The film major of the School of Communication, London University of the Arts includes too many majors, such as film practice, film and screen research, documentary production, and master's degree in telefilm; as well as LCC animation, 3D computer animation, etc It's a bit unclear. Last time, the natural light introduced that the Screen School of London Media School LCC is a diversified big IP, encouraging students to create across disciplines. The majors under Screen School are divided into three major directions: Film and Television, Moving Image and Digital Arts, Sound and Music Sound and Music Today, Natural Light will introduce these majors to you in detail.

How about studying in the film major of the School of Communication, London University of the Arts?

　　 Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Master of Arts in Film and Television Master of Arts in Television

　　BA（Hons）Film and Television&MA Film&MA Television

LCC film major provides students with sufficient and rich courses and practical opportunities at the BA stage. All kinds of production styles and production skills can be learned. For example, novels, film and television, there will be different research studios.

Secondly, long stories, feature films, experimental short films, music videos, brand oriented promotional videos, screenwriters, sound processing, photography, and post production will all be learned.

　　 Film and Television are still a "mixed" major at undergraduate level. From the curriculum, we can also see that they are more inclined to students' comprehensive professional knowledge and ability cultivation 。

For example, in the first year, it is a very practical professional basic course. In sophomore year, it will begin to get involved in analysis and evaluation of film and television; Personal exploration in film and television production methods; There are also theoretical studies written in the form of written papers.

Screenshot from the official website of LCC London School of Media BA Film and Television

At the master's level, LCC divides film specialty into Film specialty and Television specialty The key words I drew in the film professional introduction section are: highly vocal and hand on course, a highly professional profession that requires hands-on practice.

Screenshot from LCC official website MA Film

That's why in the master's stage, Film major began to emphasize the combination of creative, commercial and practical 。

And a special point is that students should prepare for their graduation design from the first academic year. The whole master's stage of learning can be seen as being carried out around this final project, which also accounts for the largest proportion of school scores in all courses, up to 60 credits.

Let's take another look at Television. The professional page given by LCC is very brief. However, the word Hands on is also mentioned, which also shows that students who choose this major also need to pay attention to practical training.

The screenshot is from the LCC website of London Media College MA Television

　　 London School of Communication Undergraduate Film Practice

BA（Hons）Film Practice

Film practice majors focus on the creativity, technology, business and practical skills required for digital film production. Students' learning is centered on the whole creation process of film and television works from development to final screening, rather than just focusing on a certain link.

We mentioned that the Kubrick Library is in LCC at the beginning, and LCC also emphasized this point in the professional introduction of Film Practice. The library is open to the public free of charge, which is undoubtedly a valuable learning material for the students of our school.

Screenshot from LCC official website - Film Practice

As a student majoring in film practice at the London School of Communication, During the 3-year study period, we should cooperate with students of other majors to complete at least 6 film works In order to promote learning, LCC will also irregularly urge students to participate in some international film awards or competitions, so that students can be more clear about their positioning and ability in this benign competitive environment, and thus continue to improve.

The completion of a film requires close cooperation among functional personnel within the team, so LCC also attaches great importance to students' team cooperation ability, such as cooperation with students of different majors, mutual promotion in cooperation, so as to complete the film shooting. In order to enable students to maintain their personal style and have a strong sense of teamwork, LCC has proposed that all practical projects or works, except for theoretical research papers, should be reviewed and evaluated in groups.

The screenshot is from the official website of LCC of London School of Communication - Film Practice

For example, in the first year, students in different groups will show their group's works to the school teacher in a small screening room alone. After that, the teacher will give specific suggestions and opinions, and the group will also make self comments on the works. After that, the teacher will evaluate the whole group and students individually.

To sum up, compared with the previous introduction of several majors of Film and Television at the London School of Communication, Film Practice places special emphasis on teamwork, whether it is creativity or specific shooting.

