Filmmaking, Animation and Photography
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Bring your ideas to life in an environment that encourages and supports your talent and development. With input from industry experts, our filmmaking, animation and photography courses will prepare you to step into roles across the creative sector.
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Filmmaking, Animation and Photography
Find out more about our courses below. All information is correct as of 19 November 2020.
BA(Hons) Animation
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Bristol is a centre of animation production excellence in Europe. You’ll be taught by a team with extensive commercial animation experience and tap into our strong links with major animation companies. Based at Bower Ashton Studios, part of our City Campus, you’ll benefit from a vibrant, collaborative environment, with access to exceptional specialist facilities.
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BA(Hons) Animation with Foundation Year
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You will study a Foundation Year (Year Zero) in Art and Design and on successful completion you will begin Year One of the main degree.
Bristol is a centre of animation production excellence in Europe. You’ll be taught by a team with extensive commercial animation experience and tap into our strong links with major animation companies. Based at Bower Ashton Studios, part of our City Campus, you’ll benefit from a vibrant, collaborative environment, with access to exceptional specialist facilities.
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BA(Hons) Filmmaking
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This is a production-based degree – you’ll learn by making. Working with award-winning film directors, screenwriters and producers, you’ll have access to exceptional facilities, develop drama and documentary storytelling skills, and explore filmmaking for the 21st century by applying cutting-edge techniques.
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BA(Hons) Photography
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Bristol is one of the most vibrant and creative cultural cities in the UK with excellent opportunities. Our City Campus offers exceptional facilities and a collaborative environment to explore your passion for photography. Look forward to intensive workshops to build your skills, talks from leading creative professionals, live project briefs and opportunities to take part in international exchange programmes. Developing your creative photographic practice, you’ll work on projects in still and moving imagery, and be equipped to take advantage of exciting opportunities in contemporary lens-based media. We’ll support you to discover your individual visual style and develop a compelling portfolio.
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BA(Hons) Photography with Foundation Year
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You will study a Foundation Year (Year Zero) in Art and Design and on successful completion you will begin Year One of the main degree.
Bristol is one of the most vibrant and creative cultural cities in the UK with excellent opportunities. Our City Campus offers exceptional facilities and a collaborative environment to explore your passion for photography. Look forward to intensive workshops to build your skills, talks from leading creative professionals, live project briefs and opportunities to take part in international exchange programmes. Developing your creative photographic practice, you’ll work on projects in still and moving imagery, and be equipped to take advantage of exciting opportunities in contemporary lens-based media. We’ll support you to discover your individual visual style and develop a compelling portfolio.
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Filmmaking, animation and photography student work
Our talented students produce exceptional work. Below are some examples of the outstanding work created by students in Filmmaking, Animation and Photography.
Digital Showcase 2020
2020 has been a year of abrupt and unprecedented global change. We are proud of the ways our students responded in these extraordinary times.
We developed our online showcase with Rhombus Studio, a local company founded by UWE Bristol alumni from Graphic Design. Whilst no substitute for our annual Degree Show, the showcase features the work of hundreds of our graduating students from 25 of UWE Bristol’s creative courses across art, design, animation, fashion, media, performance, photography and filmmaking.
Take a tour of our Filmmaking, Animation and Photography facilities
Immerse yourself in our Filmmaking, Animation and Photography facilities by viewing our 360° images below. Move between different rooms and spaces by using the arrows or menu bar on the top left, and use the controls or your cursor to explore the images. You can also expand to full screen using the icon on the bottom left of the images.