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Falmouth School of Film & Television (SoFT)

Falmouth School of Film & Television (SoFT)

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  • Basic Facts
  • Mission & Strategy
  • Degree Areas
  • Key Teaching Staff
  • Successful Graduates

Basic Facts

  • Year of Foundation:

    2000

  • Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:

    2016

  • Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:

    2004

  • Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:

    The Privvy Council

  • Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):

    Kingsley Marshall

  • Address:

    Penryn Campus Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ

  • Country:

    United Kingdom

  • Website:

    https://www.falmouth.ac.uk

  • Points of Contact

    CILECT Contact Person:
    Director: Kingsley Marshall
    Telephone:
    +44 1326 25 91 61
    Email:
    Kingsley.marshall@falmouth.ac.uk
    CILECT Contact Person:
    School Inquiries: Josie Mattock
    Telephone:
    +44 1326 25 93 14
    Email:
    josie.mattock@falmouth.ac.uk

Mission & Strategy

Falmouth students learn by making and doing, but they are continually challenged through theoretical study, research and
critical thinking to ensure that they make original, relevant and contemporary work. We produce storytellers, with something to say about the world. All practical course curricula is designed (and updated) in close consultation with industry professionals and training bodies to ensure that SoFT graduates are equipped with relevant professional, intellectual and practical skills required in an constantly changing film and television industry. Employability is central to our mission. Cornwall is a beautiful but economically challenged part of the UK. We therefore target local applicants as part of a wider strategy to boost Cornish
regeneration.

Key Teaching Staff

Nicola Marlborough

Field of Teaching: Animation
Major Achievements:

Nicola is an experienced animator, practitioner of the world of animation.

Nicola joined Falmouth in October 2019 to progress her HE career of 20 years. She is currently course leader for both BA Animation and BA Animation & VFX.

After graduating from Newport Film School Nicola entered the Animation industry to work on animated films and children series work. Education has become the main focus of Nicola’s work with a research interest in screen based assessment that was the main contributor to her MA in Creative Education.

Kingsley Marshall

Field of Teaching: Cinema
Major Achievements:

Kingsley Marshall is Head of Film & Television at The School of Film & Television (SoFT) at Falmouth University, a subject area that includes BA(Hons) Film, BA(Hons) Television and MA Film & Television. A Senior Lecturer at Falmouth, Kingsley specialises in sound design, film-making practice and production, film and entertainment criticism and philosophical approaches to film. His academic research primarily orientates around the use of sound (including music and effects) in film, and the cinematic representation of the real, including historical figures and events.

He has contributed to Presidents In The Movies: American History and Politics on Screen, which examined the representation of US presidents in film and television and published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of their Evolving Presidency series, and Remembering Watergate, which considered the legacy of the scandal that engulfed the US presidency. Again published by Palgrave Macmillan, its publication coincided with the 40th anniversary of Watergate.

In the last year, he has presented papers on Oliver Stone’s work at Rider University, on sonic branding at the Music & Moving Image conference in New York and on the film and studio practice of producer Brian Eno with colleague Rupert Loydell. A chapter centred around collaboration, chance and Eno’s Oblique Strategies was published in 2016 in Brian Eno: Oblique Music, edited by Sean Albiez and David Pattie, through Bloomsbury.

A larger PhD research project with the University of East Anglia, entitled The Gulf War Aesthetic: Space, Place & the Unification of Film Sound, interrogates the use of sound in representations of the Iraq War – including film, television and video games. The project is structured around close study informed by a series of interviews with leading film practitioners, including the multiple Academy Award winners behind The Hurt Locker – director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal, sound designer Paul Ottosson and editor Chris Innis

Faye

Field of Teaching: Cinematography
Major Achievements:

After many years of freelance collaboration, Faye joined Falmouth in 2016 as our Head of television and teaches cinematography, as well as teaching many at undergraduate level. Her contribution focuses on the teaching and development of the key principals behind lighting, camera operating and camera assisting including creative, technical and crewing considerations. Faye’s approach to teaching is creative and inclusive, valuing each student’s journey above all, regardless of where it may lead them.

Having realised her passion for cinematography at a young age, Faye decided to study the art in greater depth at Bournemouth Film School, honing her skills on Super 16mm film, which quickly led to professional work as a Clapper Loader on commercials and music videos and a documentary Camera Assistant, travelling the world in the pursuit of historical, art and people based stories..

