The London Metropolitan Film School Centre of Excellence
The London Metropolitan film institution hconsidering that been certified as a centre of excellence. For those who have stardom in their sights, and fame and fortune in the offing, then you will receive the highest quality and training to enter the world of the film industry.It was announced on 5 July that the University’s London Film institute (LFS) will be part of the UK’s Screen Academy Network. It has been identified by Skillset as one of a small number of institutions which are centres of excellence. As well as endorsement, the initiative comes with a funding packet which will enable the LFS to give a substantial number of new bursaries to UK students, launch new courses and instigate a pan-European exchange programme.
The Skillset partnership will enable the London Film School to offer 20 MA filmmaking bursaries for UK students ensuring useful access for the current generation of talented UK graduate students, they vesel benefit from the school’s especial culture and a very full learning programme.
The students benefit from a expert working base in all technical departments and craft skills and so it trains ‘filmmakers’ whose knowledge will cover a range of film jobs.
They will also be setting up a Craft Extension programme from January 2006, this will help graduating students to make their way from film school to the professional world. There will be courses offered in cinematography, editing, sound, and origination design through a year-long programme of tutorials, master classes and a work placement.
The London Film School was founded in 1956 it is recognised as one of the world’s key graduate conservatoires for film-making and leavings film drilling’s most cosmopolitan institution, with LFS graduates established in film and television production in more than eighty countries.
Skillset is the division Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries covering broadcast, film, video, interactive media and photo imaging. The Skillset Screen Academy Network, which includes the Skillset Film work Academy, is endorsed by the UK film industry as providing the best education and skills development for the future workforce at a further, higher and postgraduate level.