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www.chi.ac.uk/cdt CONTENTS Welcome 3 The Tech Park 4 Our coures 6 Staff profile Matt Jacques 8 Student films 10 Filming The Source 13 Engaging with industry 14 Welcome The Department presents ... 16 What’s the Prof been up to? 21 Our people 23 Summary of our courses 26 Michael Holley, Head of Creative and Digital Technologies

Designed by industry for industry, our courses have Media students been created to suit the needs of a range of creative had the chance to sectors to provide you with the skills and experiences attend Games Expo that will help launch a career across many areas of EGX in Birmingham and the media and beyond. Comic Con London, whilst our screenwriters enjoyed a masterclass with one of the It has been an exciting and dynamic year for the UK’s most influential drama executives John Yorke. department of Creative & Digital Technologies as we Most recently some of our MA students enjoyed settled in to our new building and exciting industry assisting Professor Stephen Baysted on recording his standard, commercially relevant, creative facilities. score for a new and exciting computer game being Most importantly we have seen some incredible released later in the year. The recording was our first student work emerge, building on the successes of commercial activity in the new facility and was led by recent graduate projects. conductor Andy Brown and the extraordinary players from the internationally renowned London Those making their way into industry are also gaining Metropolitan Orchestra. a foot in the door of their chosen career paths, with Sports Media graduates securing jobs with ball We are also very excited by our move into gaming tracking technology company Hawkeye and on BBC related courses such as our new pioneering Esports “My degree was training courses. Digital Film Production students have programme and, in 2020, a new interdisciplinary absolutely crucial been picked up as Editors for broadcast documentary Games Design degree. We have had great support in getting my career. company Big Wave and to work on adverts with from industry in developing both of these highly Director Tim Pope. Film students also gained vital relevant courses as the demands of the creative I currently work with work experience on ‘Blackbird’ a major feature film industries for well trained graduates’ increases, creative teams to bring shot at nearby West Wittering beach. Directed by as those industries evolve in to new directions Roger Michel, with a cast including Kate Winslet, as technology gets faster and more powerful. advertising ideas to life. Susan Sarandon and Sam Neil, the 5am November It gave me a great morning call times revealed some of the true This brochure covers many stories from the past understanding of ‘glamour’ of making films! year and includes details of just some of the experiences our students are exposed to as they thefundamentals Our first 3D Animation & VFX cohort welcomed develop knowledge and understanding of their of filmmaking.” Faraz Hameed, Visualisation Supervisor from The chosen subject area, and most importantly the skills Third Floor previz company, as a guest speaker. in great demand across the creative industries. Sian Finnis: Studied Film Faraz has huge experience in this area and has Production – currently worked with Christopher Nolan (Dark Night Rises), Senior Producer for an Peter Jackson & Steven Spielberg (Tin Tin – Secrets advertising agency of the Unicorn), and Tim Burton (Sweeny Todd), to name just a few.

2 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 3 Our Engineering and Digital Technology Park

The Department of Creative & Location The Engineering and Digital Technology Park is Digital Technologies is based at our based on our Bognor Regis Campus, located just brand new Engineering and Digital 600 metres from the beach and next door to the leafy and tranquil Hotham Park. Technology Park in Bognor Regis.

Our new facilities feature the same equipment used by professionals and are designed to offer hands-on experiences in partnership with industry. Our practical approach and focus on applied research will develop enterprising and creative graduates with the technical skills they will need to stand out in the graduate workforce.

Our facilities • 270 square-metre, three-storey high sound stage • Dedicated 75 square-metre green screen stage for motion capture and Chroma work • Post-production area consisting of nine edit suites alongside our Soho standard audio dubbing, colour grading and mastering theatre. • Professional recording studios and live room • Screening theatre • Mac and PC editing suites (including a wide range of industry standard creative software packages) • Animation and VFX labs • Gaming Centre

“If you’re passionate about the industry and you want to experience filmmaking on multiple short film sets as well as in class, then [Chichester] is the right institution.” Emma Clarke: Studied Film Production – and a recent graduate of the National Film and Television School

4 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 5 Our courses

Courses we offer: • BA (Hons) 3D Animation and Visual Effects • BA (Hons) Digital Film Production and Screenwriting • BSc (Hons) Digital Film Technologies • BA (Hons) Audio Production and Music Technologies • BA (Hons) Esports • BA (Hons) Screen Acting & Creative Technologies • BA (Hons) Screenwriting • BA (Hons) Sports Media • BA (Hons) Media & Communications • BA (Hons) Screenwriting and Creative Writing • BA (Hons) Games Design (subject to approval for 2020) • MA Screen Acting • MA Film Production • MA Composing for Film, TV and Games

