BSc Cinematic Arts: Information Session (March 2015)

Overview of the BSc Cinematic Arts programme... its rationale and methodology

Transcript

2. Welcome! • Greg O’Hanlon - Course Director • BSc Cinematic Arts • School of Creative Arts and Technologies
3. Cinematic Arts • Focused on: • high quality storytelling produced to a high standard • the future of moving image content
4. Cinematic Arts • The Cinematic Arts Graduate is: • a skilled storyteller • adaptable • technically adept • entrepreneurial • a team player
5. Cinematic Arts • You will develop skills in: • filmmaking and image production (2D, film, 3D, animation) • narrative development/screenwriting • cinematography • post-production incl. editing, colour grading • acting/directing • music/sound design • visual design • entrepreneurship
6. Cinematic Arts • A detailed description of the programme design can be found on the course website
7. Cinematic Arts • Cinematic Arts students can expect: • small class sizes (~ 24) • high quality facilities • hands-on (theory applied) • industry focus • project-based assessment
8. Cinematic Arts • Focused on the future of moving image content • …of course we can’t predict the future, but we can look at emerging evidence…
13. BuzzFeed Motion Pictures
14. On Demand • An interesting exercise is to track the amount of moving image content you consume in a day and note if it originated online or via TV • Scheduled TV programming is increasingly less important • But, the future of moving image content appears to be very bright indeed
15. On Demand • Content online enables highly niche programming which TV could never support • Our appetite for high quality content is ever-expanding • We should not fear new mediums…they’re actually incredible opportunities to access global audiences
16. Questions Thanks! E: g.ohanlon@ulster.ac.uk T: 028 71675529 Twitter: @opengreg http://www.cinematicarts.co