Testimonials:

“Neill did an outstanding job of engaging all who took part and was very good at relating the course content to the specific areas of interest of the individual students.

“As well as having the expertise in the subject area Neill is a natural teacher with an effective delivery style and excellent session management skills. This was evident in that we covered in depth, so many essential aspects of the subject in such a relatively short space of time.”

“The course in Tel Aviv was very valuable and we have been using the flat-mould technique Neill taught us constantly ever since. It is a brilliant method that produces very good results and is also cost-effective.

“We worked intensively after the course to make a selection of generic flat-mould appliances that fit most male and female faces; necks, double chins, cheeks, foreheads, eyebrow coverings, eye bags etc. We now use this selection of pieces on a mix-and-match basis to build many different character looks on actors.

“Ours is the only studio in Israel using this method, and the appliances are popular with all the make-up artists in the area. They are very good for jobs where the budget can’t run to bespoke appliances and you can create an entire new character in a very short time. With the pieces pre-made, you can produce an ageing make-up overnight for example!

“The course also taught our makeup artists to apply and colour the prosthetics, which they can now do with confidence.”

“The 7-week course was the most enjoyable and helpful experience I’ve had in my professional life, never learnt so much in such a short period of time, time flies when you are doing what you really love doing and being in such a wonderful workshop, I wish it didn’t end …ever!! Thank you to my amazing tutors, especially David Bonneywell, you gave me so much, it was the most well spent money of my life! Also thank you to all Millennium FX team I had contact with, you are amazing and tireless, thank you for everything, I’m really grateful to have had this experience.”

“Thank you for the seven weeks at Gorton Studio, it was a brilliant experience and nice to see a professional FX workshop for the first time. The course was great, I was really impressed with what I achieved there and the level of productivity maintained throughout…I hope to stay in touch and look forward to what lies ahead.”

“The course was absolutely full of information and practice. It was exactly what I needed to get to work with prosthetic makeup like I had dreamed for years by then!”

“I enrolled on the course to re-visit prosthetic techniques that I had not used for a while in order to improve my confidence with the subject as I was preparing to teach small aspects of prosthetics in the upcoming academic year. As the only teacher in the group I did require a slightly different set of skills in comparison with the rest of the group. However the course was well tailored to each of our individual needs by the fantastic tutor and the facilities were more than adequate to accommodate this.

“I am very satisfied with the course and feel confident to pass knowledge I learnt in the studio onto my students.”

“The course was exactly what I needed to improve my techniques and learn new ones. Also, the course did improve my confidence a lot…and the teaching was great, thank you!”

“SFX pioneers don’t come more experienced or diverse than Neill Gorton. Not only is his experience in the SFX industry as comprehensive as it gets, but his clear passion for sharing his experience, talent and common sense approach is a rare and gracious one.’

“I found the Prosthetics Boot Camp Course to be very informative thanks to Neill’s expertise and product knowledge. Neill broke down the principles of prosthetics which allowed the students to understand and follow each process required to produce very high standard prosthetic pieces. Product knowledge is a very important component in learning prosthetics and I felt we really learned a lot from Neill as he was so forthcoming with all his knowledge and information.

“I would highly recommend the course and would have loved to have stayed another week in order to put all we learned to practice. Thank you! Amazing!”