The Northern School Of Art 2020-2021 Prospectus by The Northern School of Art

PROSPECTUS 2020-21

Welcome

Your career success

Your creative space

The Northern Studios

Accommodation

Join our community

Art & Design Fine Art

Illustration for Commercial Application

Graphic Design

Digital Design & Advertising

Events & Exhibition Design

HND Practical Product & Spatial Design

Fashion & Textiles

Fashion with Body Contour

Textiles & Surface Design

Postgraduate

Photography

Commercial Photography

Photographic Practice (with Moving Image)

MA Creative Design Enterprise

Access to Higher Education (Art & Design)

UAL Diploma in Art & Design (Foundation Studies)

Research

Film, Television & Theatre

Acting 44 Film, TV & Theatre Production

Production Design for Stage & Screen

Visual Effects & Model Making

Interview & 85 portfolio guidance How to contact us 87

MA Design History

Access to Education

How to apply

Perspectives in Art & Design (PAD)

Professional Studies

Design Study Archive

Costume Archive

Open Days 87

Costume Interpretation with Design 56 Sound Design for Stage & Screen

Lighting & Camera for Stage & Screen

Post-Production for Stage & Screen 64

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Welcome

We are proud to be a specialist, creative School; we are ambitious for ourselves and ambitious for you. Dr Martin Raby Principal, The Northern School of Art

We understand the importance of your decision about where to study for your degree. We are the only specialist provider of creative courses in the region. With outstanding facilities and exceptional quality teaching,1 we will provide you with the skills, experience and access to industry that you need to start your exciting career in the creative industries.

Your talent is needed

The creative industries in the United Kingdom are booming - contributing £101 billion to the UK’s wider economy, with employment growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce as a whole. Currently one in eight businesses is a creative one2.

Why study with us?

Here at The Northern School of Art, while you learn your skills, craft and techniques in your chosen creative field, you will: • receive advice to develop your ideas • have access to outstanding industrystandard studios and specialist equipment • become a valued member of a collaborative and creative community We are proud of our staff, many of whom continue to practice as artists, designers and creative specialists within industry and the art world. Our programmes are full of ‘real-world’ experiences, responding to client briefs and live projects - this will help you to stand out as a candidate when you enter professional practice after your degree.

Our graduates are highly employable. In each of the past four years over 96% have been in employment or postgraduate study six months’ after graduating. Our location in the North East means your money will go further accommodation, travel and cost of living all offer value for money and you are in easy reach of the many vibrant cities of the north. We hope this prospectus gives you a snapshot of our School and what we can offer you. We would welcome meeting you at any one of our open days throughout the coming year. Please find us online at northernart. ac.uk to find out more, including plans for ‘The Northern Studios’ a commercial film and television production facility for the region* (see pages 10-11). Finally, my very best wishes for success in your studies in the coming year. Thank you for considering The Northern School of Art. Dr Martin Raby Principal, The Northern School of Art

(TEF) Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework: GOLD (2018). DDCMS, 2017 DLHE, 2017 * (subject to planning and funding decisions)

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Your career We offer a dedicated service that stands out from the crowd of generic careers services - because we are a specialist school of art so is our dedicated employability and enterprise service - Folio. Our team, who support students and graduates, have worked across the creative sector - they know their stuff because they have done it themselves.

Pat Chapman Vice Principal (Employability & External Affairs)

*Source: Figures for 2017. DCMS, November 2018)

Folio helps students get where they want to go with: • jobs or work experience • post-graduate learning • setting up and running their own business Folio staff support students and graduates to: • manage and plan their own development - setting goals for learning and experience • reflect on and evaluate their development and learning needs and identify ways to meet them • research their chosen industry and career options

In one-to-one mentoring sessions, the Folio team give practical advice on getting a job, preparing your CV or developing a new business; the team also provide seminar programmes, such as ‘Art as a business’, funding, marketing and business start-up.

Networking is very important in the creative sector so we provide regular networking opportunities where students can meet people already working in industry in an informal setting - building their contacts for future work. Folio is all about helping students to help themselves, our support is impartial, confidential and designed to meet personal needs and complement each programme of study. It is open as a drop-in centre and a place to do research. Folio, in partnership with Hartlepool Borough Council, can also provide dedicated, subsidised, fully-serviced workplace studios at ‘The BIS’ Whitby Street Studios which are located alongside the Hartlepool Church Street campus. Under our Northern Creative banner, we run a series of open lectures, seminars and master classes all free and open to all. We look forward to meeting you.

Over the last four years, 96% of our graduates were in employment or postgraduate study within six months of graduation. ■ The creative sector is the UK’s flagship economy. ■ We are world-famous for our designers, artists and film makers. ■ The creative sector employs over 4 million people and has grown year-on-year for more than 20 years despite the recession. ■ It is an industry that depends on its graduate skills - 58.8% of jobs in the sector are at least graduate level (compared to 31.8% in the wider economy). ■ By 2022, it will need an additional 900,000 graduates to keep pace with demand.

success DDCMS, 2017; DLHE, 2017

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Your creative space Art & Design

At The Northern School of Art, we are very proud of the facilities we offer. All our specialist, industry-standard facilities, workshops, studios, IT & editing suites and technical rooms are housed in a range of buildings across campus - from heritage buildings, such as the Listed Leadbitter Building, to our new, purpose-built No 1 Church Street studio, workshop and learning hub. Each building offers a distinct place for you to train, learn, explore and create in; they become your working, social and creative space. This is just a snap-shot of what we provide, our Open Days take place throughout the year (turn to the inside back page for more details) or find out more at northernart.ac.uk

*(The Northern Studios are subject to planning and funding decisions; some courses may require a small deposit for equipment hire which will be returned on return of equipment.)

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individual working bays design studios iMac suites Cintiq drawing tablets kiln facilities canvas-making dry-point etching letter press-printing 2D & 3D laser cutter

Photography

• black & white, colour & digital dark rooms • photography studios • infinity cove • Phase One Capture One tech for digital photography

Film, TV & Theatre

• double height film & television studio with gallery • green screen studio • networked editing suite • 129-seat theatre • audio & sound theatre systems • full lighting rig • sound gallery • rehearsal rooms • dressing rooms

Fashion, Textiles, Surface Design, costume • pattern cutting & sewing rooms • dye lab • textiles print rooms • embroidery rooms • private fitting rooms

Research • • • •

library journals costume archive design history archive

Church Street Gallery • gallery & exhibition space

Folio

• career & small business start-up drop-in & research hub

Food & Refreshments

• stylish cafés & social spaces • Student Union bar & social rooms

1 CHURCH STREET

Whitby Street Studios

Twenty-eight serviced studios for a growing network of small to medium creative businesses (opening 2019)*

The Northern Studios

CHURCH SQUARE

Turn over to see details of our new* large-scale film and television commercial production facility and studios - the dedicated, large film and television commercial production studio in the North East.

Equipment for Hire

Each degree programme has specialist, technical equipment to hire and use for the duration of your degree programme*.

WHITBY STREET STUDIOS

Arts & Craft Shop

We have an arts & craft shop based at the campus for a range of specialist equipment.

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The Northern Studios

A major new film & television production centre - right on campus! As this publication goes to print, The Northern School of Art is pushing ahead with an exciting plan to establish a major film and television production facility in the North East. A planning application has been submitted for ‘The Northern Studios’ a new 30,000 sq. ft. film and television studio and production facility in Hartlepool, which, if approved, will be the only one of its kind in the region.

Stage 1 - 21, 500 sq. ft. sound stage Stage 2 - 4,300 sq. ft. green screen & immersive technical filming studio Tech Shed - an industrial workshop with body scanners, liquid metal printing and robotic CNC

What does this mean for you? As an undergraduate on one of our courses you will have access to a range of industry-standard, highly specialised technical equipment for stage, screen and events production.

You will have the opportunity to work with your fellow undergraduates from across the creative community - including film, theatre, television production, visual effects, photography, sound and lighting - to create amazing productions across the different media channels and formats. It is intended that the studios will be used by the ever-growing number of major commercial production companies who film and work in the North East - potentially, you will have access to working studios right on your doorstep!

The North East a popular filming location

The dramatic coastline, wild northern moors, docks, harbours, woodlands and quaint seaside villages standing alongside the awe-inspiring structures for the steel, oil and chemical industries of Hartlepool and the wider North East has already seduced filmmakers, directors, writers, artists, story-tellers and photographers - from Sir Ridley Scott’s classic ‘Blade Runner’ to Joe Wright’s award-winning ‘Atonement’.

Some of the other film and television productions recently shot in the North East include: ‘Vera’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Inspector George Gently’, ‘Phantom Thread’, ‘Avengers’, ‘Transformers’, ‘The Dumping Ground’ (CBBC), ‘Alien’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Harry Potter’.

