Film and Media

School of Creative Arts

Film and Media BA Film and Visual Culture BA New Media Production

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About the School The School of Creative Arts (Film and Media) is based on the Carmarthen campus of our university. Our Programme of Study has been designed to enable you to get the best from your studies. Whether you have an academic, practical or vocational outlook we will be able to offer you the best options for your degree scheme.

There are two main degree pathways of study that you can choose from, and these are outlined further in this booklet. They are: Film and Visual Culture and New Media Production. Each of these pathways offers you the chance to hone your already existing skills and talent to a high degree of professionalism. All the modules have academic and critical knowledge at their centre which enables you to further enhance your studies and outlook on your chosen subject.

We encourage our students to analyse and create. By forging strong links with the Creative Industries our students find employment in these areas and beyond. We believe that we give our students a lead over other institutions in this respect, and former students have worked on films such as Clash of the Titans and Avatar.

We are also proud to have our students go on to become Film and TV producers, editors, photographers, academics, teachers and writers.

Various Creative Industries bodies have welcomed our approach to learning and teaching. Many of our students find work placements or employment with these companies due to us providing you with the expertise you need to have to get into those areas.

We have a policy of investing in you and your degree. Our newly-refurbished campus will boast state-of-the-art facilities for you to use, with Apple Macs, Digital Cameras and TV studio equipment available to help your design work and filmmaking.

Our lecturers are leading experts in their field and their work is held as exemplars in their subject areas. They have created numerous links to the creative industries and academic arenas that support their lecturing. They have also had their work published, either in print or online and all hope that you could do the same.

The School of Creative Arts offers you the chance to be at the forefront of academic learning and practice. We believe that by working with media industries and creative communities, by analysing and creating, and by being able to develop yourselves as individuals, you will be contributors and not followers.

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We are committed to providing you with the best education. The Creative Industries is a very competitive market to enter. We aim to help you get into that market place.

Here, at the School of Creative Arts, many of our modules are directly linked to Creative Industries, whether they be through the technology that we use (for example, Hi-Definition cameras and Apple Mac Pro Towers), the content of the modules, or by numerous and varied companies coming to ask our students if they want to get work experience.

We aim to give a very rounded degree scheme that enables the student to focus on a particular area of study, be that academic or more-technology based. This ensures that when it comes to the workplace, you will stand out from the crowd.

As you go through your degree, you will be given ample opportunity to work in professional areas. We encourage you to broaden your horizons. You might want to be a film director, but at the end of your studies you may want to be an editor, scriptwriter or academic instead. That is the ethos of our degrees: to enable you to explore and expand upon your own knowledge of the subject whilst equipping you with the tools to get ahead after university life.

Many of our graduates have become experts in their chosen field. Here is a list of just a small sample of our graduates who have come back to us asking us for students to get involved through work experience: Ian M, Facilities Manager at Boomerang TV Ashley W, Owner of Shoebox Cinema Business Startup Daniel , Web Manager for Animazoo in Brighton Sam M, Video Editor at Sky Sports Richard P, BBC Production Officer Anthony C, Producer of The Poker Channel.com Gregory M, Video Editor Conny B, Head of German IB A/B and Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages, Scarborough College Amy J, VFX Co-ordinator at Aardman Animation Cara D, VFX Producer at Aardman Animation Gareth P, Scriptwriter Louise T, Welsh Council of Voluntary Associations Alan C, Welsh Magazine Publisher

Most of the images used in this booklet have been taken from work created by our students

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CREATIVE ARTS KEY FACTS UCAS code - P30H Location - Carmarthen Campus Course length - 3 years fulltime; part-time study available Entry requirements - You will be invited to visit the University to discuss the course. Entry is based on individual merit. awaiting validation

BA Film and Visual Culture About the course The BA Film and Visual Culture is an innovative degree programme, which combines the academic study of film and other visual media with the creative production of individual pieces of work in specialised areas. By combining theory and practice, students are encouraged to enhance their understanding of cinema as a medium through the creation of practical work. The programme has been conceived with an emphasis upon vocational skills and employability; over the course of their studies, students will assemble a portfolio of work to enable them to compete for employment in their chosen field of the film industry.

Emphasis has been given to entrepreneurial skills, and to the skills required to publish and exhibit work to audiences beyond the university.

