B.A.(Hons) Film and Television Production (top-up) – Springboard

Structure of the course

The course is delivered over three days a week through 12 hours of lectures, workshops and tutorials. Access to editing and production facilities outside those hours will be provided for students to carry out project work on their own.
This is an intense and self-directed programme, where the students are encouraged to produce quality work that can compete at major festivals.
This programme is offered as part of our evening and day-time self-financing education provision. Learners will not qualify for a grant but they will qualify for other social welfare allowances.  The cost of the programme will be €3,500 Euro, to be paid in instalments

Course content

• Pre-Production
• Documentary and Factual Production
• Major Project Production
• Collaborative Video and Film Production
• Dissertation
• Employability in the Creative Industries

Staff

Director and producer, Leticia Agudo (FortyFoot; City Wild; Land of Amber); director Frank Berry (Ballymun Lullaby; I Used to Live Here). Other tutors: former Irish Film Institute’s International and Festival Coordinator Aoife Coughlan (2013-14); Producer Ailish McElmeel (Deadpan Pictures and formerly Grand Pictures).

Guest lecturers from the Irish Film and Media Industry

The course has also benefited from the involvement of industry practitioners who’ve given the students master classes and workshops: Lenny Abrahamson, Stephen Rea, producer Conor Barry (Savage, Love Eternal), producer Marie Caffrey (Cuckoo), Patrick O’Neill of Wildcard Distribution, production designer Eleanor Wood (Sanctuary, The Other Side of Sleep), sound recordist and mixer Daniel Birch (Vikings, The Summit, In America), Catherine Tiernan of Screen Producers Ireland, James Kelly of Feenish Productions, Sound recordist and editor Michael Lemass (King of the Travellers; Punch Drunk Love), Post production expert Kevin Cunnane (Setanta), script editor & development executive Eilish Kent  (RTÉ, BBC, IFB). Writers Lauren Mackenzie (Red Rock, Pure Mule, Bachelors Walk) and Damien Owens (Trivia); documentary director Tom Burke (Areaman Productions); representatives from The Irish Film Board, The Arts Council, and Filmbase.

Certification

BA (Honours) from the University of Wolverhampton, Level 8 on the NFQ. 

Duration

Career Opportunities

Work in various areas of each industry. Previous graduates have gained work and internships in the areas of TV Production, online distribution, and post-production.

Academic Progression

With the BA Honours qualification, students can pursue postgraduate study in any third-level institution in Ireland or abroad.

Course Fees

Application Process

Entry to the Top-Up degree is a competitive process. Places are open to prospective students from inside and outside the college.

·         January: online applications open

·         End of March: notifications to applicants that meet the minimum requirements

·        –        Provisional offers made, pending BTEC results

·         End of May: HND results collated for current students. Offers confirmed based on results and application.

·         By end of June: successful applicants to secure their place with €1,000 deposit

·         July, if places are still available, new offers may be made in order of suitability.

·         Mid-September : course starts

*This course is run under the colleges part-time provision and will form subject to numbers enrolled on the course. Students are not eligible for a grant in this Top-Up course.