BA (Hons) TV and Film Set Design

BA (Hons) TV & Film Set Design has been designed to prepare students for an exciting and varied career working in art departments in the film and TV industry.

On graduating, students will enter art departments as Art Department Assistants, equipped with extensive knowledge of core design skills, and then progress with experience to the many varied roles within the art department; Buyer, Set Decorator, Assistant Art Director, Art Director and ultimately Production Designer.

The course has had sixteen years of graduates and we are very proud to see them working in art departments for every conceivable film and tv production. Travelling through time and space on Dr.Who, Avenue 5, War of the Worlds and Brave New World, back to The Crown, The Spanish Princess and The Great and everything else in between…The Witcher, Willow, Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Black Widow, Ant Man 3, Cruella, Wonder Woman, His Dark Materials, Sex Education, Killing Eve, Eastenders, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, The Great British Sewing Bee, and Universal’s Epic Universe too... the list is endless.

This network of graduates are part of our extensive links with industry, which keeps course content current and provides resources for work experience, masterclass events and studio visits.

The film and TV industry within the UK and locally within South Wales is flourishing. The course benefits greatly from being situated in the centre of Cardiff, within this booming network of high profile productions from Netflix, Disney, and studios of Bad Wolf, BBC Drama and Dragon Studios in Bridgend.

Work experience in professional art departments is part of the course and our location provides students with a wealth of opportunities on a range of high profile productions locally including His Dark Materials, Discovery of Witches, Industry, Sex Education and Dr.Who.

Our course combines challenging design projects, practical art direction all underpinned by critical analysis, this makes our students' industry ready, and equipped with all the working processes needed this exciting industry will throw at them.

The Graduate Showcase and Virtual Tour below reflects the range and high standard of work produced throughout the course.

TV and Film Set Design @ USW
Design and Digital Graduate Showcase