What is the Stan Winston School?
- Can you give me a general overview of how the site works?
- What is the purpose of the school?
- Where is the school located?
- How long has the school been in existence?
- Don't your artists worry about revealing their professional trade secrets?
- What type of education is required to enroll?
Subscriptions
- The difference between subscriptions and selecting the right subscription plan for you.
- Exclusive benefits for subscribers. What do I get if I subscribe?
- How to watch the courses and become a subscriber.
- Monthly Subscription Plan Details
- Yearly Subscription Plan Details
- See our Learning Pathways for a general curriculum flow and ideas for which lessons to start with.
Live and On-Demand Courses
- Learning Pathways help you navigate which order to watch the courses.
- How to search for/find a course.
- How do the Live Online Courses work?
- How do I watch the courses?
- How long are the courses?
- Are there time limits to the courses?
Materials
- How do I know what tools or materials I need for a course?
- Do you have suggestions for what courses to begin with and what materials to buy first?
- Do I need to purchase all the materials for the courses?
- Is there anywhere I can buy a kit of the materials I need for the courses?
- I have a specific question about a material or process used in a course
- I need help finding many of the materials necessary for the course. What do I do?
DVDs and Streams
- Will the DVD play in my country?
- Are your courses available on DVD or via digital download?
- How do I buy a DVD?
- Is the stream of a course the same as a DVD of the course?
- Do you offer course downloads and downloadable lesson videos?
- If I unsubscribe will I lose access to the course streams that I've purchased?
Curriculum, Certificates and Careers
- Do you offer certification for course completion?
- Do you offer a degree program?
- Do you have plans to offer a degree program?
- Is there a curriculum I can follow?
- Are you an accredited school?
- Will this program help me find a job as an FX artist?
Payments, Shipping and Returns
- Is my personal credit card information safe?
- Is my information kept private? Do you share it with third parties?
- Can I make a purchase by phone?
- Do you accept Paypal as a mode of payment?
- Do you have payment plans? Or is it all lump sum payments?
- Do you offer financial aid?
General FAQ
- I'd like to hire SWSCA to make a prop/prosthetic for me
- Can you help me authenticate a movie or television prop?
- Can you help me find an artist for a project I'm working on?
- Requesting an autographed picture or signing memorabilia
- I want to build an animatronic dinosaur and/or raptor suit - can you help me?
- Are you looking for new marketing strategies?
Website
- I'm experiencing a problem with the website
- Video Stream stopping to buffer
- How do I change my password?
- I forgot my password.
- Where can I see Stan Winston Studio behind-the-scenes images and pictures?
- Where can I find behind-the-scenes videos on the website?