Lighting and Design career talk

Here is the script with all the same information from the PowerPoint for Lighting and Design Technology.

What courses are available for a lighting designer?

We researched the University of South Wales. The university offers courses for Lighting and Design, such as ;

·         BSc (Hons) Lighting and Design Technology

·         Live events with Foundation year

·         BSc (Hons) Live event Technology

·         BSc (Hons) Live event Technology (Foundation)

·         Foundation Degree Sound and Lighting

·         Foundation and Live even Technology

What topics will you study?

In your first year, you will cover;

·         Lighting Principles 1

·         Design electrical installations

·         Electrical technology

·         Introduction to Lighting and Design

·         Flying and rigging principles

·         Video and sound technology

In year two,

·         Lighting principles 2

·         Lighting control and special effects

·         Business and safety

·         Power system

·         Environmental Lighting and design

·         Environmental lighting design

And in your final year, you will cover;

·         Integrated technologies honours group projects (40 credits)

·         Business and project management

·         Independent study

·         Advanced computer lighting design and applications

·         Performance lighting design

Entry Requirements

To be able to apply for this course, you will need to have

A minimum of 5 qualifications at a C or above, A levels or equivalent.

Experience is always useful. On the website, they suggest that “Candidates taking this course are expected to demonstrate their motivation and enthusiasm and that they have the potential to benefit from attending university”

You need to be willing to pay… the fees are over £5000 per year!

And as a part of your application for this course, you will be asked to provide a Personal statement explaining your reasons for applying for this specific course.

Experience and employment

The South Wales uni has close ties with local companies who specify in Lighting and design. So students are often invited to see the companies headquarters.

Equipment is loaned out by the company for the use of the students on this course. And guest lectures can take place from employees of the company.

The course is taught through different lecturers, tutorials and practical workshops. They also get experience as Event crew theatre crew and designing the lighting for shows.

What skills and experiences might I need to gain/ already have?

Work experience or any form of experience in theatre such as in productions, in small shows and knowledge of the use of equipment in the department

Lighting designer or helped design lights for shows

Common knowledge and the basics of lighting and design

GCSE or a level results for courses based around this uni course

Did you know? That the UK is the world’s leader in lighting?

 The website we used to collect this information was;

The South Wales University webpage.

 http://www.southwales.ac.uk/

Specially searching Lighting and Design technology to narrow my results.