• Introduction to anatomy: the bones and muscles of the face.
• Review of ageing with paint.
• Professional products and their uses.
• The professional make-up kit as per current film union requirements.
• Lighting and make-up.
• Working with latex: scars, warts.
• Ageing with latex: demonstration and practical.
• Ageing with texturing and other effects: demonstration and practical.
• Character charts and script breakdowns. Character chart assigned for ageing with latex.
• Out of kit effects: cuts, scratches, bruises (old and new), black eyes, burns, dirt, blisters, damage.
• Working with wax and putty: broken noses, bullet holes, broken bones, protruding bones. Structural buildup and alterations.
• Gel effects.
• Monster make-ups.
• Hair work: beard laying and trimming, styling: mustaches and sideburns.
• Ventilated hairpieces and hand applied hair: crepe hair.
• Bald caps: types and costs, application and colour procedures.
• Demonstration and practical.
• Discussion of make-up unions, pay scales, trade tests.