Film and TV Production with Foundation Year

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Course summary:

• Learn key techniques and skills required in film and TV.

• Develop the ability to produce distinctive moving image work, informed by a range of historical, cultural, theoretical and professional contexts.

• Experiment with forms, conventions and techniques.

• Create content that supports a vision for a sustainable future with the BAFTA albert HE Partnership.

• Develop your understanding of professional practice so you are ready to find your career in the creative industries.

On this course, you’ll find yourself in an exciting community of creatives who are inspired and empowered by bold and innovative film and TV production. Working together (and independently) you can produce a range of film projects including narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking. You will graduate with realistic, confident expectations of what your next steps will be.

How you learn:

This programme offers a distinctive approach to film and TV production for multiple platforms and a variety of audiences.The focus is on practice-based learning and professionalism, independent as well as group practice. This reflects industry standards while encouraging innovation and risk taking.

You’ll be trained as an independent creative and technical thinker. You’ll graduate as a multi skilled and employable professional — with the knowledge, contacts and experience you need to start an exciting career.

You learn through

• producing short films

• writing scholarly essays

• lectures, seminars and feedback screenings

• technical workshops

• industry visits and field trips

• independent study

• practice based learning and group work

• public screening events and film festivals

• distributing and exhibiting your work in the public realm

In the foundation year, you’ll study wide-ranging media arts and communication topics, while also focussing on your particular subject area and completing assignments in that field. You’ll grow as a creative, and begin developing a professional portfolio. You’ll also become familiar with Hallam’s exceptional facilities and staff, so you’re fully prepared for undergraduate study.

Applied learning

Live projects

You will work on real projects, making documentaries, training films and online content for local and national companies. Recently our students have produced work for the Screen Yorkshire, DocFest’s Exchange Programme, Aesthetica film festival, NHS, Sheffield City Council and with Sheffield’s diverse communities.

In your final year, you’ll make a graduation piece, crewing up with your peers and exhibiting your work in a public space, normally The Showroom Cinema. You will engage with industry practices including distribution and exhibition.

Field trips

We aim to take students on trips to film festivals which in the past have included London Short Film Festival, Aesthetica, Berlin and Glasgow.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• film and television production e.g. director, producer, location manager, TV researcher, cinematographer, sound recordist / designer, editor

• and associated roles

• the creative industries

• marketing and communications

• academia or further studies

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Lionsgate, Illuminations, Warp Films, Tiger Aspect Productions, True North

• Independent production for BBC, ITN, Channel 4, Netflix, BFI

• The Mill, Envy, Spool, 2AM Post Production

• Feature films e.g. Mission Impossible 7, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, 1917, Jurassic World Dominion, You Were Never Really Here

• Pathé

Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.