What do you need? Have kit, will travel.

 

With over 40 years of film, television and theatre experience (the last 20+ of which have been devoted almost exclusively to special makeup effects and makeup effects education) Todd Debreceni and BaPoFX are up to your project’s challenges.

 

We offer:

• Commissioned artwork

• Medical and Military moulage

• Lifecasting

• 3D Scanning & 3D Printing

• Animatronics

• Bespoke character & creature makeup

• Makeup effect, and prop design

• Sculpture

• Mold making

• Appliance casting

• Prop fabrication

• On-set MU and MUFX application

• Lab work

• Visual Effects (CGI) - it’s how we started

• Art Direction; yes, art direction

• MU & MUFX training via classes, workshops, and seminars

• 4K aerial drone cinematography

 

MU & MUFX Training

The US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics lists Theatrical Makeup Artists at #7 of the top 30 job growth fields (2006-2016) in the United States. Positions in the field are expected to grow by almost 40% in the next several years!

 

That being said, unless you are on or near the east or west coast of the United States, there simply isn’t anywhere in between where you can go and learn the craft and artistry of prosthetic makeup and special makeup effects. And, taking time off from a paying job, away from friends and family (often for several weeks, or even months) to go back to school is usually out of the question.

 

In addition, many of the programs are set up only to teach makeup, not special makeup effects; those schools with programs that do promise MUFX training can often cost in excess of $10,000 US. Those programs frequently require mandatory straight and beauty makeup classes as well. While those skills are essential to have along with solid MUFX chops, our emphasis is on the design and creation of prosthetic makeup only.

 

Through a variety of one or two-day weekend workshops, and one-week classes we can teach you the skills you’ll need to fabricate your own creature and character prosthetics using a variety of methods and materials.

 

Today’s economic conditions are causing more and more projects to hire makeup artists who can apply their own prosthetic appliances. The training offered here will help you gain an advantage by teaching you how to be ready for anything that happens on set or in the lab. You provide the motivation and imagination, and we’ll provide everything else, including the materials and supplies you’ll need to learn.  Classes, seminars, and workshops are typically one of the following:

 

• 2-Hour Seminars on weeknights from 7-9pm

• One day workshops will run on Saturdays

• Two-day workshops on Saturdays and Sundays

• One week classes can run consecutively Monday through Friday, or stretched over three consecutive weekends (2 Sat/Sun; 1 Sat)

 

Interested in Private, Bespoke Instruction?  

Please drop us a line on our Contact Us page.  

We can design a custom curriculum to suit your interests, time frame and budget.