“The university is small, but has everything we need – great editing suites and equipment loans for projects. We have green screen and everything I have wanted to try, I’ve had access to.” Hannah Mason: BA (Hons) Digital Film Production & Screenwriting

6 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 7 Staff profile Matt Jacques

The University’s new Oscar and Matt spent more than a decade developing feature films and television at the internationally-acclaimed BAFTA award-winning visual effects VFX facility DNEG. It was here that he refined his artist Matt Jacques has worked on craft and helped the British motion-picture company some of the biggest blockbusters of collect five Academy Awards and another five BAFTA awards. the last decade - and is now teaching a new generation of VFX stars at the An avid Tolkien reader as a boy, he says he always harboured ambitions of one day working with iconic University of Chichester. visual directors, such as Peter Jackson. Matt adds: “There weren’t many opportunities in VFX in the Our newly-appointed senior lecturer is best known early 2000s so, when I was 17, I did a traditional for his prized work on hit sci-fi films Interstellar and apprenticeship in film and cameras for Vogue Inception, which have received Oscar and BAFTA magazine. My love of film and television art awards. He also lists the Harry Potter franchise on his grew from there.” CV, alongside Marvel movie Thor: The Dark World, and the latest James Bond epic Spectre. Matt’s first role was a job with celebrated visual- effects company Framestore, where he designed the After more than ten years spent behind the scenes, squirrels for Tim Burton’s 2005 reboot of Charlie and “A lot of people think that visual effects are all done For more about VFX artist Matt Jacques and the bringing to life some of Hollywood’s highest-grossing the Chocolate Factory. “It was ground-breaking work in the USA, but the reality is that the UK has a thriving University’s new BA (Hons) in 3D animation and films, he has turned his talents to teaching on the at the time because we were among the first to use VFX scene with the best artists in the world.” visual effects go to www.chi.ac.uk/cdt. University’s new BA (Hons) in 3D animation and CGI to create the animals.” visual effects at its £35million Tech Park. Now teaching visual effects within our University’ Matt’s Hollywood filmography includes Soon after came his first big breakthrough: a senior department of Creative and Digital Technologies, • Interstellar “I’ve always wanted to teach,” he says, “and am role at DNEG, where he credits some of his proudest Matt is situated in the state-of-the-art animation labs • Inception incredibly excited by the Tech Park’s unique ability work on two films: Interstellar and Inception, both housed at the Tech Park. The new BA (Hons) in 3D • Spectre, James Bond to offer students an experience of working across all from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan. animation and visual effects is designed in close- • Doctor Who areas of filmmaking. I don’t know any other university “Working with Chris Nolan is incredibly rewarding collaboration with industry professionals to prepare • Harry Potter that offers that in one place.” because he has such innovative ideas,” he adds, students for a career in one of the UK’s fastest- • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation speaking about creating Interstellar’s famed tesseract growing sectors. • Thor: The Dark World scene, starring Matthew McConaughey’s journey • Fast and Furious 6 through time and space, which won an Oscar. Attracted by the proposition of developing the new • Godzilla course, Matt’s decision to leave Hollywood for the • Terminator Genisys classroom wasn’t taken lightly. “I heard that there was • The League of Gentlemen something big going on the south coast – so I met up • Emerald City with Max Tyrie BAFTA-winning animator leading the • Agent Carter degree programme at the Tech Park to see for myself, • Riviera and was astounded at its incredible facilities and opportunities to learn.”

“The University of Chichester gave me so much insight into Speaking of his approach to teaching his students, what the industry is like and helped me realise what made Matt adds: “We work on developing a range of technical craft skills, starting from the basics and me stand out as a candidate.“ working to high-level specialisms so that the students Sam Mason: BA (Hons) Sports Media – since graduating, Sam has worked for can enter the industry - whether that’s in film, major broadcasters including Sky Sports and Chelsea Football Club TV & online television, or videogames – at a very high standard.”

