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Creative & Digital Technologies CONTACT US • Tel: 01243 816000 • Email: [email protected] • University of Chichester, Central London Bognor Regis Campus, Reading Upper Bognor Road, Heathrow Airport Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1HR M25 M3 Gatwick Airport CREATIVE & DIGITAL Southampton Airport A286 A272 TECHNOLOGIES A29 A23 M27 A3 Chichester M27 A3(M) Southampton A27 Brighton Portsmouth Bognor Regis Our partner companies 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
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