SHBBMUP010 - Design and apply make-up for photography

Unit code: SHBBMUP010 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
30
Location
City Campus
City King St
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to design and apply make-up for photographic shoots in natural and artificial light.

It requires the ability to select products and tools to apply photographic make-up in response to a brief from a client or stylist engaged in a photo shoot.


This unit applies to beauticians, beauty therapists and make-up artists who work in beauty salons, make-up studios and photography shoot settings requiring make-up services. In this environment they work as part of the creative team, make informed creative decisions and have knowledge and skills across a range of specialised make-up products and application techniques.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• apply safe and appropriate make-up in at least three of the following photography contexts:
• business
• wedding
• fashion
• film
• catwalk
• demonstrate make-up applications suitable for each of the following:
• artificial light
• natural light
• studio conditions
• provide make-up services for print outcomes:
• black and white images
• colour images
• design and record make-up plans for each client specifying details of:
• areas requiring correction or camouflage
• camera angles and shots
• colour design
• contraindications
• dramatic considerations
• continuity issues
• face shape
• skin colour and tone
• highlighting and shading techniques
• lighting
• location:
• interior
• exterior
• studio
• make-up products and equipment
• product application procedures
• single appearance
• testing arrangements.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• state or territory and local health and hygiene regulation and requirements relevant to make-up services
• organisational policies and procedures relevant to make-up services:
• client record management
• equipment and product use and maintenance
• incident reporting
• personal hygiene and presentation
• waste disposal
• work health and safety
• legal and insurance liabilities and responsibilities regarding make-up services
• scope of practice:
• importance of not stating a diagnosis of contraindications
• when to refer to other practitioners
• contraindications and their relationship to photographic make-up services:
• bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections
• abnormal skin
• contact lenses
• recent skin treatments including - injectables, intense pulsed light, laser and surgery
• photographic make-up principles:
• effects of natural and artificial lighting on make-up appearance
• colour design
• colour wheel
• cosmetic ingredients and their performance under different light sources and digital photography
• primary, secondary, complementary colours and grey scale
• tonal value, hue and shade
• operation of production environments and settings and how to effectively and professionally work within these environments
• appearance of common skin types and conditions and their relationship to photographic make-up services
• selection, care and infection control for photographic make-up equipment, products and tools
• effect of changes created by:
• specific make-up products and colour application techniques
• lighting and how make-up colours appear on screen
• sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Beauty Services
SHB30121 | Certificate iii | Duration:
Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy
SHB40121 | Certificate iv | Duration:

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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