Model Academy Curriculum

Costa Rica Sims Model Academy offers a comprehensive, six-week program with intuitive courses that are designed to accelerate the learning process with the guidance of a professional team of experts, who will work together to ensure that each student receives a well-rounded, thorough, and meaningful education.Â
Each course is outlined below in more detail with a several of the topics that will be covered throughout the program.Â
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Course I: The Fundamentals
Understanding The World Of Second Life® Fashion
Keys to being a good model
Marketing yourself and getting the job
Resume, Profile, Portfolio, Calling card, Casting and Competitions
Model Ethics and Etiquette
The Do’s and Don’ts of Professionalism
Marketing yourself and getting the job
Resume, Profile, Portfolio, Calling card, Casting and Competitions
Model Ethics and Etiquette
The Do’s and Don’ts of Professionalism
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Course II: Stand Out In A Crowd
              Shapes and Skins and Quality Cloths          Â
 Basic Prim Editing
 Style your Avatar
 Style your Avatar
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Course III: The Art Of Posing
Static Pose, Manual Pose, Posing in Sequence, How to select poses for the runway
Definition of HUD
Default Pose
Default walk and selecion of the same
Definition of HUD
Default Pose
Default walk and selecion of the same
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Course IV: Runway Preparation
Camera and keyboard turns
Introduction to Mouse turns
       Introduction to Runway routines, how to count to 10 , Cueing.    Â
Introduction to Mouse turns
       Introduction to Runway routines, how to count to 10 , Cueing.    Â
Getting ready for a show and dealing with Lag advanced lecture
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Course V: Dominate The Runway
Put in pratice your Poses, HUD and Walks
 Test on runway with diferent routines
 Test on runway with diferent routines
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Course VI: The Graduation
Welcome To The World Of Second Life® Fashion
Final Evaluation
Group Photo Shoot
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To learn more about our program and course schedule, please visit our information and schedule webpages.