Ex-Students are busy working in all aspects of the industry. From features films such as THE HOBBIT and REDD INC, to photo shoots, short films and music videos - everyone is getting their FOOT IN THE DOOR.
To the January class - your Portfolios, CV's and Business Cards are looking great - start networking and building on all the contacts you have made. You are all great artists. Be confident and enjoy the journey...
Nick, Paul & Louise
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
A Fresh Start
The new class of students has just started. It's great to see the excitement in all their eyes.
They all love their make-up kits and are busy unpacking and becoming familiar with what will become their tools of the trade.
Lots of well thought out reference supplied for their sculptures, as they begin to plan their prosthetic character make-ups.
Good luck everyone - you're going to have an amazing time...
Nick
They all love their make-up kits and are busy unpacking and becoming familiar with what will become their tools of the trade.
Lots of well thought out reference supplied for their sculptures, as they begin to plan their prosthetic character make-ups.
Good luck everyone - you're going to have an amazing time...
Nick
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Exams & Prosthetic Application
Our second last week was possibly the most eventful so far. We were very busy Monday through Thursday with our practical exams, recreating famous film characters, cats, historical figures and more! I think we can all feel quite proud of ourselves for the work we put it. On Thursday we also had our written exam to see how much we absorbed from our lessons on script breakdown, continuity, SPFX and all the other subjects we've covered during the past 18 weeks. Fingers crossed we all did well!
Saturday was the day we'd been waiting for: the application of the facial prosthetics we've been designing, sculpting, casting and painting for months. We spent the whole day attaching the prosthetics to our models' faces, blending the edges and styling the overall look we wanted to create and the results were all FANTASTIC! It was an amazing to see our characters come to life. Then came the removal, which was almost as difficult as the application, depending on the amount of adhesive used. We owe a lot of thanks to the artists that donated their time to take us through the process and assist us throughout the day and the models that were so patient while we poked and prodded them.
Oh no, now we only have one week left! Whatever will we do?!
Rachel Greening - Student
Friday, June 3, 2011
Prep, Prep & More Prep!
With our exams just around the corner, and end of term approaching fast, we dedicated this week to preparing and practicing. We teased, tweaked, and coloured wigs for our CATS and FILM CHARACTER make-ups, tidied our moustaches, and trialed some of the ‘looks’ we will be tested on. We even had a fretful last minute cleaning of kits, having been threatened we would lose marks for an untidy kit!
We finished our lessons on SPFX with ‘dead body’ make-ups, sharpening our skills on bruising, cuts, slit throats, bullet wounds. The effect was awesomely gruesome!
Our actors for the PROSTHETIC APPLICATION day joined us for a hair and costume trial. We were all happy with our creations, and as our characters begin to come to life, we become anxiously excited for the Big Day!One of the most valuable parts of the week was our lesson on ‘timing’, in which we had to produce a high fashion make-up under a time limit. The class created fantastic works, from Punk Militaries, to modern Victorian inspired, to Drag Queens! Under a time limit, we were disciplined to keep focus and concentrate on our subject, preparing us for when we are on the job and under pressure.We are all nervous for our exams, but with good training behind us, we are sure to produce more remarkable make-ups.
We finished our lessons on SPFX with ‘dead body’ make-ups, sharpening our skills on bruising, cuts, slit throats, bullet wounds. The effect was awesomely gruesome!
Our actors for the PROSTHETIC APPLICATION day joined us for a hair and costume trial. We were all happy with our creations, and as our characters begin to come to life, we become anxiously excited for the Big Day!One of the most valuable parts of the week was our lesson on ‘timing’, in which we had to produce a high fashion make-up under a time limit. The class created fantastic works, from Punk Militaries, to modern Victorian inspired, to Drag Queens! Under a time limit, we were disciplined to keep focus and concentrate on our subject, preparing us for when we are on the job and under pressure.We are all nervous for our exams, but with good training behind us, we are sure to produce more remarkable make-ups.
Natalie Rose - Student
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Continuity, Exams & Bald Caps
Continuity began the week, continuing on from where we left off.
Our task - to create a character from a series, based upon how we believed they should be portrayed. We then had to create a makeup chart of that character, before we were shuffled around to recreate someone else's makeup based on their ‘detailed’ chart. This exercise went well, as it showed us the importance of continuity and how a face chart and photo reference should be understandable, to get the best result.
Tuesday and Wednesday were days we weren't looking forward to... the Hair Exam... Luckily we had Tuesday as a practice, to try out our 1940's inspired hairstyles and work out how they could be improved. But we all passed with flying colours and are happy it’s over.
We were taught the art of creating a Bald Cap, using liquid latex and lots of sponges, and now are well on our way to losing our hair.
I look forward to next week with more dead bodies and high fashion makeup.
