Character & Special FX Makeup

Classes taught by top working Hollywood Special Effects artists!

Guest Instructors have included:

• Todd Debreceni (Best Selling FX author of Special Makeup Effects and global FX artist/educator)
• Michael Key (2x Emmy Winner & IMATS / Make-Up Artist Magazine Founder)
• Rachael Wagner (Face/Off celebrity and Hollywood FX artist)
• Kevon Ward Face/Off celebrity and FX artist
• Michael Peterson (Pirates of the Caribbean, Blade II, Van Helsing)
• Thomas E. Surprenant (Emmy winner, Star Trek, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The Character & Special FX Makeup Certificate Program provides an education specific to those seeking a career utilizing the skills of special effects makeup artistry. This program focuses on 3- dimensional makeup skills and techniques. These skills prepare individuals to provide special effects makeup services for film, television, commercials, photo shoots, and theatrical performances. These specialized techniques also prepare students to be employed working in a special effects lab. Students learn character makeup and appliance fabrication and application techniques to create any transformation required for the creative development of the story written for film, television, or theatrical productions. Special effects makeup is also often used in commercials, music videos, and photo shoots.

A 7-week Daytime schedule is available. The Character & Special FX Makeup Certificate Program combines 10 courses, providing a comprehensive education and preparation for student graduates to explore career options in film, television, commercial, print, and stage. The program includes a professional special effects makeup photo shoot day with a guest model. A graduation ceremony will conclude the program.

Classes are a combination of lectures, demos, student application, and photo shoots. Students alternate practicing on each other in order to work with a variety of skin types and coloring, while gaining the experience of working with different subjects. Photos are shot throughout the program in a portrait studio and/or outdoors. A Certificate of Completion is issued upon successful graduation.

See each class description in Included Classes below.