Media Make-up | 7-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 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.

In short, 7-week graduates will be multi skilled, offering beneficial gain to any employer. Another huge benefit on this course is portfolio week. Week 7 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 studio environment to create numerous images, which you can proudly display in your portfolio.

A typical day will be doing the make-up of two female models. 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).

One of the days of portfolio week will be on location on a real set. The set will be purpose built and dressed for your themed day, see the Fashion Styling course for more information on this day. Week 6 of this course is the 1 week Fashion Styling course.

7 Week Media Make-Up Course Content Overview

Week 1

Day 1

Course Introduction
Kit Familiarisation/ Care & Development
Portfolio Introduction
Skin Care, Skin Types And Face Shapes
Creating Make-Up For Camera (Studio Lighting, Natural
Light, Screen Differences & High Definition Work)
Foundation, Concealer And Powder (Types And Applications)
Shading And Highlighting (Types And Applications)

Day 2

Eyebrows And Eyebrow Correction
Lip Shapes And Lip Shape Correction
Eye Shapes And Eye Shape Correction
Straight Corrective Make-Up For Camera

Day 3

Natural Make-Up For High Fashion Close Up Photography
(No Make-Up Looks, Matt & Dewy/ Shimmer & Colour)
Camouflage Make-Up
Careers Work (Cv’s, Composition Cards, Marketing, Advertising, Unions, Insurance, Registration, Protocol, Tax, Ni, Go Sees, Castings, Networking Contacts, Invoicing & Fees)

Day 4

Bridal Make-Up (Services, Advertising & Fees)
Evening Make-Up
High Fashion Eye Make-Up Styles, Techniques & Product
Knowledge

Day 5

Make-Up For Black &White Photography
Classic Catwalk Uniform Make-Up

Week 2

Day 6

Male Model Make-Up
Transvestite Make-Up
Current Trend Make-Up (Creating Looks Under Direction To A Brief)

Day 7

Cosmetic Airbrushing
Fantasy/ Avant Garde High Fashion Airbrushing

Day 8

20 Minute Make-Up Applications To A Brief
Eyelash Application
Eyeliner (Gel, Cake, Fluid, Pencil & Kohl)
Body Make-Up (Inc Corrective Make-Up, Foundation Applications, Airbrushing & Shading Of The Body)

Day 9

Mature Model Make-Up
Black, Asian & Oriental Make-Up
Working On Set (Set Protocol, Where Stand, Working With Monitors, Polaroid’s, Final Checks, Working With Camera Crews And Photographers, Understanding Set Equipment & Terms & Health And Safety On Set)

Day 10

Portfolio Day

Week 3

Day 11

Body Painting & Creative Design
Character Make-Up (Designing, Researching, Working To A Brief & Tests For TV & Film)

Day 12

Stage Make-Up (Straight, Character And Ageing)
Stage Wounds

Day 13

Working With Briefs, Treatments & Scripts (Inc Different Types Of Briefs/ Treatments, Script & Character Breakdown)
Continuity

Day 14

Tattoos (Artwork, Character, Freehand, Stencils, Stamps & Transfers)
Full Practice Of Body Painting/ Creative Design

Day 15

Basic Manicure
Practice – Subjects Of Students Own Choice

Week 4 – Casualty Effects

Day 16

(Reference, Research, Continuity, Medical Knowledge & Artistic Licence)
Direct Appliance
Tools & Materials
Bruising (Ageing Of Bruises)
Black Eyes, Broken Nose & Split Lip
Bald Cap Template/ Measuring And Bald Cap Making

Day 17

Scabs, Spots & Blisters
Illness Make-Up
Slit Wrist
Stitched Wound
Scratches

Day 18

Bullet Wounds (Entry & Exit)
Burns Make-Up (1 st, 2 nd & 3 rd Degree, Different Types Of Burns)

Day 19

Bald Cap Application Demo & Student Practical
Ageing For Tv & Film (Old Age Stipple)

Day 20

Script Simulation

Week 5 – Period Make-Up

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