Students will be invited to engage with a broad range of contemporary media (such as film, television, graphic novels and comics, internet and mobile publishing, interactive media and gaming), and to focus their major projects upon the areas of their choice.

Over the course of the programme, students will be able to combine the theoretical and academic analysis of film and visual media, with practical and creative approaches. Students will have the opportunity to engage in all stages of filmmaking, from conception, through pre-production and production, and on to publication and/or exhibition. Over the course of these processes, students will gain an insight into those areas that they would wish to specialise in. By their final year, students will be able to opt

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for a major creative project in a production area of their choice; this could take the form of screenwriting, filmmaking, animation or game design, to name some of the options open to students.

This degree offers students the opportunity to gain insight into working in the industries related to filmmaking, and to gain the skills needed to work as entrepreneurs or as freelancers in this field. There will be extensive academic study of visual media, and this theoretical work will be directly linked to practical and business applications throughout the programme. Practitioners from industry and local entrepreneurs with film businesses will be regular contributors to modules across the programme. Students will be given the skills to express themselves professionally through their academic and practical work, and to develop confident, independent and creative approaches to projects.

Teaching is delivered via lectures and seminars, along with workshops and demonstrations. As they grow in confidence, students will work more independently culminating in a major creative project in their final year where they can fully express their understanding and skills.

Key features • A wide-ranging programme covering cinema from its origins to the latest developments of the art form • Expert tuition from research active staff who are experts in their field • Access to high level production facilities • To liaise with Creative Industry personnel

Typical modules • • • • •

Reading Images Adaptation Film History Digital Film Production Entrepreneurship in Film and Media

Awards available • BA Honours (360 credits) • Undergraduate Diploma (240 credits) • Undergraduate Certificate (120 credits)

Career opportunities • • • • •

Media Archivist Arts Administrator Screenwriter Advertising Creative Media

The School of Creative Arts is committed to ensuring that National Vocational Standards are built into its degree pathways.

BA New Media Production About the course The BA New Media Production degree is a multidisciplinary programme that equips students with specialist skills and knowledge in content creation for the contemporary media industry.

Students will explore a variety of creative production methodologies such as electronic publishing; online filmmaking; blogging and online journalism; animation; and interactive photography as wells as the underlying web technologies that define New Media. With an emphasis on interactive narratives, the programme puts the user at the centre of the action. It is this interactivity and 360-degree vision that makes New Media Production so distinctive and compelling.

A hands-on programme, there is also a core theoretical strand, ranging from media theory, academic skills and contemporary issues in the Creative Industries. There is an emphasis on employability skills, with specific opportunities for work placement and business development planning.

Teaching is delivered in hands-on workshops, lectures and seminars where students are encouraged to develop their analytical, conceptual and practical thinking. Ideas will be developed through pitches, workshops and presentations, and expressed in the production work and written critical appraisals.

As students progress through the programme they will produce increasingly complex work culminating in a final year Dissertation-by-Practice that will be their calling card when

they enter the Creative Industries, further develop their expertise in postgraduate programmes or start their own business.

CREATIVE ARTS KEY FACTS UCAS code - PH10 Location - Carmarthen Campus

Key features • Industry standard software in a state-of-the-art facility • Creation of a body of production work using a variety of digital media technologies under expert tuition • Explore the creative options for delivering an interactive narrative in a variety of formats, such as filmmaking, animation, photography and/or games

Course length - 3 years fulltime; part-time study available Entry requirements - You will be invited to visit the University to discuss the course. Entry is based on individual merit. awaiting validation

Typical modules • • • •

Introduction to Publishing Interactive Media Digital Film production Mobile Publishing: App Design and development • Entrepreneurship in Film and Media

Awards available • BA Honours (360 credits) • Undergraduate Diploma (240 credits) • Undergraduate Certificate (120 credits)

Career opportunities • • • • • •

Digital animation Digital photography Online Publishing Print-based Publishing Web-design Gaming

The School of Creative Arts is committed to ensuring that National Vocational Standards are built into its degree pathways.

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Making opportunities count

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The 3 years that I studied at the University helped pave my way into the Film Industry.

My love for Film was intensified with studying Film and Media Studies in classes with lecturers who work within the creative and media industry. They and the courses they ran opened up elements and areas of Media which gave me a good scope of the industry I wanted to progress in.

