standby during these artistic activities to touch up the actors' hair or wigs.
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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
analyse the need for technical resourcesfamiliarise with personal directing stylesconsult with production directorstyle hairkeep up with trendsensure continuous styling of artistsapply hair cutting techniquesfollow directions of the artistic directorfinish project within budgetdye hairperform quick hair changeoversfollow work scheduletranslate artistic concepts to technical designsanalyse a scriptwork safely with chemicalsmaintain wigsattend rehearsalscreate wigsdesign hair stylemanage consumables stockmanage technical resources stockdye wigsdecide on wig making processorder supplieswork with the director of photographydraft styling schedule