FLIX INSTITUTE: Why use Royalty Free photos?

Mon, 25 Feb 2008, 06:13 pm

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A 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

What can I do now??

Sun, 11 May 2008, 01:38 pm

Walter Plinge

I just got onto the internet to visit the Flix Institute website to scope out when the next course dates started and just found out that Flix has closed down. I am so so so disappointed! I had an interview last year with Flix when they first opened, to attend their college and start studying a course in which I have been wanting to do for about 10 years. Although I was accepted by Angela and Shay into the college, I was slightly apprehensive as they had only just opened and I thought that perhaps it would be a good idea to wait another year before attending the school. Just to see how the first round of students went and to make sure that it was worth me spending so much money on a course that had not as yet managed to find itself a reputation. I am so happy that I waited even though it was a very difficult decision to make. I am devastated that they have closed down and I am now in another quandary of where can I study Special FX Makeup in Brisbane. I feel like my dreams have been shattered. I am not going to enter into this slandering match againist Angela and Shay as from the meetings and communication I had with them, it was fantastic. They were very professional and lovely and were both full of so much enthusiasm and knowledge, it was electric! Shay's work was fantastic and I was amped to be able to attend his classes. To meet someone who is so passionate about something that I am so passionate about is rad. If anybody hears as to where he may be teaching, I would love to find out. Or if anybody knows if there is another college specialising in Special FX make-up in Australia, I would love to know. I've waited this long to study this and I'm sure I can wait a little longer.... Lizzie

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FLIX INSTITUTE: Why use Royalty Free photos?— WARNING25 Feb 2008

Have you contacted the— Walter Plinge25 Feb 2008
You're better off reading— Na25 Feb 2008
From Curious— Walter Plinge26 Feb 2008
- Guilty Conscience— Walter Plinge27 Feb 2008
  - I live in Adelaide so have— Logos27 Feb 2008
flix— Walter Plinge21 Mar 2008
FLIX— Walter Plinge25 Mar 2008
This Whole thread is a— Walter Plinge25 Mar 2008
well maybe flix have pulled— Walter Plinge26 Mar 2008
But wait, there's more ...— scene6626 Mar 2008
- Re: But wait, there's more ...— scene6628 Mar 2008
i just finished training— Walter Plinge31 Mar 2008
i just finished training— Walter Plinge31 Mar 2008
flix has closed down. dodgy— Walter Plinge7 May 2008
- Flix— Walter Plinge13 May 2008
What can I do now??— Walter Plinge11 May 2008
What can I do now??— Walter Plinge11 May 2008
Well there goes my chance of ever being paid— Walter Plinge14 May 2008
whats with all the rumors— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
- Pathetic - This is the TRUTH - read it before its gone— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
  - By the way— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
    - by the way— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
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        Nice try— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
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        Words of Wisdom— Walter Plinge16 May 2008
- hey ..why not make a time— Walter Plinge20 May 2008
Reality check about Flix— Walter Plinge15 May 2008
Contact details!?...— Walter Plinge27 May 2008

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