Film, TV and Stage Design with Foundation Year
Film, television and stage design is the discipline concerned with creating the physical and visual worlds within which dramatic performance takes place: the sets, scenery, props, scenic effects and spatial environments that define the look and feel of productions across all three performance media. It is a discipline that requires both creative vision and rigorous technical ability, combining artistic sensibility with knowledge of construction, materials, staging conventions, lighting relationships and the production workflows that govern how design ideas become physical realities on set or stage.
At the University of Salford, this four-year full-time degree includes a foundation year, providing a supported introduction to design practice and the technical and creative foundations of the discipline before you move into the main programme. You will develop skills in drawing and visualisation, model-making, set construction, technical drawing, computer-aided design and the professional practices that connect design concepts to finished productions. Salford's location in Greater Manchester places you close to a thriving television, film and theatre industry, with MediaCityUK on the doorstep and multiple production companies and theatrical organisations in the region, giving your studies a direct connection to professional practice.
Typical entry is around 120 UCAS tariff points.
Graduates move into careers as set designers, production designers, art directors, scenic artists, prop makers and set dressers across film and television production, theatre, opera, live events and virtual production. The technical and creative skills developed are also applicable in exhibition design, theme park design, branded environments and experiential marketing. Many graduates build careers that move between stage and screen, and some develop into senior art department roles or art direction.
Further study in production design, theatre design or a related creative and technical discipline is available for those who wish to develop specialist expertise.