What you’ll learn
- Describe the make-up department across prep, shoot and post, name every grade from designer to trainee, and say who you answer to.
- Walk through a trainee's day hour by hour, from opening the room before the artists to de-rig and reset after wrap.
- Own the basic kit list, the hygiene habits and the continuity system, and use the fifteen phrases you will hear on day one.
- Choose your training route with the questions to ask a make-up school, and name three real routes to faces and credits this month.
- Know who sets trainee pay, what the law says about unpaid work, and the hours and safety facts of the department.
- Draft a one-page Stage 1 CV titled Hair and Make-up Trainee with a portfolio link, and approach people without annoying them.
- Self-certify against Sam's five Stage 1 statements and know exactly what to do next on MFJF.
Where this leads
By the end you will have written your own Stage 1 plan, checked yourself against MFJF's five Stage 1 statements, and know exactly what to do next: a mentor clinic, an Academy workshop, and Stage 2, the HotList.
Finish the course and you can build your personal plan: MFJF's three-stage planner for this role, ticked from Your Profile and your CV, with dated next steps and the CV line each one becomes.
The department and the trainee
20 minWhat hair and make-up does on a production, who is in the room, and what a trainee's day actually contains.
- readWhat the make-up department does8 min
- readA trainee's day, hour by hour8 min
- checkCheck: the department4 min
Before day one: skills, kit, hygiene and continuity
20 minWhat a supervisor is hiring, the basic kit, the hygiene that is not negotiable, the continuity system you will run, and the language of the room.
- readThe skills, the kit and hygiene7 min
- readContinuity, phrases, the callsheet and the ten tips6 min
- taskTask: your skills self-audit7 min
Getting experience at Stage 1
20 minWhere trainees really come from, courses versus the job, the portfolio, NASMAH and ScreenSkills, and the rules on pay, unpaid work, hours and safety.
- readTraining routes and where the faces come from7 min
- readThe rules: pay, unpaid work, hours and safety6 min
- taskTask: find three routes this month7 min
Your CV, portfolio and first approaches
20 minWhat a Stage 1 hair and make-up CV contains, the title, the portfolio link, the email that gets read, and what a reference means here.
- readThe Stage 1 CV, the email and the approach8 min
- taskTask: draft your CV outline8 min
- checkCheck: CV and approaches4 min
The industry around the role
20 minWhere make-up artists work, the departments and suppliers around the trailer, the career path and its branches, and what Hannah and Rhian did.
- readThe map, the path and the people7 min
- resourcesThe library for this course9 min
- checkCheck: the industry4 min
Your plan: Stage 1 to Stage 2
20 minYour plan on one page, the five statements as a self-certification, and exactly what to do next on MFJF.
- plannerYour Stage 1 plan10 min
- readReady for Stage 2: the five statements and what next6 min
- checkFinal check4 min
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