The UK Film & TV industry is booming - start your journey at The Northern School of Art

Follow the story at

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Accommodation We offer a great package of accommodation and facilities to make life that little bit easier when moving away from home. In our accommodation, you will benefit from: • all electricity and gas included in the rent • free internet access • a cleaner for all communal areas • laundry costs included - washer and dryer on sites • within walking distance from the campus and lots of local amenities • 24-hour emergency support • secure key-fob access

Lime Crescent

Lime Crescent offers students 24 ensuite rooms complete with their own kitchens. There is a large communal area, washer and dryer facilities and wifi included. Just a 15 minute walk from campus. Live in Lime Crescent for £93 per week

Titan House

Titan House offers students 44 ensuite rooms complete with their own kitchens. There is a large communal area on each floor, washer and dryer facilities and wifi included. Just a 10 minute walk from campus. Live in Titan House for Large room £109 per week Medium room £103 per week Standard room £98 per week

Crown Halls

Crown Halls offers students two types of accommodation, both with secure parking. Within two blocks of purpose built flats there is a large communal area on each of the three floors offering a relaxing space along with all kitchen facilities, including a shared washer and dryer, and individual lockable cupboards.

Great-value accommodation just a few minutes from campus.

All rooms incorporate a spacious bedroom, with en-suite facilities. Seven flats on each floor mean that students have plenty of room to socialise and have their own space. A further two town houses offer accommodation for 14 students, offering the same communal facilities and spacious rooms but with a shared bathroom on each floor. Fully accessible rooms are also available within Crown Halls. Live in Crown Halls for £109 per week for an en-suite room £102 per week for a shared bathroom

Student Services

If you would like to find out more about our student accommodation, please visit northernart. ac.uk/accommodation or contact the Student Services Team. 01429 858410 (term time only)

01642 856125

HEStudentServices@northernart.ac.uk

Prices correct at time of print, may be subject to change. Prices shown for fixed 43 week contract. 12 / 13

Join us At The Northern School of Art, we are proud to be a creative, specialist, collaborative community. We admire, encourage, support and celebrate creativity in all its forms. With new friends, staff, our industry partners, visiting lecturers and alumni, we will teach you specialist skills and support and encourage your vision.

Our staff

We’re well connected

All our staff are dedicated to supporting your journey through your degree programme and we offer smaller tutor groups across all our programmes so you can benefit fully from their guidance and support.

Hop off the train and you’re in the centre of our Church Street campus.

At The Northern School of Art, our staff are industry-specialists, many of whom continue to work across the creative sector.

We also have an increasing focus on our contribution to academic and economic research and are rated GOLD in the recent Teaching Excellence Framework which reflects our high student satisfaction and quality of teaching.

skills

Based in Hartlepool, we offer a great northern welcome, with value for money, stunning seascapes, wild moorland and vibrant cities.

Visit the marina for food, drinks and exceptional views or visit the National Museum of the Royal Navy. We welcome ships and visitors during the Tall Ships Race and celebrate our heritage with the annual Waterfront festival. As a creative, specialist School, in partnership with the Association of Illustrators, we are also home to the bi-annual international ‘Northern Festival of Illustration’ visit festivalofillustration.com As an ancient port, with a stunning seascape, Hartlepool is a place with unlimited horizons – so why not consider starting your journey with us.

creative community

Visit destinationhartlepool.com where you will find out more about the town with things to see and do.

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Art & Design BA (Hons) Fine Art BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application BA (Hons) Graphic Design BA (Hons) Digital Design & Advertising BA (Hons) Events & Exhibition Design HND Practical Product & Spatial Design

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BA (Hons)

Fine Art UCAS Code: W101 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

Situated in a landscape of outstanding natural and industrial spectacle at the geographical centre of the North Eastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thriving arts scene, this exciting degree programme encourages high levels of technical skills, conceptual rigour and contextual understanding. Housed in a suite of generous dedicated studios and serviced by well-equipped workshops, the BA (Hons) Fine Art degree also has an embedded professional studies element to help you prepare for your career after graduation.

You will be offered a technical training that will allow you to become a media specialist, challenging and extending the traditions of such disciplines as painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video and sculpture. The wide range of superbly equipped workshops available to you will also truly facilitate the kind of experimental combining of materials and processes with concepts and ideas that create unique hybrid forms that may not yet have a name. You will be helped and encouraged to understand the history and context of your practice, in order to establish a strong personal visual language that can communicate with a contemporary audience.

What to expect when you join us

In year one, you will be introduced to a range of Fine Art concepts, processes and subject matters. In year two, you will make an informed decision about the subject matter, media or combinations of media that you wish to explore in your personal practice and have the opportunity to exhibit your work. In your final year, you will be supported in developing and refining your specialist practice in order to realise your creative aspirations as an independent practitioner. In each year, your practical explorations will be informed and enriched by the study of art and art theory. You will also be assisted in planning and realising your career aspirations after your graduation.

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Guest Lecturers

Fine Art is enriched by a programme of lectures, workshops and meetings with a range of creative professionals and internationally renowned art professionals, these have included: Claire Davies Video Artist Richard Forster Artist Mark Jackson Curator Nick Kennedy Painter/Sculptor Ian MacDonald Photographic Artist Narbi Price Painter David Rickard Sculptor Matt Roberts Curator Dafna Talmor Photographic Artist Godfrey Worsdale Curator

British Study Visits

Student Exhibitions

The Turner Prize Hull

The National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool

Students have visited exhibitions and galleries including:

The British Art Show Edinburgh The British Sculpture Show The Hepworth Gallery Wakefield Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wakefield BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Newcastle The Laing Art Gallery Newcastle MIMA Middlesbrough Salt Mills Saltaire Format International Photographic Festival Derby

Students have exhibited in regional venues including:

Hartlepool Art Gallery Fresh Thirsk The House of Blah Blah Middlesbrough The Python Gallery Middlesbrough Pineapple Black Middlesbrough The Hub Redcar

Work Experience

Students have had the opportunity to gain work experience as studio, gallery and teaching assistants.

Graduate Destinations

Graduates are working, or undertaking postgraduate training to work, in a wide range of careers including: • Self-employed Practicing Artist • Arts Management • Studio Assistant • Marketing Manager • Primary School Teacher • Further Education Teacher • Museum Curator • Art Festival Co-ordinator

Assessment • • • • •

Portfolio Display & Exhibition Reflective Journal Reports & Essays Dissertation

International Study Visits Rome Berlin Barcelona

Find out more at

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BA (Hons)

Illustration for Commercial Application UCAS Code: W220 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

This BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree is an inspiring programme that will help you create and develop your own illustrative voice. Your development - creatively, academically and professionally - will be directed into producing a distinct portfolio and developing a strong business focus to support you in launching a successful career in the creative industries.

Join us for an exhilarating experience, in an inspirational environment, that will support you in your journey towards becoming a professional illustrator.

What to expect when you join us

In year one, you will be immersed into a community of like-minded students. You will be given a studio space and we will ask you to experiment. We will teach you how to research to inform your creativity. Best of all, you will learn how to take risks! In year two, you will focus on your development as an illustrator and start to understand your target market. This is the year our inspirational ‘live’ briefs kick in which give you the opportunity to get real feedback from publishers, clients or working illustrators. In your final year, you will produce a portfolio and marketing platforms ready for the real world. Before you know it, you have thrown your hat in the air and graduated; for some of you, this will also mean exhibiting your work in London at the Graduate Exhibition and launching your own business.

All of this is underpinned by excellent resources and staff who are experienced and practicing in industry. We will provide you with access to high profile illustrators across the world through our extensive visiting lecturer scheme; typically, we have over 85 guest speakers throughout the course duration.

Guest Lecturers • • • •

Chris Riddell Tor Freeman Godmachine Sam Arthur NoBrow Publishing • Will Sampson Storyboard & Concept Artist, The Game of Thrones • Dan Mumford • Drew Millward

Assessment

• Visual & Written Assignments • Dissertation • Final Year Portfolio & Exhibition

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By the end of your three years, you will have developed your own illustrative voice, a distinct portfolio and a business plan for your life after graduation.

