Film, TV & Media Trips

FILM, TV & MEDIA ON TOUR

STAFFS UNI – Y1

For our second assessment of Year 1, our students were tasked to make a psychological chase scene, in association with Young Minds.

The brief was written in collaboration with Staffs University, who gave us the opportunity to screen our students work in the Stoke BFI Cinema which they host on campus, along with judging the work and giving awards. Before the screenings our students took part in a short documentary filmmaking workshop with some of Staffs 1st year students, and had the opportunity to find out more about University life. After a bite to eat, we were into the cinema to see our work on the big screen, which was great to see.

Prizes were awarded in the following categories: Best Film | Best Cinematography | Best Concept | Best Edit | Best Sound 19th June 2023

BERLIN

The Creative Arts department here at college went on a residential trip to the creative and cultural city of Berlin, in March 2023. Our second years, along with students from Art, Fashion, Graphics and Games, travelled to Berlin to experience the culture, history and creative industries. We used this opportunity to gain artistic inspiration and develop our knowledge and understanding of a range of creative mediums.

We explored the city by tram and tube, visiting the tourist attractions TV Tower, Holocaust memorial, Reichstag Dome & Brandenburg Gate.

We viewed art at East Side Gallery (Berlin Wall), Urban Nation and enjoyed a Gustav Klimt Immersive Experience which was spectacular.

Our history and cultural needs were met with a walking tour of Berlin that taught about the Street Art and Graffiti scene and history within Berlin and the political history contexts behind the movements.

Finally, we were enriched in our subject areas by visiting the Film & TV Musuem (Deutsche Kinemathek), Studio of Wonders (set design and selfie paradise), Video Games museum and the Bauhaus Archive.

The students loved the trip and it gave them an opportunity to travel a new city without family, have inspiring experiences and create amazing memories.

6th – 9th March 2023

WARNER BROS. STUDIO TOUR

We finally made it to Harry Potter Studio Tour at The Warner Brothers Studio down in Watford, London and we had a fab time.

We started the trip by enjoying a coach journey south, and on arrival we headed straight to the Warner Brothers Education Suite where we had a fantastic workshop held by some very knowledgeable hosts all about how the story gets from ‘Script to Screen’. This workshop gave us an insight into the pre-production stages of production design and the planning it takes to make a story come to life. We had an exclusive look at some real costumes, 3D models of sets and storyboards, along with some interesting stories from the set.

Following this, we work our way around the studio tour seeing the real sets from the film and experiencing the magic. This was an exciting opportunity for our students to get a sense of what a huge industry the film industry is and see the impeccable time, effort and detail that goes in film production. Oh.. And grab a butter beer of course.

25th January 2023

STAFFS UNIVERSITY

Another trip for our second years, this time a short train journey to Stoke to visit the Staffs Uni campus. We started the day with a C100 masterclass, and a critical discussion of working on set. Took a short lunch break and hit the studio to recreate a scene from a short film the Uni had produced. Ollie & Andy ran this cinematography masterclass, and amazingly, members of our college alumni Josh & Holly were on hand to help.

The students who came with us ran the cameras, lighting and sound, learnt about stage calls and then took part in a whistle stop campus tour before finishing up in their brand new state of the art immersive wrap around virtual production studio. Some lovely tech on display and some fantastic workshops led by highly talented practitioners. Big thanks to Staffs Uni and we hope to see you again soon.

24TH November 2022

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MANCHESTER FUTURES This was a huge trip for our second years. We started the day at Stafford Train Station, heading to Manchester Piccadilly, followed by a free bus to Victoria, 2 minute walk to our first destination: Manchester Film School.

Gareth met us and took us around their setup, showing us the teaching spaces, and their industry standard production studios. We met industry practitioners and saw sets far bigger than what many of our students are used to working SCARE on.

40 minutes on foot took us up to the Manchester Central Convention Centre, where UCAS were hosting a University creative courses education fair, allowing our students the opportunity to talk placements with providers and gain additional information. We left with countless goodie bags, pens, leaflets and other goodies, before catching the bus back to Piccadilly and the train to Stafford.

22nd November 2022

SCAREFEST: ALTON TOWERS The first trip of the year has been a great success. We travelled up to Alton Towers to take part in the 15th anniversary of the famous Scarefest.

First years got to see all things spooky for production design inspiration for their first assignment – Horror Channel Ident.

A big thank you to everyone who attended, you were all great sports, had lots of fun and represented SCARE the college perfectly.

We can’t wait for more trips, and to go back to Alton Towers for Scarefest 2023.

18th October 2022

SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME - 4DX What a way to see this entry to the Phase 4 MCU, on release day in 4dx. Around 40 of us took the train to Birmingham for this one, stomped across town to Broadstreet, and tried to hold out popcorn and drinks whilst the chairs threw us around.

Personally, the last time I was in a cinema with this much audience participation was at an American Theme Park. Whooping, cheering and tears…….. And that was just the staff. The screening was a sell out and will live in our memories for a long time.

What a great way to end the term.

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15th December 2021

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