Special Effects Make-Up

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Course Details

Start Date:September 2026
Code: PAPPLIC0028

  • Location: Dudley Evolve

Course Summary

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.

Course Content

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

Course Assessment

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

Materials

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

Progression

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.

Area

Expected grades when leaving school.

Level 1 - no formal qualifications needed

Level 2 - 3 x GCSEs at grade 3 including English and/or maths

Level 3 - 4 x GCSEs at grade 4 including English and maths

T Level - 5 x GCSEs at grade 4 including English and maths

Acting

Yes

Yes

Yes


Art & Design

Yes

Yes

Yes


Dance

Yes

Yes

Yes


Fashion & Textiles



Yes

Yes

Film & TV



Yes


Games Design



Yes


Graphic Design



Yes


Live Events Production



Yes


Media

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Music Performance & Production

Yes

Yes

Yes


Photography



Yes


Special Effects Make-Up



Yes

Entry Requirements

• 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

Start Date: September 2026
Code: PAPPLIC0028

  • Location: Dudley Evolve
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