New courses at AFTRS 2012
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) today announced new additions to the 2012 film and TV curriculum including two new masters programs.
Initiated by Neil Peplow, Director of Screen Content, the new courses will focus on building skills to create recognised career paths and springboards to the industry.
Brought over by AFTRS from the UK in May, Peplow – whose credits include co-producing Shooting Fish and Waking Ned executive producing Bright Young Things – had previously completed an audit of UK screen education courses with three of seven meeting the certified criteria.
With AFTRS, Peplow recognised graduates were eager to jump straight into their selected field. However, the new courses would, Peplow said speaking with Encore, build skills through workshops within specialised areas, teaching a realist approach, from the foundation diploma – for students with a passion for film but unsure where they belong – through to the masters courses.
New additions?
More like back to the future.
But at least by bringing back MA and Doco courses they’ve admitted what a dopey move it was to cut them in the first place.
Now they’ve just gotta bring back Production Design.
And the old TV course…
For the record Production Design never left AFTRS – it’s alive in kicking – having run in in 2010, 2011 and up again for 2012.. The MSA and MSAB are genuine evolutions and new offerings from Australia’s national screen arts and broadcast School…