Character Creation and Technical Effects BA Hons


School of Creative Arts


Institution Code H36

UCAS Code

W452


Course Code CCSFX

Start date

September

Contact us

01707 284800

Course content

Year 1 - full details

Core modules


Communication Model Design 1

Interpretation Model Design 1B

Material Technology Processes 1

Media Histories and Culture

Representation Modelling 1A

Optional modules


A Short History of Advertising

An Introduction To Film: Contextual Studies, Art And Design

Comics, Animation and Popular Culture

Contemporary Design and Criticism: Critical and Cultural Studies Art and Design

Contextual Studies Option:Art & Depth Psychology-The Unconscious And Creativity

Death, Dancing and Diners: Approaches to Contemporary Film and TV

Design And Decorative Arts Post-1950: Contextual Studies, Art And Design

Digital Culture:Critical and Cultural Studies Options

Experiments with the moving image

Gods and Monsters:the Persistence of Mythology

If mouse then...:Exploring Interactive Media

Internet Cultures

Objects, Materials and the Body: Contextual Studies, Art and Design

Photography-Application And Context:Critical & Cultural Studies, Art & Design

Sustainability: Past, Present and Future

Take 2: Undertanding Film and TV 'mise en scene'

The Death of the Book

To Subvert and Divert: a particular history of animation

Year 2 - full details

Core modules


Design and Development: Model and Special Effects Programme

Negotiated Project: Model and Special Effects Programme

Traditions and Locations

Turbo Project A: Model and Special Effects Programme

Turbo Project B: Model and Special Effects Programme

Optional modules


Advertising Worlds

Approaches to Contemporary Film

Consuming Art And Design: Contextual Studies, Art And Design

Contemporary Art And Critism: Contextual Studies, Art And Design

Contextual Studies Options: Approaches To Arts Therapies Theories

Creating Cultural Spaces

Design and Desire

Film in the Post-cinema age

Gender Psychoanalysis and Art Practice

Image, Narrative and Representation: Critical and Cultural Studies, Art and Desi

Joystruck: The Emergence of Games Culture

Media Culture: Contextual Studies, Art And Design

Photography: Gender And Identity: Contextual Studies, Art And Design

Professional Work Experience 15: Screen

Professional Work Experience 30: Screen

Professional Work Experience 45: Screen

Sonic Worlds: sound, technology, design and meaning

Sustainability in Practice

Taking the Ride:theatricality, body thrills, safe spills and simulation

The History of Technology:Critical & Cultural Studies Options

Undressing Cinema: Relationships Between Film and Fashion

Year 3 - full details

Core modules


Character Creation and Technical Effects Major Project

Character Creation and Technical Effects Major Proposal

Critical and Cultural Studies: L6 Enquiry / Report / Essay (Screen)

Independent Project: Model and Special Effects Programme

Portfolio Project 3B