Absolutely--Staab's makeup works fine WITH the filtering. Without, it just looks like neon goop.
Has anyone ever commented on DC's use of filters generally on the series, and use of what seems to be a lot of ambient mist, or maybe screens in front of the camera lenses--so much of this looks so misty, foggy, or like the result of the old-school vaseline filters used for close-ups of aging divas.
I find the often lurid use of color often works against the general fog in ways that I find very jarring. Particularly in Ben Cross's 18th century vampire makeup, with that lurid lipstick they gave him and that bad hairpiece... it's very comic-book like. But perhaps this was intentional? It seems almost like a tribute to some of the more lurid Italian giallo directors.
Just my totally uninformed thoughts... feel free to delete as needed...
I wonder whether Michael Weiss ever did a Playgirl spread?? *bats eyelashes innocently* Inquiring minds want to know...
G.