UAL Level 4 Professional Diploma (Art Department)

Applicants need to 18 years old or over and have achieved a Level 3 qualification at either Merit or BBB. It is desirable for students to have attained GCSE English and/or Maths at a 4 or above as well. Applications from candidates with good levels of literacy and numeracy will be considered for mature candidates.

A professional interview will be required.

• Drawing, drawing for set and storyboarding
• Industry related software including: CAD, Sketchup, Illustrator, etc.
• The film business and roles
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Set building
• Set dressing
• Reading a script for the Art Dept
• Planning and Budgeting
• Research and mood boards
• Sketching
• Storyboarding and model making
• Props sourcing and making
• Filming

You will develop a diverse portfolio of skill in Art Department, Prop Making, Miniatures and Set Decoration and will be presented with opportunities to develop and utilise broad, transferable skills through an ethos of personal and professional development. Specifically, the programme allows students to demonstrate: Initiative, Independent inquiry, Team-working, Self-management, Effective participation, Creative thinking, Reflective learning, Problem solving, Communication, Numeracy.

Students who complete the course may wish to continue their progression journey onto the BA qualification or enter the world of work.

There are many different options available to you within this group of departments and this industry led Diploma will open you up to further study or to begin a career as a trainee or apprentice for the following roles: Production Designer/ Supervising Art Director/ Art Director/Assistant Art Director/ Draughtsman/ Storyboard / Graphic Artist / Concept Artist/Art Department Coordinator/ Production Buyer/ Specialist Researcher/ Standby Art Director / Stagehand / Set finishing / Model maker/Painter / Props Master / Assistant Props Master / Standby Props / Props Model maker /Props Buyer/ Weapons foreman/ Weapons standby / set decorator/ Buyer / Assistant dresser

Across the programme you will have continuous assessment with particular focus on practical work required for the projects. In the UAL grading structure your final grade, Pass, Merit or Distinction is based on the final major project.