The intensive three week programme in Film & Media covers an array of topics including:
You will engage in critical textual analysis and discuss film aesthetics, production processes and viewing contexts.
Tours during the programme may include the BBC Centre, independent cinemas and the Warner Bros. Studio.
You will explore some different theoretical constructs and consider the ways in which stories utilise particular tactics and techniques.
Introducing a range of important ethical issues generated by filmmaking, using key examples from film, television and social media.
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Post-Truth, Absurdity and the Memeplex
Sessions devoted to the study and analysis of film and media within the contemporary context of ‘post-truth’, introducing you to the complexities of postgraduate film studies.
You will look at the evolution of quality/complex TV, and consider the functions of genre in film and television through a close analysis particular genres.
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Place, Space, Location, Representation
Introducing ideas related to film and place from local, national and global perspectives, whilst building on the experiences of the local tours.
Sessions focusing on screenwriting, pre-production, lighting, acting, directing, sound and editing.
In groups, you will produce short films, putting into practice the ideas, theories and practical techniques you have learned.