HE Directory 2012-2013 - Shock of the Arts

ModElMAkinGucas codeBa (Hons) modelmaKing: W291course leader: paul JoHnson28 | 29tHe courseThis innovative course is a European leader in specialist makingfor the creative industries. It sets out to be challenging, practicaland demanding but also to provide a rich, rewarding, fun andvibrant experience. You will develop technical and aestheticabilities, experiencing a wide variety of processes and materialsin carrying out a range of challenging and interesting briefs– working both physically and digitally in three dimensions.Creative, analytical and interpretive thinking is encouragedthroughout the course. Design methodology and critical analysisis promoted alongside visual and aesthetic judgement. You willbe encouraged to develop an independent approach to learning,designing and problem solving.The course has strong links with the creative industriesand graduates are in high demand. Importance is placedon the promotion of students, strengthened by links withformer graduates and industry contacts. The course valueswork experience enormously and students are encouragedto carry this out with significant companies at home andabroad. Live projects and assignments with other courses,such as Animation, are encouraged. You may also have theopportunity of attending annual overseas trips to galleriesand industry studios in destinations such as New York,Prague and Rome.The role of modelmaking is rapidly changing and increasinglymodel-makers are required to take responsibility for projectmanagement in broad areas of media production, architecturalinterpretation and exhibition design. The course reflects thischange, providing graduates with the necessary skillsto be able to take on the demands that contemporaryindustry presents. The course units are designed to enableyou to gain numerous creative, technical, digital, visual andintellectual experiences and to develop and explore your newlyacquired skills with an emphasis on a hands-on approach.You will be introduced to creative making, technical processes,material manipulation, mould making, finishing techniques,digital modelling, special effects, designing, problem solvingand aesthetic understanding. Practice is always underpinnedby theory.resourcesEvery student gets their own workspace, which is importantfor personal development and a sense of ‘place’. The spiritof community here is strong – as is our active studio culture.Students will work predominantly in the studio base roomenvironment, but will also use the well-resourced 3Dworkshops to produce outcomes, realisations and solutionsto support their studio work. There is a computer suitelocated within the base studio with the aim of encouragingstudents to integrate digital understanding and outcomesinto their processes. The course prides itself on its learningand teaching approaches and has a strong team of ex-industryprofessionals which is further supplemented by visitingcreative industry specialists.