　 　 London Media College Film and Screen Studies

　　BA（Hons）Film and Screen Studies

The professional name of film and screen research sounds strange at first. But it is easy to understand when we look at the interpretation of film and screen research. In short, it is a major to learn how to better present films, or it can be seen as a major of film interaction set up for film festivals and film screenings.

Students mainly study how to integrate immersion and interaction into film or dynamic image presentation from the 20th century to modern times. How to understand it? For example, the most common viewing modes in cinemas are IMAX, ordinary screen, 3D screen, etc. Different modes will bring different viewing experiences to the audience. Film and Screen Studies takes the film festival as the object to study how to develop a more "advantageous" film viewing experience mode.

In the professional introduction of film and screen research, LCC also emphasized that this is a highly professional oriented discipline. Screen editors are one of the skills that students need to master.

For students majoring in film and screen research, what you need to learn is not screenwriting, post production and shooting, but a frame thinking that is biased towards theoretical forms, including film history, countries, geography, schools, races and diversity.

In the film and screen research course, we should pay special attention to "You'll explore how innovative technologies and tools inform storytelling and interaction on the screen.".

Screenshot from the official website of LCC London School of Media - Film and Screen Studies

　　 Undergraduate degree in TV and live event production

　　BA（Hons）Television and Live Events Production

The focus of TV and live event production is the "Live" in the name of the major. All learning content or courses are based on this word. Such as live recording, live broadcast, reality shows, and sitcoms, all belong to the scope of this professional concern.

Live recording shooting is not about putting a stand on the scene and then recording. It also requires the integration of shooting skills and creativity. LCC gives several specific learning directions, including enterprises, festivals, sales, charity, education, drama, entertainment, TV programs, etc. Students will learn how to show the live in these directions on different platforms in a creative way.

　　 TV and live event production majors are also completed in the form of cooperative projects, especially theoretical knowledge . Like our common theoretical learning, it is usually face-to-face teaching, but this major encourages students to learn theoretical knowledge in practice.

The instructors of the London School of Communication will help students contact many challenging or practical opportunities. For example, LCC has previously cooperated with the London Olympic Organizing Committee, the National Theatre and other institutions to let students do projects for them. Especially in the second year of study, students will basically spend their time in continuous project practice.

Screenshot from LCC official website - Selection and Live Events Production

In terms of the overall TV and live activity production curriculum, in the first year, LCC Students will be provided with many opportunities to try and find out which field they are interested in. Students will continue to play different roles in Live, such as set designer, prop producer, assistant producer or director, program research, assistant editor, actor, writer and host, event logistics or operation assistant.

In the second year, when students have defined their own direction, they need to focus on their future development. Therefore, the practice at this stage gives students ample opportunities to improve their skills and abilities in the future development direction.

　　 Postgraduate of documentary production

　　MA Documentray Film

Major in documentary production. When it comes to documentaries, the British BBC is an important output channel that has to be mentioned. Every year, the BBC will shoot a large number of high-quality documentaries. This world leading documentary output capability also makes the UK the first choice for many students who want to study documentaries. Among many colleges and universities, LCC's Documentray Film is in the top position, which is also due to the fact that many LCC graduates work for the BBC.

Screenshot from LCC official website Documentray Film graduate employment interview

The documentary major of LCC deserves great attention. In addition to the courses of production, director, photography operation, recording and editing, which are closely related to the major, students will also be taught courses related to finance and investment, so that students can learn how to invest and win the documentary shooting funds.

High quality documentaries need a lot of research and shooting records in the early stage. Many times, a documentary film with a duration of nearly one hour may be backed by hundreds of hours of material collection, months of follow-up, or even years and days of follow-up, not to mention that in the process of material collection, materials are often unavailable or damaged due to force majeure.

Documentary film shooting requires a lot of money and time. Regardless of creation, it is also very important for professionals in the field of documentary film to have a stable source of financial support. LCC provides students with courses in this field. In my opinion, it is also an invisible long-term planning and support.

