On the Set: CMS Students Attend Star Trek Day by Eva Buinowski

CMS students at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show.

This past weekend, some of our current CMS students attended the 2nd Annual Star Trek Day at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show. CMS' Eva Buinowski was there to capture all of the excitement of the event.

On Saturday, June 11th, 2011, Cinema Makeup Students Stephanie McBride, Madison Paul, Anielia Thomas, and I had the chance to spend an afternoon at an event that was out of this world! The Frank and Son’s Collectible Show was holding their second annual Star Trek Day in the City of Industry and asked us to offer  show goers the chance to transform into space creatures and beyond. It was a great opportunity for us to meet people and promote what we love to do, special effects makeup.  Many people were impressed that a school like Cinema existed where you can take your dream of doing makeup and turn it into a tangible career. The staff at the event was amazing and the fans were the best! We brought several appliances, but we ended up taking some of them apart and creating new makeup ideas.  The guests were excited about coming up with their own individual looks. Our makeup’s ranged from aliens to zombies to Avatars and even Hell Boy!  We were located right across from the guest stars at the event. We had the pleasure of meeting Carel  Struychen, who played Lurch in The Addams Family, and Larry Hankin, who played Mr. Heckles on Friends. Overall it was a great atmosphere with enthusiastic Star Trek fans. Can't wait to warp into next year’s meeting!

CMS students with actor Carel Struychen at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show.

CMS students with actor Larry Hankin at the Frank and Son's Collectible Show.