BA (Hons) TV and Film: Prop Making

Course Information

The BA (Hons) TV and Film: Prop Making at Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus is a full-time, three-year course, awarded by the University of South Wales.

The BA Hons) TV and Film: Prop Making (top-up) at Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus is a full-time one year course, awarded by the University of South Wales and is designed for those applicants, who have completed an HND or two-years of a degree course in a related area of study. This year will develop your professional knowledge and skills preparing you for industry.

Overview

Prop Making is an integral part of TV, Film, Exhibitions and Performance. The BA (Hons) TV and Film: Prop Making course at Coleg y Cymoedd offers the opportunity to learn and develop skills within the area of production and performance. Situated within close proximity to Wolf Studios, BBC Roath Lock and Dragon Studios, you will be ideally placed to develop a rewarding and challenging career in a well-equipped workshops and professional environment.

Building on the success of its predecessors, (HND Creative Production Arts and BA Hons Top-up) the course has been able to forge strong links within the Film and TV sector, locally here in Wales and throughout the UK. Partnerships with key stakeholders such as ‘Screen Alliance Wales’, continue to provide students with work placement opportunities and entry points to an exciting and rewarding industry.

During the course you will build and develop a wide range of practical and technical understanding, working with materials and processes employed within the industry, such as sculpting, moulding/casting and metal fabrication. Practical skills will be supported by high levels of contextual and historical understanding, underpinned by research, theory and analysis.

What will I study?

Series of taught, self-generated and live projects
Collaborative working with other Media based Foundation Degrees and industry
Critical studies programme and an individual project
An understanding of Film, Television and contemporary production
Use of scale, CAD and 3D printing
Construction in wood, metal and plastic
Working with a wide range of moulding and casting materials
Puppet construction and performance
Mask Making and prop costumes
Sculpting from life
Model Making

Progression

The programme aims to help students to develop:

A range of skills, knowledge and understanding that will prepare them for employment in the creative industries and/or further academic study

To build and develop a wide range of practical and technical understanding working with materials and processes employed within the creative media industry, such as sculpting, casting, carpentry and metal fabrication

Practical skills will be supported by high levels of contextual and historical understanding, underpinned by research, theory and analysis

Experience of the practical and creative skills inherent in their subject

A range of established techniques to initiate and undertake critical analysis of information, and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis in their subject.

Foster high levels of professionalism and experience to ensure graduates are equipped to respond to local industry needs

On successful completion you will be equipped to work in Creative Industries, either freelance or employed in areas such as Prop Making, Creature FX, Puppetry, Costume Props, Armoury, Sculpting, Model Making and Animation.

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff – 80 – 104 points

A level – CDD – BCC

UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) – MMP – DMM

Access to HE Diploma

GCSE/National 4/National 5

You need to have successfully completed the HND in Creative Production Arts or an equivalent qualification in a related subject.

All applicants will need to submit a portfolio of work at interview that evidences: Good level of observational and drawing skills • The ability to work with a range of resistant and non-resistant materials • The capacity to convey ideas and concepts visually, verbal and through examples of written work • Display high levels of enthusiasm and motivation towards the subject area

How do I apply?

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UCAS applications

Course Code: D385 (Three-Year BA)

Course Code: D387 (Top Up)
Institution code: W01
Campus name: Coleg y Cymoedd (Nantgarw)
Campus code: M

Fees and Funding

Course Fees and Funding

Course Fees for the BA Hons (Top-up) TV and Film: Prop Making are £9000 for full time applicants.

There are grants that may be available. Eligible full-time student can claim a minimum grant of £1,000 they will not have to pay back, regardless of their household income, and means-tested grants of up to £8,100 will be available to those who need them most.

Students who wish to study at Higher Education level can contact Student Finance Wales for financial help with course fees, provided that they are living in Wales.

Please note: Fees are payable for each year of study. HE Fees are subject to change on a yearly basis.

For more information visit Welsh Government’s Student Money.

Equipment and Studio Fee

This practical course will require the purchase of an individual tool kit (£200-300 approximately) to support practical modules. A kit list will be provided to successful applicants, prior to the commencement of the course.

There is an additional studio fee of £150 per year.

Staff Information

Alistair Aston – Course Leader BA (Hons) TV and Film: Prop Making

01443 663 303
Block C, NCG07 Nantgarw Campus

alistair.aston@cymoedd.ac.uk

Richard Embling – Module Leader
BA (Hons) TV and Film: Prop Making

01443 663 303
Block C, NCG08 Nantgarw Campus

richard.embling@cymoedd.ac.uk

William Thomas – Workshop Technician

01443 663 303
Block C, NBG05
Nantgarw Campus

william.thomas@cymoedd.ac.uk

Facilities

Dedicated Props studio with individual working spaces
Two large 3D workshops
Blacksmith Forge
Moulding and Casting Space
Two Digital Construction Areas

What our students say

Mollie Carter: BA Hons (Top-up) TV and Film: Prop Making, 2021 Graduate

“Studying at Coleg y Cymoedd provided me with a broad foundational skill set that has equipped me for the professional creative industry. The partnership between CYC and Screen Alliance Wales has given me a fantastic opportunity to join some of the most exciting projects currently being filmed in Wales. SAW, the team at ‘His Dark Materials’ and my time at CYC have undoubtedly helped me begin my career and open doors to many exciting opportunities.”

Elliot Gibbons: Head of Department, Creature FX ‘His Dark Materials’

“Our link with CYC through Screen Alliance Wales has gone from strength to strength. From being granted a residency at Nantgarw campus and navigating a stormy pandemic to currently employing 3 trainees to work at the core of our team on S3 HDM. Both CYC and SAW are doing it the right way. Encouraging and facilitating real life learning in both academic and vocational ways.
We are so excited to be deeply involved in this process of allowing a superb local talent pool to flow into the rivers of some of contemporary television’s most exciting programming.”

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