Media Make-up | 10 Week Course

This course offers intensive training in all skills relevant to professional make-up artistry within the media industry. We refer to “Media” as working in all areas such as fashion, TV, video, stage, special FX and film, so that the content and skills learnt are fully comprehensive and cover all areas. Students who train in this area are more likely to achieve successful careers as their skills/knowledge are more varied, meeting the demands of the media industry. Please read the full course content overview below for full details.

In short, 10 week graduates will be multi skilled, offering beneficial gain to any employer. Another huge benefit on this course is portfolio week. Week 10 of this course is dedicated solely to the development of your portfolio (the most crucial factor in gaining your work). Each day of portfolio week will be your chance to exercise all skills learnt, and gain valuable experience in working with professional models and a photographer in a real studio environment to create numerous images, which you can proudly display in your portfolio.

A typical day will be doing the make-up of one female model. The models are varied in age and race to provide your portfolio with as much variance as possible. We will also help you create a hairstyle to compliment your work. You will choose your model’s outfit with our guidance and work on set, maintaining your work and assisting the photographer. This experience is as real as being on a professional job and will give you confidence in this area when entering your career (see Portfolio).

All of the days of portfolio week will be on location at a professional photography studio.

10 Week Media Make-Up Course Content Overview

Week 1

Day 1 
Course introduction
Health & safety
Kit overview / care & development
Portfolio introduction & creative ideas
Skin care, skin types and face shapes
Creating make-up for camera - understanding studio lighting effects
Foundation, concealer and powder – all types and applications
Shading and highlighting – all types and applications

Day 2
Natural make-up for high fashion close up photography/ no make-up look
Blusher (powder & creams)
Camouflage make-up (covering tattoos, birthmarks & irregular pigment)

Day 3
Eyebrow correction & applications
Lip shape correction & applications
Eye shapes correction & applications
Eyelashes – full set & individuals
Eyeliner - cake, gel, fluid, pencil & kohl

Day 4
Bridal make-up – services / advertising / fees
Evening make-up/ smoky eyes (winged & round)

Day 5
Classic catwalk uniform make-up (fast methods/ products & techniques)

 

Week 2

Day 6
Male model make-up
Current trend make-up - creating looks under direction to a brief

Day 7
20 minute make-up application/ cutting corners when time is tight - demo & practical
Hand & body make-up 
Muscle definition / shading on the body
Make-up for black &white photography (film)

Day 8
Glamour make-up
High fashion eye make-up styles, techniques & product knowledge

Day 9
Mature model make-up
Beauty make-up
Working on set - set protocol & etiquette / final checks

Day 10
Black, Asian & Oriental make-ups
Waxing down eyebrows
Practice session

 

Week 3

Day 11
Straight corrective make-up for tv & film - male & female
Working in high definition
Understanding crew roles & working with monitors

Day 12
Careers work - CV’s / composition cards / websites/ marketing / advertising / unions insurance / tax / ni / go sees /, castings / networking/ contacts / invoicing & fees / dailies

Day 13
Body painting/ creative & avant-garde design – demo
Tattoo work & design/ freehand/ stencils / stamps & transfers

Day 14
Stage make-up - straight / character & ageing
Stage wounds

Day 15
Working with briefs, treatments & scripts
Budgeting
Script breakdown & continuity exercise
Practice session

 

Week 4

Day 16
Bald cap making
Character make-up

Day 17
Researching for TV & film
Stubble effects
Dealing with problems (chapped lips, hyper-sensitive skin, reactions, skin conditions, watering eyes, excess sweating & post surgery)

Day 18
Bald cap application & make-up

Day 19
Full practice of body painting/ creative design

Day 20
Recap & portfolio practice

 

Week 5 – High Definition Airbrushing

Day 21
Tools, equipment, materials & kits
Product knowledge
Trouble shooting
Foundation applications

Day 22
Shading and highlighting
Cheek colour

Day 23
Eye shadow & eyebrows
Stencil work
Hand, arm & body make-up application
Body shading and highlighting
Tanning & muscle definition

Day 24
Tanning & muscle definition
Casualty effects

Day 25
Casualty effects continued

 

Week 6 – Period Make-Up

Grecian
Roman
1820’s
1840’s
Victorian
1910
1920’s
1940’s
1950’s
1960’s
1970’s
1980’s
1990’s

 

Week 7 & 8 - Casualty Effects

Tools / equipment & materials
Health & safety
Bruising - ageing of bruises
Black eyes / broken nose / split lip
Scabs / spots / blisters 
Illness make-up
Tooth enamel
Sweat & tears
Dirt/ mud/ puss / soot effects
Bullet wounds - entry & exit
Scratches & grazes
Burns make-up - 1st, 2nd & 3rd degree / different types of burns
Ageing for TV & film
Death make-up
Pre-made prosthetic piece application
Script simulation
Portfolio practice
Re-cap

 

Week 9 – Fashion Styling

 
Week 10 – Portfolio Week