8 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 9 Student films

Red River your own in one of the world’s most competitive Horror-thriller Red River won Best Short Film for its industries. Since graduating I’ve worked on bold plotline of a concentration camp escapee’s several feature films in Shepperton and having pursuit of a former Nazi solider. The short, which the experience of working on Red River has been is just 11 minutes in length, received the accolade really beneficial.”

at the Eclipse international film festival at Pasadena Hanging out with your in California. Director Harry Jones said: “Red River is something friends can be deadly... I and my fellow filmmakers wanted to show to the Writer and producer Tim Wickens, from the world that if you have the drive, resources and BA (Hons) in Digital Film Production and passion for filmmaking no matter what your situation Screenwriting degree at Chichester, said the award or starting point, anything is achievable.” was a reward for the hard work the student team put in together. He added: “We were surprised to win as For more about the Red River film, including its trailer, we had a relatively small budget but it is gratifying to go to www.facebook.com/RedRiverShort/ Trundle Films present: Paul Bailey, Elliot Berry, RachelDonal EireannGallery, andLucy Tim Pearson, Pope know that you can achieve anything with hard work. Director of Photography Composer Cli昀 Harden Stephen Baysted Editor Steve Couch Production Designer De Rozario Sound Designer Producers Enos Desjardins Russell Cured Darren Mapletoft, Michael Holley, Emma Clarke Story & Screenplay Michael Holley The production, which also received a nomination for Director Darren Mapletoft best actress at the festival, was a collaborative effort between as many as 35 students from the first, Synchronicity Cured second, and third years of the University’s department Synchronicity has recently been screened at film Alongside these two excellent student films, the latest of Creative and Digital Technologies. It was funded festivals within the UK and is progressing out into Trundle Film to be screened on the international by the undergraduates themselves who raised nearly other European countries. This LGBTQ+ short has festival circuit is ‘Cured’. £8,000 through part-time summer jobs and financial received its first laurels from festivals including the contributions from online crowdfunding. ‘12th for Rainbow – Festival of Sexuality Diversity, Directed by Darren Mapletoft, produced by former Culture and Film’ which was held in Brazil. CDT student and NFTS graduate Emma Clarke, from First assistant director Abigail Godfrey, who worked a screenplay by Michael Holley, ‘Cured’ adds a few with lecturers and industry professionals to plan the This production was solely Written, Produced and twists to the familiar ‘Cabin in the Woods’ horror film project from concept to production. She said: “It was Directed by Kerry Matthew, from the BA (Hons) TV & staple and marks the brief acting debut of iconic so important to make the most of the facilities at Film degree at Chichester. She mentions ‘without the British film director Tim Pope. Chichester and the contacts we made on the film continuous support and guidance from not only my because, once you step out of university, you are on core course lecturers, but from the surrounding Digital In the past year Cured has been officially selected for Film and Production team, I would not have been the Encounters International Film Festival, Winchester able to drive my vision and creativity to successfully International Film Festival, Heart of England Film project my film onto big screens. I am very grateful Festival, Spooky Empire's International Horror Film for the solid crew who supported my passion for Festival, Videoscream International Film Festival, filmmaking, and I hope I have inspired them and MedFF, Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival, more individuals to throw themselves into the deep Panama Horror Film Festival, Cinematic Panic, end, and dive into the world of production, even if it Summer Scream Fest and was a Finalist: Los Angeles seems out of your depth’. Independent Film Festival Awards, Semi Finalist: Los Angeles CineFest & Festival of Terror. Entering Synchronicity into more Festivals this year, Kerry has already completed two more short films As with all Trundle Films, ‘Cured’ is a collaboration “This is something that you with The University of Chichester. Generating loyal between staff, students and industry associates, and cannot learn in the classroom. bonds with the current filmmaking students who aided offers all student crew an IMDB profile to build upon on her film, she was asked to come back and help on as they develop their career aspirations. It is a different experience from their dissertations. anything else I have done.” Stephanie Ridge: one of the class of 28 to work For more information about Synchronicity please go on the ‘The River’ (a Trundle Films production) to: www.facebook.com/synchronicityFilm2018

10 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 11 Filming The Source

Our first department film production our Screen Acting & Creative Technologies course. The shoot lasted 8 days and operated to strict in the Tech Park took place in industry working practices as students got a real November/December 2018 taste of a professional drama shoot. in Stage 1. Working with a range of industry partners has long been the philosophy for Trundle Films, as has The Source is the latest short film from the engaging with local creative companies. For the department’s research group Trundle Films and is The Source we recreated a 1920’s pub interior Directed by Programme Coordinator for Digital Film with a set built and installed by production design Production & Screenwriting Darren Mapletoft from company History in the Making. Darren has driven a screenplay by Head of Department Michael Holley. the Trundle Films project for many years now as it continues to provide a deep, experiential learning Many other staff members headed departments environment for our film production students, alongside our industry associates with “Seeing how fast they learn and how this experience cinematography by Cliff Harden, score by fuels ambitions for their own films makes it all Stephen Baysted and Post Production supervised worthwhile. The opportunity the students have to learn by Steve Couch. from, and network with, some of the key crafts people in the British film industry is unique and has led to the Legendary Gaffer Chuck Finch (Harry Potter start of a few careers with students invited to work franchise/Darkest Hour/Justice League) brought his alongside their industry mentors post graduation.” team along to light the film, and joined other veterans The story connects to many other narratives explored of the British film industry including Production in previous Trundle Films within the sci fi and time Manager Kathy Sykes (Mamma Mia/Inspector travel genre. Previous Trundle Films utilising the Morse), Script Supervisor Penny Eyles (The same industry partnership approach include Queen/Gosford Park/Brazil) and 1st AD Cordy Submerged, My Name is Georgina, Cured, Hardy (Yardie/Silent Witness), in providing on set Tumulus and The River. training to a wide range of students drawn from our Digital Film Production & Screenwriting course and

