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BA (Hons)
SET DESIGN FOR STAGE & SCREEN

COURSE OVERVIEW

Our BA (Hons) degree in Set Design for Stage and Screen gives students the skills required of professionals working in this exciting industry. Undergraduates will work over three years to develop the needed and more niche skills of this craft such as: prop making, sculpting, concept art and character development. These specialties give our graduates a competitive edge when applying for roles after graduation. This degree offers you a unique and challenging opportunity to develop a range of specialist skills in set design and the development and production of props and characters. With more than twenty years’ experience in developing production designers for the industry we provide a degree that will allow graduates to stand out from the crowd with a mix of niche skills. You will be designing sets, characters and props from your first term.
Learning the skills to develop, design and then build your vision. You will learn from experienced, industry connected specialists. Gaining the skills you need to build an exciting career as a set or prop designer in the film, television and theatre industries. This is a hands-on degree. Students will draw, design and learn the processes and rigour of construction. You will have the opportunity to develop a high level of craftsmanship in a range of skills from designing opera theatres to building television sets. Students have access to a wide range of technical and specialist equipment.

This degree programmes technical resources include industry standard machines, hand tools, laser cutters, 3D printers, a full scale set construction workshop and digital software. The Northern School of Art is a collaborative community and our undergraduates work across degrees to experience a full production process including acting,Model Making & Visual FX,theatre and tv production and costume design.

The Northern School of Art’s BA (Hons) Film, Television & Theatre Production and BA (Hons) in Production Design for Stage and Screen degree students took home an award for Best Production Design and an Honourable mention at the 2021 Kodak Nahemi Student Commercial Awards.
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BA (Hons) Set Design for Stage & Screen - Student Voice

CAREER PATHS

This degree is for you if you wish to have a career in:

PRODUCTION DESIGNER FOR THEATRE, FILM & TV
EVENT DESIGN
STOP FRAME & DIGITAL ANIMATION STUDIOS
THE GAMES INDUSTRY
MODEL MAKING
SCULPTING & MOULD MAKING
CONCEPT ARTIST


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