Student Exhibitions

Students have exhibited in a range of venues including: • The Coningsby Gallery London • The House of Blah Blah Middlesbrough • The Northern Festival of Illustration Hartlepool • Ernest Newcastle • Truman Brewery London (Graduate Show)

Commercial Events

Students have sold work at a range of commercial events including: • Spitalfields Market London • The Coningsby Gallery London • The House of Blah Blah Middlesbrough • Ernest Newcastle

Projects

You will work on high profile projects for real-life clients who have included: • Nobrow Publishing • Flying Eye Books Publisher • Rockpool Children’s Books Publisher • One and Other Magazine • Running Man Retail Chain • Urban Outfitters Retail Chain • Wylam Brewery Craft Beers • Pavilion Books Publisher • Atomhawk Concept Design

Festival of Illustration

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

The Northern School of Art is the home of the award-winning bi-annual The Northern Festival of Illustration and The Northern Illustration Prize a chance for you to mix with, and be inspired by, some of the best-known illustrators from across the globe. www.festivalofillustration.com 24 / 25

BA (Hons)

Graphic Design UCAS Code: W211 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

Our BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree is different from many others; we are in a commercial world that requires creatives to work on a variety of digital and traditional platforms for print and screen. Therefore, we provide a fully integrated multidisciplinary approach with a view to developing the next generation of creative directors and designers. This programme is intended to provide you with the practical, technical and professional skills needed to produce graphics for traditional, experimental and commercial print-based media as well as screen based, digital animation and motion graphics. This programme emphasises mixed-media experimental work as well as real-world creative problem-solving through live briefs - you will develop industry relevant digital and analogue skills. If you are interested in the design of information, branding, advertising and communication, typography and image-making, this is the course for you.

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

As well as offering a conceptual approach to design through mixed-media, analogue and digital technology, we offer areas of speciality such as: • typography • print making, letterpress, risograph & screen printing • motion graphics & animation • editorial design & layout • branding • advertising • packaging • image-making & illustration • social media & website design

What to expect when you join us

Throughout this course, you will have access to a wide range of industry standard equipment and software including a dedicated print studio. Importantly, you will also be allocated a design space in a large graphic design studio and have dedicated access to your own personal iMac throughout your three years of study. You will be working in a creative community surrounded by fellow designers, programmers, creatives, artists and illustrators, engaging in regular workshops, technical demonstrations and one-to-one contact with tutors. During the programme, you will be encouraged to submit to national and international competition briefs, such as those set by Design & Art Direction (D&AD), Young Creatives Network and You Can Now (YCN).

Regular live projects and guest speakers from industry will enhance your portfolio and learning. Collaborative projects and placement opportunities are encouraged during your study to establish yourself as an emerging designer within this growing and fast paced industry. You will have the opportunity to develop and incorporate other areas into graphic design such as photography, digital media and print-making. Once you have developed your base knowledge within graphic design you will build your own design direction as you begin to specialise in your chosen field. Your final year is more industryfocused as you begin independent and self-directed projects, developing your individual voice as a designer.

Graduate Destinations

Our alumni are working all over the world in creative areas for companies including: • • • • • • • • • •

Brainbox Studios Eighty8 Design Allgood Bryan James Design Curious 12 Good Fridays Creative Agency Emap International Limited Epiphany Studio Visualsoft BCG Digital Ventures

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BA (Hons)

Digital Design & Advertising UCAS Code: W213 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

If you’re looking for an innovative design programme with a commercial focus, which will set you on course for a career in digital design, digital advertising, strategy, user experience, app and web design or account management in digital & advertising agencies, the BA (Hons) Digital Design & Advertising is the degree for you.

Developed directly with industry to ignite the mind of the true creative thinker, you will develop and refine your skills as a digital designer through branding, digital advertising, campaign and social media design, animation and motion graphics, app development and product enterprise.

Paired with problem solving, consumer driven strategy, digital campaigns and social media, you will explore the full life cycle of a product or service from concept through to market. As graduates you will leave us primed as innovative digital designers. Developed and working closely alongside our Graphic Design degree, the Digital Design & Advertising degree offers digital, campaign and commercially focused briefs through shared modules. We offer subjects including: • • • • • • • • •

digital image-making digital layout motion graphics animation branding & campaign design social media design web & app design digital advertising 3D & CGI design

During the programme you will be encouraged to submit to national and international competition briefs, such as those set by Design & Art Direction (D&AD), Young Creatives Network and You Can Now (YCN) amongst others. Regular live projects and guest speakers from industry will enhance your portfolio and learning.

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

Collaborative projects and placement opportunities are encouraged during your study to establish yourself as an emerging

designer within this growing and fast paced industry. You will have the opportunity to develop and incorporate other areas into digital design such as photography and 3D design. You will have the creative freedom to experiment with exhibition design and collaborate with other programmes to enhance your portfolio, as well as engage in live project work from leading international design and advertising agencies. We work with Visualsoft, Luxxlabs, LSM, 88 Design, Boho Zone & Narrative. Once you have developed your base knowledge within digital design, you will build your own design direction as you begin to specialise in your chosen field. Your final year is more industry-focused as you begin independent and self-directed projects, developing your individual voice as a designer.

Graduate Destinations

Our digital focused design alumni are working all over the world in creative areas for companies including: • • • • • • • •

Media Monks Allgood Curious 12 Good Fridays Creative Agency Emap International Limited Epiphany Studio Visualsoft BCG Digital Ventures

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BA (Hons)

Events & Exhibition Design* UCAS Code: W990 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

The events industry is now the UK’s 16th largest employer with more than 530,000 people directly employed. The BA (Hons) Events & Exhibition Design degree has been designed to provide you with the skills to design and deliver large scale visitor experiences.

There are roughly 25,000 British based businesses who provide venue hire, event production, exhibition stand design, technology solutions, food and drink, transport, and a raft of other goods and services, all related to the staging of live events. However, employers and organisers report a significant lack of skilled graduates able to work in the industry. This programme has been developed to meet the skills demanded and will explore and make use of new and emerging technology (Augmented and Virtual Reality) in the design and delivery of large scale visitor experiences. You will also utilise large scale 3D printing and model making equipment in design and staging for major events and exhibitions.

Resources

• Digital 3D software • Large scale workshops • The Northern Studios* production facility of large scale sets and exhibitions • Digital drawing tablets • High definition video cameras • Green screen facilities • TV and film studios

Industry Links

Potentially, links may be established with leaders in immersive technology and VR experience, including Hedgehog Lab and Animmersion.

** subject to planning, validation and funding decisions.

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HND Practical

Product & Spatial Design UCAS Code: W2A8 UCAS Tariff: 96 Duration: 2 years full-time

The HND Practical Product & Spatial Design course will introduce you to a wide range of traditional and digital industry standard techniques and equipment to ensure you have the best opportunity to gain employment in the industry. The programme combines spatial design, furniture and product design with a strong emphasis on traditional and contemporary skills with critical thinking and a professional approach to design and presentation.

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

*This is a new programme subject to validation. ** subject to planning and funding decision.

The programme structure ensures you have regular feedback throughout the projects with an excellent staff to student ratio. Each project clearly develops the skills you require to be a competent and confident practitioner in spatial, furniture, product and related design industries. You will be working in a dedicated design studio equipped with the latest industry standard software. You will develop your skills in 3D modelling, animation and rendering software to present your ideas professionally. Excellent workshop facilities compliment your studio based experience with access to industry-standard equipment including a CNC router, 3D printers and extensive industrial woodworking machinery. Projects may allow you to challenge you to work alongside industry practitioners on live project

briefs and visit manufacturers and designers, trade shows and exhibitions to broaden your industrial experience and design awareness, including 100% Design in London and the London Design Festival. All projects will enhance your ability to develop ideas using models and prototypes using a range of materials, techniques and equipment. You will also be encouraged to develop your presentation and communication skills will be developed using traditional and digital formats. You will be helped and encouraged by a dedicated team of designers and design history experts, traditional furniture makers and CAD/CAM experts who will encourage and guide you through live projects and national competitions to become a versatile, practical and confident practitioner.

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Photography BA (Hons) Commercial Photography BA (Hons) Photographic Practice (with Moving Image)

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Course of the Year 2017

In 2017, The Northern School of Art was awarded the prestigious â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;AOP Course of the Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for BA (Hons) Photography 2016/17. Building on the success of this, we have developed our two current programmes, BA (Hons) Commercial Photography and BA (Hons) Photographic Practice (with Moving Image). 34 / 35

BA (Hons)

Commercial Photography UCAS Code: W642

Commercial photography is needed in the 21st Century as much as at any other time in the history of the medium. Everyone has a camera but not everyone is capable of making a brand, product, individual or landscape come alive with stunning commercial photography and images.

UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

All students can become members of the Association of Photographers (AOP).

Phase One Certified Professional

Course of the Year 2017

We are one of only a few institutions outside of London who will provide you with an opportunity to acquire your Phase One Certified Professional qualification whilst studying on this degree programme (at a heavily subsidised rate). This is an industry-recognised qualification in Phase One Camera Systems, Digital Backs and Capture One Software which will provide you with a real advantage in terms of securing your first role in a photography studio or the imaging sector.