“The course gave me the opportunity to be engaged with both the pre-production and production side of a professional shoot.” Tim Wickens, BA (Hons) Digital Film Production & Screenwriting

12 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 13 Engaging with industry

Throughout the year staff and students Steve shared moments from his commentary on Brazil’s 7-1 defeat to Germany in the 2014 World have had the pleasure of inviting Cup semi-final with the students and explained some industry guests to meet us and of the challenges commentators face. His commentary travelling far and wide to meet them. for this dramatic match was heard by a BBC 1 audience of over 14 million. He also involved the

students in a number of sports journalism activities,

including preparing bulletins for 5 Live with the major SPORTS MEDIA STUDENTS MEET sports stories of the day. STEVE WILSON

BBC Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson Steve’s session was part of the Sports Media Industry talked about his career with University of Chichester Talks series organised for students throughout the Sports Media students. Steve began commentating year. He said, “It was great to meet the next on Match of the Day in 1999 after spells at Capital generation of sports journalists at the University of Radio in London and BBC Radio 5 Live. Chichester. A talented bunch!”

Alongside his work as one of the key commentators Other speakers to work with students in this series on the world’s longest-running football television include 2015 broadcast journalist of the year Mike programme Steve has commentated on two Costello, the BBC athletics and boxing correspondent; Olympics, three African Nations Cups and six presenter, journalist and commentator Matt Chilton European Championships. who has worked at every summer and winter

Olympics since 1992 and is well-known for his In 2018 he was the BBC’s lead commentator for the coverage of skiing, triathlon and tennis; Vivien PODCASTING FA Cup final that featured Chelsea and Manchester Morgan, a pioneer in video and mobile journalism; As the department prepares to start its own podcast The podcast has developed a loyal following of United and later that summer covered his sixth World Sam Mason, previously at Chelsea TV and Sky Sports in 2019 with Dr Adam Locks and Thomas H. Green, fans including the Observer’s chief film critic, Cup for the broadcaster in Russia. but now working for television sport graphics we partnered up with another podcast show – Mark Kermode. Our own department will be using

company Reality Check Systems; Tom Bristow, Cinematologists – and its co-founder and host the podcast format to discuss film, television, music, an online sports writer for the Mirror; and Andy Dario Llinares (University of Brighton). and other areas of the media. McMenamin from Pearce International who specialise in media operations at the world’s The format was a screening of the film Her (Spike largest sport events. Jonze, 2013) followed by a post-viewing discussion with an audience of students and staff. The Cinematologists was started in 2015 by Dr Llinares and Neil Fox (University of Falmouth) to bring fans, filmmakers, critics, and academics together to watch, discuss, and engage with cinema of all forms, “The course is fundamental genres and eras. to gaining experience

within the industry, and as such I had the pleasure of working for the BBC. Upon leaving the University, my knowledge was more than enough to set up my own media company.“ Marc Farrell: Studied Film Production

14 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 15 The Department of Creative and Digital Technologies presents …

SO FAR WE'VE HEARD FROM:

John Yorke (Executive Consultant and Adam Smith (Film, music and television screenwriter): John Yorke has run both BBC and director): 2017 saw the release of Adam Smith’s Channel 4 drama (Head of Drama Ch. 4 2003 and debut feature film, ‘Trespass Against Us’, starring Controller of Drama Series BBC 2005). Amongst Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson, a crime other highly successful dramas, Yorke was Executive drama set in the traveller community, but he is, Producer on Wolf Hall, The Missing and Land Girls. perhaps, best-known for 20 years working with global electronic dance music superstars The His commissions include Shameless and Life on Mars, Chemical Brothers. He directed four scene-setting and overseeing other shows such as Holby City, episodes in the first series of controversial teen drama Waterloo Road, Spooks, and The Street. Recognised ‘Skins’, and was behind the ‘Doctor Who’ episode for his unique achievements with East Enders as ‘The Eleventh Hour’, which introduced Matt Smith as Executive Producer, he introduced storylines that saw the 11th Incarnation of The Doctor. the show’s ratings sore intermittently between the years 1999 and 2017. Laurie Borg (Producer): Adam Locks interviewed the producer of the hugely popular series Black Outside of television production, Yorke also authored Mirror Laurie Borg. Laurie has also produced John Yorke the best seller: Into The Woods: How stories work and televisions series Peaky Blinders, as well as the hit why we tell them. The book studies story and draws films Sense and Sensibility and Little Voice. extensively from Yorke's own research and experience, using examples from projects such as EastEnders and Spooks.

