I just Applied!

So the first two years of the course are pass fail, all of the work needs to be put done in the very last year. For the first two years the course is structured in design weeks and make weeks. On design weeks you go into class once. The teacher looks over your design for less then ten minutes and says either "I don't like it or I do" ( which in its self is an issue, art can be subject and having someone fail you because they don't want blue on a snowflake is harsh). You're not allowed to design for a self chosen project until third year.

Make weeks you go in for scheduled 3 4hour make session. The teacher gathers you at the front of the class shows you what to do then sends you on your way. Not so bad except classes are taught by different teachers and they disagree on how some steps should be done. Not doing it the way the teacher who is marking you likes can result in a lower grade. No that these grades matter because none of the first two years matter ! It felt like watching a youtube tutorial and then attempting something.

Third and final year was a disaster. You get to pick your own project and must design for 14 characters. the first term is all design. you don't have a single class. You can come in once a week to show the head of design your work and she'll say something like um different colours, try paint !, try collage ! Next term you make two costumes from your designs. You go from every student in class following a very strict set of rules to everyone needing advice/help in different ways, We had to sign our names up on a piece of paper and were given ten minutes slots of help. If you couldn't get something it was get a book or watch a youtube video. The make techs are you just stretched too thin. There were constant breakdowns from students, crying arguing over limited resources. (which by the way are not included in the cost so I paid £9000 a year to also have to pay hundreds in fabric costs as well).

I was never taught from this course anything about, washing, maintaining, fixing, lighting, staging, working with a director or team, colour theory. Anything about fabric or choosing fabrics or working from a script ???

Then there was the case of work experience teachers played favourites with who got work experience, I was lucky enough to have some opportunities but some people in my class got none. The only teacher we had with industry connections who was still working quit, the staff also did not get along and used to bitch to us about each other ?

Honestly I could keep going but there's too much, The whole thing was a shamble.

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