Beauty (Theatrical, Special Effects & Media Make-up Artistry)

The Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Theatrical, Special Effects and Media Make-up Artistry provides you with specialist practical skills and knowledge which will equip you to seek employment or progression within the theatrical and media make-up industry. This qualification is aimed at you if you are looking to work in the theatrical and media make-up industry. This qualification covers a very wide range of skills and knowledge required for working in the Theatrical and Media Make-up industry. Achievement of this qualification demonstrates to an employer that you have the necessary advanced technical skills to be employed as a Theatrical and Media Make-up Artist. You are likely to choose this qualification if you want to cover all of the advanced skills and knowledge needed to work as a Theatrical and Media Make-up artist. The areas covered in this qualification will give you a wider range of advanced techniques and also further progression or employment opportunities.

This qualification could lead to a job as a:

• Theatre make-up artist

• Film make-up artist

• TV make-up artist

• Make-up designer

• Product developer

• Entrepreneur

As part of your training, you will spend a minimum of three sessions a week in our well equipped and purposed built studios and workshop areas. You will be taught by experienced vocational lecturers who have worked, or are currently working, in the Theatrical, Special Effects and Media Make-up Industry and they, therefore have a wide and current experience of the industries needs and trends. Students are expected to dedicate time for home study to devleop and deepen the core underpinning knowledge, promoting long term memory.

You will study the following content:

• Cutting and styling techniques for performers

• Avant-garde hair and make-up

• Creative make-up design for productions and industry demands

• Apply prosthetic pieces and bald caps

• Special effects make-up

• Create, dress and fit facial postiche

• Body art for competition

• Create, cast small prosthetic pieces and bald caps

• Wig dressing, fitting and maintenance

Your initial training is carried out on peers within your group, performing and receiving hair and media makeup techniques from varies eras and designs. You will be expected to behave in a highly professional manner at all times, within our teaching and learning environments developing employability skills. Uniform and equipment will need to be purchased (refer to course costs) You will wear a uniform at all times and are required to bring all equipment with you for each salon session.

Full participation and engagement in developing Maths and english, employability skills, personal development in behaviour attitude and skills are compulsory and are monitored weekly and progress reviews are performed four times a year will be part of the wider curriculum.

This qualification provides a real opportunity for you to gain work specific skills and knowledge in make-up artistry as well as studying English and maths that would benefit you in your progression opportunities and into employment. It will provide an opportunity to connect your technical learning with real-life work placement through the work experience element of your course. There will be other non-qualification activities which you will engage in whilst studying such as enrichment activities which might include the development of employability skills, problem solving techniques, communications and client/model care, which are really important when thinkin