FILM, TV AND STAGE DESIGN at University of Salford

This programme will prepare you to enter the film and TV industry, working within professional art departments in areas such as film, drama, light entertainment or children’s programme making. The course will equip you with a broad range of skills in scenic/set design and lead to careers as scenic or production designers, location managers, prop buyers or makers. In addition, you will develop the skills necessary to work in related areas such as the locations department within film and television, theatre design, exhibition design, retail design and interior design.

Right from the start of this course, project-based modules will enable you to analyse and interpret scripts, generate and evaluate visual concepts and develop communication and presentation skills such as story-boarding, technical drawings, digital design and digital visualisation. You will gain a sound understanding and experience of scenic design and develop the confidence to produce creative and effective design solutions.

Projects will enable you to develop skills in workshop practices and construction methods, to produce three-dimensional scale models and props in order to test and communicate concepts and to apply principles of lighting and camera work. In addition, you will learn about location scouting and surveying, stage and location management, sourcing props and the management of budgets and production schedules. The programme has strong industry links and you will have the opportunity to work on industry-generated live briefs while also being encouraged to pursue opportunities for work placements and/or work experience.

All students on this course said staff are good at explaining things, staff made the subject interesting and that it challenged them to achieve their best work (University of Salford analysis of unpublished NSS 2019 data).

You will:

• Develop a broad range of skills in scenic and set design
• Learn to analyse and interpret scripts and generate and evaluate visual concepts
• Gain the experience to produce three-dimensional scale models and props in order to test and communicate concepts