Returning to the documentary production specialty of London Media College, documentary is a very special dynamic image specialty, which requires the producer to maintain the comprehensive quality of critical thinking, technology and other fields at all times. Therefore, LCC has planned the curriculum from the following four aspects:

Practical Skills

Critical Skills

Industry Skills

Networking Skills

Screenshot from LCC official website Documentray Film

The course seems very rigorous and very serious. However, LCC of Communication College London also proposed the key point of "innovation" in the specific introduction. Even serious and rigorous documentaries need students to inject new creativity and achieve "innovation".

Screenshot from LCC official website Documentray Film

　　 Postgraduate student, scriptwriter, London Media College

　　MA Screen Writing

This major is mainly aimed at Studying abroad in film major , distribution writer and script editor of TV and radio industry. Students will start their study from novels, including basic writing, and then combine different types of film and television dramas to learn the major of screenwriting.

　　 Undergraduate Animation, Postgraduate Animation, Postgraduate 3D Computer Animation

　　BA（Hons）Animation，MA Animation&MA 3D Computer Animation

Animation animation is also a practice led major in LCC, which is a relatively large professional system. Therefore, for students, animation arts, 3D computer animation, visual effects/VFX, and game arts are needed Make a specific choice in these four directions.

That is to say, students in the first year are actually going through a foundation year. The animation major courses are mainly professional basic courses. In the second year, they need to choose their specific and in-depth majors in four specific directions.

Screenshot from LCC-BA (Hons) Animation

For this broad specialty, LCC has "set a key point": The courses for animation majors will first be conducted in an interesting, curious and experimental form; Secondly, they always pay attention to the voice of questioning and critical thinking; Finally, we should not only master the foundation of creation, but also pay attention to the combination with digital media.

Next, we will go to the Animation animation major in MA graduate stage. The focus of this part is "exploration", just as LCC gave the hint of "experimental visual media" in the professional introduction part.

Screenshot from LCC official website of London Media College MA Animation postgraduate animation major

At this stage, students' research has not only built the foundation, but also paid more attention to the extension of creativity and exploration. Students can combine 2D, 2.5D, 3D and other technologies as much as possible to carry out animation experiments continuously, reflect and re experiment. The whole research process will be combined with design, animation, technology and interactive media. Students can enjoy all the professional resources of LCC.

As LCC animation As mentioned in the professional courses, the core idea of this major is to provide sufficient free space and guidance for students to discover and realize their own creativity.

"Free space" is mainly reflected in exploring the application of animation in different fields. For example, animation is realized by combining art installations and digital media, and is used in mobile terminals (such as mobile phones, laptops, etc.), online (web pages, APP), and interactive fields.

rely on London School of Communication With powerful interaction of LCC, digital media environment and resources, students majoring in Animation have great freedom to present their ideas in the most creative way.

Finally, MA 3D Computer Animation is based on 3D Computer to explore the combination of 3D computer technology and film, animation, television and interactive applications. Introduce solid animation skills into traditional computer-generated image (CGI) media, such as movies and animations.

　　 Undergraduate and graduate students majoring in games at London Media College

　　BA（Hons）Games Design&MA Games Design

Game design should be a major that many students are interested in. My colleagues in the Consulting Department often meet students who want to apply for the game design major in their work, and the instructors in the Art Department often mention students who have interaction design, pure art and other majors when they feedback on the class situation, and want to put this element of the game into their own works.

　　 Game Design for Studying Abroad in America The well-known game design school in this respect should be NYU Tisch. NYU has set up a Game Center for students of this major as a research center.

In the UK, LCC is no inferior. Studying abroad in game design is also a major connecting undergraduate and master degree. At the undergraduate stage, students need to learn mainly about the use of game development software to complete the whole process of a game from conception, development to online. For example, students will learn code programming, graphic development, story board creativity, concept support, player psychology research, etc.

Screenshot from LCC official website MA Games Design

At the master's stage, the professional focus will be more inclined to the game design with the player's game experience as the core. At the same time, LCC has also added a new way to interpret the game: integrate the game into life and make it a medium that can affect cultural development.

