- Special Makeup & Prosthetic Effects -

Makeup Design, Prosthetic Creation and Application Specialists.

+44 (0)1277 - 654862
South East Office

+44 (0)113 - 217 1300
Studio

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From Feature Films and TV series to global Media projects, HYBRID manage the whole process from script

or concept breakdown, FX design & creation, to on-set application and supervision.

- We specialise in the design, creation and application of Prosthetic and Special Makeup Effects -

- We are the industry leaders in the regular development, creation and use of lifelike Silicone Prosthetics -

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Hybrid Nominated for 2007 Craft & Design Award.

Alongside Davy Jones, Mike Stringer, Mike Bates and the Hybrid team were nominated in November 2007 for the 'Makeup Design: Entertainment and Non-Drama Productions' Category for their Prosthetic work on the BBC2 Comedy series 'Hyperdrive'. Together we Designed and created a host of new Alien Characters again for the second season of the Sci-Fi show.

We'd like to thank our brilliant hardworking crew for all their excellent work. Specifically -

Mark Kilburn, Ricky Leach and Dawn Whitehead-Binns. Thanks also to Ryan Tottle who was with us on the first season.

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Please click image link below for official Movie Website

'Outpost', the Black Camel Pictures Production with Ray Stevenson, Richard Brake & Enoch Frost.

Grumpy, Fat and very Ancient...

We finished our busy year of 2007 with a welcome return to working with the most amusing Alan Ford as 'Grumpy Santa' for More4, which was Aired over Christmas 2007. A great way to work into Christmas by lovingly applying a selection of very hairy Beards and wig work to Alan, and bringing a rosie glow to his cheeks...

The award winning Ident was expanded as Hybrid were called on this second time to create two new characters, as well as bringing back the original Grumpy and a little foul mouthed Santa Clause. We feel that he liked his new Elf persona, but we weren't too sure about The Reindeer!

The busy end of year rolled over into a mad workshop frenzy as we were running multiple projects at once...

From creating fat prosthetics for the new series of 'Shameless', a new project with Gillian McKeith, as well as six more undercover disguise makeups for the third season of Irish TV hit 'Anonymous', we've also been running a range of Prop's for 'Heartbeat', as well as stunt Guns + makeup Fx for 'Spooks-Code 9'... it has been a frantic few months.

In amongst all of that we had another Bollywood film, a new undercover disguise production and the creation of multiple 'character' makeups that date back to prehistoric times, more on all that soon.

The new release coming soon from 'Monster Films'

Click on the image links above to visit the Hyperdrive websites

For Season's 1 and 2 shot in 2005 & 2006 we designed and created a whole host of Prosthetic Alien characters of different races for the comedy series Staring Nick Frost showing on BBC 2. Designs ranged from simple ears and foreheads to very large full head silicone appliances.

Lenny the unhappy Hair Louse for a TV Commercial for 'Full Marks' Hair Shampoo.

Prosthetic Effects included articulated 'Antennae' and a second set of pose-able arms for a whole range of different emotions & poses, all shot against blue screen .

Gandhi My Father - an Anil Kapoor Film.

Makeup Designer - Penny Smith. Prosthetics created & supplied by HYBRID.

Dhoom2 has just won best makeup for film at the IIFA Awards held in Yorkshire in June 2007.

Here is a selection of the Prosthetic work we contributed to the show for the highly acclaimed lead actor Hrithik Roshan.

- A sample of Prosthetic Effects created for the 'Anonymous' TV show -

Mike Stringer & Mike Bates tending Sean Harris's prosthetic persona for his next scene.

Sean Harris As Craig from the horror feature "Creep"

Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony for The Olympic Games

Full Torso Prosthetic Effect (neck to groin - includes false breasts)

Probably the largest one piece silicone gel filled appliance created to date

Prosthetic Casualty Fx work - 'The Royal'

Crazy Old age characters, created with full head silicone prosthetics for the 2004 Holsten Pils Press and Poster Campaign

Aging character work (20's to 60's) for 'Falling'

'My Parents are Aliens', a "Cute" Gargoyle

Caprice and Craig Charles, Special Make-up designed & applied for the Maverick TV - Channel 4 show

Replacement Silicone Prosthetics for John Rhys-Davies as Gimli the Dwarf, created
for new scenes in the second and third installments of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

- Sample of HYBRID's Work & Credits -

Film

Kidnap - Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd - 2008

Outpost - Black Camel Pictures - 2007

Flick - Monster Films - 2007

Guru - Madras Talkies - 2007

Dhoom 2 - Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd

Minotaur - Meltemi Entertainment

Ghandi My Father - Anil Kapoor Film Co.

Creep - Dan Films

Asylum - Seven Arts Pictures

The Return of the King - New Line Cinema

The Two Towers - New Line Cinema

Sweeney Todd - Size 9 / Box TV, BBC

Coronation Street - Granada

Eleventh Hour - Granada

Falling - Granada / YTV

Max and Paddy's 'Road to Nowhere' - Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Stolen Babies - BBC1

Dead Ringers - BBC

The Baby War - Granada TV

Dead Man Weds - Red Production Co.

