Prosthetic makeup in Cinema

Prosthetic make-up has been pivotal in character development, visualisation and enhancement for many decades now. It is the process of using prosthetic tools to sculpt or create features on an actor, or subject that are not already there.  This was revolutionised by make up artist Dick Smith, better known as the "Godfather of Make up" in the cinema Little Big Man .  The prosthetic make up used for this film was for the character of the Ancient Crabb, a 121 year old played by a young Dustin Hoffman.

The way in which Dick Smith achieved this was through the use of foam latex which included a set of eyelids that could blink in unison with the actors. 

Hoffman during the application of the prosthetic make up.

Dustin Hoffman, sans prosthetics