The lectures were very intimate, so they felt more one-on-one lessons. The lecturers themselves made you feel like you were their only student, willing to help you in every way possible. Any questions or help that you needed you felt like you could go to them with no questions asked.

My degree and experience at the University certainly helped me get my first job at a VFX Post House as a Runner, and to where I am now as a VFX Coordinator at Aardman Animation.

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Amy James

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Studying at University helped me develop and expand my passion for all things media based. It really got me ready for my my first job in film production.The modules allowed me to be flexible in my choice and with the variety on offer, allowed me to explore different areas in the field to help me find the right career path I wanted to take.

The lectures were intimate, giving lots of focus and attention to individuals so that you could gain the most out of the course. The lecturers were always on hand in and out of class times to help with queries and direct you in the right path to further develop your ideas and projects.

There was always work experience and opportunities to help build up your portfolio. Where possible, I took up these experiences which definitely contributed to giving my CV a little added extra and landing me my first Job as a Production Assistant. I have worked on Clash of the Titans and Avatar, and I am currently working as a VFX Line Producer on Aardman Animations Pirates!

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Cara Davies

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I graduated from the University with a BA Hons Degree in Film and Media Studies. The course was thoroughly enjoyable and diverse. The skills I learned were not only academic, but included learning about people, situations, and the wider world.

I made some great friends with whom I keep in touch even now, and I have such fond memories, and lots of happy photographs from my time there. Many of my novels' fictional characters are derived from people I met whilst in the University, and the institution most definitely inspired me to go out and get what I wanted in life.

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Catherine Green

Guest speakers At the School of Creative Arts we ensure that our Guest Speaker programme plays an important part of your education. We have had numerous Creative Industries people giving talks to our students, with each one of them bringing something unique to the School’s curriculum. We also have Event Days which gather together various Creative Industry experts to give talks about the industry that you might want to be a part of. For example, we recently had film director Gideon Koppel talk to our students.

This is what Gideon had to say…

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During the summer I had the pleasure of screening ‘sleep furiously’ to a group of students and staff from the School of Creative Arts at University of Wales Trinity Saint David. A lively debate followed, with questions that had an added poignancy because of the geographic proximity of the film’s environment to Lampeter. The afternoon was rounded off with my favourite ice cream from Contis Café.

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Gideon Koppel, Director of Sleep Furiously

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Art and Design within the School of Creative Arts

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The School of Creative Arts Art and Design facility has a wide range of modules that will enable the student to explore their own ideas of creativity through a variety of ways.

Whether you are interested in sculpture, drawing, painting, textiles, photography, experimental art, ceramics and jewellery, and many other ways of self-expression through an artistic medium, the School will have something of interest for you.

The modules are taught by experts in their field, with many of our tutors having exhibited their works to international audiences.

As you progress through your studies you will be given the chance to specialise in particular areas of expertise and learning. Throughout your time at the School of Creative Arts you will be able to see a progression of your skills which can then either be broadened across the disciplines or honed into specialist areas.

Whichever pathway is open to you, we know that your learning experience is at the forefront of the School’s ethos.

Undergraduate Programmes

Key features

• Foundation Studies in Art & Design • BA 3D Designer Maker - Craft Product • BA Art & Design: Multidisciplinary • BA Ceramics & Jewellery • BA Digital Illustration • BA Fashion: Apparel Design and Construction • BA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice • BA Fine Art: Painting Drawing & Printmaking • BA Fine Art: Sculpture • BA Graphic Communication • BA Photography • BA Textiles: Art, Design, Craft

• Professional and academic staff • Hands-on exploration of materials and techniques • Access to excellent facilities • Smaller classes • Regular educational visits to exhibitions, trade fairs and events • Opportunities to pursue your own areas of interest • Strong vocational relevance and links to employers

Career opportunities • • • • • • • •

Design and Craft Maker Modeller Marketing and Merchandising Stylists Art administrator Secondary or Primary Teaching Designer Graphic illustrator

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Further Information For further information please contact: Caroline Thraves, Head of School of Creative Arts c.thraves@tsd.ac.uk 01267 676634 Visit our website at www.tsd.ac.uk/en/creativearts Follow us on facebook: www.facebook.com/CreativeArtsTSD