We provide superb facilities and practicing industry-experienced staff for an exceptional learning experience which will provide you with the technical and creative skills you need to become a successful practitioner in the commercial photography industry. This means fulfilling client briefs on time and within budget - whilst producing stunning high-quality commercial images. This BA (Hons) Commercial Photography degree is based on the integration of creative practice with practical skills and is intended to prepare you for employment in the creative imaging industry. The course has been designed in consultation with professional practitioners, trade bodies, online content producers and industry partners. You will work in a purpose-built environment with industry approved digital equipment, software, techniques and facilities.

What to expect when you join us

A varied and intensive introduction allows you the opportunity to become technically competent and creatively aware with a broad range of relevant skills.

In year one, you will be introduced to becoming fully competent in ‘Workflow’ for industry-standard studio and image management systems. This will be expanded on as you learn about commercial lighting both on location and in the studio. You will also study critical thinking and the history of photography. In year two, you will explore different genres, fashion photography, advertising, product and e-commerce. This will include in-depth investigation of advanced image enchancement and retouching skills for a range of outputs. As you progress you’ll be encouraged to develop your understanding of transferable skills. You will also begin the development of a physical and digital portfolio in your chosen specialist direction working towards your final year project and exhibition. Throughout the programme, you will have access to Canon, Sony, Hasselblad, Phase One camera systems plus and a range of industry-standard photographic equipment. You will also use a fully equipped professional studio that is designed to prepare you for work.

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Guest Lecturers

Assessment

Martin Parr President Magnum Photos

Alumni

Workshops and lectures have been provided by a range of world-renowned photographers, these have included:

Tom Stoddart Photojournalist Getty Images Yan Preston Photographer Tim Clark 1000 Words Editor Freddy Spencer 20/20 Photography Agent

• Written & Visual Assignments • Dissertation • Final Year Exhibition & Portfolio Graduates are working with a range of high profile companies, including: • • • • • • •

Vogue Ted Baker BBC Sport The Hut Group End Fashion Creative Arts Review Mountain Bike UK

Pippa Oldfield Curator & Writer

• Herbalife Nutrition

Mimi Mollica Photojournalist Documentary Photographer

Industry Links

Simon Roberts Photographer & Honorary Fellow Royal Photographic Society Alison Baskerville Photojournalist Peter Dench World Press Photo Zelda Cheatle Photography Expert Chris Harrison Photographer

The programme works with a range of organisations, these have included: • • • • • • • • •

Graduate Destinations Graduates are working or undertaking postgraduate training in a wide range of careers including: • • • • • • • • • • •

Fashion Television & Media Health Wedding Photography Car Advertising Sport/Extreme Sport Social Portraiture Photo Retouching Music Publishing E-commerce Education

Study Visits

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Paris, Prague

BBC Sport Penguin/Random House Side Gallery, Newcastle BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Sony MIMA, Middlesbrough Phase One Capture One Tees Valley Tourism Hartlepool Borough Council

Tessa Bunny Klompching Gallery New York Tom Wood International Centre of Photography, New York 38 / 39

BA (Hons)

Photographic Practice (with Moving Image) UCAS Code: W640 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

Do you want to be a social storyteller... documenting and exploring the world through your vision and ability to capture the world around you. This BA (Hons) Photographic Practice (with Moving Image) degree provides you with the technical and conceptual frameworks you need to develop your independent creative practice and vision in art-based, video and documentary photography. Business skills and self-promotion will also be emphasised so students can build successful and sustainable practices. The programme encourages you to establish a balance between your creative vision and the technical processes required to produce work for a number of photographic outputs. In year one, you will learn about workflow for both digital and darkroom applications-we will provide film, paper and the associated chemistry to help you do this. This is supported by a programme of technical workshops and academic seminars. You will study the history of photography and produce a group exhibition of framed works to a professional standard.

Course of the Year 2017

This course is a successor to the 2016/17 award-winning programme.

In year two, you will make a short film and produce a photographic publication (book) around the theme of a chosen subject area. This is supported by critical investigation of how to read photographs and understand the importance of images and the various uses and applications in the world today.

In your final year, you will then work towards creating a professional portfolio and an exhibition as you start to consider your independent practice and prepare for employment and/or further study.

Alison Baskerville Photojournalist

Throughout the programme, you will have access to a range of industry-standard photographic equipment including Canon, Hasselblad, Phase One, Sony and Toyo (large format) cameras and negative storage. You will also have access to fully equipped studios, specialist film scanners, workstations and colour/ digital and black and white dark rooms.

Chris Harrison Photographer

Guest Lecturers

Workshops and lectures have been provided by a range of world-renowned photographers, these have included: Martin Parr President Magnum Photos Tom Stoddart Photojournalist Getty Images Yan Preston Photographer

Peter Dench World Press Photo Zelda Cheatle Photography Expert

Tessa Bunny Klompching Gallery New York Tom Wood International Centre of Photography, New York

Alumni

Boo George Vogue Richy Leeson End Photography & Ted Baker Peter Caton Photojournalist + NGO Lucinda Grange Travel Photographer New York Jason Hynes Independent Photographer Laurie Fletcher Photography

Tim Clark 1000 Words Editor

Georgia Donkin Sotheby’s

Freddy Spencer 20/20 Photography Agent

Study Visits

Pippa Oldfield Curator & Writer Mimi Mollica Photojournalist Documentary Photographer Simon Roberts Photographer & Honorary Fellow Royal Photographic Society

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Paris, Prague

Industry Links

• Association of Photographers, AOP • Association of Photography in Higher Education • Capture One Phase One Photography • PhotoMeet, London 40 / 41

Film, Television & Theatre BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen BA (Hons) Film, Television & Theatre Production BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage & Screen BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Model Making BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design BA (Hons) & FdA Sound Design for Stage & Screen FdA Lighting & Camera for Stage & Screen FdA Post-production for Stage & Screen

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BA (Hons)

Acting for Stage & Screen UCAS Code: W410 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

The BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen degree has been designed by working industry professionals to ensure students develop the skills required for performance on stage and screen; it provides students with the drama school style experience outside of London. Students will develop core acting skills in voice, characterisation and physicality which will be utilised in performances for stage and screen as well as working on contemporary and innovative performance practices. The course is vocational, with a strong focus on students developing their own practice - not just performance but also creating their own work. Alongside skill development, you will work collaboratively with other students across a range of degree courses - costume, lighting, sound, photography, visual effects, film, television and theatre production- to produce brand new material created by film and theatre scriptwriters. This collaborative approach will enrich your experience on the programme and support you in generating a credible body of work. You will receive support and training throughout the programme from staff with a wealth of industry experience. In addition, we have a wide range of companies and industry speakers who come in and work with our students - these include companies such as Frantic Assembly BBC and The National Theatre.

What to expect when you join us

You will look at the core acting skills of voice, physicality and characterisation working on devised and scripted text for both stage and screen; you will be part of two full theatre productions each academic year to showcase the skills gained. You will explore Classical Theatre, Clowning and Acting for Media. Your three years of study will culminate in your final year enabling you to produce an extensive CV, professionalstandard showreel and a solo show at ARC to agents and industry professionals as well as a full theatre production. Students are treated as ‘actors in training’ with professional standards expected on all projects; these skills will be developed by working alongside guest lecturers and industry professionals from theatre and film. Students are encouraged and supported in securing professional opportunities throughout the programme, for example, a current student has a role in the latest Ken Loach film.

Industry Links

Although a relatively new programme at the School, it already has strong industry links offering an important network of contacts, these include: • • • •

ARC Theatre Newcastle Puppetry Festival Northern Stage Janet Plater Management

The Northern Studios

Assessment

• Written & Performance Assignments • Final Year Solo Show • Final Year Performance & Showreel

*Subject to funding and planning decisions.

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BA (Hons)

Film, Television & Theatre Production UCAS Code: W692 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

As a student on collaborative and practice-based BA (Hons) Film, Television & Theatre Production degree you will develop the skills and discipline of scriptwriting, directing and producing for both stage and screen. You will gain a strong understanding of the technical requirements of filming and stagecraft; providing you with a distinct competitive advantage in this exciting industry. With this flexibility, you have the opportunity to create the skillset you need to pursue your chosen career in film, television and theatre. Working closely with other programmes including acting, lighting, sound, costume, photography, visual effects and production design - students will experience a fully rounded and holistic teaching environment providing access to a complete and collaborative production process which mirrors the workings of industry.

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What to expect when you join us

Alumni

Former students of this degree and foundation degree versions of this programme include:

Throughout the three years, you will create screen and theatre productions that showcase your skills and abilities to create new and original content for film and contemporary theatre practice.

