Bespoke Courses

This service provides courses designed by Neill to suit the exact learning requirements of institutions, organisations and groups.

The content and duration are completely flexible, the level of teaching can be tailored to suit any ability from beginners to professionals, and we can run these courses at Gorton Studio or other venues in the UK or abroad.  Groups of all sizes can be accommodated and courses can feature any materials and techniques from across the entire spectrum of prosthetics.

This can achieve anything from a one day workshop in a specific material for example, right through to a module lasting a whole term as part of a degree, diploma or other education sector course.

These courses can be used for a variety of purposes including:
  • Additional teaching and direct industry contact for students at universities and colleges.  See education sector work for examples

  • Skills enhancement for teachers; we do extensive education sector work to support and enhance existing courses or help establish new ones

  • Providing whole modules on prosthetics for students on courses at other institutions, as part of a broader curriculum

  • Teaching make-up crews specific skills required for a production, such as applying certain pieces - this can prove much more cost effective for the production than bringing in FX artists to do the application

  • Teaching professional make-up and FX artists new skills to widen their career opportunities

  • Updating skills for practitioners from industrial companies who use prosthetics techniques; mould making for example

We are delighted to have provided bespoke courses for the following institutions to date:

Grimsby Institute Grimsby Institute - University Centre Grimsby
Israel association of cinema and television professionals ACT, Israel
University of the Arts London University of the Arts London - London College of Fashion
James Watt College James Watt College
Perfect in Make-up Perfect in Make-Up, Vienna
Greasepaint Greasepaint
Arts University College Bournemouth The Arts University College Bournemouth
Clydebank College Clydebank College
Leicester College Leicester College
Bui Bolg Productions Bui Bolg Productions, Ireland
NFTS The National Film and Television School
Focal FOCAL - The Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media, Zurich
skillset Skillset CYMRU


If you would like a consultation with Neill about collaborating with the Studio in this way, please call or email Martina in the office to set up an initial discussion.