Characterisation and Professional Make-Up
Higher Vocational Training

Characterisation and Professional Make-Up

What do you study in Characterisation and Professional Make-Up?

If you are passionate about the world of image, film, theatre or television, this vocational programme trains you to transform people into characters through make-up, hairstyling and prosthetics. You will learn to work on real productions and manage creative characterisation teams.

  • Designing and creating characters based on scripts and artistic concepts
  • Professional make-up and applied special effects
  • Creating facial and body prosthetics
  • Hairstyling, wigs and hairpieces for stage and screen
  • Project planning and team coordination on shoots and during performances
  • Digital design applied to character creation

You will be able to work as a characterisation artist, head of make-up, prosthetics and special effects specialist, or character designer in film, television and the performing arts.