Scott Mann Director & Producer, ‘Final Score’, ‘Heist’ (with Robert De Niro), ‘The Tournament’

You will use cutting-edge Black Magic 4K camera technology as well as utilise traditional super-16mm film using Arriflex cameras in dedicated film and theatre studios and performance space. You will have access to industry standard software including Premiere Pro and Avid. It is anticipated you will work on a minimum of 10 productions across three years but probably more within the collaborative nature of the programme.

Tom Marshall Director ‘Famalan’, ‘Chewing Gum’, ‘Wasted’ Sarah Gledhill Production Management Assistant, ‘Secret Britain’, ‘Flog it!’

The Northern Studios

As well as having access to a brand new television and film studio and 129-seater theatre space already in use for students, a new 30,000 sq ft commercial film and television sound stage facility and studio complex ‘The Northern Studios’* is currently in development which will provide on the doorstep access to the only television and film studio in the North East.

You will work for live clients and submit for festivals and competitions throughout the programme including the 16mm Kodak Commercial Awards, RTS Awards and National Student Drama Festival amongst others. In 2018, students worked on a BFI funded feature film ‘Looted’.

These facilities will allow students from our stage and screen programmes an extraordinary opportunity for access to industry guest speakers and the possibility of work experience on professional film and television programmes, as well as industrial links within both the worlds of stage and screen.

At the end of the three year programme, you will have a broad showreel of work for your next steps into professional practice.

Read more about ‘The Northern Studios’ and our facilities on pages 10-11.

Assessment

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk/film

• Written & Film/Visual Assignments • Dissertation • Final Year Showreel (*currently subject to planning and funding decisions)

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BA (Hons)

Production Design for Stage & Screen UCAS Code: W490 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

The BA (Hons) Production Design for stage & screen degree has been designed to support the exciting, booming industry of production design for the film, television and theatre industry. This programme not only allows you to develop your design and realisation skills, which a top design team requires, but also to gain specialist practical skills such as set-building, prop making, sculpting, concept art and character development. It will provide you with the skills to design for television, film and theatre - from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;white cardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scale models to full scale industry size sets. Based within a framework of creative and professional practice, and with more than twenty yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in developing production designers for the entertainment industries in consultation with employers, we offer a mix of skills that make you stand out from the crowd.

What to expect when you join us

You will be designing sets, characters and props from your first term - learning the skills to develop and present a concept, work collaboratively with others to develop your vision, design and then build a set.

You will learn from experienced, connected industry specialists the skills you need to build an exciting career as a set or prop designer in the film, television and theatre industry. It is a hands-on course where you will draw, design and learn the processes and rigour of construction. You will have the opportunity to develop a high level of craftmanship in a range of skills. You will the opportunity to design and build opera, theatre, film and television sets and to leave as a trained specialist in set design, scenic painting, set and prop construction, technical drawing or model making - the choice is yours.

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visualise…

design…

You will explore industry and commercial awareness, workshop and studio practice, creative cultures, visual communication, digital mould making, concept development, 2D & 3D techniques, professional practice, production practice, craft and skills - enabling you to practice working collaboratively in all areas of film, television, theatre and performance production. You will have access to a wide range of technical and specialist equipment - including a wide range of industry standard machine and hand tools, laser cutter, 3D printer, full scale set construction workshop and industry standard software.

develop…

build…

Alumni

Set Construction Olympic & Paralympic Opening Ceremonies Properties Master Royal Shakespeare Company Prop Maker Star Wars (Disney) Head Sculptor Aardman Productions Prop Maker Alton Towers/Merlin Entertainment Digital Productions Manager Pinewood Creatives Project Manager Show Canada Montreal

You will become part of a creative, collaborative community working across the full range of degree programmes to experience a full production process including acting, lighting, sound, photography, visual effects, costume and film, television and theatre production.

Production Designer The Dumping Ground Tracey Beaker (CBBC)

Importantly, you will also be provided with your own working bay in a collaborative design studio and production space.

Properties Buyer Remember Me Mammoth Screen Productions (BBC)

The course tutors are all practicing industry specialists and students have had the opportunity to work with a wide range of partners including Opera North, Darlington Hippodrome and Rough Cut TV.

Care BBC Production Designer Waterloo Road Red Productions (BBC)

Prop Maker Disney & Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships Models & Prop Maker Madame Tussauds

The Northern Studios

As well as having access to a brand new television and film studio and 129-seat theatre space already in use for students, a new 30,000 sq ft commercial film and television sound stage facility and studio complex ‘The Northern Studios’* is currently in development which will provide on the doorstep access to the only television and film studio in the North East. These facilities will allow students from our stage and screen programmes an extraordinary opportunity for access to industry guest speakers and the possibility of work experience on professional film and television programmes, as well as industrial links in the worlds of stage and screen. Read more about ‘The Northern Studios’ on pages 10-11.

Industry Links • • • • • • • • •

Royal Opera House BBC Disney Darlington Hippodrome Theatre Northern Film & Media Screen Yorkshire Pinewood Studios Starz TV Candle & Bell Productions

(subject to planning and funding decisions)

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BA (Hons)

Our screens are a medium through which the most spectacular realities can be realised; at the heart of this creative world is the visual effects specialist.

Visual Effects & Model Making UCAS Code: W614 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

On the BA (Hons) Visual Effects & Model Making degree, developed with industry partners, you will learn how to create, sculpt and mould the cinematographic structures and models used by special effects teams to create stunning visuals.

This programme develops practical skills which include film and television prop making, architectural model making, model making, design for theatre and commercial installations, prototyping for industrial designers, puppet and character development for stop-frame animation, interactive exhibition models, animatronics and automata for exhibition and television character design, photographic props for

advertising and concept models for the gaming industry. You will not only learn traditional technical skills, such as sculpting, mould making and model making but also digital skills including digital scanning and 3D printing using industry standard software. The programme is aimed at providing you with the traditional technical and specialist digital skills required for the film, television and

theatre industries which has a skills shortage for this rapidly expanding area. However, the practical skills you will learn on this course are relevant to a wide range of careers including animation, architecture, product design, advertising, exhibition design, heritage, museums and theme parks; even Formula One racing teams employ model makers in the development and building of their cars!

Assessment

Throughout the three years, you will build a portfolio of work culminating in a showcase to industry specialists in your final degree show.

Industry Links

Our model making team have worked with a range of clients and maintain links with strong industry client including: • • • • •

Aardman Animation Industrial Light & Magic Alpha Star Productions Custom House, South Shields BC-FX

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BA (Hons)

Costume Interpretation with Design UCAS Code: W452 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

The BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design degree is set in the thriving filming locations of the North East with great links to industry leaders in costume. This programme is a provider of costumiers for the entertainment industry and will equip you with the skills in costume, design and construction you need, alongside bespoke skills of millinery and tailoring - one of the few degree programmes that offer this in the country.

You will receive full training in the skills, techniques and craft you need to create superb costume for film, television, theatre and performance - as well as beautiful evening and bridal wear - including: • • • •

costume & clothing design millinery (hat-making) tailoring leatherwork - leather moulding/embossing • mask-making • corsetry By the end of three years, you will be able to design, source materials and create full costumes. You will showcase your designs in a final degree show which will be seen by industry specialists. The programme is built on strong industrial relationships and you may have the opportunity to work on live briefs, work placements and/or collaborate with students from a range of our other programmes including acting, film, TV and theatre production; this will enable you to gain a real understanding of the costume industry.

