Special Effects Make-Up

Special effects make-up is a specialszed field within make-up artistry focused on creating realistic and dramatic effects for film, television, theatre, and other performance media. It involves the use of various techniques and materials to transform actors' appearances, simulate injuries, age characters, or create fantastical creatures. This area combines artistic skill with technical knowledge to achieve compelling and believable effects.

There are many elements to the production arts area and depending on the level of course that you start with us you can look forward to studying many topics that provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to work within the production arts areas of film, television and theatre. inlcuding:

• special effect make-up application
• set design and construction
• costume design and construction
• body casting
• prosthetics
• make-up for performance
• theatre design
• sculpture
• mask making
• drawing
• mould making
• character design
• costume making
• prop making

You will be assessed on your coursework, both practical and project-based.

You will need to buy a make-up kit at a cost of £100 per year (£200 in total).

The progression table shows you all our creative, media, performance arts and production arts subjects along with the levels you are likely to study at depending upon your final GCSE grades. Offers will be made based on your indicated grades and the levels available within the progression table.

• No GCSE results for Level 1
• 3 x GCSEs at grade 3 including English and/or maths for Level 2
• 4 x GCSEs at grade 4 including English and maths for Level 3
• 5 x GCSEs at grade 4 including English and maths for T Level, Level 3