BA (Hons) Film

You’ll strive towards the goal of being an intelligent, creative and contemporary filmmaker, by identifying your strengths and perfecting your craft within an established filmmaking role. You’ll increasingly define your own area of study and develop an individual creative practice so that by graduation you’ll be capable of a high standard of creative output. We are well-resourced and teach to a high technical standard, facilitating the translation of ideas through the crafts of script writing, production, directing, documentary filmmaking, production design, cinematography, editing, sound design and the myriad roles that are instrumental to industrial and independent filmmaking practices. This is a full-time course studied over four years. You’ll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and independent study. You’ll undertake a period of work-related learning during Year 3 and there is also the opportunity to study abroad. What you study Year 1 Key Concepts in Filmmaking Research and Communication Skills Narrative Construction Essential Elements of Storytelling (plot, character, dialogue and engaging an audience) Editing Sound and Picture Systems of Continuity Screenwriting Film History Year 2 Film Histories and Key Theoretical Film Issues Documentary Filmmaking Cinematic Genres Film Adaptation Working collaboratively on practical film projects in the roles of: Cinematographer Editor Sound Design Writer Director Year 3 Individually tailored filmmaking projects within specialist roles Work-related learning Critical and analytical abilities required to undertake a research topic Visual Anthropology Screenwriting Documentary Filmmaking Opportunity to study abroad. Year 4 Practical project (typically a short film or collaborative roles on a number of short films) Dissertation Professional development skills Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.