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OPEN DAY

• Course overview and Q&A, with Head of Film &

Television Kingsley Marshall & Course Coordinator for Television Sarah Arnold

• (Interviews with Kingsley or Sarah)

• Campus tours, with current students, and TV Studio introduction with Ornella

• Talk to Student Ambassadors for the inside story

• Make the most of today, try not to leave with unanswered questions

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION

OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

BA FILM

Theory 60% / 40% Practice

YEAR 1

TEACHING

Theory 70% / 30% Practice

BA TELEVISION

Theory 40% / 60% Practice

BA FILM

YEAR 2

COACHING

Theory 60% / 40% Practice

YEAR 3

SUPPORTING

Theory 50% / 50% Practice

YEAR 1

TEACHING

Theory 30% / 70% Practice

BA TELEVISION

YEAR 2

COACHING

Theory 40% / 60% Practice

YEAR 3

SUPPORTING

Theory 50% / 50% Practice

HOW AM I TAUGHT?

• Lecture & Screening (whole cohort)

• Seminars, Workshop, Masterclasses (groups, 6-20)

• Tutorials (1 to 1 & small groups 2-6)

• Practical work (small crews, 4-6)

• Visiting Speaker Programme (Fortnightly)

• International Exchange (School of Film & Television have relationships with institutions in over 50 countries, including Australia, US, Canada)

• Erasmus Exchange (Mainland Europe)

• Trips – to production facilities and festivals (optional)

SPECIALIST STAFF

• Course teams teach modules they have written, matching their academic specialisms and scholarly and practice research

• Supporting lecturers are working producers, editors, cinematographers, VFX/Post, screenwriters

(features, shorts and TV), composers, sound designers and directors of factual, experimental and narrative short films and features

• We use industry mentors and run masterclases from local, national & international companies

• Falmouth have an in-house production facility, delivering professional productions

Stage 1 (Level 4)

Semester 1

Theory:

Television Histories, Industries & Innovations

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Introduction to Television Practice

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Researching for Television

Core (20 credits)

Semester 2

Theory:

Television Content: Reading the Screen

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Producing Formats

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Screenwriting for Television

Core (20 credits)

Stage 2 (Level 5)

Practice or Theory:

Television Drama

Core (20 credits)

Theory:

Television ’s New Platforms & Audiences

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Directing TV Drama

Option (20 credits)

Practice:

Scripted Comedy &

Drama

Option (20 credits)

Practice:

Concept Development

Option (20 credits)

Practice or Theory:

Television Realities

Core (20 credits)

Practice or Theory:

TV Sales, Distribution & Marketing

Core (20 credits)

Practice or Theory:

Sports Television

Option (20 credits)

Stage 3 (Level 6)

Theory: Research Practice

Core (20 credits)

Theory: Literature Review

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Professional Development

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Professional Practice

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Conceptual Development

Core (20 credits)

Theory: Dissertation

Core (20 credits)

Stage 1 (Level 4)

Semester 1 Semester 2

Practice:

Professional Practice One: Screenwriting & Production

Core (20 credits)

Theory:

Film History & The Canon

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Professional Practice Two: Journalism& Production

Core (20 credits)

Theory:

Post-War World Cinema

Core (20 credits)

Theory:

Criticism, Analysis and Theory

Core (20 credits)

Theory/Practice:

History of the Moving Image

Core (20 credits)

Theory:

American Cinema

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Narrative

Screenwriting

Shorts

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Sound Design

Option

(20 credits)

Theory/Practice:

Film & Philosophy

Core (20 credits)

Theory:

British

Cinema

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Documentary

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Production

Option

(20 credits)

Stage 2 (Level 5)

Theory:

Transnational

Cinema

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Cinematograph y

Option

(20 credits)

Theory:

Film & The

Environment

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Narrative

Screenwriting

Features

Option

(20 credits)

Theory/Practice:

Research and Method

Core (20 credits)

Practice:

Writing About

Film

Option

(20 credits)

Theory:

Representing

Gender &

Sexuality

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Script to

Screen

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Experimental

& Avante-

Garde

Cinema

Option

(20 credits)

