BA Photography and Video

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De Montfort University

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• Objectives
  * Challenging, practice-led programme * Opportunity to become multi-skilled across areas of converging media * Purpose-built MAC labs and well-equipped studios * Joint programmes with Dance, Film Studies, Fine Art and Media Studies.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements Students should normally have a good portfolio, plus one of the following: * 240 points, to include two GCE/VCE A Levels with grade C in at least one art or design subject * National Diploma merit profile in a relevant subject * Successful completion of an Art and Design Foundation Course * Applications from mature students (21+) with alternative qualifications and/or work experience are welcomed.
• Academic title
  BA Photography and Video
• Course description
  BA Photography and Video
  
  Programme
  
  The course encourages experimentation with traditional photography, digital media, video and sound. Students undertake individual projects and are also involved in group work, gaining confidence and transferable skills to prepare them for a demanding professional world.
  
  Year One students take modules in Photography (traditional and digital), Moving Image, Contextual Studies and Digital Media. Year Two projects require and more self-motivated and professional approach to making work. Students begin to identify a specialist area of study by pursuing their creative ideas through a process of research and experimentation. Guest lectures from a variety of lens-based backgrounds give students an insight into professional practice. Year three is totally negotiated. Key lectures, tutorials and showings of work provide a supportive environment for students to create work across a range of lens-based disciplines.

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