Film and Moving Image Production (with Integrated Foundation Year) with Diploma in Creative Professional Development BA (Hons)

Norwich University of the Arts

Creative storytelling is the core of the BA (Hons) Film and Moving Image Production, around which a multi-disciplinary student experience revolves. Story offers a catalyst for social and political change; the stories we tell about the world and the possible worlds we create are best placed to explore the human condition and its impact on how we think, act and conceive of ourselves.

This course includes an integrated foundation year (Year 0), which promotes developing practical, technical and creative skills and confidence. Building on your prior experience, you will be introduced to some of our workshops to assist your skill development, with an increasing emphasis on professional standards and independent study. The course places emphasis on your personal commitment to study, while supporting you in your progression.

- Develop your storytelling skills and your fundamental creative craft skills such as producing, script development, direction, cinematography, sound design and editing - Learn industry standard approaches to the filmmaking process including pre-production, production and post-production - Work in production teams on a range of practical projects including visual narrative, drama adaptation, sound design and production design - Reflect on the impact of your creative, technical, and practical decision making on your production, its audience and relationship to wider contemporary debates - Rigorously test ideas and concepts, take creative risks and experiment with text, image, sound and narrative structures as you develop creative solutions to project briefs - Explore your own creative practice and learn other methodologies in order to place your work in a wider critical context - Gain in-depth knowledge of legal, moral and ethical standards as they impact production - Undertake essential training via BAFTA albert in climate science and sustainable production - Evaluate your learning, skills acquisition and creative production and use your reflection to plan further learning and development as you progress through the course

The Diploma in Creative Professional Development offers undergraduate students the chance to spend a year between Year 2 and 3 of their course exploring their employability options through a structured programme of input sessions and work-based learning. The aim of the course is to provide you with an opportunity to gain industry insight, develop your employability skills through a series of supported experiences, expand your network and build your confidence in the workplace.

The final year provides opportunities to write, produce and/or direct an original short film and submit it for selection for a special industry screening. The course is ScreenSkills Select accredited, ensuring the curriculum offers a rigorous grounding not only for entry into, but to rapidly progress your career in the Film, High End Television (HETV) and commercial creative industries. Learning in an environment designed to reflect contemporary industry practices will foster a detailed awareness of the opportunities the skills, knowledge and experience the contemporary industries need.

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