School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies

School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies

Welcome to the School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies (SEFTMS)

Our School is made up of four separate programmes, but there are close links between them, for the four disciplines share a common focus on the creation, production and interpretation of texts, whether written, spoken, theatrical, cinematic, televised, or electronic. 

 

Events

Apr26Seminar - Character and Childhood in Children's Literature: Case Studies in Classical Reception
Date: 26 April 2013
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: von Zedlitz Building, room 802
Dr Elizabeth Hale University of New England, Australia This talk looks at what Classical Reception… Read more
May23Seminar - Screening Short Films
Date: 23 May 2013
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: Room 103, 81 Fairlie Terrace
Stefanie Reis Freelance producer and curator Diversity is one of the strongest and most… Read more
Jun13Seminar - British women and journalistic identity at the fin de siècle
Date: 13 June 2013
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: von Zedlitz Building, room 802
Dr Elizabeth Grey Massey University This seminar will outline on-going research into women’s journalism… Read more

News

9 May 2013 First in the 2012 PBRF Round
Congratulations to the English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies programmes for this outstanding result. Read more
8 May 2013 English Programme in the Top 50 World University Rankings
Congratulations to the English Programme. Read more
24 April 2013 SEFTMS Graduate's Film Showing at Paramount and Roxy
Congratulations to Master of Theatre Arts graduate, Alyx Duncan for The Red House, winner of… Read more

The Night Watchman was shot as part of the "Shoot on Film Course" run through Victoria University of Wellington's Continuing Education Programme and the Film Programme. The course gave 12 students the opportunity to learn about working with 16mm film. Over 12 weeks the students learned how to load and operate an Ari S16 camera under the experience eye of Alex Funke.

The course culminated with a weekend shoot of a script featuring 12 scenes (one for each student) and the result was "The Night Watchman".

Starring: Joel Baxendale, Joseph Mika-Hunt, and Frank Edwards.
Music: Bernard Blackburn.
Make-up: Jarrod Killmister.
Writer/Director/Editor: Paul Wolffram.