Production Design for Film and Television MA: After you graduate

The course has now established a reputation for producing highly-skilled graduates who can be found at various levels on a wide variety of film and TV productions. Connections with the industry are largely responsible for this success. These range from BBC Resources (which hosts visits to the studios in White City) and high-end prop houses (such as Farley's and Chase 55 – the largest prop house in Europe) to regular visits to Pinewood, Shepperton and other films studios.

The network of visiting designers and alumni working in the industry is constantly growing. Recent additions to teaching staff include two BAFTA award winning designers Candida Otton and Malcolm Thornton.

Recent productions involving Kingston graduates

• Big Brother 2011 – TV entertainment (Paul Houston, art director, graduated 2001; and Renate Nicholaisen, art department assistant, graduated 2011) 
• Strictly Come Dancing – TV entertainment (Paul Houston, art director, graduated 2001) 
• Mock the Week – TV comedy (Louisa Morris, art director, graduated 2005) 
• My Night with Marilyn – film drama (Chantelle Valentine, art director, graduated 2009) 
• Downton Abbey – TV drama (Chantelle Valentine, art director, graduated 2009) 
• Captain America – film drama (Helen Player, assistant set decorator, graduated 2009) 
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – film drama (Helen Player, props buyer, graduated 2009; and Hugh McClelland, art department, graduated 2009) 
• Prometheus – film drama (Helen Player, assistant buyer, graduated 2009) 
• World War Z – film drama (Hugh McClelland, art department, graduated 2009) 
• Law and Order UK – TV drama (Helen Player, art department, graduated 2009) 
• Merlin – TV drama (Claire Trumble, graphic art director, graduated 2008) 
• Waking the Dead – TV drama (Claire Trumble, art department, graduated 2008) 
• The King's Speech – film drama (Rebecca White, art department, graduated 2008) 
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – film drama (Luisa Uribe, art department, graduated 2008) 
• Misfits – TV drama (Miriam Skelton, standby art director, graduated 2010)

Other areas our graduates have moved into include:

• BDA, part of a global company specialising in studio design led by Simon Jago, a leading designer in this field – Harry Stathakopoulos (graduated 2011) joined two other graduates of the course (Will Smith and Peter Aston) here; and
• BBC Visionawards – Kristina Bookall (graduated 2010) has just completed her year as a design trainee at the BBC where she was placed on a number of productions and gained wide experience of the production design process in a professional setting.