Welcome. Summer programme July 2015

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1 School of Arts and Media Summer Programme July 2015

2 The short course in Salford has opened my mind to an inspiring teaching and studying method compared to China. And the MediaCityUK campus provided us with a great industry link platform to work with world leading companies. Particularly I improved my teamwork skills through the poster design group project for BBC show Mock the Dock. Fan Yang Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Welcome Welcome to the School of Arts & Media at the University of Salford. The University of Salford is at the heart of the second largest city in the UK: Manchester a city which is famous for music, culture and the arts, as well as a fabulous place to study. We offer a huge variety of degree programmes, from Fashion Image Making and Styling, Television and Radio, Creative Writing and Popular Music to Online Journalism, Politics, Animation, Communication Design and Performance. I was amazed by Manchester as it has such rich cultural heritage. There is so much to entertain and it is a great place to study art and design as you can never find a day that no exhibition or play is on. Sinong Ding Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Joining us for a short course, you will enjoy a unique learning experience. You ll be studying at our MediaCityUK campus which is located in the largest hub for the digital and creative industries outside of London. You ll study alongside the BBC, ITV and a host of other creative companies, as well as at our main campus. You will learn from our expert academics, all leading practitioners in their field, who will share with you their passion and knowledge. We are highly experienced in short course development and delivery. In recent years students from LSPR, Jakarta, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Dalian, China and Point Park University, U.S have enjoyed working with our staff on our summer schools. Come and join us and be better placed to develop your talent. We had a really excellent experience and I loved all the projects and my finished outfit. My favourite was the visit to Chatsworth House. The teachers are amazing. Fashion summer school student Summer programme July 2015 The School is offering a range of short courses in July 2015 which will combine theoretical and comparative studies and where appropriate, the opportunity to undertake practical project work. Additionally, there will be a social and cultural programme which will enable participants to visit some of the outstanding museums, art galleries and historic cities in the north of England.

3 Fees and accommodation Fees Most courses are of a two week duration, and tuition fees range between 690 and 790 (please see the course listing for specific details). Students will also need to pay for accommodation and some food. What s included? All materials are included with expert tuition and technical support. Lunches will be provided on teaching days. In addition to your chosen course of study you will have the opportunity to visit important local and national places of cultural interest such as the cities of York and Liverpool and the Lake District National Park on organised day trips. You will also visit relevant museums, galleries and places of interest in the Manchester and Salford area. You will also receive a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course. Accommodation Summer School participants have the option of staying in University accommodation on campus, which can be booked at the same time as registration for their chosen course, or booking separately at one of the many hotels in Manchester. Staying at the University of Salford Accommodation can be booked for 260, based on a 13 night stay for all 2 week courses (for the three day TV Drama Production - Script to Screen course, please see course listing for specific cost for this programme). Accommodation for the duration of your course will be provided at Salford Student Village. This is self-catering accommodation and the fee is inclusive of Wi-Fi, bedding and kitchen utensils. The Village is a short walk to the University campus and a 10 minute bus ride into Manchester s city centre. Please note: at times of high demand, you may be housed in alternative accommodation but this will be of an equivalent standard. For international students, an airport meet-and-greet service will also be provided to and from Salford Student Village accommodation. If you would like to use this service, or to extend your stay beyond the period of the programme, please contact AM-Shortcourses@salford.ac.uk Off campus accommodation If you wish to book your own accommodation you will find a wide variety of hotels and apartments to book in Manchester city centre. A good place to start your search is via Other accommodation providers in the area are Hatters Hostel situated in the heart of Manchester. You can book directly with them for twin and double private rooms as well as dormitory style rooms (normally shared rooms with bunk beds and an en-suite bathroom). Programme details FASHION Fashion Summer School: 6-17 July 2015 This dynamic and exciting programme has an emphasis on a creative and contemporary approach to fashion. You will gain an awareness of the creative fashion process, beginning with the research and development of a design concept leading to making a garment and the creation of individual promotional material. You will be encouraged to consider how appropriate styling, marketing and promotion are central to the fashion industry and the role of fashion design and image making. As well as enjoying a range of activities and trips to cultural centres in the north of England, you will experience visiting leading fashion stores in London. Printing, fabrics and materials will all be provided as part of the programme and at the end of the course, you will also have the opportunity to present your work. JOURNALISM Sports Journalism in 2015: 6-17 July 2015 This course provides an introduction into how online journalists are covering major sporting events in an evolving digital landscape and will be taught by Martin Hamer. Martin is a current lecturer at the University and joined us from being a senior broadcast journalist at BBC Sport Interactive. It will also explore how web providers, including BBC Sport, are developing techniques, including match reporting, live blogging and social media interaction, to increase reader traffic. Key learning points include: Techniques for creating content The evolution of the role of the sports journalist in the UK The context of current practice at BBC Sport Upon completion of the course, you will have a good working knowledge of key issues surrounding online sports journalism, with practical skills of including match reporting and live blogging. The content of the course can be customised to accommodate particular learning needs. You will need a high standard of English to take part in this course (equivalent of IELTS 6.5 and above) Cost: 790 Including accommodation: 1050

