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Author	RoscoNYG
Comment	I studied at UWS from 2007-2011. I think my class was the first ever batch to do the full 4 years of the filmmaking course. It was ok. You would be better off using those 4 years working as a runner for tv/film as you don't get any usable industry experience at all. The film theory side of the degree was interesting. There wasn't much learning to be done with theory that you could apply to the practical aspect (I.e cinematography). But the general film history you learnt was good. Gillian and Andrew were two great lecturers in that field in my opinion. As for marking, it truly was hit or miss. Lots of my peers were marked down for short films that we're amazing, but weren't enjoyed by lecturers due to either over use of swearing or an over saturated genre. To be honest, it must be tough watching hundreds of "horror" films that are shot in the same woods. Overall, not a particularly great experience. Luckily I managed to get work within the industry. And from day one that's when I realised that certain lecturers that used their "experience" to teach us weren't as good as they made out to be. I got a lot of laughs from seasoned professionals when I mentioned some names and what they said they'd done. I would highly look at the SAE. A friend of mine is currently going through it and he says its fantastic.
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I studied at UWS from 2007-2011. I think my class was the first ever batch to do the full 4 years of the filmmaking course.

It was ok. You would be better off using those 4 years working as a runner for tv/film as you don't get any usable industry experience at all.

The film theory side of the degree was interesting. There wasn't much learning to be done with theory that you could apply to the practical aspect (I.e cinematography). But the general film history you learnt was good. Gillian and Andrew were two great lecturers in that field in my opinion.

As for marking, it truly was hit or miss. Lots of my peers were marked down for short films that we're amazing, but weren't enjoyed by lecturers due to either over use of swearing or an over saturated genre. To be honest, it must be tough watching hundreds of "horror" films that are shot in the same woods.

Overall, not a particularly great experience. Luckily I managed to get work within the industry. And from day one that's when I realised that certain lecturers that used their "experience" to teach us weren't as good as they made out to be. I got a lot of laughs from seasoned professionals when I mentioned some names and what they said they'd done.

I would highly look at the SAE. A friend of mine is currently going through it and he says its fantastic.