Student - Zeb Tilden
Our task - to create a character from a series, based upon how we believed they should be portrayed. We then had to create a makeup chart of that character, before we were shuffled around to recreate someone else's makeup based on their ‘detailed’ chart. This exercise went well, as it showed us the importance of continuity and how a face chart and photo reference should be understandable, to get the best result.
Tuesday and Wednesday were days we weren't looking forward to... the Hair Exam... Luckily we had Tuesday as a practice, to try out our 1940's inspired hairstyles and work out how they could be improved. But we all passed with flying colours and are happy it’s over.
We were taught the art of creating a Bald Cap, using liquid latex and lots of sponges, and now are well on our way to losing our hair.
I look forward to next week with more dead bodies and high fashion makeup.
Student - Zeb Tilden
Friday, May 20, 2011
Perplexing Productions, Paint & Prosthetics
A successful Make-up Artist must be capable in not only the creative aspects of Make-up, but also in terms of organization and planning, and Louise's favorite - Continuity! This week certainly taught us what it is to be a well-rounded make-up artist. We learnt about production meetings, budgets and continuity. We also developed and pushed our creative side, airbrushing in the workshop and working on fantastical/high fashion make-up designs.
It was our final lesson with Jane, who has been an absolute treasure! We handed in our major art works, mimicking a work of art to appreciate the technique of the artist. There was a huge variety from a fabulous comic illustration by Rachel, to an innovative multi-canvas wonder made by Azrielle.
We were split in two groups Tuesday and Thursday, either doing continuity breakdowns or airbrushing prosthetics. The class has all become 'Noodling' experts, giving life-like tone to our prosthetics using the airbrushes. Now we just need to get the hang of Nick's reputable 'Splattering' technique. Our characters are really coming to life, we can't wait until the big application day!!!
In continuity, we learnt the process from getting a script and breaking it down to creating continuity sheets. We've already found our continuity lessons useful, utilizing them for a production meeting at Sydney Film School. We will put this knowledge into action on Monday working from each other’s face charts… Wish us luck :)
Student - Alex Guillot
It was our final lesson with Jane, who has been an absolute treasure! We handed in our major art works, mimicking a work of art to appreciate the technique of the artist. There was a huge variety from a fabulous comic illustration by Rachel, to an innovative multi-canvas wonder made by Azrielle.
We were split in two groups Tuesday and Thursday, either doing continuity breakdowns or airbrushing prosthetics. The class has all become 'Noodling' experts, giving life-like tone to our prosthetics using the airbrushes. Now we just need to get the hang of Nick's reputable 'Splattering' technique. Our characters are really coming to life, we can't wait until the big application day!!!
In continuity, we learnt the process from getting a script and breaking it down to creating continuity sheets. We've already found our continuity lessons useful, utilizing them for a production meeting at Sydney Film School. We will put this knowledge into action on Monday working from each other’s face charts… Wish us luck :)
Student - Alex Guillot
Friday, May 13, 2011
Slit Throats & More Blood
We started off the week with slit throats and bullet wounds - not many people could probably say that to their friends and family without getting a strange look from them. We began to have a little fun when Alexis, Zeb and I created some lovely looking dead bodies. Zeb’s victim had been in a car accident with glass protruding from her skull and blood gashing from all orifices, he did this master-piece on Natalie, and I must say that it looked fabulous!
Alexis turned Rachel into a junkie with track marks up her arms and an unhealthy complexion - it looked so real!
I worked on Alex and created a burn victim that had been in a plane crash, well she looked singed to the bone, with hair flying every which way and blood cascading from all wounds, it turned out quite well.
We all created some lovely hairdos on each other on Wednesday, when Tanya came in to teach us more tricks of the trade. Alex's hair was probably higher then the Statue of Liberty, but that's okay!
Thursday and Friday we were out with Nick in the workshop. Some of us were patching up some holes in our foam latex prosthetic piece. We mixed Pros-Aide and Cabosil to create a paste called Bondo, which we then used to fill in any holes or imperfections in the foam. The others practiced more air brushing and started to paint their foam latex characters ready for the big application day in the coming weeks. Lots of fun!
Azrielle Alman - Student
Alexis turned Rachel into a junkie with track marks up her arms and an unhealthy complexion - it looked so real!
I worked on Alex and created a burn victim that had been in a plane crash, well she looked singed to the bone, with hair flying every which way and blood cascading from all wounds, it turned out quite well.
We all created some lovely hairdos on each other on Wednesday, when Tanya came in to teach us more tricks of the trade. Alex's hair was probably higher then the Statue of Liberty, but that's okay!
Thursday and Friday we were out with Nick in the workshop. Some of us were patching up some holes in our foam latex prosthetic piece. We mixed Pros-Aide and Cabosil to create a paste called Bondo, which we then used to fill in any holes or imperfections in the foam. The others practiced more air brushing and started to paint their foam latex characters ready for the big application day in the coming weeks. Lots of fun!
Azrielle Alman - Student
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