B.A. Film with a Placement Year (Hons)

• The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Possible modules may include:

• Film Form
• Introduction to Film Theory

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Possible modules may include:

• Beyond Cinema
• Filmmaking: Improvisation for Screen
• Mobile Filmmaking
• Costume and Fashion
• Postwar European Cinema
• British Cinema
• Film Authorship
• Film Genre (Horror)
• Animated Worlds
• The Gothic in Film
• Film Criticism
• Extreme Cinema

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

• If you achieve at least 60% in Stage 1, you can opt to spend a year in industry between Stages 2 and 3 to gain relevant workplace experience and enhance your employment prospects following graduation. The year is assessed on a pass/fail basis through employer feedback and a written report that you submit.

Possible modules may include:

• Television Series: Narration, Engagement and Evaluation
• Film Genre (Horror)
• Postwar European Cinema
• British Cinema
• Film Authorship
• Digital Domains
• Animated Worlds
• New York and the Movies
• The Gothic in Film
• Film Criticism
• Extreme Cinema
• Screenwriting: An Introduction

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage