The Department of Cinema and Television

Background

The Department of Cinema & Television is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. Since the early 1970s, it has been providing Hong Kong with competent graduates to work in the entertainment and creative industry.

Each year CTV admits about 60 students, 20-25 students will join the Master of Fine Arts Program, whilst the rest recruited to the Bachelor program. The Department is well equipped, with 3 Multi-media HD screening theaters, 2 TV studios, 1 digital and 1 traditional photography laboratory. Audio facilities include 3 sound-recording studios and 2 sound booths. Editing facilities include 1 HD editing lab and 3 digital video editing labs. Other equipment includes 12 sets of 16mm film camera and 68 sets of video cameras, ranging from DV camera, Beta camera to HD camera. We have 5 sets of Steenbecks for 16mm film editing, 1 set of Steenbeck for 35mm film editing, 54 sets of digital video editing equipment, of which includes Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and HD Avid editing systems. We have 1 digital Animation laboratory with 25 sets of Maya and 1 Quantel special effect workstation. The Department is also served by fully qualified teaching, administrative and technical staff, and by a library with extensive holdings of 1,000,000 volumes of books, 108,000 audiovisual items, 4,100 serial subscriptions, and 180 different data bases.

Undergraduate Studies

Program and characteristics:

A variety of theoretical and applied subjects make up the professional curriculum in the Cinema and Television Option. Students are provided with a variety of creative training, from basic to advanced, in both the conceptual and practical dimensions of film, video, screenplay and animation. Intensive subject-work study is also available in a number of areas, including directing, producing, and writing as well as in the craft and technical skills of editing, photography post-production, and sound recording and mixing. Classes in cinema studies also provide students with a critical and historical perspective from which to analyze their artistic endeavors.



Internship:
Television Broadcasts Limited
Radio and Television of Hong Kong
Projects for advertising companies
Hong Kong Cable Television
Film Production Company



Subject Listing
(Each subject bears 3 credit units except Practicum I and II)

CTV Option Required Subjects

  • Cinema and Television Practicum I
  • Television and Hong Kong Society
  • Film History
  • Principles of Photo-imaging
  • Script Writing
  • Television Studio Production
  • Film and Video Cinematography
  • Sound Recording and Mixing
  • Non-fiction Video Production
  • Digital Animation
Either
  • Film Editing or
  • Video Editing
  • Cinema and Television Practicum II
  • Television Programming and Concepts
Either
  • Production and Media Management or
  • Advanced Script Writing


CTV Option Electives
(each subject bears 3 credit units except Internship)

  • Communication Theory (Communication Studies)
  • Communication Research Method (Communication Studies)
  • Communication Theory (Journalism)
  • Communication Research Method (Journalism)
  • Experiencing Hong Kong Arts
  • Theories and Aesthetics of Film
  • History and Aesthetics of Chinese Cinema
  • Online Interactive Video
  • Television Genres
  • Film Music and Sound
  • Documentary Photography
  • Film and Television Directing
  • Studies in Hollywood Cinema
  • Special Topics in Film and Television Studies
  • Radio Production
  • Hong Kong and Taiwan Cinema
  • Multiple Media Story Telling
  • Advanced Experimental Image Processing
  • Internship
  • Television Studies
  • Cinema and Television Internship
  • Art Direction and Production Design
  • Advanced Animation and Special Effects Workshop
  • Studies in Asian Cinema
  • Studies in European Cinema
  • Cinema and Television Honours Project


Study Schedule:
each subject bears 3 credit units except Cinema and Television Internship and University Life


Year I/ Semester 1 (Sub-total 18 units )

  • Introduction to Communication
  • Cinema and Television Practicum I
  • Film History
  • Principles of Photo-imaging
  • Script Writing
  • IT Portfolio
  • English I
  • University Life


    Year I/Semester 2         (Sub-total 18 units,Year Total 36 units)

    • Communication Research Method (Cinema and Television)
    • Cinema and Television Practicum I
    • Television and Hong Kong Society
    • Television Studio Production
    • Film and Video Cinematography
    • University Chinese
    • University Life



    Year II/Semester 1 (Sub-total 18units )

    • Sound Recording and Mixing
    • Non-fiction Video Production
    • Cinema and Television Practicum II
    • CTV Option Elective
    • Distribution Subject outside the School and/or Option
    • Physical Education Subjects
    • Values and the Meaning of Life Subject

     

    Year II/Semester 2 (Sub-total 18units,Year Total 36units)


    • Digital Animation
    • Cinema and Television Practicum II

    Either

    • Film Editing or
    • Video Editing
    • CTV Option Elective
       Distribution Subjects outside the School and/or Option
      Physical Education Subjects



    Year III/Semester 1 Units (Sub-total 15units)

    • Television Programming and Concepts
      Either
    • Production and Media Management or
      Advanced Scrip Writing or Film and TV Directing
    • CTV Option Elective
      Distribution Subject outside the School and/or Option
      Free Elective Subject

     

    Year III/Semester 2 Units ( Sub-total 15units, Year Total 27units)

    • Cinema and Television Honours Project
    • CTV Option Elective
    • Free Elective Subjects

    Total Units in the Cinema and Television Option: 99units


    Note: Students must take 21 units of Distribution Requirements, i.e., 6 units outside Communication, of which one subject must be Science subject; 6 units outside the major/Option and 9 units of free electives from any programmed.


    Admission

    Applicants for the Communication Course must satisfy general University requirements and also the School requirements. These are the minimal requirements and do not guarantee acceptance to the Course:

    A. Grade D in one AL subject; and
    B. Grade D in AS Use of English; and
    C. Grade D in AS Chinese Language and Culture; and
    D. Grade D in any 2 AS subjects (or a second AL), or Grade E if one of the preceding subjects is Grade C (or above).

    Selected applicants may be interviewed in order to elicit further relevant information such as motivation, interests, previous experience, communication skills,maturity, and potential adaptabilityto a career in communication. Special emphasis is placed on creative potential and language skills. Each applicant is encouraged to present a portfolio of his or her creative working the interview. Students who have taken the Art subject in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination or who have good sense of creativity are preferred.

    Candidates seeking admissions under the University regulations, for applicants who have not taken Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examinations or who are not native speakers of Chinese will be considered on an individual basis.

    Language of Instruction

    English is the main medium of instruction

     

     

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