Filmmaking Uni

Birmingham City

  • Top of guardian lists
  • Split into three courses
  • Filmmaking
  • Digital Film Production
  • Screen Writing
  • Incredibly high spend per student
  • lots of equipment
  • Generally well funded / equipped
  • Lecturers seemed good
  • Tariff 114 ~ BBC
  • No showreel / portfolio needed, admissions in grade / personal statement / just emailing the lecturer
  • Modern, Clean campus in the city center
  • Arris, Blackmagic ursa's, REDs, over 500 cameras!

Bristol UWE

  • Very well equipped
  • Liked the lecturer
  • Many industry connections, BBC, production houses ect
  • bristol a good city for industry
  • film, documentary productions
  • can focus on post
  • First year bmpcc 4k mft
  • Second year fx6
  • third year arri alexa mini
  • can mix year productions
  • students win film festivals
  • ABB
  • high tariff
  • focus on showreel
  • needs experience

University of York - mixes academia and practical more ~50/50

  • essays and stuff - equipment more limited
  • 50/50 film / tv mix - nice campus - doesn’t mention loads of industry connections
  • screenskills accreditation?
  • no albert accreditation?
  • AAB!
  • high tariff
  • no showreel or portfolio, all in the personal statement
  • bsc rather than ba - 90 student cap, 900 applicants - would have visa
  • bigger productions wait till 3rd year
  • well equipped tv studio
  • first year fs7
  • second year fs7
  • fx6
  • third arri alexa mini LF
  • modules

Leeds arts

  • practical
  • doesn’t mention grades needed
  • doesn’t need incredibly established portfolio
  • screenskills
  • albert
  • can focus on skills you want
  • create products from start
  • weird camera selection, panasonic, sonys and reds
  • decent studio with arri lights
  • focus on personal statement
  • generally not stand out