4 CREATIVE WRITING AND LITERATURE Writing Fiction: 6-17 July 2015 This course will show how stories can be shaped into an engaging and marketable piece of fiction. It looks at: How story emerges from conflicts between characters How story is shaped in a way that is recognisable and palatable for readers How narrative techniques work together to produce a balanced text How the picture in the head of the writer is transferred to the head of the reader Techniques for honing your story into shape Upon completion of the course, you will have tools for creating fiction for some defined readers. You will also have gained some insight into how to define other readers and adapt material for them. The content of the course can be customised to accommodate particular learning needs. Please note that you will need undergraduate level of English to participate fully in the exercises (equivalent of IELTS 6.5 and above). Writing Poetry: 6-17 July 2015 Discover the pleasure of poetry and the magic of poetic English. The programme will begin with an examination of the poetic techniques that enhance the writing of these poets and will then progress to focus on your own practical application of poetic devices in your poems. This will include a workshopping element, with feedback from the tutor and advice on publication. Devices and writing exercises will explore the use of image, rhythm, space and the secrets of successful use of repetition. Students will get the opportunity to study haiku, odes and sonnets. The content of the course can be customised to accommodate particular learning needs. Please note that you will need undergraduate level of English to participate fully in the exercises (equivalent of IELTS 6.5 and above). British Literature: 6-17 July 2015 This introductory course provides a survey of British literature in a range of historical and cultural contexts and will be taught by Dr Jade Munslow-Ong. You will be introduced to strategies for reading diverse literary forms, including novels, plays, short stories and poems, by famous British writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney. Key learning points include: British history, culture and literature Techniques for literary analysis (close reading) Contexts of writing Contexts of reading Upon completion of the course, you will have a good working knowledge of key issues surrounding British literature and culture, with skills in analysing a range of genres and contexts. The content of the course can be customised to accommodate particular learning needs. Please note that you will need undergraduate level of English to participate fully in the exercises (equivalent of IELTS 6.5 and above). Key learning points include: Analysis of a range of contemporary poetry Study of effective poetic devices Practical application of poetic devices in your own writing Workshopping of writing-in-progress Audience awareness Editing and redrafting Upon completion of the course, you will have a good working knowledge of some key poetic techniques, enabling you to appreciate more deeply poetry written by others, and also to apply these techniques to your own poems.

5 MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE Popular Music & Recording: 6-17 July 2015 This course will be run by some of the country s leading freelance musicians who will bring a wealth of experience to the classroom, giving you the insight and preparation needed in the professional world. Focusing on your instrumental proficiency, this course will develop your skills across two different activities: The session component aims to develop your performance skills through simulating a professional performance environment. You will be put into groups of at least five and will work to rehearse a song from lead sheets under the direction of a tutor. Close attention will be paid to accurately recreating the feel of a particular style and your ensemble skills. The song will then be recorded in one of our studios and every student will receive a copy of the recording. Within the ensemble component, you will have the opportunity to form your own popular music group, writing and rehearsing original material. You will form yourselves into groups consisting of no fewer than 5 musicians, and work to produce a 20 minute set to be performed and recorded live at a local venue. The material performed will either be original or creative re-arrangements of existing songs supplied by you, or a mix of both. There are no stylistic constraints, but you are encouraged to forge an identifiable stylistic direction throughout your set, while employing a variety of compositional ideas and techniques within the material. You will have the opportunity to rehearse in one of our many fully equipped rehearsal spaces with state of the art equipment and engineers at hand to help you. Please note that you must have a competent ability to read music to attend this course. You will have fully notated charts similar to that of the standard set by Grade 5 Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Chord recognition is an important requisite for pianists and guitarists. You will also need to bring your instruments with you, although we will provide larger items such as pianos/keyboards, drums and amplifiers. Comedy Performance Skills: 6-17 July 2015 This course explores comedy performance skills through practical workshops and will be taught by Dr Richard Talbot. Starting with games to release the performer s playfulness and moving quickly into working with the clown, the course introduces concepts such as complicity, bafflement, and the flop (a productive reversal of performance failure ). You will be encouraged to discover your individual humour and to apply the figure of the clown to group work on some classic scenarios. In dialogue with practice, the course introduces theories of laughter and the carnivalesque in order to analyse the social function of laughter. Flare International Festival Summer School: 5-18 July 2015 This Summer School will enable you to engage with all aspects of the Flare Festival ( including shows, discussions, meals (numbers depending), and workshops; it will be of particular interest to those with an interest in arts festivals, from performance to management. The Flare Festival is an on-going initiative focussed on support for new international theatre artists with which the University of Salford has been involved since From 6-10th July, before the opening of the festival, you will take part in devising workshops with professional theatre makers/artists. You will be part of the Flare Daily Paper writing team, interviewing the artists and companies which contribute to the event. From 11-18th July you will be fully immersed in the festival, helping out with particular roles and responsibilities: for example, front of house, stage management, technical assistant, artist liaison. Participation in the Summer School will include: Workshops with a Flare artist (from 6th 10th July) and performing at the final party event A high profile opportunity to immerse yourself into one of the city s leading theatre festivals Six days of being part of the festival community and networking with international artists across a lineup of new theatre makers Access to all performances, meals, discussions and workshops Access to the prestigious Manchester International Festival (previous highlights include Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson, Peter Sellars, Adam Curtis)

