Bachelor of Design (Stage and Screen)

Course details

Bachelor of Design (Stage and Screen)
NZQF Level	7

About the course

The Bachelor of Design (Stage & Screen) is an intensive course that makes the designer a major collaborator in the creation of live and screen production. By challenging traditional ways of working, this innovative course offers an exciting alternative pathway towards the creation of visually extraordinary work for theatre, film, video and live performance. The course emphasises highly practical learning through experimentation and risk-taking.

Entry requirements

All applicants are asked to submit an online application form and a portfolio of your work. If you move to the next phase of the audition process, you will attend the Applicants’ Weekend at Toi Whakaari in Wellington. This is a two-day intensive where you will attend an interview and work with our key design tutors.

Personal Statement Info:

In the Personal Statement section of the Applicantion Form please answer the following questions (150-200 words each MAX):

Select two of your most significant achievements to date and explain why you believe they are significant. What have you discovered about yourself from these achievements?

What do you hope to gain from your time at Toi Whakaari?

Why have you chosen to study Design? Why for stage and screen? Include some reference to how much theatre and screen you see and how you see yourself as a future practitioner in this field.

You are encouraged to share some personal insights and influences that have shaped you.

Portfolio Info:

In the Portfolio section of the Application Form you can either: enter a link to your website/Tumblr/Dropbox or other online portal, or you can email us a ZIP file of images of your work. We are looking for potential and ability in the following areas: drawing; creative innovation; design process; collaboration; visual communication and conceptual thinking. Put together a portfolio which gives us an insight into:

your ability to communicate ideas visually

your process: the way you work things out; e.g. inspiration, research and working drawings. Include plans/images of the development stage for a project you have done (or dream of doing). We are happy to accept these as an accompanying workbook as well as inside your portfolio.

your experience in your own area(s) of interest (screen, costume, set, props, stage, performance art, etc).

your passion! This might be a project that you are proud of or that you have initiated.

You are more than welcome to bring hard copies/made items from your portfolio to your interview.

About the provider

OUR COURSES

NZ Diploma in Scenic Construction & Properties (Set & Props)
NZ Diploma in Costume Construction
Bachelor of Performing Arts (Management)
Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting)
Bachelor of Design (Stage & Screen)
Master of Creative Performance Practice

Unique like you

We are Toi Whakaari. We stand tall alongside unique people like you, enabling you to express your true creative self.

In our creative village, your individuality and passion for the performing arts is shared, celebrated, and nurtured. We care deeply about you and your unique place in our whānau. To us, manaakitanga – care, respect and enhancing each other’s mana – really does matter.

Our distinctive learning approach, built on the mātauranga and tikanga of our whakapapa, enables our tauira to tell their, and our nation’s, unique story.

As New Zealand’s premier school of performing arts, our legacy has always been to train the best performers, designers, and craftspeople from here and from around the world.

Taught by renown experts and educators with broad industry and community connections, our prestigious qualifications are a mark of quality that opens doors to a successful career. And that’s why our talented alumni are sought after, in front of and behind the scenes, by the world’s leading productions.

Being part of our kura is more than just gaining qualifications. Here skills are gained, perspectives are shaped, connections are made, and potential is revealed. We recognise all our students as future rangitira. They emerge from here - knowing who they are and where they stand - ready to add their value to Aotearoa New Zealand’s thriving performing arts community.

If you’re a past, present or future tauira; a valued staff member, industry partner or funder; or a member of the many communities we’re part of, we stand with you. We’re proud to take this creative journey with people as unique as you.