Creating believable injury and post-mortem effects requires both technical skill and artistic sensitivity. In this specialised masterclass, Liz Sharp shares the professional techniques used in film and television to create realistic burns, trauma and corpse effects that hold up under high-definition cameras and studio lighting.

 

 

Drawing on over 30 years of experience across film, television and special effects makeup, Liz guides students through the process of building convincing textures, colour layering and skin effects that translate authentically on screen. Students will learn how to approach injury design with an understanding of anatomy, colour theory and realism, creating effects that feel grounded and cinematic rather than theatrical.

 

This hands-on session gives artists insight into the methods used on professional sets, from subtle post-mortem skin tones to layered burn effects, helping students expand their creative range and confidence in special effects makeup.

 

Skills Covered:

 

• Creating realistic corpse skin tones and post-mortem effects

• Burn effects and trauma layering techniques

• Colour theory for injury realism

• Texture building with professional SFX materials

• Designing effects that translate under HD cameras

 

Why learn Corpse & Burns?

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Learning from Liz Sharp means your business can earn more money!! and we all want that!

In the TV & Film we are regularly requested to apply burns or create cadaver's (dead people.

This is a skill that is not just applying makeup, its a specialised skill of out of kit special effects.

There for the rate you charge can expand as a makeup artist.

Liz will run you through budgets and how you can start charging accordingly.

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This focused masterclass is for artists wanting to develop convincing special effects work and expand their skills into the world of film and television makeup. 

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Key Benefits for Students

 

 

• Learn industry techniques used in film and TV Corpse and Burns

• Expand skills beyond beauty and bridal work

• Build a strong SFX portfolio for character-based projects

• Understand realistic colour, texture, and injury simulation

• Increase opportunities in film, television, theatre, and editorial shoots

 

 

 

 Tip for your workshops, Liz:

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Students are often attracted to this because it’s something they can’t easily learn on YouTube—the realistic layering, colour theory and on-set speed techniques are what make it valuable.