BFI Film Academy Short Course 2024

The 2024-25 edition of BFI Film Academy Short Course ran at City Eye from October 2023 - January 2025. 
An intensive and inspiring course at City Eye's BFI Film Academy. The students worked hard to complete a film of their own devising, shaped by expert-led masterclasses, hands-on production training, and deep dives into scriptwriting, cinematography and sound design. From pre-visualisation to final edit, students navigated the entire filmmaking process - honing their skills. 

Their film 'Midnight' is the darkly-comic tale of three colleagues trapped at work after the Y2K bug brings an apocalyptic end to their New Years Eve office party in 1999. 

​Course Highlights
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• Masterclasses from industry experts
• Virtual Production Studio visit
​• Pre-Production planning & previsualisation
• Scriptwriting
• Camera training (cine & DSLR)
• On-set etiquette, language and hierarchy
• Short film production from inception to exhibition
• Production and post-production audio skills
• Intro to editing with Adobe Premiere Pro
​• Film study and review
​​• Festival & Film Exhibition ​​
Guest Speakers included
  • Screenwriter & Script Supervisor Caroline Sax (Underworld, Resident Evil, The Fishmonger's Daughter)
  • Writer & Director Liam Calvert (A Night Like This, 1 in 6)
  • Production Designer Holli Burrows (A Night Like This)
Film Premiere
The cast & crew premiere will take place at Harbour Lights Cinema in Southampton to an audience of family & friends. 
If you would like to find out more about all of the opportunities offered for 16 - 25s through BFI Academy, including opportunities for graduates of this course,  then click the link below.
If you would like to find out more or register interest in joining the 2025 BFI Film Academy Short course at City Eye please
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