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COMPLETE TRAUMA FX

a POP-UP 5-Day Masterclass (30 Hours) - Monday Aug 21 to Friday Aug 25, 2023
KOSART STUDIOS presents

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND FOR FIRST TIME IN 5 YEARS!**

 

Learn Complete Trauma ‘Out-of-Kit’ & Prosthetic Makeup FX Applications for Film, TV, Theater, Cosplay, Haunt, & Moulage from the EMMY® NOMINATED MUFX Artists of Kosart Studios!

 

Get ready for crime scene set work!  Today’s Makeup Artist needs to be proficient and confident in their application of trauma 'out-of-the-kit' makeup FX and prosthetics for film, television, theater, haunted attractions, cosplay, and even moulage for training paramedics, police, firefighters, military, etc.  Effectively design and create the most realistic trauma Makeup FX for today's HD world.   Learn the 'out-of-the-kit' techniques to create wound and injury makeups, both minimal to extreme for various types of trauma.  Then learn how to apply, blend, paint, and safely remove the two most widely used types of prosthetics for hyper-realistic trauma makeups: Pros-Aide transfers and encapsulated silicone prosthetics.  Students will be working with the professional pre-made wound and injury prosthetics sculpted and created by Kosart Studios.

 

This 5-day POP-UP Masterclass will consist of demonstrations and HANDS-ON learning of techniques NOT TAUGHT ANYWHERE ELSE in the Midwest.

 

Certificate given upon completion.  All materials included, including a professional Trauma Makeup FX kit for you to keep ($1,500 Value). Students will be working on themselves and on fellow students. Be prepared to take notes and get creative!

**Due to Kosart Studios' busy and demanding production schedule, this Pop-Up Masterclass may not repeat. The last time this Pop-Up Masterclass was held was 5 years ago in 2018, it SOLD OUT quickly. SO DON'T MISS THIS JAM-PACKED POP-UP WORKSHOP, ENROLL TODAY!

What You Will Learn:

​• Discussions of Real World, On-Set Applications, Etiquette, & Protocols 

​• Understanding, Using, & Maintaining your MUFX Kit Effectively

​• Hygiene and Safe, Healthy MUFX Practices in a Post-COVID World

• Matching and Understanding Skin Tones
• High Definition Makeup techniques with Alcohol Activated Makeup

​• Uses & Types of Theatrical Bloods for Trauma MUFX
• 2D Techniques with Makeup & Blood

• Creating Trauma with Tattoo Transfers
• 3D Out-of-the-Kit techniques with Liquid Latex, Wax, & Gelatin
• Advanced 3D Out-of-the-Kit techniques with On-Skin Silicone
• Bruises, Scrapes, Scars, Scabs, Lacerations, Gun Shot Wounds, Etc
• 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Degree Burn Simulation Techniques

• Working with Baldiez Skins
• 3D Out-of-the-Kit Trauma Design and Application
• Pre-Made Pros-Aide Transfer Prep and Application Techniques
• Pre-Made Encapsulated Silicone Prosthetic Application Techniques
• Advanced Prosthetic Trauma Makeup FX Design & Application
• Safe Makeup & Prosthetic Removal Practices

5 Days (30 Hours) of Training

ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED!  a $1,500 Value

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Not only do you get these professional grade, industry standard products to build your makeup kit with, you get the knowledge of how to use your makeup kit effectively. We build you an extensive make-up and special FX kit, composed of products used by Pro SPFX Artist J. Anthony Kosar and his MUFX team both on set and in studio.

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(Materials & prosthetic assortment subject to change based on availability.

Additional Class Use Materials & Expendables Not Pictured)

ALLERGY WARNING: Latex and Latex products will be used in this class.

Masterclass Instructors:

This POP-UP Masterclass is taught by EMMY® Nominated MUFX Artists J. ANTHONY KOSAR and ANNA CALI who have done Trauma MUFX for CANDYMAN, FARGO, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, SHINING GIRLS, PAPER GIRLS, EMPIRE, POWER BOOK IV: FORCE, CHICAGO PD, SHAMELESS, & many more! Read their bios HERE

See some of Anthony's and Anna's Trauma FX work below:

CLASS FILLED

SOLD OUT!

TO MAKE PAYMENT PLAN PAYMENTS:

Payment Plans & Enrollment Info & Additional Payment Options HERE

REG $3,000*
All Materials Included

Including a Professional MUFX Kit for you to keep valued at $1,500

Enroll by Friday August 4, 2023

No enrollments accepted after deadline.

*Early Bird Pricing: $2,850

Sign up by 7/21 and Save $150!

After 7/21, registration goes to original price of $3,000.  Enroll early to ensure your spot at discounted price.

WHEN:

Monday Aug 21 through

Friday Aug 25, 2023
​10am-5pm, with 1 hour lunch


Enroll by Friday Aug 4

No enrollments accepted after deadline.

WHERE:

Kosart Studios

760 Burr Oak Drive

Westmont, IL 60559

Click HERE for Directions

Students will learn in a Professional Special FX Studio setting and will learn from the Midwest’s leading Special FX Makeup Artists
J. Anthony Kosar & Anna Cali.

INFO:

No experience necessary, this POP-UP Masterclass is for beginners, hobbyists, and professionals alike.  We teach you what you need to know, from the beginning.

 

This Masterclass is open to all Adults, College Students, and High School students16-years-old and older.  No students accepted under the age of 16.

This is a POP-UP Masterclass & may not be repeated due to Kosart Studio’s busy production schedule.  

 

Last time this POP-UP Masterclass was offered was in 2018. So DON'T MISS THIS CLASS!

Payment plans are available. All class fees must be paid in full by first day of class.  Student's spot will be reserved only upon receipt of full payment or deposit for payment plan.  

 

Due to expensive tools and materials supplied by Kosart Studios to the students, class fees and deposits are non-refundable.

 

Enroll by 7/21 to take advantage of our Early Bird Pricing and save $150 on enrollment.  After 7/21, registration goes to original price of $3,000.  Enroll early to ensure your spot at the discounted price.

Additional Enrollment Info HERE

LIMITED SEATING!

ENROLL TODAY!

See some of Anthony's and Anna's Trauma FX work in action on our Video Page HERE

Class Inquiries:

For any questions regarding our Classes and Workshops, please fill out this questionnaire or email us at Learn@Kosart.com. Please do not email the studio email address at bottom of page. 

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