This optional module is designed to offer students a retrieval position where the collaborative tasks specified in a particular module make it impossible for those learning outcomes to be met, such as where there are extenuating circumstances or a failure.

Assessment of this project is based on your ability to apply yourself to a given task and your ability to discuss and demonstrate practical and creative solutions to the production challenges. With only eight places available each year, our training offers you a substantial amount of personal attention from our experienced practictioners who are experts in their field, and you’ll be treated as a professional from day one. RDW Scenery Construction have served the TV, Film, Theatre and Entertainment Industries for 40 years producing high quality scenery. Our large workshop in Park Royal, West London enables our Clients to see their scenery come to life before delivery and installation on location or studio. In class, you will be introduced to the business environments, structures, models and hierarchies that exist within the theatre, events and performance related industries. Our Set Design and Production programme aims to provide you with creative, technical and professional skills relevant to developing a career in the creative industries. Highly practical and industry-focused, the programme embraces a multi-skilled approach to the development of design methodologies and construction methods.

Become industry-ready with this intensive course focusing on practical, professional experience with some of the biggest names in UK set construction. At your interview, the panel will ask you about your previous experiences and your interests and hobbies and they will also want to discuss your portfolio and your response to the tasks (below). For example, when studying trends in contemporary theatre we’ll take you to see some shows, and when we’re looking at period styles we’ll take you to galleries and museums to look at examples. Associated Studies

You will learn to work independently and be resourceful, and will develop specific scenic construction skills to the high professional level required to meet design briefs and the requirements of the industry in which you plan to work. The training will principally be in theatre, but these skills are widely transferable to many different media environments including theatre, film, television, events and advertising. Harry, below, agreed, ‘I just don’t see myself in an office job, or in lectures. I saw the course and thought that’s more me.’ Contributes towards: FdA Professional Stage Management, DPS - Professional Stage Management (W47017) and BA Hons - Professional Stage Management (W470). You will be required to identify your chosen major study subject at the point of application and your interview experience will be tailored to this choice. The five major subjects are;He can't go into specifics, but generally, once references are gathered, one of the art directors will draw up a plan of the intended build for whichever location. Work placements and hands-on training in our studio workshops are at the centre of this specialist course that focuses on building sets for theatrical productions. Working closely with the workshop team on samples and actual finished items of scenery including timber flats, staging units and other 3D scenic items. You should endeavour to give a clear account to the interview panel of the production elements such as the overall set & costume design, staging, costume, props, lighting, sound, and stage technology. Whilst an overview of the directing or performances is sometimes useful, this is not what we want you to focus on. Rebecca Gadsby, Kate O Conner, Michelle Payne, Sadie Dixon Spain and Aileen Gonsalves/ The London College of Music

The BA Theatre Design and Production degree has so much to offer. Since graduating I have worked in many unusual spaces, including London’s oldest pie & mash shop, a derelict art school and Shakespeare’s Globe. I would not have been given these opportunities without the necessary experience that I gained during my time at UWTSD. It’s so much fun and has given me a really awesome career where I never know what’s around the corner!" The architecture is obviously very different in Cardiff than it is in America," Tom explained about the Havoc set. "To ensure we created a realistic representation of an American street a mass of research was conducted by the art department with a view on how best to transform a Cardiff street into an American one." Props construction applicants should consider any potential for prop makes and how they might create these. Exploring and learning specific skills in a variety of materials, including woodworking tools, hand-held tools and machinery. Along with all other students in the programme, Design Realisation students take classes in a broad range of core subjects. These include: Theatre History, Period Style, Contemporary Theatre, Health & Safety and Stagecraft & Production Process. Classes are usually project based and wherever possible have a hands-on, practical approach.Your practical work will be prominent on the stages of our theatre spaces for RWCMD’s drama, opera and musical theatre productions. Students regularly have opportunities to take part in performances and events, this assists their professional growth and application of skills and knowledge. Siiri Korhonen (Class of 2017), Royal Television Society Scotland, Student Television Craft Award for Production Design 2018. Outlander, Season 5, Costume Trainee Programme. BBC World productions, Vigil mini-series, Costume Trainee

You will exploretopics such as scenic construction, drawing, design, lighting, sound, scenic art plus much more. I get to work with a range of people," Tom said. "Two of my team have gone out to work on Indiana Jones because they had that opportunity. It's nice that all these people get to intermingle and you get to see a lot of interesting things and people."

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Costume construction applicants should consider the potential costume makes and how they might create these. This role could lead to further engagement and continued career development onto becoming a fully skilled Scenic Carpenter/ Metalwork Fabricator. If you have good basic practical skills in woodwork and are keen to work on large scale projects this could be a great alternative to Higher Education or other vocational formal training. As you engage with these projects or productions, you will continue to develop your understanding of the sustainability agenda and work within appropriate Health & Safety and other regulatory frameworks. The bulk of this course, which is the only one of its kind in the UK, consists of nine six-week work placements – four of which will be held at the College. The other five will take place externally with our professional partners, which are some of the largest and most prestigious companies from the TV, film and theatrical industries in Wales and the UK. You will build specific elements of scenery, working to a professional designer’s specifications and working closely with technicians to plan how scenery might be rigged to fit within either a studio or a main house space.