FLIX INSTITUTE: Why use Royalty Free photos?
Mon, 25 Feb 2008, 06:13 pmWARNING28 posts in thread
FLIX INSTITUTE: Why use Royalty Free photos?
Mon, 25 Feb 2008, 06:13 pmA good friend of mine was once a student at a Brisbane Makeup School called Flix Institute of Makeup. After seeing my friend being taken for a ride by this place and left not happy with the quality of this school, I decided to do something that not many people have done before and RESEARCHED this place!
I feel that it is important to reveal to anyone wanting to learn this craft what I have found and what this unprofessional place falsely displays to promote themselves.
Firstly Flix Institute is a Makeup Training School which is run by a lady named Angela Waugh that also runs a business called Angel IFX that supplies makeup and hair services for weddings. The one thing that I would firstly like to bring up is that photos on the Flix Institute web site and the photos on the Angel IFX web site are "ROYALTY FREE IMAGES" this means that the photos of makeup that are obviously displayed to showcase what they can do are not and have not been created by Angela Waugh, any trainer or any artist or student! All these photos have been bought. This is a major red light to start with. On the Angel IFX website the following is said:
"Over the last six years, Angel IFX have grown to become one of Australia’s largest hair and makeup Bridal Agencies. Our fully Qualified and experienced makeup artists and Hairstylists have all been trained by leading academies world wide, and have been called upon by such magazines as CLEO, Ralph and Black and White magazine to name but a few. Angel IFX consists of award winning and Internationally renowned Artists whose work has also features in such productions as Lord Of the Rings, Harry Potter, Anaconda II and House of Wax, and have also been requested personally by Paris Hilton and Kate Hudson, among others, for various red Carpet Events".
If this place has been running for 6 years and has "INTERNATIONAL" artists, why is this site full of royalty free images? I would think that they should have enough photos of there own work to show case there skills??
With Flix Institute, the last place I would want to learn from is a place that displays only 10 photos of students work and the rest Royalty Free??
Below are the links to the royalty free photos used on Flix Institute and Angel IFX web sites.
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/3747159_the_beautiful_young_blonde.php?id=3747159
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/relationships/weddings/brides/3084425_the_bride.php?id=3084425
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/3977047_bride_and_groom.php?id=3977047
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/gender/female/women/3428801_pearls.php?id=3428801
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/4021853_bride_in_the_limousine.php?id=4021853
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4366561
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008, 08:55 amWalter Plinge
I am a past student of Flix Also, and I have the opposite to report. I loved it. I met 7 different trainers, worked on 2 features throughout the course, around 6 fashion shows, and two photoshoots. Since I have been working on different films, and with the other trainers I have heard nothing but bad reports on a few of the previous trainers, and speaking with some of the other students it was some of these other trainers that were lying to the students. I also saw some of these past trainers working at woolworths - I find it funny how great makeup artists can't find anywork and have to go back to woolworths after such a long 'successful' career. I have also heard the new owners/management discussing court hearings with previous staff members regarding proven falsified reports on this thread (IP Addresses have been traced). I dont know the full story of things, as I just overhear certain things when working in the studio; But remember everything you hear is 20% true. Every students story is different. I loved my time there, and they have done nothing but help me. I am sure there are students that arent happy - as there are with every school. As for accreditation, I hear what they say to students - and they are completely honest. They are going through the final stages of getting accredited; which I have seen them in meetings with the government people. I think everyone needs to grow up.
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