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BA (Hons) Make-up for Media and Performance

Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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Course Overview

This innovative course will provide you with the skills and knowledge to become a professional make-up artist in the media and performance industry. You'll learn the latest techniques in make-up application, including prosthetics, special effects, and camera ready make-up. With a focus on practical work, you'll gain experience working on real clients and productions, developing your portfolio and building your network of contacts. Our expert tutors have extensive industry experience and will guide you through the course, providing personalized feedback and support throughout.

Additional Information

This course is ideal for those who are passionate about make-up and performance, and want to develop their skills in a creative and challenging environment. With the opportunity to work on real productions and clients, you'll gain valuable experience and build your portfolio. Our industry connections provide opportunities for networking and placements, giving you the best possible start in your career.

Unlock Your Creativity at Arts University Bournemouth

Arts University Bournemouth has a reputation for excellence in the creative industries, with outstanding facilities and experienced tutors. Our location on the south coast of England provides easy access to London and other major creative hubs, giving you the best possible opportunities for networking and career advancement. Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in make-up and performance, and we are committed to providing the highest quality education to help you achieve your goals.

Why You Should Study This Course

The make-up artist is an important member of any production team and youll have the chance to work with students who are studying Acting, Commercial Photography, Costume, Fashion, Fashion Branding and Communication, Performance Design and Film Costume, Film Production, and Visual Effects to create €˜live collaborative projects. In this course, youll learn a diverse range of make-up skills. Youll study make-up and hair design for drama, ballet, opera, and music. A different perspective will give you the skills for fashion and photography shoots. Youll also construct wigs and hairpieces, and create prosthetic make-up FX for film and television.

General Eligibility

To become a knowledgeable, competent, and successful professional make-up artist requires a sincere desire to learn. We're looking for a strong academic entry profile and candidates who display a commitment to learning and who aspire to a career in make-up and special effects for performance, film, and television.

What You'll Study

1 Level 4 (first year)

The first year (Level 4) of the course is designed to teach you the fundamental creative, practical, analytical and critical skills needed by makeup artists working in various media and performance industries. Workshops and practical projects will help you to extend existing skills in makeup, wigs and hair design and application through learning about postiche. Interpersonal, communication and employability skills are developed through these units since you will carry out practical make-up and hair projects on one another, models and performers under direction and supervision. The units will also introduce you to formally recording your work through developing a professional make-up portfolio. The development of analysis, critical thinking, research, reflection and writing skills are an important part of the course and link with the development of your practical and creative work.

2 Level 5 (second year)

The second year of your course enables you to build upon the skills and knowledge that you have gained at Level 4 and gives you the opportunity to consider the specialisms and career pathways that you would like to explore in more depth during Level 6 study. Employability and professional skills are developed through exploring professional makeup contexts, digital technology in makeup, industrial links and collaborative engagement. You’ll refine your technical abilities and knowledge of the place of the make-up artist within the creative team. You’ll work on a variety of live projects including live performances, shoots and make-up events – an important aspect of the course. You’ll develop a contextual understanding of the art of make-up transformation and performance work though research.

3 Level 6 (third year)

Your third year provides the opportunity for you to formulate and identify your particular professional and academic interests. Risk and ambition within the field will be crucial to your individual development and intellectual and academic integrity will be further encouraged through written work and ‘thinking through practice’. The structure of Level 6 is made up of units that will further develop your potential to become intellectually motivated and increasingly autonomous professionals. There is a strong emphasis on balancing conceptual thinking skills, research methods, practical and technical skills, working independently and as part of a team and acquiring lifelong learning skills. You’ll develop your specialist areas of interest such as prosthetic transformation. You’ll extend your portfolio of work within a range of professional contexts through live projects and collaborations. You’ll investigate your own practice and develop a philosophical understanding of key critical and contextual issues.

Language Requirement

IELTS6.0
TOEFL78
PTE58
Duolingo79

Academic IELTS or UKVI IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each band.

Programme Information

Course CategoryMusic and Performance

Course LevelUndergraduate

Awarding BodyArts University Bournemouth

Campus NameWallisdown

DurationFull-time, 3 Years

Available IntakeSeptember

IELTS Score6.0

Tuition FeesUK: £9,250 , International/EU : £17,950

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