Media Make-up and Special Effects - FULL TIME

WHY STUDY PRODUCTION ARTS?

Production arts is the study of make up in the TV/Film/Media industry. It is a highly creative course which explores all areas of make-up – from SFX, Airbrushing, Beauty, Vintage, Period, Prom, Bridal, Theatrical and prosthetics. Production Arts also explores costume making for productions and editorial fashion photography. Students also explore how to master modern beauty techniques such as cut creasing, foiling, baking, highlighting, contouring, stencilling and much more. Special FX make up covers using alcohol activated palettes, ageing products, creating and sculpting your own prosthetics from gelatine, silicone, gel, wax or latex. All learners are taught how to cast and more advanced learners have cast their own full heads to create full face prosthetic masks. Learners can progress via university or apprenticeships but are ultimately job ready when leaving the course. Students are also offered full use of a photography studio to create professional portfolios in order to self-promote and sell their new found skills. All learners are encouraged from the offset to create MUA accounts and are fully supported in creating MUA tutorials if they wish. The course offers MAC and Illamasqua affiliation with student discounts. Students can also purchase Illamasqua kits with a fantastic discount of up to 50% off. A full master kit of high end products such as ABH, Illamsqua, MAC, Jeffree Star, OFRA, PLouise, Cover FX and much more are available to students for final pieces and make up photoshoots. This is in addition to an SFX master kit of latex, AA palettes, ageing products, silicones, gelatines, fake bloods, latex, alginates and sculpting materials. Trips include a visit to Bolton University, Bradford University and we have guest speakers ranging from Illamasqua, specialist in drag make up and professional MUA’s to discuss the industry and deliver Q&A sessions to students.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Production Arts Practice– 540 GLH (equivalent to 1.5 A levels). There are two learning and teaching modules assessed through four assessment units, with each assessment unit attracting a grade. Learners must complete all mandatory assessment units and achieve at Pass grade or above in at least three assessment units.

Production Arts Skills Development - Developing Production Skill and Techniques / Responding to production requirements and purpose /Contributing to a production

within this unit you will focus on SFX make up, Period make up, Make up techniques, Prosthetics, Mask Making and Theatrical Productions.

The Production Arts Industry - Planning a Career in the Industry

100% internally assessed, this course is highly practical and progression focused. Featuring large, flexible teaching modules, it allows for practical and professional skills development. The qualification also benefits from reduced assessment and administration, a compensatory grading model

Minimum grade 4 in Maths and English along with a minimum of grade 4 in one of the Art subjects.

It is strongly recommended that applicants have experience with a creative subject such as Fine Art. Production Arts works in a way that your model is your canvas, so advanced art skills go a long way! You will need to show a creative body of work, which can take many forms; this can be through a creative GCSE or a personal body of work (portfolio) or a collection of Instagram make up looks you have achieved. Students who have no prior experience will be taught from scratch – but may find the course difficult at first.

There are a vast amount of courses out there in the make-up industry. Depending on the area you want to specialise in, prices for courses vary and can be very expensive, especially in London – but this is worth it to enter the industry at top level, meet the right contacts and have network/ career opportunities such as LDN Fashion Week that are unavailable in the North.

SFX ARTIST

MAKE UP ARTIST

BEAUTICIAN

SPECIALISED ARTIST

WIG/POSTICHE SPECIALIST

PROPS DESIGNER

FASHION/ EDITORIAL

BODY AND FACEPAINTING

BEAUTY RETAIL/COSMETOLOGIST

MUA IN THEATRE MUA IN TELEVISION