Special Effects Makeup Course (SFX Makeup)
for Film, TV & Theatre

Start Date : 24th February 2025

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Our 4 Week special effects makeup course has been designed by a leading Prosthetics
Makeup designer, Kristyan Mallet. If you have an interest in sfx make up or desire to
become a prosthetics makeup artist look no further.

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This SFX course has been specifically designed for students who wish to have a career as SFX make up artists in the Film & TV industry or for existing Makeup artists who want to gain additional SFX skills they may need in their current work. Our New 4-week SFX course will be the perfect platform to kick start your career in the film and TV industry as a Prosthetics makeup trainee.

As with our successful 4-month hair and makeup course, we know what the industry is looking for and needs.

Our success speaks for itself as we have just had one of graduates win an Emmy award for their prosthetic work.

This SFX make up course has been specifically designed for students who wish to have a career as SFX make up artists in the Film & TV industry or for existing Makeup artists who want to gain additional SFX make up skills they may need in their current work. Our New 4-week SFX make up course will be the perfect platform to kick start your career in the film and TV industry as a Prosthetics makeup trainee.

As with our successful 4-month hair and makeup course, we know what the industry is looking for and needs.

Our success speaks for itself as we have just had one of graduates win an Emmy award for their prosthetic work.

Another great way to research our sfx make up course is to watch and read when we were very fortunate to have the makeup designer “Jana Carboni” and our Sfx and Prosthetics Tutor “Satinder Chumber” talk about their experience on the Film set of the incredible film Napoleon!
There were some great battle scenes that must have taken serious designing and work!

What will I learn in special effect makeup course?

You will join the course that will both give you an overall Insight to the workings of prosthetic production but also to give you confidence in product use and processes that will be the foundation of your future career in the industry. Taking you through the processes from life casting to applying your own produced silicone prosthetics onto a model. Including the more specialised days like learning hair punching and applying and colouring prosthetics pieces for different skin tones.

 

Your course will cover:

  • Casualty (creating cuts, bruises, burns etc)
  • Life casting
  • Sculpting flat moulds
  • Moulding, Sculpting & Casting Character pieces
  • Applying Character pieces
  • Hair punching
  • And much more……
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Much has Changed in the use of SFX makeup since the “chopping” Mary Queen of Scots head off in 1895! Techniques in prosthetics makeup have advanced so it is now hard to establish what Is real and what is SFX makeup!

The classic film of ‘The Hunch Back Of Notre Dame’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera’ in the 1920’s was a great leap forward in what could be done with certain materials to create a look of SFX makeup horror in this instance.  

Later in the 1950’s we begin to see artists using their skills and techniques to create some truly amazing special effects with makeup and silicones.

Artists such as Dick Smith,  Stan Winston, Ben Nye and Matthew Mungle to name but a few.

These SFX artists really did advance the genre so much and so quickly that today anything is possible.

Transforming actors’ appearances with some subtle prosthetic pieces really is a work of art.

Remember, in most films and Television productions it is about “realistic wounds and cuts and bruises!”

The cost of the 4 Month course, including VAT and all materials, is £4,450

5 Star Reviews & High Praises From Our Students & Graduates

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Apply for funding to progress your career as SFX Makeup Artist

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You may be eligible for a ScreenSkills training bursary for this course – click here to find out more.

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