Facilities
Exeter has unique resources which make it ideally positioned to support the advanced study of film. The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture holds a wide ranging collection of more than 70,000 film related artefacts. The collection is accessible for all postgraduates to use as a research and study resource. Housed in the University’s state-of-the-art study facility, the Research Commons, the diverse collection includes objects relating to the history of the moving image. These include optical toys, magic lantern slides, a Lumière cinematograph; film publicity such as posters from the Hollywood era to contemporary film; material on film stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn; and material on animation, particularly Disney films. Many of our film modules exploit these resources giving students a highly distinctive and valuable experience of studying and researching film using primary materials, documents and artefacts.
Our Audio-Visual collection in the University library comprises over 12,000 film titles, in addition to books and recordings of American music of all kinds.
All postgraduates enjoy access to excellent computing facilities. The postgraduate common room in the Queen’s Building provides a relaxing space where postgraduate students can meet and work together in reading and discussion groups.