Neil Marshall (Director and Producer): The horror/fantasy director first made a name for himself with the cult horror Dog Soldiers followed by The Descent, a film now considered a classic of the genre. Since working in America, Neil has directed key episodes of Game of Thrones, Constantine, Laurie Borg – Honorary Doctor of Arts Hannibal, Westworld and the eagerly awaited Netflix In 2018 the Department of Creative & Digital Technologies series, Lost in Space. nominated Laurie Borg for the award of Honorary Doctor. Laurie is an extremely significant producer in film and television. He began his career working with producer David Lean for a number of years and has since worked with notable figures including Alan Parker, Stephen Frears, Emma Thompson, Stephen Woolley, Neal Jordan, Ang Lee, Kit Harrington, Tom Hardy, Helen McCrory, Cillian Murphy, Lindsay Doran, Hugh Grant, Jane Horrocks, James Nesbitt, and Charlie Brooker. His career continues to rise exponentially having recently won an Emmy for one of his episodes for the cult Netflix series, Black Mirror. What is particularly impressive about Laurie is that he no longer approaches television or film companies; they always come to him to help produce highly significant television series such as Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Gunpowder, and Occupation for which he received a BAFTA Adam Smith (He is unusual in having first started in film, and then moved to television.). Laurie was interviewed by the department in 2017 and will be returning soon to speak with staff and students. Neil Marshall

16 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 17 Victoria Scarborough – guest of the Swiss film festival, R7AL It’s not every day of the week you find yourself high approaches, ways of doing their work - all great above the Alps in Switzerland in a helicopter pressing advice and nuggets of gold for our students to learn elbows with actor Christopher Walken. But that is from - but all agreed the essence of what they did exactly what happened to actress and Programme contained these important ingredients: hard work, Co-ordinator, Victoria Scarborough last March when ambition, technique. she was invited to be a professional guest of the Swiss film festival, R7AL. Established by Swiss All of them were very interested and excited to hear actor/director Vincent Perez, he wanted to create about Chichester’s work, too, and felt what better a unique platform for people, both from the industry way to begin for a young actor. From a personal and otherwise, to come and discuss movies in the perspective, having been a working actress for many beautiful and picturesque town Lausanne, on the years, Victoria states it was great to to discuss movies banks of Lake Geneva. Christopher, whose credits and exchange ideas with such people, and indeed to include ‘The Deer Hunter’ and Quentin Tarantino’s realise other qualities they all had in buckets, which ‘Pulp Fiction,’ very generously gave Victoria some are essential for any actor and creative artist: time to discuss ‘screen acting’ for the students of modesty, open-mindedness and just sheer passion Chichester, as did other actors and directors including for their art form. She returns again to Lausanne this Barry Levinson (‘Rain Man’), Darren Aranofsky coming March, now as a ‘founder member’ of the

(‘The Wrestler, ‘Black Swan’ ‘Mother!’) Thomas R7AL, and again will be spreading word about the by the students of Chichester University Devised and scripted Vinterberg and actress Bérénice Bejo (‘The Artist`). work at Chichester and doubtless filming some more Directed by Victoria Scarborough and Tim Pope interviews. Produced by Victoria Scarborough Each gave Victoria their thoughts and ideas, and with over ten Oscars between them, who better to ask? Each actor interestingly brought their own

