Here’s What’s Happening at AMUA
Our current students have been very active in our community lately, taking part in multiple productions including a live fashion show for Tribe Talent Management, The Man of Mode at Belmont University, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Keeton Theatre and Nashville’s 54 Hour Film Festival.
Belmont University- Man of Mode
Our Wig Design Students created and styled 24 wigs for the George Etheredge play set in Restoration London. That’s our students getting real-life production credits and experience!
Keeton Theatre- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Our current wig design students are working on Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Keeton Theatre. The show runs February 13th – February 29th, 2020
Alumni Updates
Madison Frie – Class of 2019
Our recent graduate Madison Frie, who completed all 3 of our programs plus an animatronics pilot program, moved to New York City in early February and has already landed a great industry position!
“Since moving to New York I got a job working at Hero Hair Which is a wig shop focusing in cosplay and film and television,” Madison told us recently. “I also just finished up a movie in Nashville that I did special effects for. I’m trying to do as many photoshoots and freelance gigs to build my portfolio and get my name out there!”
Congratulations Madison! We take great pride in the success of our alumni.
See more off Madison’s work here: @facesbyfrie on IG
Will Sullivan – Class of 2014
Will Sullivan graduated from AMUA a while back, and shortly after started going to NYC to take part in Fashion Week. Now he lives there and is booking editorials and covers!
Recently he did makeup for the artist Kitten for Paper Magazine as well as Benny Drama and the DuPont Twins for Gay Times Magazine.
He tells us, “All super fun and creative shoots. I’ve currently been testing around and finding out where I fit in the industry here.”
Congratulations Will!
See more of Will’s work at www.makeupbywill.com
Upcoming Opportunities
USITT 2020 April 1-4 Houston, TX
Be a guest of Academy of Makeup Arts at USITT. Click here for complimentary USITT tickets!
Our Customer Priority Code is: AM918
Join us in Houston for the Annual Conference & Stage Expo now in its 60th year. USITT 2020 will bring four days of education and networking to the George R. Brown Convention Center for technical theatre and live entertainment professionals and students.
USITT was founded in 1960 as an organization to promote dialogue, research, and learning among practitioners of theatre design and technology.
Today it has grown to include members at all levels of their careers and has embraced the new technologies being used in entertainment. USITT is now the leader in life-long learning opportunities for the entertainment design and technology industry.
54 Hour Film Fest
We have several student taking part in the 54 hour film festival this weekend! We wish them luck. Several of our past students of won Best Makeup Artist in this and similar festivals
The 54 Film Fest 2020 competition will hold its inception meetings on Friday, February 28th at the MTSU Bragg Media and Entertainment Building in Murfreesboro and Studio 615 in Nashville. The movie making weekend will conclude with short film submissions being shared before midnight on Sunday, March 1st. The screening and award ceremony are scheduled to be held at a Middle Tennessee theater in March of 2020. Registration will open soon, and interested participants will register at 54filmfest.org. Please contact the Facebook page or 54filmfest@gmail.com for questions concerning the festival.
Anatomy of Cinema: How Movies Move Us
A four-part film seminar at The Belcourt Theatre
Led by faculty members of Vanderbilt University’s Cinema & Media Arts Program
Full Seminar Pass: $85/$70 (Belcourt member)
When we watch a film, the experience washes over us. We pay attention to the story and recognize its effect, but we may not notice the techniques that move us—the underlying anatomy that makes up every film. In a series of four two-hour sessions, Vanderbilt faculty members in cinema and media arts lead interactive discussions on film technique and the aesthetic experience of the moving image.
Seminar sessions will progress and build on each other. We’ll watch clips and discuss techniques within the context of film history, genre, and the key movements that revolutionized how a film could be made and watched. Each session is on a Tuesday, 7-9pm, in the Belcourt’s second floor Jackson Education and Engagement Space.