Overview
With access to specialist supervision, excellent resources
and a vibrant research community, your time at Kent will be enjoyable and
stimulating.
You conduct original research under the guidance of a team
of specialist supervisors. We welcome enquiries on any topic, and provide
you with excellent research resources to enable you to complete your research. You produce a piece of film practice, which may be a digital
film, a screenplay, a series of exploratory audio-visual works, audio-visual
documentation of creative processes relating to film or a combination of these,
and a written thesis of up to 40,000 words.
You will have a minimum of two supervisors who support
and guide you through your academic and professional development throughout
your studies. You meet regularly with your supervisors, who not only
supervise your research project but help you to identify parts of your
research and development where you may require further training or support. A
series of reviews take place throughout your studies in order to ensure
that your research project stays on track and that you have all the necessary
support and resources required to successfully complete it.
Recent and ongoing research supervision projects include 'Creating
Imaginary Media’, ‘A Sense of Place: Identity and Cinematic Representation of
Britain’s Forgotten Towns and Non-Places’, ‘Essaying Place: Landscape, Time and
the Journey in the Essay Film’, ‘To Observe, to Interfere or to Collaborate:
Reframing the Notion of Home Through Documentary Film’, ‘Images of the Future:
Interpreting the Ballardian World through Film’ and ‘Intimate Cinema:
Techniques, Conventions, and Aesthetics of Screen Performance in Digital Film'.
You may be eligible to apply for a fully funded
PhD scholarship. Scholarship opportunities may include the Vice Chancellor’s
Research Scholarship (GTA) and the Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts
South-East England (CHASE) collaborative doctoral award. For further
information and eligibility requirements, please see our scholarship website.
About the Department of Film
Film at Kent is a vibrant and supportive international
community of academics, practitioners and students, connected through our
shared passion for film and digital media. Our staff are able to support a wide
range of research covering histories, aesthetics and theories of film and
digital media, while at the same time fostering an inclusive and welcoming
culture.
We also partner with the Gulbenkian Cinema, part of the
University of Kent’s Arts Centre, to offer innovative,
engaging and high quality arts activities for the public, staff and students. The
School of Arts also has the Lupino, a 62-seat cinema named after the pioneering
female filmmaker Ida Lupino, which Film students can enjoy as part of their
experience during their studies. The Lupino has state-of-the-art digital
projection and sound, and has been created to provide an intimate atmosphere
for film viewing.
Film at Kent students also benefit from our fantastic
location. Based in the cultural city of Canterbury, we are less than one hour
from London by train and forty minutes from the Eurotunnel, making us close to
both London and Europe.