Theory:

Cult Film

Option

(20 credits)

Practice:

Editing & Post

Production

Option

(20 credits)

Stage 3 (Level 6)

Theory: Research Practice

Core (20 credits

Theory: Conceptual Development

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Professional Development

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Professional Practice

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Conceptual Development

Core (20 credits)

Theory: Dissertation

Core (20 credits)

STUDY TRIPS

STUDY TRIPS

VISITING SPEAKERS

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION

GUEST SPEAKER SERIES 2013/2014

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION

GUEST SPEAKER SERIES 2013/2014

PIXELATE FILM FESTIVAL 2014

INTERNSHIP RELATIONSHIPS

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION

HOST OF ADOBE & ENVY CAMPUS TOURS

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION

• 14 x 8m TV studio with three studio cameras, full gallery facility, Chromatte grey screen, blue/green screen and full lighting rig

• Centroid 3D (Pinewood Networked) Motion Capture Studio/Research Lab

• 117-seat cinema, with Christie M Series HD projection (as used in Vue cinemas) and 7.2 surround sound, screening from BluRay

• Equipment store with RED Scarlet (4K, RAW), range of Blackmagic (inc. 2.5K)

& Panasonic, JVC, GoPro and Canon C100 & DSLR (5D Mk II & III) Cameras, jibs, tracks & dollies

• 35 seat SoFT Production Suite equipped with Apple Mac - Final Draft

(screenwriting), Movie Magic (Production Management & Budgeting), & visual and sound editing software, including Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro & X, AVID &

Adobe Creative Suite

• 6 x Avid Unity MediaNetwork Edit Labs, Labs with edit/sound, grading suite, networked presentation studio

• Recording studios equipped with Pro Tools audio editing & foley traps

• 24,000-title DVD, BluRay & TV library + online streaming services

NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY 2013

Specific return for BA Film, 2013

• Overall Satisfaction – 92% (92% 2012, 81% - 2011)

• Staff have made the subject interesting – 92%

• Staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching – 94%

• I have received detailed feedback on my work – 91%

• Teaching on my Course – 93%

• Academic Support – 87%

• Learning Resources

– 92%

THIS YEAR ’S PRACTICE

• Over a dozen 10 minute dramas

• Over a dozen 10 minute documentaries

• Over a dozen experimental films

• Skills portfolios in editing, cinematography, sound design, production design, VFX/grading – anything done at L1/L2 can be extended into a skills ‘folio

• 14 feature length screenplays

• 12 journalism portfolios – interviews include multiple: Academy Award winners, costume designers, composers, sound designers, producers, editors

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Lots of ideas, and how you develop them

• Individualism

• Vision for your scholarship and practice

• Open-mindedness to areas of study

• Professional approach to the discipline

• Cultural and critical awareness

APPLYING TO FALMOUTH

• Be detailed in your personal statement, add links to your work, tell us what you have done outside of your studies

• We are interested in you

• We conduct face to face interviews with all promising applicants, come & look at the campus, meet other members of the team

• We begin interviews in October

• Kingsey & Sarah make ALL final decisions

THE INTERVIEW

• Why have you chosen to study this subject?

• What aspect of Film or TV at Falmouth really engages you?

• What are you looking forward to studying on the course?

• What other opportunities interest you?

• What have been reading/watching/attending?

• What else have you been doing to prepare for university study?

HOW CAN I PREPARE?

THE WORK

Trailers - http://vimeo.com/33529868 http://vimeo.com/6569874

All our films - http://www.vimeo.com/filmatfalmouth/likes

Film magazine- http://www.rushesmagazine.com

sarah.walker@falmouth.ac.uk

sarah.arnold@falmouth.ac.uk

kingsley.marshall@falmouth.ac.uk

www.facebook.com/FilmAtFalmouth www.facebook.com/TVatFalmouth

@FilmatFalmouth - @TVatFalmouth www.falmouth.ac.uk/film www.falmouth.ac.uk/television www.rushesmagazine.com www.vimeo.com/filmatfalmouth/likes

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