Roisin Carty – International Dialect Coach Victoria also invited world leading ‘dialect coach’, This year, in her busy schedule Roisin made time, to Roisin Carty to work with Chichester’s acting students. come and meet Chichester’s new Screen Acting & In 2016, a short film, called Speed Date, Victoria, Creative Technology Degree students! Quoting Roisin and renowned film director, Tim Pope, helped Tolkein’s ‘Elvish’, Roisin led an inspiring Master Class the students to devise, direct and produce the project enlightening students to the process a film actor takes over 2 semesters. Entered for international film when approaching dialect. She says how essential it festivals in the ‘experimental’ category, the film has is to ‘tune in’ to each actor’s needs, ‘some actors been winning a selection of awards – including ‘best prefer to listen and repeat and some actors who are ensemble acting’. are more visually minded, preferring to look at diagrams that show where the sounds and shapes Roisin who has worked with directors Peter Jackson, first form. Ridley Scott, Ron Marshall and Robert Zemeckis, has also worked on the The Lord of The Rings Triology, The students were interested to hear how, also, Roisin Casino Royale, Kingdom of Heaven and has just uses ‘activities’ in her teaching. She exampled how finished Tim Burton’s Dumbo and Wonder Woman 2. she once had to teach a Spanish actor English, and had them kneading bread as they spoke to stretch their vowels! Such work the ‘screen acting’ students at Chichester are look forward to experiencing!

18 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 19 What’s the Prof been up to?

University of Chichester's Professor His recent projects include the number one best-selling AAA game scores: Project Cars and Project Cars 2; Stephen Baysted has composed the Red Bull’s Air Race: The Game; Electronic Arts: Need music for TV chef Tom Kerridge’s for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed and Need for Speed: latest series, Fresh Start. Shift; Atari’s Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends; and Robert Kirkman’s: The Walking Dead: Assault.

Stephen was recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of the The six-part series airs on Wednesdays on BBC2 world’s first academic journal devoted to the and on Saturdays on BBC1. In the series, celebrity presentation of peer-reviewed, high-quality research Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge mentors a group into videogame music and sound, the Journal of of people to help them learn to cook and lead Sound and Music in Games. The Journal is hosted healthier, more active lifestyles. by the Department of Creative Digital Technologies

at the University of Chichester, based at the Tech Park This is the latest success in Dr Baysted's career, on its Bognor Regis campus. who is Professor of Film, TV and Games Composition.

He has been nominated for three prestigious Jerry Professor Baysted said: “It was a pleasure to work Goldsmith Awards for best score, two Motion Picture with production company Bone Soup on Tom Sound Editors ‘Golden Reel’ Awards for best audio Kerridge’s latest TV venture.” in a game, a Golden Joystick Award for best audio and music in a game, and two Game Audio Network Guild Awards for best audio in a game. He continues to compose scores for video games, television and film.

Tut's Treasures: New secrets of the warrior king Towards the end of last year, Professor of Film, TV and Games Composition, Stephen Baysted, composed the music for this important new three part series for Blink Films and Channel 5 which explores some of the many thousands of spectacular treasures found in Tutankhamen's tomb. Now, for the first time since they were discovered over 95 years ago, all 5,398 treasures are being brought all together in a new $1bn museum.

20 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 21 Our people

Stephen Baysted, Professor of Film, Steve Couch – Senior Lecturer TV & Games Composition Steve is an Editor with over 30 years of international Award-winning British Film, TV and Video Game experience in all aspects of film and TV post composer Stephen Baysted is well known for his production. His work covers everything from versatility and for his emotionally charged and commercials for major worldwide brands to the expressively powerful music. Stephen's acclaimed Beijing Olympics for NBC sports. He has an EMMY music scores have been enjoyed by viewers and nomination for outstanding individual achievement players worldwide in a succession of award-winning for his work on BBC Horizon series Dawn of Man. Films, TV programmes and video games. Vernon Francis – Senior Technical Neil Bryant – Senior Technical Demonstrator Demonstrator Neil has worked in the field of Creative & Digital Vernon Francis is a multi-disciplined individual having Technologies for over twenty years and has taught on worked within the film, music, dance & event industry a range of modules from Film and Media to Fine Art, for much of his career. With a passion for education Neil is a practicing artist and researcher and has had and creative storytelling across all digital media, his work shown both nationally and internationally, Vernon, as the departments’ senior technician, helps including; The London Group Centenary Open, visualise our students’ ideas whilst demonstrating how NOW&AFTER Festival at the Moscow Museum of to utilise the vast array of technology available, to Modern Art and received an excellence award from enable the students to tell their stories. the Japan Media Arts Festival, and has recently contributed to a Welcome Trust Arts Awards for Rob Gomez-Martin – Senior Lecturer a collaborative project between artists and Rob has been a cameraman, director and actor musculoskeletal physiotherapy specialists. for 25 years working across a variety of television and film genres including ob docs, sport, undercover Fleur Costello – Programme Co-ordinator filming and drama. A a co-founder of The Big Issue Screenwriting Film Unit in the mid-90s, he was responsible for Fleur has over twenty years’ experience in Film and shooting in-house social, political and cultural pieces Television and has written feature films, broadcast for the homeless magazine and was hired out as TV drama, documentary and sit com. During her a news and features stringer for Bloomberg TV. career before Chichester, she has held posts at In a career move to ITV and Granada, he worked Northern Arts, Border Television and was a as a multi-skilled documentary filmmaker. Prior to Comedy Development Producer at the BBC. joining the CDT team, he worked as a self-shooting She currently sits on the Royal Television Society director on police ob docs and consumer series Committee and is a judge for the Writer's Guild for BBC Studios. Awards and the RTS Awards.

