Jefe de caracterización

A 90-minute, 4-round basic Express simulation for Spanish vocational training (Formacion Profesional), module 0685 Planificacion y proyectos of the Tecnico Superior en Caracterizacion y Maquillaje Profesional (Real Decreto 553/2012).

The learner is Mireia Brotons, a newly qualified head of the makeup department of a fictional period series of eight episodes shot in four blocks in a coastal town of the Region of Murcia, from February to July 2027, with a department budget of 45 euros per makeup session.

Four situations set the department's course: February 2027, and how the looks are broken down (by character and story day, not by sequence the week before or on the set) and how the department buys (staged block by block, not everything at once); March 2027, and how the team is made (sized on the breakdown, with contracts) and how the budget is drawn (by line with a contingency); April 2027, and how continuity is kept (a continuity bible with restricted access) and how the director's changes are answered (re-planned before they are accepted, not yes to everything); and June 2027, and how the crowd days are organised and the shoot wrapped (a line for the extras; the bible archived, the stock counted, the rentals returned).

Two critical errors cap the round: unpaid students working on the set with no contract or training agreement, and the actors' photos in character posted in an open group without asking them. Some mistakes look fine on the day and come back blocks later. KPIs: plan kept (sequences shot on their day without a makeup incident), cost per makeup session, continuity failures and hours of shooting lost.

Lesson: continuity is planned in the breakdown, not on the set. Spanish primary, English parity. Fictional town, production company, series, suppliers and people; real curriculum and rules cited.

An introductory simulation that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, designed for undergraduate courses. It also works in vocational and high-school programmes and in onboarding sessions.