Q&A with Satinder Chumber: SFX Tutor & BAFTA Nominee
Q-1 What was your pathway into the film industry? I wouldn’t say my pathway was an ideal pathway into the industry, I spent a lot of money and time doing a not so great degree in Special Effects, this was after I went to art college. Me, like many others put a lot of trust […]
Q&A with Jana Carboni, Makeup Designer on the Ridley Scott’s latest film ‘Napoleon’
We were so honoured to have Jana here with us yesterday, who was joined on the sofa by our Tutor and ‘Napoleon’ Prosthetics Supervisor, Satinder Chumber and also our Principal Christine Blundell! So privileged to hear behind the scenes stories from ‘Napoleon’ , that had so many large crowd scenes, multiple cameras and camera and […]
Q&A with Thomas Nellen, Head of Makeup on the latest Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ & our Principal ,…
It was such an honour to host a Q&A with two leading US and UK film hair & makeup professionals, Thomas Nellen, who was Head of makeup department on the latest Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and our Principal & Oscar & BAFTA winner, Christine Blundell! We had a whole class of our […]
Q&A with SFX Designer Kristyan Mallett & Principal Christine
Massive thank you to Kristyan Mallett, who is one of the leading UK SFX Designers and also KM Effects SFX Studio Director and owner, for coming to our Academy this week and answering our students questions, in the latest Q&A we did, that was modulated by our Principal, Oscar & BAFTA winner, Christine Blundell. Kristyan has […]
Christine Blundell Chats to BAFTA Winner & Oscar Nominee Nadia Stacey & Our Graduate Guy Common
Learn about all things “Cruella” in our Principal’s interview with Oscar nominated Hair & Makeup Designer Nadia Stacey and Makeup Artist and our graduate Guy Common, who assisted Nadia in creating Emma Stone’s iconic Cruella looks.
Chat with “Darkest Hour” Designer Ivana Primorac
If you have missed Christine’s Live chat with “Darkest Hour” & “The Crown” Designer Ivana Primorac, you can now watch it in full here. Thank you so much to Ivana for sharing her time with us!
Christine talks to “Mulan” Designer Denise Kum
If you have missed the live online chat, you can watch the whole interview here again & find out everything about research & prep & what it was like to design & work on the latest Disney film “Mulan”, due to be released in the UK later this year.
Christine Blundell hands on Teaching:
There is always a wonderful air of anticipation when the students know that the Principle of this wonderful makeup school Christine Blundell is due in to teach. Even though she is a successful makeup designer, she is also very proud of her makeup academy and the incredible achievements that her graduates have to date achieved. […]
New techniques for prosthetics and makeup at the hair and makeup London:
Everyone loves a monster or a gargoyle and we have seen our fair share of these after eleven years at the makeup school. Yet, prosthetics is not about just that. It is not just about creating something from silicone or gelatine and to make it a gruesome as possible with lots of blood; particularly if […]