In 12 months you will graduate with:
- A diploma in Makeup Design for Film & Television
- A comprehensive portfolio
- Access to the VFS Alumni Directory & Job Board
- Industry connections that will help guide your career
Gain hands-on experience in the world of production makeup.
Learn the fundamentals of beauty makeup, as well as colour theory and facial anatomy.
Recreate classic decade looks and adapt them for contemporary application. Simulate a full range of injuries and effects.
Learn to define character through hair-laying, wigs, bald caps, airbrushing, and advanced paint techniques.
Pour yourself into life-casts, sculpting, age makeup, and mold-making to create three-dimensional prosthetics.
Create, apply and paint foam latex appliances, masks, master ventilated hair pieces, and human hair lace-front wigs.
Focus on your final portfolio project and prepare for your career as a makeup artist.
Creative Economy:
VFS’s signature programs and facilities are at the heart of a creative economy worth $3.4 billion in B.C. alone. From film production and 3D animation to game, digital, and VR/AR design, VFS is shaping the entertainment and media industries’ transformation. In 2019, VFS alumni were credited on 17 of the 20 highest grossing films and on 6 of the 10 best-selling video games worldwide, in a global industry set to generate US $2.3 trillion in revenues in 2020.
Alumni Success:
Vancouver Film School grads are some of the most successful and sought-after professionals in the entire Makeup Design industry. You will find our alumni working all over the globe, pushing boundaries, discovering new frontiers, winning all kinds of awards and honours, and leading today’s creative economy.