Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries

Dr Ben Macpherson [00:00:00] This is about community, this is about a creative community. 

 

Josiane [00:00:02] We drove here and I just saw all the equipment and all that stuff and I was like, oh, this is a very like high tech place. 

 

Amelia [00:00:10] I really wanted to push myself to see what I could do. 

 

Dr Simon Hobbs [00:00:15] Genuinely I think the thing I like the most is the freedom we give to students to express themselves. 

 

Matt Garey [00:00:20] Don't worry about the technicalities, the technical skills. What we like to see is that creative potential. 

 

Oscar [00:00:26] You just learn so much about the entire creative sector, you can really learn what you enjoy the most. 

 

Eleanor [00:00:31] I think many artists sort of don't want one specific thing to do, they want like a million different directions. 

 

Dr Brett Stevens [00:00:36] If somebody is doing a course on games and they want to write a script for a game, then we will contact the course leader and they can sit in on script writing. 

 

Eleanor [00:00:44] There is no kind of shoehorning into one specific thing. 

 

Ashley [00:00:47] I'd come here wanting to learn how to act but I also have done a load of writing and a lot of directing. The facilities here were better than any of the other places that I was looking into. 

 

Matt Garey [00:00:57] We have a Cintiq room, which is the kind of screen-based graphics tablets. 

 

Dr Peter Howell [00:01:01] We are able to support student work across Unreal, and Unity, and Game Maker, and Godot. 

 

Oscar [00:01:08] I really enjoy putting in the time on After Effects and the Adobe packages. I find it really fun. 

 

Dr Brett Stevens [00:01:12] We're currently sitting in CCIXR, which is a multi-million pound facility that includes motion capture, volumetric, we've got a smart stage for virtual production. We've had students create avatars of themselves that they've then brought in and performed with.

 

Alex [00:01:24] Getting in a mo-cap suit, doing my own acting, swinging around giant swords. 

 

Victoria Jowett [00:01:28] We've got the print studios. We've go the dye lab. We've the sewing workshops. We've 3D workshops. 

 

Julian Roberts [00:01:34] Laser cutting, vacuum forming, metal, wood and plastic facilities. 

 

Elizabeth [00:01:39] We got taught how to like bind books.

 

James [00:01:41] I'm still coming to terms with the industrial sewing machines because I actually never used a sewing machine before coming here. 

 

Oscar [00:01:49] The staff here are so helpful, they're so kind. 

 

Ashley [00:01:51] Whatever problem you may have, there is someone that can help you with that. 

 

Alison [00:01:54] The quality of teaching is some of the best I've ever seen. 

 

Josiane [00:01:57] You can ask for feedback outside of school time. 

 

Matt Garey [00:02:00] I have students email me asking for feedback on their showreels and I will always respond. 

 

Oscar [00:02:05] And they tell you everything you need immediately. It's like they can read your mind. 

 

Eleanor [00:02:08] They just genuinely want you to succeed and they really like it. 

 

Anna Limpens [00:02:11] We're very keen to encourage all of our students to take up placement opportunities. 

 

Dr Peter Howell [00:02:15] We've had students out at places like Rebellion and Criterion. 

 

Dr Ben Macpherson [00:02:19] Companies including Disney and the BBC. 

 

Dr Simon Hobbs [00:02:21] Aardman Studios. 

 

Anna Limpens [00:02:22] Those can often lead to jobs with those studios after the students have come back here and graduated and the experience is unparalleled. 

 

Eleanor [00:02:30] After three years, seeing how everyone's developed is really inspiring because everyone's gone in such different directions. 

 

Alison [00:02:35] When I graduate I'd probably like to go into investigative journalism. 

 

Josiane [00:02:39] Hopefully I can do like professional character design. 

 

George [00:02:42] Directing or producing. 

 

Eleanor [00:02:43] I'd really love to go into comic books. 

 

Dr Matt Smith [00:02:45] We've had students who have been in West End shows. 

 

Matthew [00:02:48] I think it leaves you quite well-rounded as you come out. Especially with your interests changing whilst you're here. 

 

Jessica [00:02:54] Yeah. 

 

Em [00:02:57] The reason I wanted to study at Portsmouth was actually because of the beach here. 

 

Dr Simon Hobbs [00:03:01] There's also loads of like heritage and history in Portsmouth. 

 

Matt Garey [00:03:04] I mean there's not many other cities where you can sort of walk down a road and there's an 18th century warship just sat in the harbour. 

 

James [00:03:10] I feel like I can relax but it's a lot of energy, a lot young people. 

 

Jessica [00:03:13] The creative community within wider Portsmouth is amazing as well. There's so many opportunities and connections. 

 

Josiane [00:03:20] It's very much a community that's always about lifting each other up.

 

Amelia [00:03:24] You could come in with a frown and something would be said and you'd be smiling. 

 

George [00:03:28] You get to be yourself. 

 

Alex [00:03:29] Everyone here is really fun and I've made friends for life just from being on this course. 

 

Amelia [00:03:32] You come away feeling like you've climbed a mountain and you're so full of adrenaline afterwards you just want to do it again and again and again.