I Deal - BBC

Steel River Blues - YTV / Granada Media

Celebrities Disfigured - Maverick TV / Channel 4

Anonymous (Pilot) - Animo TV

My Parents are Aliens - YTV / Granada Media

Saturday Night Takeaway - LWT / Granada

Ancient Egyptians - Wall to Wall / Channel 4

Tales from Fairy Cross - (TBC)

Media & Promotion

Full Marks Hair Shampoo - TV Department - Creation of 'Lenny the Giant Hair Louse' - 2007

The Royal Armouries - Creation of stunt Jousting Lance Coronells & props' - 2007

More 4 - Grumpy Santa Idents (Starring Alan Ford)

Cancer Research UK - The Mob Film Co.

Aspire Sporting Academy, Dubai - Capacity World FZ-LLC

Texas, the Band - 'Sleep' Video - Prosthetics for Peter Kay

Louis Axton Electronics - Multimedia Est

The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Athens 2004 - Jack Morton Worldwide

Bat Boy - Shaftsbury Theatre, London's West End

Holsten Pils - National Press and Poster Campaign

Nestle-Rowntree - Model prototype & presentation design

"Nitty & Gritty" - Stop motion character merchandise development for Border TV

Lifelike 4 Year old Child Figure - Created for the international Artist Adam Fuss (New York)

(a full credit listing can be requested)

Contracts - location work...

We are accustomed and organised to work with clients internationally.

Please feel free to contact our Makeup Effects Supervisor, Mike Bates on +44 (0)1277 - 654862 (South East Office - UK)

Our silicone face duplication used for the Cover of the 2002 November issue. Our work was also included
as part of their TV channel documentary on "Skin" detailing how humans have learnt to synthesise it.
The Photo taken by Sarah Leen, won 2nd prize in the World Press Photo Awards 2003

Creation & detail of our lifelike faces & heads

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - A range of characters designed for their "undercover" segment of the show

Under our prosthetic makeup they were able to completely fool both well known TV celebrities and the public into believing they were Old Men, Jamaican Ladies, German Popstars, a Corporate Manager and his mature lady Secretary

All the characters were created and applied by our team using full face silicone prosthetics

Hybrid's Prosthetic Silicone...

Back in 2002 we  developed and refined the Art and Technology of Special Make-up Prosthetics to offer greater realism, comfort, and flexibility.

We use our own specially formulated medical grade (Platinum) silicones to create wonderfully soft and flesh like appliances which react,  move, wrinkle and appear exactly like real skin tissue. The system (designed by ourselves for our own specific prosthetic use) is a safe, reliable, and cost effective alternative to all other translucent prosthetic materials and standard foam latex. It can be used for concepts of ANY size and scale. Our prosthetics are NOT sticky or oily. Over any period of time and condition they don't stiffen, deform, melt, freeze or degrade in any way, and require no special 'on set' treatment or storage considerations - once made, they may be stored indefinitely.

The translucency and softness can be adjusted to replicate any skin type and requirement. From mould to make-up room an appliance can be supplied ready coloured faster than traditional foam latex, with superb edges which blend imperceptibly into the skin with little effort.

Our silicone appliances accept make-up extremely well (including water based products).  Prosthetic make-up literally bonds to the material, ensuring that it does not rub off on the actor or their clothing, and requires minimal on set maintenance.  Likewise, the bond to the skin is extremely tenacious, and absolutely reliable, using any form of prosthetic adhesive, as well as popular, hypoallergenic, NON solvent based brands.

Being extremely comfortable to wear, our appliances warm to the actors skin, and due to their incredible flexibility, are far less like a restricting mask, and more a physical extension of the actors existing features and performance.

Full face silicone prosthetic character showing close-up of fine edge blending around the eye

Pre-production project - Prosthetic and Character effects design

for the un-commissioned Feature Film development by Sheerfilms - 2005

• We specialise in Make-up Fx & Prosthetic work, specifically with silicone to capture the skins natural lifelike translucency

• Other areas of expertise include the design and creation of temporary prosthetic dental work, caps, veneers, fangs, creature teeth etc. We work with both standard dental acrylic materials and precious metals

• Specialist sculpture and model making,  moulding, replication, and prop' creation

• Creatures, Characters, Puppets and Prop' creation in all kinds of specialist materials, foams, rubbers and Silicones.

Full head animatronic creature, rear view of human torso in late stages of decay, and burnt corpse (post car fire)

Since we opened our studio-workshop in '97, we have expanded considerably. The Studio now covers several thousand sq. ft  of permanent  working area including centrally heated offices, meeting / presentation facilities, and a specialised life-casting, make-up test and prosthetics department. For particularly large projects, we also have additional adjacent studio space available when required.

Over the last 3 years we opened a second Office and Prosthetics facility 30 minutes away from Central London, directly accessible by train from Liverpool Street Station.

Any meetings or consultation arrangements may be made either with our South East Office (Mike Bates, 01277 – 654862)

or The Studio (Mike Stringer - Makeup & Prosthetic Designer, 0113 - 2171300)

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further and specific information.