This course develops your individual creativity and teaches you the technical expertise essential for a career in film and television. You will develop your skills and gain experience on live action films, animation, television, games and commercials, using traditional and digital design techniques.
You’ll learn in a fully equipped design studio, where you’ll be designing for live action shoots, using traditional and digital design techniques. Uniquely in the UK, you’ll benefit from studying alongside students of other filmmaking disciplines, engaging in a series of productions where working methods replicate professional practice.
You’ll also get far more time learning directly from professional tutors, in real production facilities and on real projects, than you would get in the vast majority of film schools or universities.
Evolving digital technology has brought in new design tools and ways of working and this course promotes a lively interface between old and new methods. 3D and 2D computer techniques and Concept Art are taught alongside traditional skills such as set sketching, orthographic draughting, design geometry and model making.
The course offers you the opportunity to specialise in Concept Art, particularly in the second year. You’ll get to apply your skills to live action and animation films, television programmes, games and commercials, in the studio and on location, using built sets, green screen and cutting-edge Virtual Production technology. Relevant business and management skills are also taught, equipping you to manage a small art department, its budget, personnel and logistical schedules, studio procedures and set decorating. Studio visits and placements will familiarise you with a working art department and inspire you with actual film sets.
Our design studios offer you a designated workstation equipped with a drawing board, computer, model making table and storage. Computers are loaded with the latest design software. There are two plotters and two 3D printers in the department. To assist you on productions, the School also has its own well stocked Prop Store and maintains close relationships with a wide range of external prop houses to help facilitate the diverse nature of student productions. We also have a selection of drapes and green screens available for productions.