Set Construction for Stage and Screen, BA

at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Year 1: Exploring and learning specific skills
 

• Exploring and learning specific skills in a variety of materials, including woodworking tools, hand-held tools and machinery.
• You will build specific elements of scenery, working to a professional designer’s specifications and working closely with technicians to plan how scenery might be rigged to fit within either a studio or a main house space.
• Learning carpentry techniques, you will work as part of a team, building or adapting scenery.
• You will also have an introduction to AutoCAD and learn basic technical drawing.
   

Year 2: Further skills development
 

• You will continue to develop AutoCAD skills and work on welding and building metal work structures, as well as working with automated scenery. 
• Work individually or as part of a team, to construct a set for a public productions.
• You will also have the opportunity to work in a professional context within the industry.
   

Year 3: Focus on professional development
 

• You will undertake the role of Head of Department on a full-scale realised production in Central’s Embassy Theatre or Webber Douglas Studio, manage other students building scenery and coordinate with all members of the creative and production team.
• You will work on a personal project or placement that is focused on your main individual area of expertise.
• Project work is chosen and negotiated to fit with your desired career path.
• You will participate in a public exhibition presenting your work to invited industry employers and others.

Our standard academic entry requirements range between 120 and 64 UCAS tariff points. You can see how many tariff points your qualifications would gain on the UCAS Tariff Calculator. International qualifications and others not covered within the UCAS tariff can also be accepted. 
 

Please note that we make lower offers (including unconditional) to exceptional candidates and those who have alternative or prior experience to offer. All candidates invited to interview are asked to bring a portfolio. Interview and portfolio are key factors in determining which applicants are accepted on to the course.

English Language Requirements

Applicants for whom English is not their first language are required to prove their English language proficiency by gaining an overall score of 7.0 in an IELTS test. We do accept equivalent English language qualifications. Applicants are advised to gain this certification as early as possible and more information can be found
 

The fees for Set Construction for Stage and Screen, BA  may vary from £20,000 to £35,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Graduate employment and career pathways include:
 

• Scenic Constructor, Watford Palace Theatre.
• Founder members of companies, Illusion Design and Construct.
• Internship, Royal Shakespeare Company’s Engineering Department.
• Freelance Scenic Constructor, English National Opera, Bower Wood Production Services, Hedgehog Construction, English Touring Opera, Almeida Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, The Bush, Donmar Warehouse, The Gate, Hampstead Theatre, The Kiln Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, the Unicorn, The Yard Theatre and Young Vic.
• Tutor, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
• Head of Engineering, Scott Fleary.
• Touring Carpenter, The Phantom Of The Opera.