With a history spanning 50 years and an international reputation, Bournemouth Film School (BFS) sits at the heart of The Arts University Bournemouth, setting the standard for turning creativity into careers. By reflecting the collaborative nature of the film industry, where different disciplines come together to create amazing work, we’ve created an environment where students produce award-winning films and go on to become some of the industry’s biggest names.
It takes many disciplines to make a film and Bournemouth Film School is home to all of them. With ten main programmes, we make up the largest film school outside of London.
Many film schools can offer the opportunity to specialise and form production teams, but we forge collaborations like no other. Bournemouth Film School productions don’t just contain the work of Film Production, Visual Effects and Animation students. With Costume and Performance Design, Make-up for Media and Performance, and a whole host of other creative courses on the same campus, a full complement of the creative industries makes for a truly unique filmmaking experience.
Nothing is more important to industry professionals than technical know-how and the ability to fit into a complex working environment. Renowned Cinematographer Oswald Morris OBE once said: “Bournemouth Film School graduates are able to walk onto set or production and not trip over the wires”, and with industry standard equipment it’s not hard to see why. Shooting on ARRI Alexa cameras, animating on Wacom Cintiq Workstation monitors and editing using a full Avid suite is the everyday here, leaving graduates ready for industry.
Recognising that there’s more than great that technology behind a great film, we teach animators how to draw first and animate second. Filmmakers are well practiced in the art of shooting on film, too.
BFS runs four and soon to be five studios, alongside a fully kitted out scenic workshop producing professionally made scenery. This allows our students alongside our experienced production design team to produce sets of a high standard. Starting from the drawing board our production design students are able to see the entire process through, realise the entire set and gain knowledge of the practicalities of set construction along the way.
