AMUA’s Makeup Artist: Special Effects Program is designed to teach you how to create and apply astonishingly realistic makeup and prosthetic effects that meet the highest industry standards. Students in this program will add at least 9 images to their sfx portfolio.
Students who complete this program will receive a diploma authorized by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
Program Overview
Clock Hours: 828
Award: Diploma
Meets: 3 days per week
Duration: 10 months
Student to Teacher Ratio: 12:1
Course Requirements
Sculpting – 140 hours
Special Effects I – 330 hours
Special Effects II – 330 hours
Minding your Business – 28 hours
About the Instructor
Ben Rittenhouse is an Emmy Award-winning makeup artist (The Pacific, 2010) specializing in special effects makeup, prop making, and prosthetics. He cultivated a successful and tenured career in the entertainment industry with projects including Star Trek, Hunger Games, Avatar, Anchorman, Hangover 3, CSI, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe, Kill Bill: Vol 1&2, Hulk, RIPD, Grey’s Anatomy, The Mist, Hostel, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and Sin City.