MediaFilm Production
Higher National Diploma
PATRON: DAMIEN O’DONNELL
PATRON: DAMIEN O’DONNELL
Damien O’ Donnell, BAFTA award winning director of East is East is a graduate of Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education. Damien has also directed films such as Heartlands and Inside I’m Dancing and is a prolific TV and cinema commercial director. As Patron of the Film Production course, Damien will visit the college once a year to give a key-note lecture to Film Production students.
Film Production offers a thorough study of film through both practical and academic avenues. Students will study key practical areas such as scriptwriting, directing, producing, sound, lighting and editing all of which will culminate in the creation of their own films. These areas are complemented by the study of film history, film theory and film industries.
Course Content
YEAR 1
- Scriptwriting
- Camera and Lighting Techniques
- Practical Skills
- Research Techniques
- Sound
- Fiction Production
- Contextual Studies
- Film Editing
YEAR 2
- Director
- Producer
- Animation Techniques
- Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation
- Special Subject Investigation
- Documentary Production
- Film Studies
- Career Development
CERTIFICATION
Higher National Diploma, leading to BA (Honours)
DURATION
2 years
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Leaving Certificate and interview (with portfolio). Please see our guidelines on preparing for your interview and preparing a portfolio.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Scriptwriting, directing, producing, editing, cinematography, sound, research, education, marketing
COLLEGE LINKS
Entry into final year of third year degree programmes in a number of UK universities is possible.
INTERVIEW PREPARATION
Guidance on Preparing for your Film Production Interview.pdf
We also have a lively Facebook Page where we share links and discuss Film and the Film Industry. Why not like it and join in the discussion?
If you'd like to read more from a graduate of the course, here's an Interview with Charlene Lydon who left in 2004. And another with Emmet Vincent, Screenwriter.
GRADUATE FILMS
Here are some examples of work completed by students on the course.
"Milkrun" - Co-Directed by Dean Douglas Evans and Joe Dunphy;
Screenplay by Aaron Gibson.
Screenplay by David Fryar.
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