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What to expect when you join us

You will be provided with a design bay, desk and storage locker and all workshop materials are free. The School also provides dedicated fitting rooms, sewing rooms with industry-standing equipment and wet rooms for the production of fabric. You will be working with experienced industry practitioners who continue to work within television, film and theatre. You will have access to the School’s costume archive - with garments from the 1800s onwards - providing a rich primary source for understanding and learning. In your final year, you will have the opportunity to exhibit your designs to an audience of industrial practitioners. With great industry links, we welcome visiting guest lecturers throughout the programme, recent guests have included: Amber Butchart (‘A Stitch in Time’ BBC) Michele Carragher (Game of Thrones)

Work Experience

Our students have worked on a wide range of television, film, theatre, musical and dance productions: • • • • •

Poldark Peaky Blinders Victoria Downton Abbey Strictly Come Dancing • Benidorm • Inspector George Gently

• Vera • Gunpowder (Kit Harrington) • RSC Matilda • Shrek the Musical • The Lion King • National Theatre • Royal Opera House

Alumni

Our Alumni work across a wide range of productions, including: • Exodus: Gods and Kings Doctor Who (BBC) starring Christian Bale (20th Century Fox) • Into the Woods starring Meryl Streep (Disney) • Sherlock Holmes starring Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC) • Wolf Hall starring Damien Lewis (BBC) • Victor Frankenstein starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe • Beowulf, (ITV) • ‘Victoria’ starring Jenna Coleman (ITV) • Rogue One - Star Wars (Disney) • ‘SS-GB’ starring Sam Riley (BBC)

Graduate Destinations

Our graduates work in a wide range of careers including: • entertainment industries Disney, Tussauds Group • freelance designer & constructor • costume houses RSC, Angels, Cosprop, Opera Houses, Theatres, TV, Film • heritage industries museum exhibitions • castles/stately homes re-enactment and entertainment • costume preservation • teaching & education

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BA (Hons)

Sound Design for Stage & Screen* or FdA (2 year option) BA (Hons)* UCAS Code: W613 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time FdA UCAS Code: W613 UCAS Tariff: 96 2 years full-time

The FdA Sound Design for Stage & Screen two-year foundation degree programme will equip you to work as a sound specialist in many areas of digital media, broadcast and live production. Our BA (Hons)* is a three year programme which, in its final year, enables you to further develop your practice in sound design. In both programmes, you will develop recording and production skills whilst expanding your artistry so that you can become a dynamic, highly-skilled and creative sound practitioner in a wide range of roles including sound design for film and broadcast media, music production, game sound, theatre and live event sound (from intimate venues to large scale productions). The programme has been created by a professional sound designer with over twenty years of industry experience and you will have many opportunities to work with visiting lecturers and professionals from producing theatres, film and broadcast media throughout the programme.

In both programmes you will collaborate frequently with students across a wide range of degree programmes - acting, film, digital design, visual effects, production design - so that you may encounter numerous different production environments including recording on location for films, designing for theatre productions, creating sonic art, recording podcasts and performing live-sound for radio plays. Professional practice is taught throughout the programme so that you may create your own business as a freelance sound designer from the moment you graduate. In our brand new facilities, you have access to leadingedge, industry standard facilities including: • studio, location and field recording equipment • audio software (including Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Qlab, Kontakt, Adobe Audition) • audio hardware (digital & analogue consoles, live sound systems) • recording studios including live room

The School has a brand new theatre complete with state-of-the-art sound equipment. In addition, we have a double height TV studio as well as a commercial sound stage facility next door to our teaching facilities. The programme has numerous connections with venues throughout the UK and close relationships with regional organisations with whom you will get involved in live projects and productions throughout the programme.

The Northern Studios*

(* subject to validation planning and funding decisions).

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FdA

Lighting & Camera for Stage & Screen* UCAS Code: W620 UCAS Tariff: 96 2 years full-time

As a student on this collaborative and practice based two year programme, you will explore the discipline and skills of lighting for stage and screen alongside acquiring the specialist camera skills you need to become a practicing cinematographer or lighting designer. This course is designed for the student or practitioner who wishes to secure real expertise and experience in the technical craft of design and delivery of lighting for screen and stage productions.

On this intense, highly practical programme you will create lighting schemas for screen or theatrical production using cuttingedge 4K technology, as well as the opportunity to create both traditional 16mm film and lighting solutions for contemporary theatre practice. It is anticipated you will work on a minimum of nine productions across two years but probably more within the collaborative nature of the programme and develop a showreel of work over the two year programme to take into industry or allow you to complete a top-up year to obtain your BA (Honours).* This is a highly collaborative programme and you will work with practitioners and students across a range of degree programmes, including acting, film, television, theatre production, photography, costume, sound, post-production, visual effects and production design.

Our facilities include: • super-16mm film cameras • digital cinema cameras including Black Magic 4k • television studio with green screen, stage and location lighting rigs • a full range of Grip equipment from Jib to Slider & Tracking Dolly • LED, Tungsten, and Fluorescent lights • a fully interactive 129-seat stage with gallery

The Northern Studios*

(*currently subject to validation planning and funding decisions)

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FdA

Post-production for Stage & Screen* UCAS Code: W610 UCAS Tariff: 96 2 years full-time

Post-production and editing are identified nationally as employment growth areas over the next decade. Post-production is a fascinating part of the process of film making and video production where the skills of sound track, special effects and colour enhancement all take place. It is an ever developing feature of film, television, live events and, increasingly, stage productions, where directors are seeking new ways of presenting action and sets.

This is a highly collaborative programme and you will work with practitioners and students across a range of degree programmes, including acting, film, television, theatre production, photography, costume, sound, post-production, visual effects and production design. You will help create a range of film products on screen or in a theatrical production that will showcase your skills and abilities to create new and original content with cutting edge 4K technology, as well as the opportunity to create both traditional 16mm film and create postproduction solutions for film, TV and contemporary theatre practice to give you a broad showreel of work over the two year programme, to take into industry or to allow you to complete a top-up year to obtain your BA (Honours).*

Our facilities include access to a range of industry standard studios, equipment and software, including: • • • • • • • • • •

AVID Adobe Premiere Pro CC Adobe After Effects CC Marvellous Designer 3DMax Media Composer (including Pro Tools and Davinci) Steenbeck Film edit bed Digital projection Green screen and studio Edit Share

The Northern Studios*

(*currently subject to validation planning and funding decisions)

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Fashion with Body Contour Textiles & Surface Design BA (Hons) Fashion with Body Contour BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design

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BA (Hons)

Fashion with Body Contour UCAS Code: W232 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

The BA (Hons) Fashion with Body Contour is an exciting programme designed to provide you with an in-depth understanding of design and skills to meet the requirements of the fashion and body contour industry, but your skills are sought after across the whole fashion world. It will provide you with specialist skills in design, pattern-cutting, construction and the use of 2D and 3D software for the production of contemporary fashion, active wear and lingerie. You will be provided with full training in the design process, trend production and textiles along with traditional and contemporary pattern-cutting techniques. You will gain a thorough knowledge in fashion design, history and innovation – learning the skills that enable you to design your own clothing, as you grow in confidence, you will be encouraged to explore, create and innovate – helping you to stand out from the crowd in fashion design. In the generous cutting, sewing and design rooms and studios, you will learn how to take your designs from 2D sketches to the 3D final product - ensuring you are ‘work-ready’!

What to expect when you join us

You will be provided with full training in the design process, trend prediction and textiles along with traditional and contemporary pattern-cutting techniques. Industry-standard garment construction skills will be developed as well as an understanding of the technology and materials used in the fashion, design and clothing industry, including the use of industry-standard virtual prototyping systems for pattern cutting, grading, fabric print development and 3D modelling, as well as use of 3D printing, CAD lasercutting and printing.

Modules include: Introduction to Body Contour Fashion, Sketching for Body Contour Fashion, Creative Technical (pattern-making, draping, cutting, sewing & construction, production-ready pattern drafting design & software, creation of ‘tech packs’ for manufacturers), Textiles Techniques, History of Body Contour Fashion, Design Studio (understanding target markets, 2D & 3D design), Digital Design & Communication (use of CAD, Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign), Industry Project with a ‘Live’ Brief, Research, Final Major Project, Show & Portfolio. The programme is delivered within dedicated studio and workshop spaces that provide an excellent range of industry-standard resources - you will have a generous space allocation of cutting table, industry sewing machines, mannequins and technical and software resources.

In your final year, you will produce a collection for your final year show with a design portfolio for showcasing to industry specialists.

Introducing…

Dr Carol Harris heads up this new course, which began in winter 2017, who was specifically chosen for the position due to her highly prestigious career at Savannah College of Art and Design, US, where she was Professor of Fashion. Carol’s academic profile spans almost twenty years and includes producing work on a freelance basis for Calvin Klein and Oscar De La Renta.

Experienced academic and technical staff and a programme of visiting designers and professionals in a highly creative and collaborative community will support your development of your own creative identity and skills and help you to establish your individual career aspirations as you progress through each level of the programme.

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BA (Hons)

This inspirational, innovative and vibrant degree offers exceptional studios, workshops and resources.

Textiles & Surface Design

You’ll develop design and making skills to enable you to be employed or self-employed in this dynamic industry.

UCAS Code: W230 UCAS Tariff: 112 3 years full-time

You will design for a range of textile and surface design product areas such as interiors, fashion, gift, stationery, table-top, bedding and interior products. This degree also offers a range of skills transferable to a wide range of creative industries including teaching, community arts, buying, styling and visual merchandising. We are looking for ambitious, hardworking students who want to pursue and establish a career within this exciting and creative industry. With 100% Student Satisfaction in the National Student Survey*, this programme has an exceptional reputation and you will be working with lecturers and technician demonstrators who continue to work successfully within aspects of the industry.