6 TELEVISION AND FILM Television Production School: 6-17 July 2015 This course will provide you with practical, hands-on television production skills experience at the University of Salford s multi-million pound digital media campus at MediaCityUK. You will learn key pre-production techniques that range from creating and developing programme ideas to researching and preparing them for production. You will be given masterclasses and practical film making exercises on our digital cameras and editing facilities to get you producing, directing, shooting and editing your short films. You will also be shown how to operate and be able to use for yourself the state-of-the-art TV studio equipment at our MediaCityUK campus working like a real TV professional. You will work in a group to produce and record a complete TV studio programme, including filmed location inserts, to bring together all the skills you have learned during your course. Cost: 790 Including accommodation: 1050 Understanding Film Through British Cinema: 6-17 July 2015 This short course will address questions of how films make meaning for audiences through a series of case studies drawn from the best of British cinema. Sessions will look at aspects of film form such as editing, sound, cinematography and miseen-scene, exploring how they are used in films as diverse as The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, 1960), Gumshoe (Stephen Frears, 1971), Made in Britain (Alan Clarke, 1983) and Land and Freedom (Ken Loach, 1995). TV Drama Production Script to Screen in 3 days: July 2015 Stay on after your course and use the skills that you have learnt to take part in this exciting three day workshop. This practical short course is aimed at filmmakers, editors and scriptwriters and will be taught by Dr Lloyd Peters. New and experienced writers will script a five minute original drama to a given but flexible brief. Following an intensive scripting session, the writers will then pitch their ideas to a panel of judges who will select the best script. The winning drama will be shot and edited by you using student actors and a set designed at MediaCityUK in the following two days. It is envisaged that a documentary crew drawn from the participants will document the entire process. The completed film will be screened at the close of the event to an invited audience. Criteria: talent, ideas, passion, initiative, sweat, blood and tears of joy! Some writing and production experience a definite advantage. Cost: 270 Including accommodation: 350 (4 nights) Booking Information As well as all of our listed programmes, bespoke programmes are also available upon request. All enquires relating to short courses at the School of Arts & Media should be sent to AM-Shortcourses@salford.ac.uk. Payment for the short programmes is via our on-line shop: If you require accommodation please ensure the additional accommodation fees are included in your payment. Course Summary Subject Area Course Title Duration Dates Course fee Fashion and Design Journalism Creative Writing and Literature Music and Performance Television and Film Fashion 2 weeks 6-17 July Sports journalism in weeks 6-17 July Writing Fiction 2 weeks 6-17 July Writing Poetry 2 weeks 6-17 July British Literature 2 weeks 6-17 July Popular Music and Recording Comedy performance skills Flare Festival Summer School Television Production School Understanding Film Through British Cinema TV Drama Production: Script to Screen in 3 days 2 weeks 6-17 July weeks 6-17 July weeks 5-18 July weeks 6-17 July weeks 6-17 July days July 2015 Total with accommodation (4 nights) For more information, including terms and conditions, please visit our website at

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