In what has been a career of steady progression and creative exploration, Faye moved into Focus Pulling in some of the more unusual areas of Feature Films, from fake sharks and submarines underwater to explosions and helicopters in the sky. Ultimately this led to Faye’s current role as a Cinematographer on TV drama, documentaries, feature films and corporate video productions.

Faye continues to work as a freelance Cinematographer and is currently working on a feature documentary project about intuition with two inspirational Icelandic Directors.

David Smithers

Field of Teaching: Technical Delivery
Major Achievements:

After graduating with a degree in History and Media from the University of Leeds, David started his career in audio working in the UK’s film and TV post-production hub – London’s Soho. Whilst here he worked for several of the leading post-production facilities, but built his reputation at Lipsync Post contributing to film titles such as Festival Express, Redemption Road and the feature length version of the Oscar-nominated short Cashback.

Demand for David’s work in TV drama has seen him complete work on over fourteen episodes of Silent Witness for the BBC and two series of ITV’s The Brief. Examples of his other work include BBC4 docu-features including Hancock and Joan, which was BAFTA nominated for Best Single Drama in 2008, and Lennon Naked, a biopic on the life of John Lennon and the flagship drama of summer 2009’s Fatherhood season of films.

In November 2010, David was honoured to win a Royal Television Society Craft and Design award for best sound. This was in recognition of his contribution to the sound design for Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds, a BBC1 factual production. His recent sound design work is predominantly high-end factual, including the 2013 eight-part BBC1 series; Andrew Marr’s History of the World and in early 2014 The Story of the Continents, fronted by Professor Iain Stewart.

David joined Falmouth University as a part-time lecturer in 2007, delivering content in film and television production, post-production sound and field sound recording, whilst continuing to run his own business – award winning post production audio facility ‘Valhalla’. After six years exclusively as an academic, the last of which as acting course coordinator on MA Television Production, David was offered the opportunity to further utilise the hybrid nature of his industry experience and academic skills, working closely with academic and technical teams in the role of Technical and Facilities Manager for the School of Film & Television.

Successful Graduates

Ben Rivers

Field of Studies: Art/Documentary
Major Achievements:

Ben
Rivers
(born
in
1972)
is
an
artist
and
experimental
filmmaker
based
in
London.
His
work
has
been
shown
in
film
festivals
and
galleries
around
the
world
and
has
won
numerous
awards.
His
work
ranges
from
themes
about
exploring
unknown
wilderness
territories
to
candid
and
intimate
portrayals
of
real-­‐life
subjects.
Rivers’s
practice
as
a
filmmaker
treads
a
line
between
documentary
and
fiction.
Often
following
and
filming
people
who
have
in
some
way
separated
themselves
from
society,
the
raw
film
footage
provides
Rivers
with
a
starting
point
for
creating
oblique
narratives
imagining
alternative
existences
in
marginal
worlds.
Rivers
uses
near-­‐antique
cameras
and
hand
develops
the
16
mm
film,
which
shows
the
evidence
of
the
elements
it
has
been
exposed
to

the
materiality
of
this
medium
forming
part
of
the
narrative.
Rivers’s
first
feature-­‐length
film,
Two
Years
at
Sea,
was
presented
in
September
2011
in
the
Orizzonti
section
at
the
68th
Venice
International
Film
Festival
and
won
the
FIPRESCI
International
Critics
prize.
His
second
feature,
A
Spell
To
Ward
Off
The
Darkness,
was
made
in
collaboration
with
Ben
Russell
and
premiered
at
Locarno
Film
Festival
2013.
The
feature
films
are
distributed
in
UK
by
SODA
Pictures
and
KimStim
in
North
America.
Rivers
is
represented
by
Kate
MacGarry
Gallery,
London.
Awards:
• 2010:
Shortlisted
for
the
Jarman
Award
(and
also
in
2012)
• 2011:
Baloise
Art
Prize,
Art
Basel.
• 2011:
FIPRESCI,
International
Critics
Prize,
68th
Venice
Film
Festival
• 2013:
Artangel
Open
[8]
• 2014:
Tiger
Award
for
Short
Film,
International
Film
Festival
Rotterdam

Filmography:
• Old
Dark
House
(2003)
• We
the
People
(2004)
• The
Hyrcynium
Wood
(2005)
• The
Bomb
with
a
Man
in
his
Shoe
(2005)
• This
Is
My
Land
(2006)
• Astika
(2006)
• The
Coming
Race
(2006)
• Terror!
(2006)
• Greenhouse
(2007)
• Dove
Coup
(2007)
• House
(2007)
• Ah,
Liberty!
(2008)
• Sørdal
(2008)
• Origin
of
the
Species
(2008)
• A
World
Rattled
of
Habit
(2008)

