{"id":301,"date":"2023-12-15T12:09:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/?page_id=301"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:14:40","slug":"film","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/film\/","title":{"rendered":"Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2025\/12\/original-238F0218-ED17-45B8-8C6D-D99E9BC1205B-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/12\/17\/cdf-students-visit-ardelion-awards-gala\/\">CDF Students Visit Ard\u00e9lion Awards Gala<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">At the start of December several Film and Drama students went to the Ardelion Awards Gala, based in Austria, to celebrate their film&nbsp;My Therapy. Director Luca Helden and his crew shot&nbsp;My Therapy&nbsp;as part of the T3 Festival which took place in term 3 of the 2024\/2025 academic year.&nbsp; The premise of the film follows&nbsp;a therapist\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/12\/17\/cdf-students-visit-ardelion-awards-gala\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: CDF Students Visit Ard\u00e9lion Awards Gala<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2025\/07\/unnamed-file-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/06\/18\/film-finalist-screenings\/\">Film Finalist Screenings<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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.&nbsp; These projects covered a wide range of styles and content, including a comedic fake news progamme, a narrative-driven new musical, a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/06\/18\/film-finalist-screenings\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Film Finalist Screenings<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-21-at-14.28.21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/06\/02\/creative-film-dissertations\/\">Creative Film Dissertations<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">29 students are currently shooting their Creative Film Dissertations, as the final project of the Film Studies programme. They&#8217;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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/06\/02\/creative-film-dissertations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Creative Film Dissertations<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2025\/07\/3c072bca-6b6c-4b92-9992-3d968c7dbd7c-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/05\/09\/72-hour-film-masterclass-with-don-boyd\/\">72 Hour Film Masterclass with Don Boyd<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">That&#8217;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&#8217;ve been refining this annual masterclass for four years.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2025\/05\/09\/72-hour-film-masterclass-with-don-boyd\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: 72 Hour Film Masterclass with Don Boyd<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2024\/10\/IMG_2396-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2024\/09\/23\/new-screening-room-opens\/\">New Screening Room Opens<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2024\/09\/23\/new-screening-room-opens\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: New Screening Room Opens<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-26-at-12.46.17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2024\/01\/26\/archival-encounters\/\">Archival Encounters<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Students on the MA Film &amp; 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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2024\/01\/26\/archival-encounters\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Archival Encounters<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2024\/01\/GDkYKACbsAEs5_9-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2024\/01\/11\/honorary-degree-for-lord-puttnam\/\">Honorary Degree for Lord Puttnam<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2023\/12\/IMG_9081-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/12\/07\/bfi-screening-of-scala\/\">BFI Screening of SCALA!!!<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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 &#8220;Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World&#8217;s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits&#8221; (to give it it&#8217;s full title),\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/12\/07\/bfi-screening-of-scala\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: BFI Screening of SCALA!!!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2023\/12\/IMG_9042-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/12\/04\/ma-international-film-business-pop-up-cinema\/\">MA International Film Business Pop-Up Cinema<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2023\/10\/IMG_8829-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/10\/02\/acting-for-screen-module-in-new-studio\/\">Acting for Screen Module in new studio<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The CDF tech team have re-equipped Studio TS3 to function as a TV Studio for the new Drama &#8216;Acting for Screen&#8217; 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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/10\/02\/acting-for-screen-module-in-new-studio\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Acting for Screen Module in new studio<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2023\/09\/p0gjw5zq-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/09\/08\/bbc-at-roborough\/\">BBC at Roborough<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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&#8217;s iconic Sky At Night programme. The studio was filled with a lively audience, and a panel of Sky at Night regulars was joined\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2023\/09\/08\/bbc-at-roborough\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: BBC at Roborough<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2023\/12\/ts3_student_kitchen_2022-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cdfpractice\/2022\/09\/20\/new-student-kitchen-in-alexander-building\/\">New Student Kitchen in Alexander Building<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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. 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