Prosthetic Effects MA

This Master’s degree will equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to meaningfully engage with a technologically and socially evolving medium. It will help you succeed within the increasingly complex and competitive creative industries.

This course brings together talented practitioners on an international scale with the ambition to succeed, innovate and lead. It allows for the dynamic cross pollination of approaches in photography and exploration of critical perspectives.

Modules could include:

Positions and Practice Informing Contexts Surfaces and Strategies Sustainable Prospects Final Major Project

Entry requirements

Why study here?

Gain valuable insights which you can immediately apply to your work by sharing your approaches to photography and collaboratively exploring critical perspectives Become an inquisitive, innovative and outward-looking professional practitioner Learn to embrace multi-disciplined approaches to your work Confidently collaborate with other professional practitioners on a global scale Inspire others and take leading roles within the arts sector and creative industries on an international level

Assessment method

100% coursework, including projects, individual reports and live online presentations We welcome applications from those with relevant equivalent Level 6 qualifications. Our typical applicants hold an undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, or equivalent experience and a demonstrable interest in the subject We’ll also welcome your application if you have formal or ‘certified’ learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications APL applicants using experience to apply should note there is a £200 application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit

The MA has helped me get to grips with what it is that I need to do to make my photography a success in the future

Jo Sutherst

MA Photography

Department: School of Film & Television Course title: Prosthetic Effects MA Location: Penryn Campus, partner studios Course duration: One year full-time

Prepare for a future in prosthetics with this unique, practice-based course. Taking an industry focus from the start, you’ll work in real special effects studios to gain key skills and deep understanding, while also developing a creative portfolio and a network of contacts.

You’ll grow and refine your skills through personally focused projects, based within a supportive and collaborative community. Through experimentation and risk taking, you’ll push the boundaries to become a resilient and dynamic equivalent Level 6 qualifications. Our typical applicants the subject

prosthetic effects practitioner.

Why study here?

Learn from the experts by working with world-class partners Gorton Studio and Millennium FX Develop a varied portfolio of creative work that will help launch your career Access to professional-standard studios and resources Benefit from our visiting lecture series, with guest speakers from global industry Benefit from being based within a vibrant international film school, within a creative university

Assessment method

100% coursework, including presentations, verbal reports,

Modules could include:

Contextual Studies Breaking the Mould PFX Production

Entry requirements

We welcome applications from those with relevant hold an undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, or equivalent experience and a demonstrable interest in portfolios of practical work and a major practice project

We’ll also welcome your application if you have formal or ‘certified’ learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications. APL applicants using experience to apply should note there is a £200 application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit

Magical, monstrous or macabre: whatever you create needs to be believable. The appetite for storytelling has never been bigger and audiences are more discerning than ever, so see what it takes to make your imagination a reality.

With prosthetics being used in everything from high-definition films to live events, they need to look perfect from every angle.

In our Prosthetic Effects MA— which we’re running in partnership with Gorton Studio, Europe’s leading prosthetics and makeup FX school, and its award-winning sister company Millennium FX — you’ll learn everything you need to become a professional. But if you can’t wait until you’ve enrolled to get started, here are some things you can work on right now:

A thirst for knowledge

You can find lots of online tutorials on YouTube. They won’t give you the same detailed guidance you’ll find on this course, or replicate the experience gained by working in a real studio, but you’ll find some fascinating looks to help fire up your imagination.

A head for figures

Start studying anatomy. The more you understand anatomy – of humans, of animals, of mythical creatures — the easier it will become to make convincing creatures. Drawing anatomically correct sketches and face shapes can really help you hone these skills, along with model making or even carving.