For example, in teamwork, the cooperation object may not only be the students majoring in game design, but also animators, interaction designers, sound artists, graphic designers, film producers, and even various artists, designers, producers in the UAL.

Picture from LCC official website MA Games Design student work

　　 Undergraduate and graduate students of virtual reality

　　BA（Hons）Virtual Reality&MA Virtual Reality

VR is one of the most frequently used technologies in the field of new media art in recent years. As we have seen in the past on the official websites of most colleges and universities, the term is generally used in the form of "tools" in the creative part, but LCC has opened a major for it.

Let students have the opportunity to combine multiple majors such as film, game and design in an immersive interactive media environment, which can actually be seen as a bold breakthrough of LCC in digital media. Most of the relevant disciplines we have seen in the past are based on the specialty itself to explore more media expressions; LCC gives students a chance to think in reverse and explore the feasibility of VR in different professional fields with a specific tool/medium - VR as the starting point.

As a very special major, although LCC also provides undergraduate and postgraduate learning, it has its own focus different from other majors' undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. VR students at the undergraduate and postgraduate stage will be committed to exploring the development and integration of VR in different professional fields.

For example, at the beginning, students will be exposed to basic VR related software and theoretical knowledge, and then they will start a deeper exploration based on the learning content of the previous stage. Such as animation, games, interactive devices, movies, and even the combination with AR.

Take the master's course as an example, which is mainly completed in the way of project. In the first semester, students will learn how to develop immersive experience products; How to realize the concept and design idea; As well as the combination of animation, film, game concepts to develop related products.

Screenshot from LCC official website - MA Virtual Reality

In the second semester, the course will be carried out in two directions. The first is to combine practice to shape critical thinking; The second is a cooperation project jointly completed with an interdisciplinary creative team.

　　 Undergraduate in art design and graduate in visual arts

　　BA（Hons）Sound Arts and Design&MA Sound Arts

The major of art design in the "traditional definition" as we know it in the past is actually different from music. Music is music, and visual art is visual art. however With the continuous promotion of interdisciplinary ideas, sound has become a major that can be linked with visual art. Especially in the interaction design, new media art, which is realized by combining science and technology, is increasingly becoming the mainstream today 。

stay LCC London School of Communication There is such a major. The undergraduate stage is Sound Arts and Design, and the master stage is Sound Arts. In terms of discipline division, they are separately classified in Sound and Music.

In LCC's view, sound is not only a medium itself, but also a "tool" to support other media. When it is used as a medium alone, it can convey the ideas of the speaker like painting. When it is used as a "tool" to support other media, it can also form sound design and interactive programs together with movies, animation, live recording, soundscape research, etc, Multi channel composition, digital improvisation and sound art installation.

In addition to the design with artistic background, professional instructors also have musicians, composers and writers who are good at combining music creation. Supported by the rich experience and background of the tutor, students can realize the integration of sound art in more professional fields.

Like most majors, the sound art in the master's stage is a continuation of the undergraduate stage, which aims to further explore the practice of sound art, as well as its concept and context understanding as a medium and language.

For example, LCC gives the following options as the main development direction:

Screenshot from LCC official website MA Sound Arts

However, students' research direction is not limited to these, because as a new major, LCC hopes that students in this major can find the possibility of integration of music and other disciplines through continuous creation and exploration, thus bringing more interesting new discoveries.

How about studying in the film major of the School of Communication, London University of the Arts? Above, we have introduced several "treasure majors" of LCC in Screen School. In these majors, we constantly see the words of practice, interdisciplinary, traditional media and technology. This is not only the focus of LCC, but also the development trend of most art schools.

Students who are familiar with us should know that natural light has always regarded interdisciplinary portfolio counseling as our teaching philosophy. We not only encourage students to integrate interdisciplinary works in the portfolio, but also encourage students to think and create in the form of interdisciplinary, and integrate this concept in every link, and with such an institutional trend, Focus on the development of the design industry and the world.

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