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[dance music]
>> HEARING: This course is designed really for people who are interested in exploring
digital means of acquiring images for film, so we are not talking here about 35mm or 16mm
film making, we are talking about new trends in film making, digital, cinematography.
>> STUDENT 1: Stand by
>> STUDENT 2: [inaudible]
>> STUDENT 1: Slate 4, take 2 [clapper board]
>> HEARING: The course is really looking for students who are interested in developing
their skills in film making, behind the camera, students who are interested in cinematography
as a career. Students will be working on a range of projects along side the directors,
the producers and the editors. We are looking for students who are interested in camera
operating, lighting, interested in all the aspects of photography for film and television.
[up tempo music]
>> NARRATOR: 146,000 of us enter the tube network every hour. We read our newspapers
and we read other peoples newspapers. We find ways to amuse ourselves because the tube no
longer fascinates or excites. It has become over familiar, we know it simply too well,
or do we?
>> HEARING: They’ll be working on a range of projects which might be short film, they
might be documentary. Some students will even be working on low budget features as well.
>> JOHNS: It’s clear that digital is the future, indeed it is the present, but certainly
also the future for all forms of content creation. Feature films and long form narrative fiction,
whether it is television drama, is right at the heart of that.
[dance music]
>> JOHNS: But it’s not just about production. It’s also about post production, it’s
about distribution. And I think to have this Masters’ in Digital Cinematography puts
the next generation of students’ right at the forefront of that industry.
>> HEARING: The course is highly practical, it’s very focused on practical skills but
at the same time it’s also about thinking about what goes into creating those images,
reflecting on those images, how those images can be used. It’s about a thoughtful approach
to camera work, it’s about reflecting on your practice as a cinematographer.
[Big Ben chimes]
[distant chatter]
>> JOHNS: What’s amazing now is what you can do digitally with a camera. You can manipulate
it to give it as much of a distinctive aesthetic as you please. The amazing freedom it creates
to allow for people to tell their stories much more cost effectively is a very liberating
factor. So clearly this is the future. To be able to have a postgraduate qualification
in digital cinematography I think offers a very distinctive course within this country.
Anybody who works in film or television, and indeed in most media activities, recognises
that it’s a team effort. The wonderful thing about Bournemouth is that there is this vast
school of excellence where there are many individuals working in complimentary disciplines
so it’s the ability to collaborate with other team members which I think gives it
this unique edge.