“My lecturers were very supportive throughout my three years and I could easily go to them with any enquiries I had. They make the lectures fun, interesting, and are passionate about the subject they’re teaching.” Hannah Grimsey: BA (Hons) Media

22 Department of Creative and Digital Technologies [email protected] 23 Thomas H Green – Senior Lecturer Michael Holley – Head of Department Thomas H Green has been an arts journalist for 25 Creative Digital Technologies years (Daily Telegraph, Mixmag, etc). He is New Michael took up the new role as Head of Creative Music Editor and a Director of www.theartsdesk.com, Digital Technologies in 2016 and has led on the and developed their media partnership with The design and vision for the creative areas within i Paper. An old raver, he's also the promoter of the Tech Park alongside the development of our Synthesize Me, the successful south coast club night. new courses. He lectures on journalism, marketing, film, and music. Matt Jacques – Senior Lecturer Cliff Harden – Senior Lecturer Matt has a wealth of experience working in the VFX With a career spanning over 30 years, Cliff’s industry. He was part of the award winning team experience is hugely diverse. He has shot award that scooped the VFX Oscar, BAFTA and VES for winning feature films, short dramas, web drama Interstellar and Inception. Matt has spent the last series, commercials, music promos, documentaries eleven years working at the multi award winning VFX and a party political broadcast for the Green Party facility Dneg, where he worked on feature film and thrown in for good measure. He has directed live TV TV. Some of the feature films he has worked on for all major broadcasters e.g. BBC, CNN, SKY etc, include, Spectre, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, designed lighting and broadcast systems, can Terminator Genisys, Interstellar,Godzilla, Thor: The account for over 2000 hours of live transmission. Dark World,Fast & Furious 6,Inception,Harry Potter His style of teaching is quite varied and flexible, with and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order heavy emphasis on industry practices, often centered of the Phoenix. He has also worked on many popular around Inquiry-based Learning with a 50/50 split on TV show's including, Strike, BAFTA nominated Sam Lovegrove – Associate Lecturer Max Tyrie – Head of 3D Animation & VFX theory and practical Emerald City, Agent Carter, Riviera and The League Sam is a writer and researcher in the field of Max joined us in 2017 to design and lead on our of Gentlemen. Screenwriting for Film, TV and Video Games. new industry focused 3D Animation & VFX course. Marzenna Hiles – Senior Lecturer His research focusses on the ways a writer can use Max Tyrie is a two-time Bafta award-winning Marzenna’s career builds upon many years of Adam Locks – Programme Co-ordinator and develop tools to reconcile their creative minds animator. A former employee of Sony Picture professional practice as a Film Script Supervisor Media & Communications with an industrial requirement for professionalism. Imageworks, he has worked on dozens of Hollywood (continuity) on Film and Television dramas. She Dr Adam Locks has been teaching at the university He holds a Masters in Screenwriting from The blockbusters including Kingsman: Golden Circle and designed and taught Skillset’s regular short course since 2002. His teaching particularly focuses on University of The Arts London and is a fellow of Spiderman as well as the BBC’s Walking with in Film Script Supervision at the National Film and cinema and television. Adam regularly fronts the The Higher Education Academy. Dinosaurs. Television School and is a qualified assessor on ‘Department of Creative & Digital Technologies Creative Skillset's (ScreenSkills) Level 4 Diploma in Presents’ series where prominent figures from the Darren Mapletoft – Programme Rosey Whorlow – Senior Lecturer Script Supervision. In addition to sharing her media industries are interviewed about their careers Co-ordinator Digital Film Production Rosey is a senior lecturer in Creative & Digital expertise in film continuity, she leads the research in front of an audience and most recently included & Screenwriting Technologies and has worked at the University of skills module on the department’s wide-ranging MA actor David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) and Prior to his academic career, Darren ran a successful, Chichester since 1997 contributing across the courses and lectures in film production on both director Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones). independent film company and as cameraman, curriculum, as well as to a range of modules in other undergraduate and post-graduate modules. Adam is currently planning the launch of a university- director and producer, worked on a range of factual, departments. Her current research is exploring the based podcast show with senior lecturer, Thomas H. entertainment and drama programmes. mediated personalisation and celebritisation of Green, which will focus on various aspects of popular contemporary politicians (and not so popular) culture. Tim Pope – Associate Lecturer Tim Pope is a working film director and across a 30- Ian Worden – Programme Co-ordinator year, cross-genre career has directed a Sports Media Hollywood feature, short films, TV, documentaries, Ian is the programme coordinator for the university’s live concerts and commercials. He is perhaps unique Sports Media degree – an exciting course that best known for his pop promo work, in particular delivers practical hands-on experience and provides with The Cure, David Bowie, Neil Young, Iggy Pop, opportunities for students to learn from industry The Kaiser Chiefs, Amanda Palmer and Fatboy Slim. professionals alongside experts at the university. He is an active sports journalist with contacts in Victoria Scarborough – Programme the industry including BBC sports commentators, “The DFP students are one big family and I think Co-ordinator Screen Acting correspondents, social media officers and key Victoria Scarborough, a leading screen and theatre figures in television graphics, marketing and that’s a rare thing for a university course to be able actor for over 20 years also loves to write and direct; communications, media operations and event to say. Alongside all the learning from my lecturers, such skills she enjoys sharing with wannabe screen- management that regularly visit the university to actors and film makers. An ex RADA graduate, share their world with students in the series of I learnt a lot from my fellow classmates.” she is a founder member of the Lausanne film Sports Media Industry Talks. Hannah Mason: BA (Hons) Digital Film Production & Screenwriting festival in Switzerland: r7aL.