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

Using our specialist, well equipped studios and workshops, you will develop design and technical skills in screenprinting, dyeing, hand and machine embroidery, digital print, laser-cutting, fabric manipulation and making skills whilst working on live briefs and collaborative projects. (*NSS 2018)

Work Experience

Our degree offers students national and international live project opportunities. Work is exhibited and sold at trade fairs and exhibitions such as: Premiere Vision, Paris; Surtex, New York; New Designers, London; London Print Design Fair; Indigo Mood, Brussels.

Industry Links

• Alexander McQueen London • Anna Sui New York • Bowes Museum • Debenhams Design Studio • Designers Guild Design Studio London • Graham and Brown Wallpapers Blackburn • Hallmark UK Bradford • Hand and Lock Couture Embroidery London • House of Holland London • LURU Home New York • Marks & Spencers Design Studio

• Oilily Netherlands • Orla Kiely Design Studio London • Osborne & Little Design Studio London • River Island Design Team London • Surtex Trade Show New York • Timorous Beasties Glasgow • Trend Art Italy • Trend Bible Newcastle • Zandra Rhodes London • PV Design Paris • Warehouse Design Team London

Alumni

Our alumni are exceptional with graduates working within a variety of roles, including: • Buyer, LaModa - previously House of Holland, Secret Sales • Designer, PostFashion (Topshop, Urban Outfitters) • Home & Print Designer, Orla Kiely & former Print Designer, Zandra Rhodes • Designers and Senior Designers, River Island • Creative Director and Managing Director, Tracey Russell Cards • Design Director, Linea at House of Fraser • Visual Merchandiser, Ikea • Senior Print Designer, Marks & Spencer • Surface Designer/Creative Director, Surfacephilia • Buyer, Debenhams • Designer Maker, Bobbin & Bone • Owner & Creative Director, LillianDaph Interiors • Designer, George at Asda Homeware

Assessment • • • • •

Portfolio Live Assignments Exhibition Reports & Essays Dissertation

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Postgraduate MA Design History MA Creative Design Enterprise

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Design History 12 months (start September)

In the heritage, collections and antique sector, there is a need for object based learning and knowledge. This fascinating programme offers you the opportunity to study design history - providing you with a rewarding and essential body of knowledge to explore your interest and potentially support your career in collections and objects in auction houses, curation, heritage properties, museums and antiques institutions.

The programme comprises advanced research methodologies and application, and a work-related learning project, which could utilise experience in an external institution or a focus on the costume or design study archives. Your final dissertation will bring together your research and application skills.

Programme Format

The programme covers materials and techniques of design, taxonomy, exhibiting, conservation and handling, collections. The format of the programme is lectures, seminars, tutorials and self-directed study. On this programme, you will also benefit from: • small, focused group workshops • access to expert staff • access to the School’s Design Study Archive and Costume Archive

Industry Links

The National Trust as well as many of the great northern country houses which means we are in the unique geographical position to offer access to important collections outside of London.

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

(*subject to validation)

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Creative Design Enterprise* 12 months (start September)

This exciting programme is designed to support your creative role, ideas and products into a thriving enterprise and business. Whatever your creative discipline, we will support you with business advice, support and premises to build your own successful start-up with an understanding of the different elements of real-world commercial practice and research.

The focus of this programme is your design work (within a range of creative disciplines) and your approach to research and realise its commercial opportunities.

The format of the programme is lectures, tutorials, seminars and self-directed study with access to our workshops and technical support.

You will gain skills in:

On this programme, you will also benefit from:

• • • •

• small, focussed group workshops • access to our workshops • access to expert staff

Brand Marketing Finance Market Theory Market Segmentation

You could be working in multi-media disciplines, graphics, 3D design, fashion, textiles, surface and interior design, textiles and costume - this progamme will provide you with the support, technology and equipment, studio and commercial space within a collaborative, creative community to realise your business goals.

For 12 months, you will also have a free space in a large shared studio in the creative enterprise building on Whitby Street, which will allow for 24 hour access for your creative business development and provide the opportunity to benefit from the business support and creative events on offer

(*subject to validation)

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Access to Higher Education Diploma

UAL Diploma in

This course is designed to provide opportunities for those returning to education or mature (19+) students to achieve a higher education qualification whilst also building confidence.

This well established course is designed for post A-level (or equivalent) 18 year old students to provide a unique transitionary year between sixth form/college and creative degrees at university.

Art & Design

Students will cover a wide range of disciplines, whilst gaining a strong understanding of the design process such as drawing, textiles, fine art, 2D and 3D communication, digital arts and art history. Students will be given support with research, essay writing, UCAS applications and creating a progression portfolio. Throughout the course, professional expertise will guide students through the portfolio building processes essential for university interviews. The whole course will culminate in a final exhibition of work in our Summer Show.

Find out more at

www.northernart.ac.uk

Although there are no formal entry requirements, students will be required to provide evidence of their commitment, motivation and life skills to cope with the level of the course, by providing such things as drawings, photographs, ideas development, concept art, embroidery, craft items and evidence of written work. Successful completion gives students a qualification and the skills to progress to a wide range of degree level courses at university, including MAs if you already have a degree in a non-Art & Design subject. The Access to HE Diploma (Art and Design) is awarded by One Awards.

How to Apply

For more information about how to apply and course fees, please see pages 84-87.

Art & Design Foundation Studies

It’s an exciting, challenging and maturing experience that develops your creative identity, helps you discover which discipline suits you, and equips you with the skills and confidence to apply for and thrive at a national or international university on any creative degree. Our foundation course, which is free to those aged under 19 years, helps you avoid costly mistakes by enabling you to be sure of your subject choice at degree level.

How to Apply

For more information about how to apply and course fees, please see pages 84-87.

In the first six to eight weeks of the UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, you will try out all the different art and design areas. Throughout the UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, you’ll follow an intensive programme of drawing (including life drawing) and investigation of contemporary critical practice in art and design. Part 1: Learning Skills and Context - the first six to eight weeks of two-week rotations will guide you through approaches and processes intrinsic to all areas of art, design and communication. Part 2: Development and Progression - you choose the subject you want to focus on and develop your specialist skills in one of our three pathways with topics including

fine art, fashion, textiles, costume, graphics, illustration, photography, video, animation, and 3D. Your pathway tutor also supports you through the UCAS application and interview process to achieve your aims. Part 3: Proposal and Realisation is the final and only graded part of the course. You’ll design and complete your project which will showcase your learning as part of the Diploma Exhibition. We have excellent rates of progression (98%) to our own university level campus and other top universities across the country. The official title of this course is: Diploma in Art & Design Foundation Studies and it is awarded by UAL: Awarding Body (University of the Arts London).

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Research Perspectives in Art & Design (PAD) The Northern School of Art’s online journal features research-led articles on creative topics, as part of its ongoing commitment to an innovative art and design curriculum. The aim of the journal is to share the School’s programme of staff and student led scholarly activity and research to the wider academic community.

Called Perspectives in Art and Design (PAD) the new web-based journal provides a platform for contributors to share peer-reviewed work on a wide range of creativity issues. PAD has enhanced the School’s well-established Contextual Studies provision, which focuses on the history of art and design and highlights the School’s commitment to recognising scholarly activity, research and enhanced practice. As an undergraduate, you may be able to publish in the online journal if your work provides an insight or contribution to academic debate.

Professional Studies

Design Study Archive

Our Design Study Archive is a central research point for critical studies and for inspiration within the studio. Over the last decade, the School has invested in this valuable resource which is used by both staff and students. The collection includes clothes from the 19th and 20th centuries, bound copies of The Studio magazine from 18901960, packaging design, ceramics from 1890-2010 and an enviable collection of Japanese kimono, textiles and decorative arts.

Costume Archive

With clothing and garments from the Victorian era, the Costume Archive archive is available for both staff and students to use. Students, from fashion and costume programmes in particular, are encouraged to view and handle original garments to learn about traditional construction techniques.

Whichever degree programme you choose to study with us, we will support the development of your employability skills with professional studies embedded in each year. This introduces and develops your understanding of IT, communication, research, marketing, presentations and online presence through to preparing for employment, networking, post-graduate study, freelancing or setting up a new business. 80 / 81

Your money We believe it is important you are clear about the financial implications of undertaking Higher Education, access, degree and postgraduate courses. Because this information can change, we have set out everything as clearly as we can on our website, please visit northernart.ac.uk

How will I pay?

You are not expected to pay for your fees upfront. A student loans company will pay your fees for you, which you only pay back after you graduate and start earning over £25,000* a year. The amount you pay back is linked to the amount you earn.

Who can apply to student finance?

Only students from the United Kingdom and EU countries can apply to student finance; whilst going to print we are awaiting details in relation to the UK’s possible departure from the EU - please refer to Student Finance England for updated information.

Do I get any help with living costs?

