Dr. Nick Cope
Details
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College: School of Communication & Design
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Department: School of Communication & Design
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Campus: Saigon South Campus Vietnam
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nick.cope@rmit.edu.vn
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ORCID: 0000-0003-4773-7299
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
British Academic working in the Higher Education sector since 1995 with knowledge and expertise in film, video and digital media production; experience in the media and creative industries. Practicing and exhibiting filmmaker and digital media artist, archive of creative media and practice-based research online at http://www.nickcopefilm.com.
Awards & recognition
- Award Winner, Japan World’s Tourism Festival, Osaka, February 2020 for The Gateway to the Hidden Lands.
- Best Nature and Eco-Tourism Documentary, International Tour Film Festival, Veliko Tarnova, April 2019 for The Key to Yunnan’s Hidden Paradise.
- Honourable Mention by the Jury, Abstracta International Abstract Cinema Exhibition, Rome, August 2009 for In Girum.
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Film and Television Arts, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2017-2020.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2003)
Editorial Board member: ScreenWorks, the peer-reviewed online publication of practice research in film and screen media, originally published in association with the Journal of Media Practice, Intellect Books. (http://screenworks.org.uk).
Media
Research fields
- 360604 Photography, video and lens-based practice
Academic positions
- Digital Film and Video Senior Lecturer
- RMIT Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Dec 2019 – Present
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- , China
- Jul 2017 – Jul 2020
- Head of Department
- Acting Head of School of Film and Television Arts
- English, Culture and Communication
- , United Kingdom
- Sep 2014 – Sep 2016
- Head of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- , United Kingdom
- Oct 2014 – Sep 2016
- Senior Lecturer
- Video and New Media Production
- , United Kingdom
- Sep 2004 – Jan 2014
- Technician Instructor
- Southampton Institute (now Southampton Solent University)
- Media Production
- , United Kingdom
- May 2001 – Sep 2004
- Director of Studies and Lecturer in Digital Arts
- University of Hull
- , United Kingdom
- May 2001 – Sep 2004
- Researcher
- University of North London
- Flashback, Islington Local History Project
- , United Kingdom
- Nov 1987 – Nov 1988
Non-academic positions
- External Examiner
- University of Bournemouth
- BA (Hons) TV Production
- , United Kingdom
- 2010 – 2012
- Reviews Editor
- Convergence - The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Sage Publishing)
- , United Kingdom
- 2008 – 2014
- Software Systems for Arts and Media BA(Hons)/BSc
- University of Hertfordshire
- , United Kingdom
- 2005 – 2010
- Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert Course
- Hull City Learning Centre
- Photoshop CS
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- Feb 2004 – Jul 2004
- Intermediate Lighting Course
- BKSTS/Video Film and Grip
- , United Kingdom
- Jun 2000 – Present
- Advanced Video Editing Course
- London Video Access
- , United Kingdom
- Mar 1998 – Present
- SADiE
- University of West England
- Non Linear Sound Editing Course
- , United Kingdom
- Apr 1997 – Present
- Film for Features
- Kodak Training Course
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- Mar 1996 – Present
- Film for Television
- Kodak Training Course
- , United Kingdom
- Jul 1995 – Present
- Pagemaker 4.2, Apple Mac DTP
- Hackney Adult Education Institute
- , United Kingdom
- Jan 1993 – Mar 1993
Teaching interests
Film and Video Production – drama, documentary and experimental practices; from pre-production through to final distribution.
I have supervised MA media production major projects , both fiction and non-fiction from 2004-2014.
My reserach interests for PhD supervsion include:
- Moving image and sound collaboration, with a particular emphasis on a visual music collaboration with electroacoustic computer music composer Tim Howle, former Professor of Contemporary Muisc at the University of Kent.
- Intercultural arts explorations, with a particular interest in filming and representing Buddhist art and culture.
- Experimental and Avant-garde film, video, digital media production, and video art.
- Expanded cinematic practices including multi-projection work, interactive VJ technologies, public and gallery-based installation and screenings.
Research interests
- Cross-disciplinary moving image and sound collaboration, with a particular emphasis on a visual music practice collaboration with electroacoustic music composer Professor Tim Howle.
- Intercultural arts explorations, with a particular interest in filming and representing Buddhist visual arts and culture.
- Experimental and avant-garde film, video and digital media production, and video art practices.
- Expanded cinematic practices including multi-projection work, interactive VJ technologies, public and gallery-based installation and screenings.
- Substantial knowledge and engagement with practice-based research agendas in media practice education in both the UK and Australia.