Dennis Lowe

Field of Studies: Special Effects
Major Achievements:

Dennis
Lowe
is
an
optical
and
special
effects
supervisor.
After
graduating
from
Falmouth
in
1971,
Dennis
was
one
of
the
first
cohort
of
emerging
British
filmmakers
to
go
to
The
National
Film
&
Television
School.
He
then
entered
the
film
industry
as
an
optical
and
special
effects
assistant
working
on
films
such
as:
Special
FX
assistant:
• Alien
(1978)
• The
Empire
Strikes
Back
(1979)
Optical
FX
director:
• The
Never
Ending
Story
(1982)
• Legend
(1984)
• Aliens
(1986)
Visual
FX
consultant:
• Sense
and
Sensibility
(1995)
Visual
FX
supervisor:
• First
Knight
(1995)
• The
English
Patient
(1996)
• Oliver
Twist
(1999)
• The
Talented
Mr
Ripley
(1999)
• Cold
Mountain
(2002)
• Perfume
(2006)

Tacida Dean

Field of Studies: Art/Film
Major Achievements:

Tacida
Dean
OBE
(born
1965)
She
graduated
from
Falmouth
in
1988.
Tacida
is
a
visual
artist
who
works
primarily
in
film.
She
is
one
of
the
Young
British
Artists,
and
was
a
nominee
for
the
Turner
Prize
in
1998.
She
lives
and
works
in
Berlin.
Her
grandfather
was
Basil
Dean,
the
founder
of
Ealing
Studios.
She
is
best
known
for
her
work
in
16mm
film,
although
she
utilises
a
variety
of
media
including
drawing,
photography
and
sound.
Her
films
often
employ
long
takes
and
a
motionless
camera,
creating
a
contemplative
atmosphere.
Since
the
mid-­‐1990s
her
films
have
not
included
commentary,
but
are
instead
accompanied
by
often,
understated
optical
sound
tracks.
The
sea
(especially
in
the
90’s)
was
a
persistent
theme
in
her
work.
Perhaps
most
famously,
she
explored
the
tragic
maritime
misadventures
of
Donald
Crowhurst,
an
amateur
English
sailor
whose
ambition
to
enter
a
race
to
solo
circumnavigate
the
globe
ended
in
deception,
existential
crisis
and,
eventually,
tragedy.

Peter Fowler

Field of Studies: Animation
Major Achievements:

Pete
Fowler
(born
1969)
is
an
artist,
animator
and
“monster
creator”
inspired
by
animals,
music,
folklore,
myths,
psychedelia
and
super
nature.
He
has
also
worked
on
a
number
of
other
projects
in
the
UK
and
Japan,
such
as
television
advertisements
(Kia
Picanto).
He
is
perhaps
best
known
for
his
artwork
and
animations
for
the
Welsh
band,
Super
Furry
Animals
and
his
Monsterism
imagery
and
films.
The
majority
of
Fowler’s
artwork
is
made
in
a
34
postmodern
cartoon
style
and
often
revolves
around
a
central
narrative
and
features
a
recurring
set
of
characters.
The
“monsters”
Fowler
creates
all
reside
on
“Monsterism
Island”.
Pete
is
also
one
half
of
the
cosmic
deckshoegaze
Seahawks
who
have
released
extensively
on
vinyl,
CD
and
download
since
2010
and
have
remixed
a
variety
of
bands
as
well
as
regularly
DJing.
His
work
has
heart,
passion,
humour
and
showcases
a
dazzling
imagination

a
little
like
his
conversation,
as
we
were
lucky
enough
to
discover
when
we
interviewed
him
recently.
He
recently
collaborated
with
Gruff
Rhys
from
the
Super
Furry
Animals,
producing
animated
sequences
for
the
ie
ie
productions
documentary-­‐feature
film
release
‘American
Interior’
(SODA,
2015).

Toby Haynes

Field of Studies: TV and Film director
Major Achievements:

Toby
Haynes
Falmouth
alumni
and
Honorary
Fellow
of
the
School
of
Film
&
Television
is
a
film
and
television
director.
Last
year
he
directed
and
exec
produced
all
seven
parts
of
an
adaptation
of
the
acclaimed
novel
by
Susanna
Clarke,
‘Jonathan
Strange
and
Mr
Norrell’
(Cuba
Pictures
and
BBC
2014).

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