Film

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  Film Finalist Screenings
  Last night a group of final year Film students, joined by members of Film staff, celebrated the end of the academic year by watching their Creative Dissertation short film projects at the Exeter Phoenix.  These projects covered a wide range of styles and content, including a comedic fake news progamme, a narrative-driven new musical, a… Read more: Film Finalist Screenings
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  Creative Film Dissertations
  29 students are currently shooting their Creative Film Dissertations, as the final project of the Film Studies programme. They’re making great use of the practical and creative spaces we have around the department, as well as the massive variety of film production equipment we have. The quantity of equipment enables all of the projects to… Read more: Creative Film Dissertations
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  72 Hour Film Masterclass with Don Boyd
  That’s a wrap on our masterclass with film director and producer Don Boyd. We had a full screening room yesterday afternoon for 7 short films made in less than 72 hours. Poignant, humorous, inventive and utterly representative of the collaborative and creative ethos of our Department. We’ve been refining this annual masterclass for four years.… Read more: 72 Hour Film Masterclass with Don Boyd
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  New Screening Room Opens
  After a busy summmer period of refurbishments and refreshments, our technical team have designed and specified a brand new 50-seat screening room / lecture theatre in the Alexander Building. The 8K projection system and Dolby Atmos sound system has been wowing students across the department. Thanks especially to Chris Mearing who has ensured the quality… Read more: New Screening Room Opens
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  Archival Encounters
  Students on the MA Film & Screen Studies produced a public-facing exhibition as part of the Archival Encounters module. Using artefacts from the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, supported by the curator Phil Wickham, the students were tasked with collaboratively curating a digital exhibition of materials on a theme of their own choosing. This year they… Read more: Archival Encounters
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  Honorary Degree for Lord Puttnam
  Some Exeter Film students had the opportunity to meet with David Puttnam on their graduation day when he came to receive his Honorary Degree. They enjoyed a tour of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum during their visit and David shared anecodotes from his career.
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  BFI Screening of SCALA!!!
  A large group of students and staff gathered in the Bill Douglas Cinema in Queens Building to watch an advance screening of the glorious documentary “Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits” (to give it it’s full title),… Read more: BFI Screening of SCALA!!!
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  MA International Film Business Pop-Up Cinema
  The CDF tech team have worked with students on the MA International Film Business to provide equipment and transport for their pop-up cinema projects. This year, these were presented as part of the inaugural Exmouth Film Festival, and took place in a variety of venues both in Exmouth and Exeter.
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  Acting for Screen Module in new studio
  The CDF tech team have re-equipped Studio TS3 to function as a TV Studio for the new Drama ‘Acting for Screen’ module. There are 4 cameras (3 on wheeled tripods, 1 fixed) which are all routed through a vision mixer / recorder. The whole system has been designed to be easily adaptable as the module… Read more: Acting for Screen Module in new studio
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  BBC at Roborough
  The CDF tech team have worked with BBC production staff as part of the British Science Festival, to transform Roborough Studios into a TV Studio for the Question Time Special of BBC’s iconic Sky At Night programme. The studio was filled with a lively audience, and a panel of Sky at Night regulars was joined… Read more: BBC at Roborough
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  New Student Kitchen in Alexander Building
  The former toilet adjacent to TS3 has been converted into a student kitchen, enabling students often working long hours in the building to have some warm food and a hot drink. The toilet was almost last room in the building that hasn’t been upgraded, and it looked it, but it’s wonderful to see this long-asked-for… Read more: New Student Kitchen in Alexander Building