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DL845 BA [Hons] Design for Film

The only course of its kind in Ireland, this innovative and collaborative hands-on programme creates professional designers and creative practitioners for the thriving film, entertainment and associated Creative Industries. Students learn highly specialised skills in a collaborative context.

What is this course about?

With a focus on collaboration and creativity, students discover how to create new worlds, objects and characters for the film, theatre and entertainment industries. Students specialise in one of five pathways, each with a strong emphasis on practical, hands-on learning: — Costume — Character — Model Making — Set Design — Visual Effects (VFX).

All four years are focused on responding to briefs in the studio, either via a personal response or collaboratively. Dedicated technical spaces, ambitious multi-disciplinary briefs, and the extensive facilities of the National Film School offer enormous real-world benefits to students, who gain an invaluable creative education in a professional working context.

Students will learn to imagine new worlds, objects and characters through the use of specialist skills and creative research at Ireland’s Campus for the Creative Industries.

What will I do?

Work on speculative and realised projects in film, theatre, and the entertainment industry
Work on introductory projects which explore various specialisms and establish the creative and critical skillset necessary in Year 1
Begin to focus on a specialist pathway (set designer/costume designer/character designer/model maker/digital artist) in Year 2
Explore specialised creative projects in Year 3, developing your skillsets and specialist creative profile
Work on combinations of individual or collaborative projects in Year 4, creating work at an advanced level with the skills and knowledge needed for the profession

This course equips learners with the skills and knowledge needed to become professional designers and creative practitioners in the film, entertainment, and related creative industries. Emphasising studio-based, hands-on learning, the practice-based curriculum allows students to specialise in one of five pathways aligning with their interests and career goals. Using professional materials, tools, and techniques, students work in specialised studios to complete module briefs.

Critical and Contextual Studies modules integrate theory and practice, requiring students to critique and research the creative arts’ societal and cultural impact. By the fourth year, students design and produce self-directed briefs, preparing for IADT’s annual graduate showcase. Students graduate armed with the skills, professional attributes and creative vision necessary to continue into their chosen industry or postgraduate study.

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Erasmus

Erasmus partners include: Nottingham Trent University (UK); Osijek Academy of Arts, (Croatia); Aalto University, (Finland); Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest (Hungary) and a new partnership in Norway.

Future Careers

Our graduates work across a wide variety of roles in film, television and theatre. Graduates are successfully employed in the larger cultural and creative sectors including, Live Performance, Games design, and Spectacle Arts. Graduates are found successfully working across the creative industries in roles that range from the design and construction of props, sets, virtual experiences, costumes, and characters both in Ireland and abroad. Alumni are found worldwide, working in diverse and collaborative multi-disciplinary roles such as: digital fabrication specialists, and design strategists in large multinationals; as medical prosthetic specialists in research labs; and as 3D art directors in immersive studios and spaces.

Further Studies

Our recent graduates have gone on to pursue postgraduate study at MA and doctoral level across a range of areas including; MA in Design History and Material Culture, MA in Education (Art & Design), MA in Modelmaking and Visual Effects, MA in Material Futures, Professional Masters in Education, MA Exhibition Design, MA UX Design, MA Anthropology, MA Speculative Design, MSc Materials Design, MA Interior Architecture, PHD in Anthropology, PHD Ethical design of Sensory Augmentation technology.

What modules will I study?

Year 1

Design Spectacle | Design Core | Design Text | Design Frame.

Study core design principles in modules relating to film and performance design (core, spectacle, text, frame) exploring design process. Research and materials, the history and theory of visual culture, practical masterclasses and an introduction to the faculty.

Faculty Connect

Faculty Workshop

This year gives a taste of the various specialisms, so will give you a solid basis for the programme.

Year 2

Design Dramatic Histories | Design Irish Drama & Film | Faculty Elective | Design Storytelling | Design Generations.

Experience various aspects of design creation and how design principles are used to create films, plays, games and events.

This year is an opportunity to make your own responses to other sources with different historical and cultural influences.

Study the history and theory of visual culture, film history, and an elective of your choosing from across the faculty.

Year 3

Design Research | Design Collaboration | Design Praxis | Professional Placement.

Make work in one of the specialist pathways.

Gain opportunities to be part of creative teams as a collaborative partner with other students and professionals.

There is an opportunity to take on professional placements and live projects.

Year 4

Minor Project | Major Project | Thesis.

Your opportunity to bring together all of the skills, creative understanding, and design knowledge gained on the course to make a self-directed Minor Project and a Major Project within one of the specialist pathways.

Complete an independently-researched dissertation, and further develop business skills to help you prepare for life after graduation.

linkOn Show 2024 — Character Make-up Design

linkOn Show 2024 — Costume Design

linkOn Show 2024 — Production Design

linkOn Show 2024 — 3D Design, Modelmaking + Digital Art

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Requirements

Course Code DL845 - Level 8
Application CAO
Duration 4 years [full-time]
Places 50
CAO Points 680

Combination of Leaving Certificate and Portfolio assessment points.

LCVP is accepted as a sixth Leaving Certificate subject and is counted for points purposes.

Please note the above relates to Irish leaving cert students only

EU Candidates: For information about minimum entry requirements for your individual country please refer to the CAO EU/EFTA entry requirements document here.
Portfolio Yes
Min Entry Requirements 2 H5 + 4 O6 / H7
English: O6/H7
FETAC Entry Requirements Applicants with QQI/FETAC Level 5 or Level 6 Awards require distinctions in 3 (of 8) modules.

You can find more info about the application process and assessment by searching QQI in the search bar above.
Cost for materials and/or field tripsPlease budget €500-€1000 per year (variable based on your chosen discipline) for materials and tools. You may have an opportunity to take part in extended field trips or international visits (not compulsory).

Your final year exhibition is your professional showcase of work, which may incur additional costs depending on the tools and materials you choose to use.

It may be useful to have a good quality digital camera, portable hard drive and laptop. We recommend you don’t purchase these in advance, but seek advice from your tutors.
Erasmus DestinationsFinland, Estonia, Croatia, The Netherlands, Spain
Mature StudentsWe welcome applications from mature students, who must apply to the CAO.
More info for Mature Students is here.
International Students We welcome international students to IADT.
Learn how to apply as an International Student here.

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