First Year
• Film-making, writing and production
• Script writing
• Digital production skills
• Moving image production, camera, lighting, sound and editing
• Super 8mm film
• Lighting and Sound for theater
• Theatre Production
• Working with clients on live briefs
• Short films and digital content
• How the creative industries work
• Visual culture and how it inspires your work

Second Year
• Your specialist area of study
• Film-making working with 16mm/super 8mm film, digital production, live streaming/broadcast content
• Work for festival, competition or digital distribution
• A more theoretical approach to creating moving image content
• Your ideas for your dissertation
• A professional pathway in your chosen specialist role
• Theatre production
• Devising with Actors

Final Year
• A minor exploratory or experimental TV project
• A final negotiated project in film or theatre production
• A Portfolio that spans traditional and social media routes
• Work for Exhibition and Distribution
• Your Dissertation


NEO: NEO Film Festival is an exciting live event created by level 6 BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production students and is presented by ARC, Stockton Arts Centre.

Our graduates have gone on to pursue careers in film making, television production and theatre industries including:

• Scott Mann - Director & Producer: Final Score, Heist (with Robert De Niro), The Tournament
• Tom Marshall – Director: Famalan, Chewing Gum ,Wasted
• Sarah Gledhill - Production Management Assistant: Secret Britain, Flog it!

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. Find our more about the studios here: thenorthern.studio

Your portfolio is a visual statement it says a lot about an applicant and their practice. The advice below is not meant to be restrictive but rather offers some simple advice to help you prepare for your interview.

What we like to see
Evidence of some of your own moving image or recorded media be it visual, sound, or edited material either in college, or under your own initiative, e.g. a Youtube or Vimeo Short Films or a theatre production you may have been involved with. Show that you think about film and theatre and/or write about it. You may want to show us some script ideas, which you are developing too.

Photography
We are aware that it is not always easy to demonstrate theatre involvement but photographs are a good alternative to bring if you are unable to show us your own moving image or theatre productions. This enables us to see how you see through the lens and how you frame and select shots.

Written work
May include film/programme reviews, scripts.

Our school engages with a wide range of partners working across each creative sub-sector to ensure that teaching and learning are in line with the latest developments in and requirements of industry, including:

Matt McGough
Matt is the founder of Ithica Films, a growing independent, award-winning film company based in the region working with blue-chip private sector clients as well as the public sector. They also develop their own films. Here is what they say about themselves! “We’re an. Our goal is simple, to create remarkable films that make an impact. It’s our love and deep understanding of film that makes us different. We work with ambitious brands, creative agencies, companies and charities, providing a full breadth of film related services from consultancy and strategy and all aspects of production. Our strategic approach to film production reveals things nobody else can – enabling our client’s to connect with their customers through the power of film. Covering everything from creative direction and script development, through to filming, design and post-production, we film things from a new perspective using the latest technology and adding a cinematic eye to everything we film”. We think that says all you need to know.
thicafilms.com

Tom Marshall
A top film and TV director and former student, Tom Marshall has recently directed an A-list cast in the Netflix production of ‘Space Force’ . Created by the team behind the hit US ‘Office’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & ‘Parks & Recreation’ series, it features a stellar cast including Steve Carrell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Tawny Newsome, Noah Emmerich and Lisa Kudrow to name just a few. His forthcoming HETV productions are in the can awaiting release by major on demand networks.
An alumni of the Film and TV Production course at The Northern School of Art Tom’s career took off soon after leaving when he won the 2007 BBC New Filmmakers Award with his film Bigboy 74. Tom is also a director of The Northern Studios, The School’s very own large-scale film and TV production facility.
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Aardman Animation
Aardman Animation is employee-owned and exists for the benefit of its workforce and the industry they are passionate about. The Aardman Academy is one pillar of Aardman Animation set up to nurture talent and to build sustainable careers They are committed to encouraging talent into the industry by delivering world-class animated-related courses and working with institutions like The School. Working with the Academy gives us access to talented members of the whole Aardman Animation team from animators through haracter developers and story board artists. Film director Mark Hewlis, Head of Aardman Academy, has told us “You can’t create something digitally until you know how it works in the real world.”
academy.aardman.com

Ishy Din
Ishy is an award winning writer for stage screen and radio Currently he is under commission from the RSC for a new play about the Mughals. Other original projects in development include a crime drama for Lime Pictures, a feature film, FRAUD, through Gurinder Chadha’s company Bend It Networks and PAAK UNITED. His most recent play, APPROACHING EMPTY, a co-production between Tamasha/The Kiln/Live Theatre, Newcastle opened at The Kiln in London in January 2019 and toured until April. Other credits for the same year include an episode of SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY (BBC). In 2018 TAXI TALES, produced by Tamasha, was broadcast on BBC2 as part of BBC LIVE, (BAC/ACE/BBC) live theatre broadcast. In 2016/2017, Ishy wrote on C4 series ACKLEY BRIDGE
Ishy Din’s first radio play was JOHN BARNES SAVED MY LIFE for BBC Radio 5 Live. Other credits include LIFE’S LIKE THAT for the the BBC TV and PARKING AND PAKORAS for local radio. His play SNOOKERED toured in 2012 taking in the Traverse Edinburgh and a 4 week run at the Bush Theatre, London. Ishy was the 2012 Pearson Writer in Residence at the Manchester Royal Exchange and in 2013 Snookered won ‘Best New Play’ at the Manchester Theatre Awards. www.bbc.co.uk

Fulwell73
Fulwell 73 is a major, award winning, TV production company based in London and LA. James Corden is one of its partners. They have returned to the founder’s roots with the creation of a new office – Fulwell North based just up the coast in Sunderland. They are a leading light in the growth of TV production in the region. As a company they are committed to supporting and developing talent to work in the screen industry.
Leo Pearlman, partner at Fulwell 73, said: “If you know anything about Fulwell 73 you know that our love of Sunderland runs deep. We’re proud of our North-East heritage, which is why it’s always been a dream to set up an office in the area and help support the film and TV industry across the entire region. This new base will give us the opportunity to collaborate with some of the great talent that we know exists in the area, create more opportunities for local talent there and longer term allow us to invest in the next generation and build a sustainable infrastructure to regenerate the region for many years to come.”
fulwell73.com