Expand+Candidates are immersed in hands on filmmaking, allowing them to comprehensively develop to their creative and professional potential. Enhancing core competencies, there are opportunities for students pursuing excellence in documentary filmmaking, di...

Hide-Candidates are immersed in hands on filmmaking, allowing them to comprehensively develop to their creative and professional potential. Enhancing core competencies, there are opportunities for students pursuing excellence in documentary filmmaking, directing actors for film, sound production, design, and advanced camera. Students work with state of the art industry standard cameras and equipment in modern facilities on our Cork city centre campus. Students gain insight into the film and television industry and the emerging internet market and learn the importance of marketing themselves, their creative work and their skills to the industry.

St John’s Central College is an Apple Authorised Training Centre for Final Cut Pro, the industry leading software for non-linear video editing.

Expand+Upon receipt of a Letter of offer, a successful applicant may secure a place on the programme by paying within 5 working days a minimum deposit. Applicants will forfeit their place of offer if the registration process as laid down is not adhered to.
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Hide-Upon receipt of a Letter of offer, a successful applicant may secure a place on the programme by paying within 5 working days a minimum deposit. Applicants will forfeit their place of offer if the registration process as laid down is not adhered to.

Details of charges relating to this course:
Student Services Fee: €250
QQI Service: €80
Materials: €100
Government PLC charge: €200

Total: €630

The procedure for online payments is as follows:

- A minimum deposit as outlined in the Letter of Offer must be paid online by the applicant using his/her username and password on the St John’s Admissions System and the balance of charges must be paid before class commences.

- Applicants are requested to present a Birth Certificate or Passport and a certified copy of their Leaving Certificate results if available.

Medical Card Holders & Vocational, Training and Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), New Directions and Applied Computer Training applicants:
- Medical Card Holders may exempt from exam fees and reduce the balance of their charges.
- There are no charges to VTOS applicants, and funded programmes such as New Directions and Applied Computer Training applicants.

Refund of Payments:
- Where a student subsequently does not take up their place on a course they may apply for a refund. Refunds will not be paid after October 31st in any year.
- In the case of all Refunds, a charge will be retained by the College to cover Administration Costs incurred.
- Should there be a difficulty with any of the above; the college will help in any possible.

International Students from Non-EU countries - see college website for details of fees applicable.

Expand+Applications for 2017
Applications for all courses can be made online at: www.stjohnscollege.ie

Applications are invited from early January of each year or once the college’s Online Admissions System becomes live.

Step 1
An online application...

Hide-Applications for 2017
Applications for all courses can be made online at: www.stjohnscollege.ie

Applications are invited from early January of each year or once the college’s Online Admissions System becomes live.

Step 1
An online application form (only in exceptional circumstance should a hard copy application form be completed) and submitted through the college’s Admissions System accessed through the college website www.stjohnscollege.ie All applications are acknowledged by an automated email.
Currently the college operates three round of offers in March, May and late August/early September, however some programmes alternate interview arrangements posted on individual programme pages on the college website.

Step 2
Places are offered subject a satisfactory interview and meeting the requirements of the programme as laid out in the individual course outlines as displayed in the college website.
Once the criteria above are met a Letter of Offer is issued outlining the registration process and charges to be paid. Upon receipt of a Letter of offer, a successful applicant may secure a place on the programme by paying within 5 working days a minimum deposit. Applicants will forfeit their place of offer if the registration process as laid down is not adhered to.

The procedure for online payments is as follows:
•A minimum deposit as outlined in the Letter of Offer must be paid online
by the applicant using his/her username and password on the St John’s Admissions System and the balance of charges must be paid before class commences.
•Applicants are requested to present a Birth Certificate or Passport and a certified copy of their Leaving Certificate results if available.

Medical Card Holders & Vocational, Training and Opportunities Scheme (VTOS), New Directions and Applied Computer Training applicants:
•Medical Card Holders may exempt from exam fees and reduce the balance of their charges.
•There are no charges to VTOS applicants, and funded programmes such as New Directions and Applied Computer Training applicants.

Expand+Communications 6N1950
Directing Film 6N18515
Documentary Production 6N18541
Editing Practice & Techniques 6N5427
Film & Digital Video production 6N5428
Film & Television & Camera & lighting 6N18516
Scripting for Film & Television 6N18517
Studi...

Hide-Communications 6N1950
Directing Film 6N18515
Documentary Production 6N18541
Editing Practice & Techniques 6N5427
Film & Digital Video production 6N5428
Film & Television & Camera & lighting 6N18516
Scripting for Film & Television 6N18517
Studio and location Sound 6N4981
TV & Film Production Design 6N5431
TV & Film Production Management 6N5432
Work Experience 6N1946

Work Placement /Experience
Participants will be required to undertake 10 days of work placement in a relevant location. The College will assist participants in identifying suitable placements.

Expand+Education Progression Opportunities
Our students have successfully completed 3rd level and graduate
degree and diploma programmes at UCC, Sunderland University,
DLIADT, National Film and Television School UK, Filmbase Masters, Tralee IT, Nemeton T...

Hide-Education Progression Opportunities
Our students have successfully completed 3rd level and graduate
degree and diploma programmes at UCC, Sunderland University,
DLIADT, National Film and Television School UK, Filmbase Masters, Tralee IT, Nemeton TV Training.

UCC: CK101, CK105, CK107, CK108, CK109, CK113, CK117, CK118, CK210, CK301, CK307.

CIT CCPS: CR112 Multimedia.
LIT: LC276

Tralee IT: TL802.

DIT, Dún Laoghaire, DKIT, GMIT: DT504; DL834; DK864; GA281

Sunderland: HP63 Broadcast Media Production Sunderland University. www.sunderland.ac.uk

Filmbase: Film making/Film Production Filmbase, Dublin

See: http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=fetac

QQI Level 6 awards may have advanced entry options into some Higher Education Institutions.

Career Opportunities
Students have been successful in obtaining work in TV stations, Film and Video production companies; Post production companies, Multimedia companies, Advertising, Newspapers and theatre companies. Students on this programme have been successful in screening work produced on the course at many International film festivals.