Film Overview

Pulse College’s Film Production Diploma is designed for today's new generation of film makers, who share a passion for the creative arts and a love of the film medium. The Pulse College Film Production course is created to provide student with all the competencies and skills necessary to enter the highly competitive film industry. With an equal balance of theory and hands-on real world experience, these intensive full and part-time courses are a must for any aspiring filmmaker. With the the constant changes in technology, filmmaking requires a combination of many skill sets, at Pulse College you will learn lighting , audio, scriptwriting, camera, photography, editing, colour grading and much more from our industry experts. 
 

Equipment

  • Shoot your show real in HD with the new Sony PMW EX 1 cameras.
  • Light your creation with the professional Ianiro and Kino Flo lighting rigs.
  • Add stunning backdrops to your presentations using Green Screen techniques.
  • Edit your work on the industry standard Apple's™ Final Cut Pro Studio.
  • Stylise your images with imaginative Graphics on Apple's™ Motion and colour grade your creation on Apples Color grading application.

Show Reel

As well as acquiring the internationally recognised City and Guilds qualifications, throughout the academic year, students are given the challenge of producing a high quality show reel designed to showcase samples of their technical and creative skills for future employers. The end of course show real will consist of below:
  • Film Short (which will be submitted to various film festivals)
  • Music Video (by collaborating with our 2nd year sound students)
  • Television Advert (pitch your ideas to a company and produce an advert they can use)

Career Path following course completion

With the training and creative development received on our Film Production Diploma students will leave equipped with necessary skills to enable them carve out successful careers in the following areas. 
  • Film Editor
  • Boom Operator
  • Script Writer
  • Foley Editor
  • Colourist
  • Producer
  • Effects & Graphics Editor
  • DOP

LECTURES

Ken Tysom is a renowned expert in sound for visual media with over ten years experience educating and lecturing in this specialist area. After comlpeting college in 1998 Ken gained a teaching position at a pulse college. From there he developed a passion for audio within a non-linear environment.

 

Noel Quinn has been involved in the film business for almost forty years. His sound credits include Michael Collins, Veronica Guerin, Laws of Attraction and The Honeymooners. In 1989 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro. Noel has lectured extensively on film sound in Ireland and now lecturers at Pulse College.

 

Farah Abushwesha is a writer producer and founding member of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forums which showcases new script writing talent at BAFTA, (past guests include Mike Newell, John Madden, and Richard Eyre). Her production work includes several high-profile, award winning short films, Late Bloomers with William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini, Micro Men, The Scouting Book for Boys (Winner @ London Film Festival), La Chinoise (Winner at Locarno), among many others.

 
 
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Deposits can be paid by the following methods; cash, credit card, cheque, postal order or bank transfer.

 

 

 

All our film courses are listed below:

New film course
September - June Full-Time 4 Days per Week for Two Years
Every Saturday from September to June over 2 years
Every Saturday from September to June over 2 years
3 Days - September 11th-12th & 18th-19th, 10:30am to 6:00pm
Explore, Experiment and Learn the Craft of Screenwriting
5 Days
Introduction to Film, Summer Course. Write, Shoot, and Direct your way into the world of film.
1 week
2 Days: 19th and 20th of July: 10:30am to 6:00pm.
3 Days: September 25th-26th & October 2nd-3rd, 10:30am to 6:00pm.
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