Hand Drafting for Film & TV  

Course: Hand Draughting for Film & TV     

Date: 15th-19th September

Duration: 5 days

Hours:  10:00am – 17:00pm  

Cost: Free

Venue : Troy Studios, Limerick

Tutor: Brendan Rankin

Course Profile: 

This programme is aimed at those who have no or basic draughting and/or surveying skills and have either worked or studied for 3 years. All coursework is done in pencil. This course will focus on surveying a space and drawing a survey plan as a means of learning and demonstrating the basic skills of draughting.

The course will cover the following: 

Beginners’ Draughting for Film & Television. 

DAY 1

• An introduction to how the art department works.
• An introduction to the principles of scale and dimensioning. 
• The basics of draughting: use of instruments, pencils, line weight, etc 
• Short practical exercise in surveying 
• Setting up a drawing, choosing a scale and drawing up a survey plan, including a short slideshow demonstration.

DAY 2

• Short exercise on the principles of drafting geometry 
• Discussion on line weight, & using texture to indicate set finishes. 
• Setting up new drawing, choosing a scale and starting plans/elevations of a new set, and drawing layout.
• Short slideshow using an example of a set to demonstrate how the design process works from preliminary concepts, choosing a location, creating construction drawings and building the final set. 

DAYS 3 – 5

• Students to continue with another survey exercise. 
• Carry on with drawing up of survey over the 3 days.
• Overview of drawing presentation, dimensioning, style, hatching/sectioning, titles and lettering etc. with use of sample presentations and individual instruction.
• Making an intervention at the surveyed location, e.g., a new flat.
• Presentation on set design from research to working drawings and construction to final set.
• Review of drawings, Q&A based on participants’ questions.

Participant Profile:

This programme is aimed at participants who have who have little or no previous draughting and/or surveying skills in the art department.

The course is limited to 8 participants per course.

Application Procedure: 

For beginners course please apply online at this link by 12pm Friday 15th August.

For technical difficulties with the online system please email denise.maher@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.