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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

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SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION3

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OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY4

BA FILM

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3

TEACHING COACHING SUPPORTING

Theory 70% / 30% Practice Theory 60% / 40% Practice Theory 50% / 50% Practice

BA FILM BA TELEVISION

Theory 60% / 40% Practice Theory 40% / 60% Practice

BA TELEVISION

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3

TEACHING COACHING SUPPORTING

Theory 30% / 70% Practice Theory 40% / 60% Practice Theory 50% / 50% Practice

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HOW AM I TAUGHT? 5

• 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)

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SPECIALIST STAFF6

• 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

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Stage 1 (Level 4)

Semester 1 Semester 2

Theory: Television Histories, Industries & Innovations

Core (20 credits)

Theory: Television Content: Reading the Screen

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Introduction to Television Practice

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Producing FormatsCore (20 credits)

Practice: Researching for Television

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Screenwriting for Television

Core (20 credits)

Stage 2 (Level 5)

Practice or Theory: Television DramaCore (20 credits)

Practice or Theory:Television Realities

Core (20 credits)

Theory: Television’s New Platforms & Audiences

Core (20 credits)

Practice or Theory: TV Sales, Distribution & Marketing

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Directing TV DramaOption (20 credits)

Practice: Scripted Comedy &

DramaOption (20 credits)

Practice: Concept Development

Option (20 credits)

Practice or Theory: Sports Television

Option (20 credits)

Stage 3 (Level 6)

Theory: Research PracticeCore (20 credits)

Practice: Professional PracticeCore (20 credits)

Theory: Literature ReviewCore (20 credits)

Practice: Conceptual DevelopmentCore (20 credits)

Practice: Professional DevelopmentCore (20 credits)

Theory: DissertationCore (20 credits)

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Stage 1 (Level 4)

Semester 1 Semester 2

Practice: Professional Practice One: Screenwriting & Production

Core (20 credits)

Practice: Professional Practice Two: Journalism& Production

Core (20 credits)

Theory:Film History & The Canon

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)

Stage 2 (Level 5)

Theory/Practice: Film & PhilosophyCore (20 credits)

Theory/Practice:Research and Method

Core (20 credits)

Theory:American Cinema

Option(20 credits)

Theory:British

CinemaOption

(20 credits)

Theory:Transnational

CinemaOption

(20 credits)

Theory:Film & The

EnvironmentOption

(20 credits)

Theory:Representing

Gender & SexualityOption

(20 credits)

Theory:Cult FilmOption

(20 credits)

Practice:Narrative

Screenwriting ShortsOption

(20 credits)

Practice:Sound Design

Option(20 credits)

Practice:Documentary

Option(20 credits)

Practice:Production

Option(20 credits)

Practice:Cinematography

Option(20 credits)

Practice:Narrative

Screenwriting FeaturesOption

(20 credits)

Practice:Writing About

FilmOption

(20 credits)

Practice:Script to ScreenOption

(20 credits)

Practice:Experimental

& Avante-Garde

Cinema Option

(20 credits)

Practice:Editing & Post

ProductionOption

(20 credits)

Stage 3 (Level 6)

Theory: Research PracticeCore (20 credits

Practice: Professional PracticeCore (20 credits)

Theory: Conceptual DevelopmentCore (20 credits)

Practice: Conceptual DevelopmentCore (20 credits)

Practice: Professional DevelopmentCore (20 credits)

Theory: DissertationCore (20 credits)

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STUDY TRIPS9

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STUDY TRIPS10

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VISITING SPEAKERS11

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISIONGUEST SPEAKER SERIES 2013/2014

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISIONGUEST SPEAKER SERIES 2013/2014

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PIXELATE FILM FESTIVAL 201414

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INTERNSHIP RELATIONSHIPS15

SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISIONHOST OF ADOBE & ENVY CAMPUS TOURS

17SCHOOL 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

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NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY 2013Specific 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%

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THIS YEAR’S PRACTICE19

• 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

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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

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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

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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?

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HOW CAN I PREPARE?23

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THE WORK24

Trailers - http://vimeo.com/33529868 http://vimeo.com/6569874All our films - http://www.vimeo.com/filmatfalmouth/likes

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

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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/filmwww.falmouth.ac.uk/televisionwww.rushesmagazine.com

www.vimeo.com/filmatfalmouth/likes

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