Film Studies BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

Our Film Studies degree combines critical and creative work and practice, depending on your interests and career plans. At Bangor, we are committed to teaching in small groups and to the majority of our modules being delivered through weekly workshops and seminars.
Lecturers who teach on the Film Studies degree have a range of interests including American Cinema, British and European film, Japanese and other world cinemas, gender, visual culture, film analysis, the body and film, film and history, digital technology and film, scriptwriting and screenwriting, film making, media and film in Wales, acting and performing, language and film, blogging and podcasting, computer games and film, film stars and film on television. Our Film Studies lecturers have recently written books and articles on topics such as Cult Film, American Culture and Film, Cinema and Medicine, Jewish Film, Surrealist Film, Cinema and Landscape, Australian Film, and the new technologies of film viewing.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: Be able to read and analyse a moving image text in a structured and informed way

Have access to a technical and critical vocabulary relevant to the discussion of audio visual imagery

Understand the workings of shot structure and scene composition

Be able to analyse short film clips, paying attention to their formal techniques

Be able to assimilate visual information and use that information to construct a written argument


Creative Studies and Media courses have seen graduates involved in both academe and in industry, including work in:

Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Publishing;
Performance and the Theatre, both on and behind the stage;
Print and/or Broadcast Journalism;
Actors, presenters and in television programme production;
Advertising and the Marketing industries;
Radio, as presenters, as well as in programme production;
Digital, Web and New Media production;
Multi media industries.

We aim to interview all candidates.

300 260 points
We consider mature students with non standard qualifications.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Film Studies
  • Film Theory
  • Cinema
  • Media
  • Digital Communication
  • Creative Practice
  • Creating Narratives
  • Media Culture
  • Moving Image
  • Media Practice
  • Development of Moving Image
  • Film Culture
  • America on Film
  • Cultural Economy of the Media

Course programme

What will you study on this course? Modules you might take include: Year 1 Creative Practice Creating Narratives Moving Image Digital Communication Introduction to Media Practice Development of Moving Image Media Culture Years 2 & 3 Film Theory/Film Culture America on Film Cultural Economy of the Media Writing for Film & Media Topics in European Cinema Research and Practice/Methods Media Practice: Factual Understanding Documentary Adaptations in European Cinema Adapting for Film and Media Transnational Cinema French Cinema since 1960 Dissertation Final Year Group Project Short Film Pre production Short film Production Animation & Motion Graphics

Additional information

Research and practice Our courses combine elements of research and practice. You have the opportunity to create and produce in all media fields under the supervision of staff that have many years of experience working in the media. We have excellent links with theatre companies, newspapers and the television industry. BBC Wales’ television and radio centre is literally next door, and there are many independent producers nearby. Students will be able to take advantage of the new Pontio centre, which includes a theatre, a cinema, a design and innovation centre, and spacious lecture rooms. Our students play a prominent role in many creative projects, such as Student Cut Films, two student newspapers – Seren and Llef – and a radio station, Storm FM.

Film Studies BA (Hons)

£ 11,750 VAT inc.