Basic Skills in Film and Video (Creative Skills Academy)

You will engage with the moving image as a specifically visual medium which will draw on visual media as a communication tool. The course will foreground the importance of narrative sequence, with emphasis on framing, staging, and storytelling.  

There will also be a focus on the structure of films from multiple perspectives, including thematic, narrative structure, genre, ideology, and the relationship between style and technology. Several critical responses to cinema – including genre study, auteur theory and how these can be applied to both fiction and documentary.  

You will also engage with directing actors and actresses by approaching performance from both the point of view of writers, and filmmakers and this will enhance your understanding of how to develop good quality work from both sides of the camera.  

You will engage in the art of filmmaking by working in various key production roles with your peers. There will be a focus to teach the various elements of film production.  

The module will develop your understanding of, and competence, in the following roles:  

• Directing  
• Production Management  
• Editing/Continuity  
• Cinematography  
• Camera operating  
• First Assistant Director  
• Production Design  
• Sound 

You must be a competent IT user. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is a bonus. 

You will need to be eligible to study in the UK. Upon enrolment, you will be asked to upload residency and income documents for college funding purposes.

Free unless earning over £27,007.50pa (then £84)

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