Design for Film and Television BA (Hons)

Introduction:

• You’ll have the opportunity to complete a work experience placement of up to a year in length. Dependent on the duration of your placement, you could gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice.
• Industry experts and specialists are a regular feature of the course, either delivering guest lectures and workshops or working more closely with you on live projects. Recent industry experts include: Oscar-nominated production designer Maria Djurkovic (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Billy Elliot, The Imitation Game) and BAFTA award-winning production designer Charles Wood (Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange).
• Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange at one of our partner institutions. You can also attend study trips, recent study trips have included the Harry Potter film studios, London and the Luc Besson studios, Paris.
• This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.

Careers and employability

Graduates have gone on to work as production designers, art directors, and in a wide range of art department roles within film and television for companies including:

• BBC
• ITV
• Channel 4
• Mammoth
• Tiger Aspect.

Some projects our graduates have been involved with include:

• Star Wars
• the Marvel franchise
• The Fast and The Furious.

TV productions our graduates have been involved with include:

• EastEnders
• Emmerdale
• Killing Eve
• Victoria
• Bad Education
• Gentleman Jack .

Connecting with industry

You’ll have the opportunity to engage with industry through real-situation design projects and lectures from guest speakers. Industry professionals that have recently shared their knowledge and experience include:

• Oscar-nominated production designer Maria Djurkovic (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Billy Elliot, The Imitation Game)
• BAFTA award-winning production designer Charles Wood (Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange)
• Donal Woods, production designer (Downton Abbey)
• Tim Napper, concept artist (Star Wars, Dark Crystal)
• lighting designer Mike LeFevre (The Andrew Marr Show, Globe Theatre, and the Royal Opera House).

Creative Industries Federation

We are members of the Creative Industries Federation (CIF), which means students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design have the opportunity to sign up to free student membership. Creative Industries Federation are an organisation that represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries and membership grants students exclusive access to their selection of resources and events to help advance your career and connect with industry.

Showcase

You will be given the opportunity to exhibit your work during your time at NTU to members of the creative industries. Visit our ‘We Are Creatives’ showcase to take a look at the work of this year's graduating students’.

What our students are doing now