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Creative Industries Carmarthen

Creative Industries Carmarthen

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A Different Kind of Classroom

Carmarthen offers a rich and vibrant hub of creativity that draws together a unique subject combination of the creative and performance-based arts with hi-tech digital film and media processes, to create a learning community that is dynamic, innovative and exciting. The campus is a creative melting-pot for practitioners and entrepreneurs located within striking and iconic buildings. 

What can I study?

Carmarthen is home to our BA Acting and BA Set Design and Production degrees. These programmes work hand in hand, creating employable workforces who have gained the hands-on experience needed to thrive in the industry.  As a student at Carmarthen, you will have access to workshops and theatre spaces on campus allowing you to combine your academic study with practical experience.  

As well as BA Digital Media Production meeting the needs of the contemporary media industry by primarily focusing on new production techniques, online distribution and audiences, in a location that can support and offer many opportunities for producers and our BA Adventure Filmmaking degree, striking a unique balance between outdoor activities and media creation based in a location that can support and offer ample opportunities. 

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A Truly Immersive Campus Experience

We provide an environment to nurture the best creative talent in Wales, offering rewarding experiences and work opportunities for talented individuals wishing to work within the creative industries. Creative energy and flair is generated by a blurring of traditional discipline boundaries and barriers and individual passion is both encouraged and developed by an industry-ready approach to learning and study. Whether you are an actor, an artist or designer, you will find yourself working alongside, and with, creative writers, filmmakers, new media producers, puppet-makers and directors.

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A Different Kind of Classroom

We subscribe to the idea that everywhere is a classroom within our creative community. The learning opportunities in workshops, lecture theatres, rehearsal studios and locations are where ideas are formed, discussed, and acted upon – these are spaces for reflection, discussion, enquiry and opportunity.

Students painting in the workshop

The Scenic Workshop

Our workshop is one of the most alternative classrooms we have. Not only does it host taught sessions about prop making, set building, puppet construction and scenic art but it also is the beating heart of the Set Design & Production course. Students use the space to develop their craft over the three years studying with us and can use the specialist equipment and materials as often as they want. It is a space graduates fondly reminisce about as a place where many adventures began.

Students filming outside Canolfan S4C Yr Egin

Venturing Out

Expeditions and field excursions are central to our Adventure Filmmaking degree. They allow students to experience filming in a variety of locations and conditions, utilising the landscapes of West Wales and the wide range of outdoor pursuits that take place in the region.

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Collaboration

The creative industries are built on collaborative relationships. This is the future. Your future, our future. We collaborate with creative colleagues every day, on both professional and creative levels. Collaboration gives voice to individual ideas, respects broad design opinions and embraces differences to build a confident, creative community.

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