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BA (Hons) 3D Animation & Visual Effects BA (Hons) Esports Designed in close collaboration with industry, our Our exciting Esports programme recognises the 3D Animation & Visual Effects programme aims to fast paced growth in both competitive video game prepare students for successful careers in some of playing and the global audiences engaging with the UK’s fastest growing sectors. this new sport.

BA (Hons) Digital Film Production & BA (Hons) Screen Acting & Creative Screenwriting Technologies This is a practical, vocationally-focused course Screen Acting & Creative Technologies is a high designed to develop your production skills in quality, unique programme, which combines screenwriting and film production in the context traditional acting training and methodologies with of a conventional industry model. opportunities to develop contemporary tradecraft skills offered by the advances in digital technologies. BSc (Hons) Digital Film Technologies Our BSc Digital Film Technologies course will BA (Hons) Screenwriting provide you with the high level technical and Our Screenwriting programme offers a balanced creative skills required by employers within the curriculum including learning opportunities in creative and digital sector. Short Film, Adaption, TV Drama, Feature Film Development, Comedy, Animation, Games BA (Hons) Audio Production and Music Narratives and Advertising. Technologies Our Audio Production and Music Technologies BA (Hons) Sports Media degree provides you with the necessary technical, The aim of the course is to give students a real creative and industrial skills for a range of exciting insight into the world of sports media. A significant careers within the music, audio post-production focus is invested in hands-on experience of working (TV and Film) and games industries. in sports media production.

BA (Hons) Media & Communications Media & Communications is a degree that BA (Hons) Games Design MA Film Production emphasises the need for students to be able to (subject to approval for 2020) The MA provides the advanced production skills participate with the ever-shifting field of Our new BA (Hons) Games Design will prepare you which will equip students for a career in any of the communication and media in the digital age. for a range of career options in this vibrant and fast major areas of the industry where moving image

growing industry. On this programme you will be content production is focused: Film, TV, Games, BA (Hons) Screenwriting and guided through the creative components of the Adverts and Trailers. Students are taught by Creative Writing process from design concepts, programming, working industry professionals, to real-world Guided by a team of experienced Creative Writers production management, animation, VFX, rigging, deadlines in a professional environment. and Screenwriters, the course aims to develop writers storytelling, audio design, motion capture and user with an awareness of industry demands, form and experience (UX). MA Composing for Film, TV and Games creative approaches used in generating vibrant and The MA provides you with the specialist original screenplays, poems and short stories. MA Screen Acting compositional techniques, operational understanding

This 18-month full time MA in Screen Acting offers of hybrid studio technologies, and advanced students professional training in acting for a range productional skills which will equip you for a career of screen based industries. Students are taught with in any one of the major areas of the industry; Film, a great emphasis on working to ‘real-world’ briefs, TV, Games, Library Music, Advertising and Trailers to ‘real-world’ deadlines within a state of the art media technology facility. For more information on our courses, visit www.chi.ac.uk/CDT

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