This course has been designed to fit with industry thinking and help you play a full part in the industry once you graduate. It is structured for both full-time and part-time students. The main focus of our activities will be the development of the specific project that you applied with. You develop your thinking, skills and project through various practical exercises designed to help you push yourself and your project forward. This is through the production of demonstration materials, trailers or short films that serve to showcase your ideas and talents. We want all of our students to be shooting and producing as much film as possible while they are at Hallam. Alongside your practical creative skills you also develop your critical thinking, research, planning and logistical skills and put these to immediate use. The staff team are committed to helping you achieve the maximum possible benefit from your time on the course. In line with industry workflow and practice, the course is planned with short, very intense workshops and exercises. These are followed by research and group tutorials built around more reflective practice. Many of the teaching staff are industry professionals and specialists in their own areas. In addition, there is regular input from industry practitioners. In the first stage we audit your practical skills level and augment them where necessary. You complete exercises based on the original project you pitched at interview, with the objective of building a full picture of the practical and intellectual skills needed to bring your project to fruition. In the second stage you produce materials that present your chosen project and display your own unique talent. The third stage focuses on the industry context that your project will be born into. You develop your project and presentation materials to the point where they are market-ready, preparing you to launch yourself into a filmmaking career.