• 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
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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
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%
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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?
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