Yes, students can apply for a Living Cost Loan from Student Finance and the amount you are given is dependent on your household income.

What other help is available?

As well as the standard loans and grants available from the Student Loan Company, The Northern School of Art offers excellent support packages to eligible students, details of which are available at northernart.ac.uk We strongly recommend you read the excellent blog on student finance at www.moneysavingexpert.com/students* as well as read the information available on the websites listed below.

Useful links

Money Saving Expert www.moneysavingexpert.com/students Student Finance England www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance Student Loan Company www.slc.co.uk UCAS www.ucas.com

Disclaimer

And, importantly, your money goes further!

With great value accommodation prices and low living and travel costs, your cashflow will be greater than those areas of the country with higher accommodation, living and travel costs. You will also receive: • Teaching is delivered by expert staff who have well-established links with industry • Access to industry standard facilities and equipment • We are rated GOLD in the Teaching Excellence Framework – meaning you get great quality teaching • We are ranked amongst the top for art & design graduate employability compared to all universities and colleges in the UK

In becoming a student of The Northern School of Art, you agree to the terms and conditions of the School. This include accepting the regulations of the School, which are approved by the School’s validating partner, the Arts University Bournemouth, and you will be required to confirm this includes when you formally enrol with us. Most of the regulations are likely to be similar at most colleges and universities, but it is important you read The Northern School of Art’s terms & conditions which are available at www.northernart.ac.uk Sources: OFS, DLHE 2018, HESA DLHE 2015, 16 & 17 82 / 83

How to apply

Undergraduate

All applications for our undergraduate programmes are made online at www.ucas.ac.uk. Our UCAS code is C71 UCAS Customer Support 0371 468 0 468 (or +44 330 3330 230 if you are outside the UK)

When to apply

Applicants are encouraged to apply before the ‘on-time application’ deadline of 15th January. The UCAS application cycle will still be open after this date, but will depend on programme availability.

Taking a year out?

Applicants who are thinking of taking a gap year before starting a degree with us can still apply by selecting ‘deferred entry’ on the UCAS application form. Deferred applicants are still advised to apply before 15th January. If successful, an offer will be given to start the following year.

Applying to Foundation Diploma in Art & Design Applications for our Foundation Diploma are made directly to the School. Applicants can apply online or by completing a paper form found in our Further Education prospectus. The course starts in September and applications are open throughout the year.

Applicants outside the UK

If you are applying outside the UK, please refer to our updated guidance on our website by visiting northernart. ac.uk

UCAS Tariff Table

BTEC Extended Diploma

Entry Requirements

Applicants are typically required to have between 96-112 UCAS tariff points depending on the programme applied for: BA (Hons) programmes

112 UCAS Tariff Points or more

FdA programmes

96 UCAS Tariff Points or more

Due to the creative nature of our programmes, we treat all applications on their own merit and welcome anyone who has the ability and aspirations to achieve at higher education. If you are predicted points below the stipulated range, or if you have any other qualifications or professional experience, please get in touch as we still may be able to consider you. It is expected that all applicants will have a Level Two qualification (or equivalent) in literacy and numeracy. For mature applicants (i.e. 21+ years), emphasis will be placed on the portfolio review and interview session, which remains an important part of the selection procedure.

Your interview

The table below gives applicants an overview of the tariff points for the most popular courses studied by the majority of applicants:

After we receive your UCAS form, an interview will be arranged, which enables you to see the outstanding facilities, meet our staff and current students, and view the latest work. It provides us with an opportunity to discuss your portfolio, find out more about you and establish the best degree route for you.

A-Levels

D*D*D*

168

DDD

144

DMM

112

MMM

MMP

MPP

UAL Extended Diploma

Foundation Diploma

168

112

120

The UCAS website holds equivalency scores for all other qualifications aligned to the tariff system. Not all qualifications will have a defined tariff, in which case, applicants should contact the Admission Team for more information on eligibility.

Interview Preparation

This is your opportunity to evidence your visual and creative ability in the form of a portfolio of work. To help you prepare for this, we send all applicants a useful guide with the interview confirmation letter. Your interview with us is intended to be relaxed and informal. You will be asked general questions regarding your application to us, some questions about yourself, your inspirations and aspirations. This may include information about artists or designers that you admire, and what it is about their work that inspires you.

Portfolio Advice

A portfolio is individual to every student. Everyone will have their own individual styles and will have produced work in different ways, which we actively encourage. Your portfolio should be a visual representation of your creative identity and should include the following: 1. Development of ideas and creative thinking i.e. sketchbook work, drawings, annotations, photography 2. A range of appropriate skills and techniques you have previously developed 3. Your approach to the creative process i.e. concept, research, ideas development, experimentation of techniques and final outcome 4. Ability to take risks 5. Evidence of written work 84 / 85

Audition Advice

Applicants for BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen will be invited to an audition. We do not charge an audition fee. For the audition you are required to prepare 2 contrasting monologues: 1. One classical piece 2. One contemporary piece Each of these should last no longer than 2 minutes. The Classical piece should be Elizabethan or Jacobean (for example Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster) and preferably in blank verse. Your Contemporary piece should come from a published play produced post 1980 although the more recent the better. With the monologues try to choose pieces that suit your age and showcase your skills. You will perform the monologues to our panel and may be redirected in one of them. More information on interview/audition and portfolio preparation is available at our website, please visit northernart.ac.uk

Postgraduate All applications for postgraduate programmes are made directly to the School. Please visit northernart.ac.uk to download a copy of the application form or contact the Admissions Team at Admissions@northernart.ac.uk

When to apply

There is no set deadline for postgraduate applications but it is encouraged that you apply early enough to prepare for study and arranging accommodation in good time if required.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have one of the following: • Degree at 2:2 and evidence of postgraduate study (PGCE teaching qualification, PG Certificate or PG Diploma) • Honours Degree at 2:1 or above, or is currently studying at Level 6 • IELTS 6 overall with no component below 5.5 for EU applicants • Experiential learning in lieu of a degree to be assessed by Programme Leader Applicants holding other qualifications may also be considered provided that they have appropriate relevant professional experience. You must also supply two references to support your application, one should be an academic reference and the other from a creative practitioner or employer. Applicants who meet the entry requirements above will be required to submit a proposal outlining their intentions for MA study. This will be explored further if invited for interview. The programme leader and specialist practice-based staff will evaluate the proposal to determine its feasibility in the context of the resources required and the availability of specialist staff to support their chosen area of study.

Contact

For more information on the application or interview process please contact the Admissions Team at interviews@northernart.ac.uk or 01429 858462.

Disclaimer

The Northern School of Art is committed to providing an inclusive learning and working environment that recognises the value of every individual regardless of their background or personal characteristics. It aims to do this by encouraging a culture which actively welcomes, respects, promotes and embraces diversity; employs fairness in all aspects of employment and teaching thereby creating and sustaining a positive and supportive environment for all members of its community.

Awarding Body

All undergraduate programmes are validated by Arts University Bournemouth. Graduating students will be awarded with a certificate from the Arts University Bournemouth.

Open Events

Our open events are carefully designed to give you a well-informed experience. Each event provides visitors with the opportunity to participate in any of the following: • • • • • • •

Welcome Talk by the Principalship Team Programme talk and department tour Campus tour including accommodation viewing Talk about Student life at The Northern School of Art Portfolio building & interview advice Student Services Talk Help with finance, accommodation and disability support Saturday 28th September 2019 Wednesday 23rd October 2019 Saturday 2nd November 2019 Saturday 7th December 2019 Saturday 21st March 2020 Saturday 6th June 2020

If you are unable to visit on any of the above dates, you can book onto a ‘talking tour’ at any time during the year. We also attend a wide range of UCAS events up and down the country. Booking information for open events and talking tours is available at northernart.ac.uk

Degree Show 2020

Thursday 4th – Saturday 13th June 2020 More information on our degree show becomes available on the website closer to the time.

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Recruitment & Admissions 01642 288888 ART & DESIGN studentrecruitment@northernart.ac.uk Switchboard 01429 422000 COSTUME ACTING The Northern School of Art 1 Church Street FILM, TV & THEATRE PRODUCTION Hartlepool TS24 7DR LIGHTING & CAMERA POST-PRODUCTION VISUAL EFFECTS & MODEL MAKING PRODUCTION DESIGN FASHION TEXTILES PHOTOGRAPHY GRAPHIC DESIGN DIGITAL DESIGN & ADVERTISING EVENTS & EXHIBITION DESIGN ILLUSTRATION FINE ART PRACTICAL PRODUCT & SPATIAL DESIGN (HND) CREATIVE DESIGN ENTERPRISE DESIGN HISTORY SOUND BODY CONTOUR