Course overview
This Film and Television Production course is designed to equip you with a range of skills that will enable you to operate effectively within the professional environment of television and film production. Guided by our highly experienced teaching staff, many of whom are practising professionals within the industry, you will explore a range of styles and genres in documentary, drama-documentary and film-fiction production.
The course maintains a balance between providing you with the essential theoretical background and giving you the skills and techniques required in practice. You will develop your talents in screenwriting, production management, cinematography, sound-recording and post-production. A wide range of module options in directing, producing, motion graphics and multi-camera studio operations will allow you to delve deeper into areas of particular interest or perhaps to prepare for a favoured career path. Many of the modules are studio based and it is here that you will hone your practical skills. Key to this course is a focus on vocational training, and the techniques you will learn are used in television and film production today. With access to the excellent on-campus facilities, you will shoot film and video - from high-definition through to domestic digital. Post-production is usually non-linear, which offers the opportunity to produce a Dolby 5:1 stereo soundtrack.
This degree is very much about providing you with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed within the film and television industries, but it is also about giving you the opportunity to enjoy the dynamic and stimulating environment offered by Cambridge School of Art.
Additional course information
Students in this discipline develop knowledge and understanding of a range of genres in documentary, drama-documentary and fiction film-making and a range of modes of production operated in the various sectors of
the contemporary film and television industry. Additional specialist learning in screenwriting, directing, producing, motion graphics and multi-camera studio operation are also included in the course provision.
Student coursework is project based and reflects the technological skills required for employability in this sector. Practical work is combined with contextual studies to provide students with good communication skills and an independent approach to their creative work.
Level 1 (Year 1) and Level 2 (Year 2)
In the first two years, you discover a range of styles and genres in documentary, drama-documentary and fiction production. In these productions we emphasise the exploration of social issues. You develop basic skills in screenwriting, production management, cinematography, sound-recording and post-production before selecting your chosen specialisms. There are specialist options in directing, producing and multi-camera studio operations. Group production dominates the schedule, though there are formal and informal opportunities for personal, political and experimental productions. We shoot on both film (16mm) and video (from high-definition
through to domestic digital).
Level 3 (Year 3)
The final semester is devoted solely to the production of a series of group projects that will be screened publicly at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge.
Tariff points 220
GCSE(s) Required: English Language grade C
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