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UWS Creative Media Academy MA Programme Launch and Symposium: Creativity and Form

Thursday, March 12

 9:30am – 5:00pm

Film City Glasgow
401 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 2QJ

Join colleagues and industry practitioners from University of the West of Scotland’s Creative Media Academy for a free one day symposium on the question of ‘Creativity and Form’ at the UWS seminar space in Film City Glasgow to mark the launch of 2 new Master’s programmes in Filmmaking and Screenwriting.

The path from short to feature is the royal road all would-be filmmakers have to take. But how do you make the transition from capturing a short fragment of life, to developing character and narrative over an hour and a half?

In this day-long symposium invited filmmakers Duane Hopkins (Better Things, Bypass), and Shalimar Preuss (Ma Belle Gosse) discuss their experience of working across shorts and features, with contributions from Creative Media Academy documentarians and transmedia practitioners, Nick Higgins and Peter Snowdon, and producer and MA screenwriting tutor Paul Welsh.

Watch the trailer to Bypass

Watch the trailer to Ma Belle Grosse

Free entry but you must pre -register.

Please note there are limited places for this event and preference will be given to potential Masters applicants.

To register: email creativemediaacademy@uws.ac.uk

Please include the title of this event in email subject line and indicate interest in either Filmmaking or Screenwriting MA programme.

Schedule for the day:

9.30-9.45am Welcome

9.45-10am Introduction to new MAs and the symposium by Prof Nick Higgins

10-11.30am Duane Hopkins in conversation with Andrew Jarvis

11.30-11.45am Tea & Coffee break

11.45am- 1pm Creative Documentary & Transmedia Practice with Nick Higgins & Peter Snowdon

1-2pm Lunch

2-3.30pm Shalimar Preuss in conversation with Peter Snowdon

3.45- 5pm Panel discussion with Duane Hopkins, Shalimar Preuss, Paul Welsh and Peter Snowdon (chair: Prof Nick Higgins)

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